Visit Welney Wetland Centre to discover this important nature reserve and the land around it, with its amazing eco-friendly features the new visitor centre is a flagship of sustainable living.
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New Eco-Friendly Visitor Centre
Host to a whole range of environmentally friendly systems including loos flushed with rainwater, electricity generated by the sun, heating sourced direct from the earth and reedbeds used to clean waste water.
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Wigeon Cafe & Shop
Enjoy local and organic homemade food as you take in the spectacular views from the cafe. Find a great range of books and gifts in the shop.
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Fenland Worlds
Discover how and why the Ouse Washes were formed and learn about the lives of the Fen Tigers.
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Pond Room
A larger-than-life pond world with giant-sized models of the creatures that live on the reserve.
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Heated Observatory
Watch hundreds of wild birds feed only yards away, from the comfort of our heated observatory.
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Seasonal Walks
Enjoy scenic summer walks in the heart of the Washes.
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Pond-dipping
Discovery with seasonal pond-dipping.
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Winter Washes Spectacular
Thousands of wintering ducks, geese and swans.
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Chief funders of new visitor centre
Host to a whole range of environmentally friendly systems including loos flushed with rainwater, electricity generated by the sun, heating sourced direct from the earth and reedbeds used to clean waste water.
Enjoy local and organic homemade food as you take in the spectacular views from the caf?. Find a great range of books and gifts in the shop.
Discover how and why the Ouse Washes were formed and learn about the lives of the Fen Tigers.
Host to a whole range of environmentally friendly systems including loos flushed with rainwater, electricity generated by the sun, heating sourced direct from the earth and reedbeds used to clean waste water.
Enjoy local and organic homemade food as you take in the spectacular views from the cafe. Find a great range of books and gifts in the shop.
A larger-than-life pond world with giant-sized models of the creatures that live on the reserve.
Watch hundreds of wild birds feed only yards away, from the comfort of our heated observatory.
Enjoy scenic summer walks in the heart of the Washes.
Discovery with seasonal pond-dipping.