Construction work is ongoing to replace the old footbridge to the reserve. An alternative route is available, but the Heron's Wing and Peter Scott hides will be closed until the work is complete. We apologise for any inconvenience.
A whole lot of half term fun, for a whole lot less.
Get the most from your precious pound this Half Term, visit WWT National Wetland Centre Wales to enjoy a whole host of activities for the whole family, while giving the children exciting opportunities to learn about the natural world around them.
Half term activities range from family arts and crafts to guided walks and the centre will be offering visitors to chance to play our exciting ‘upstream, downstream’ wetland card game. Daily top scorers win a bottle of Yali wetland wine from Vinã Ventisquero (over 18s) or a cuddly toy cygnet plus a chance to win the overall top prize of a family break at a Farmstay property courtesy of NFU Mutual.
WWT National Wetland Centre Wales introduces adults and children alike to the wonders of wetland birds and their habitats, with stunning scenery and nose-to-beak encounters with some of the world’s most dramatic and rare birds. The centre has an excellent restaurant and gift shop, plus family friendly and disabled facilities including buggy access, manual wheelchairs and mobility scooters for hire.
Visit during the Half Term holiday and become a member of WWT and not only do you get your entrance fee refunded, but you get free entry for the rest of 2009. So you can bring the children back to any WWT centre as many times as you like over the Easter and Summer school holidays and throughout the year for nothing! As well as free entry to WWT wetland centres, members receive an exclusive quarterly magazine, Waterlife, which keeps you up to date on what’s going on at all nine centres and WWT’s conservation work around the world.
As well as trying your luck at our upstream, downstream game at WWT centres during Half Term, other activities during the Half Term holiday include:
The wetland picnic quiz and frieze will explore what wetland foods are, where they have come from and how far they have traveled. Whether it be rice from Bangladesh, wine from Australia or cranberries from the USA. There will also be arts activities where young people and the young at heart can have a go at printing to contribute to our wetland picnic frieze.
A wetland walk looking at our very own river will allow visitors to explore the wonders of the wetlands, from the Herons Wing Hide to the Tower, while focusing on the theme of World Wetlands Day ‘Upstream, downstream, wetlands connect us all’
WWT National Wetland Centre Wales, Llanelli is open every day from 9.30 am to5 pm (grounds open until 6pm in the summer) and parking is free of charge. It can be found 2 miles east of Llanelli off the A484 to Swansea . Follow the brown duck signs off the M4, J48. Nearest railway station is Llanelli.
