Opening times
Open 7 days a week, except 25 December
10am to 5.00pm
Occasional early and late opening for special wild events (please check details with centre).
Gift Aid admission prices
Free to WWT members
Adult: £5.95
Concession: £4.50 (over 65 years, full-time students, unemployed)
Child: £2.95 (4-16 years)
Family: £16.00 (2 adults & 2 children, 4-16 years)
Children (under 4 years): Free
Essential helpers assisting disabled visitors: Free
The Gift Aid admission price includes a voluntary donation, which enables us to claim the tax back as part of the Government's Gift Aid scheme. Further information on Gift Aid click here2.
If you choose not to pay the Gift Aid price, these are the prices excluding the voluntary donation.
Adult: £5.39
Concession: £4.06 (over 65 years, full-time students, unemployed)
Child: £2.68 (4 -16 years)
Family: £14.53 (2 adults & 2 children, 4 - 16 years)
If you arrive at the centre by public transport or bicycle you get into the centre at the Group rate.
Facilities
Eating
We have an on-site café stocking a good selection of refreshments and freshly filled rolls, cup -a - soup, delicious cakes as well as a variety of snacks.
Shopping
Why not browse through our extensive selection of books on natural history and sustainable living or you can try out all of the latest binoculars and telescopes. There is also a wide range of children's gifts and a variety of bird feeders and bird food. You can also buy paintings and ceramics when we have exhibitions on in our conference theatre.
Terms of entry
Visitors are asked to respect the habitats and wildlife by not causing undue noise. It is especially important to remain quiet in the bird viewing hides.
Photography is permitted on site providing it is for personal use only. All commercial/stock library photography must be agreed in advance with the centre and is subject to a fee.
No dogs are permitted on site, other than trained assistance dogs (i.e. Guide Dogs).
Accessibility
Most facilities are suitable for visitors with disabilities, but please call the centre on 01387 770200 for further information and advice.
Reasons to visit
- Close views of nature
- 1,400-acre wild nature reserve with hides and observation towers linked by a network of screened approaches and seasonal nature trails.
- Modern, comfortable viewing facilities
- Exciting programme of events
- Educational activities
- Free parking
When is the best time to visit?
Caerlaverock Wetland Centre is a wild day out all year round! Every season brings fresh fascination.
Spring brings migrating songbirds from the tropics, as the geese and swans begin to head north. Follow the Swan Saga discovery trail or come to a late-night event to hear Britain’s rarest amphibian concert.
Summer sees the hay meadows, bright with wild flowers. Dragonflies dance and sparkle over shaded pools whilst Otters haunt the river bank. Join evening events to watch Badgers or to see Barn Owls feeding their chicks via cctv.
Autumn heralds the start of the swan and geese spectaculars that follow through to the Spring. Thousands of Barnacle Geese arrive from the High Arctic, filling the air with their urgent calls. Whooper swans fly in from Iceland and bring their cygnets to feast on barley from the wardens’ barrows. See the swan feeds that take place every morning and afternoon.
Winter welcomes Short-eared Owls which hunt over the merses, together with Peregrines, Merlins and the rare Hen Harrier. The Barnacles are joined by Pink-footed Geese from Iceland and Greenland. Come to a special dawn event to watch the morning flight.
Contact information
WWT Caerlaverock Wetland Centre
Eastpark Farm, Caerlaverock
Dumfriesshire,Scotland
DG1 4RS
T: 01387 770200
F: 01387 770539
E: info.caerlaverock@wwt.org.uk