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Festive Christmas Fun

Festive Christmas Fun

Join us for some festive Christmas fun at London Wetland Centre this December. We have lots of activities for the whole family to enjoy! Children will be thrilled to hop aboard for a festive husky sleigh ride through the beautiful wetland scenery or take

15 November 2018

Go on a Wild Walk at WWT London Wetland Centre

Go on a Wild Walk at WWT London Wetland Centre

Get closer to wetlands and wildlife at WWT London Wetland Centre with the opening of the new Wild Walk! The Wild Walk has been designed to transform the way we look at the natural world by offering a view from the different perspective. The experience ta

15 November 2018

New Men’s Shed at WWT London Wetland Centre

New Men’s Shed at WWT London Wetland Centre

A man’s safe space is often his shed: So WWT London Wetland Centre, in partnership with the Barnes Community Association, will soon be hosting a “Men’s Shed” for the benefit of men across Barnes. The aim is to tackle the isolation men can feel at

15 November 2018

Make a Splash at Dusty’s Puddle Jumping Championships

Make a Splash at Dusty’s Puddle Jumping Championships

February Half Term 2018 (Saturday 10 – Sunday 18 February)                           This February half term,  children of all ages are being encouraged to grab their wellies, get outsi

31 January 2018

Get your summer off to a wild start with Dusty's Wildlife Rangers!

Get your summer off to a wild start with Dusty's Wildlife Rangers!

This summer bring your kids to WWT London Wetland Centre so they can enjoy the excitement of becoming a Wildlife Ranger! Children of all ages can join Dusty Duck, pick up their very own log book and collect stickers for each exciting activity they comple

21 July 2017

Come and visit a zoo with a difference this half term

Come and visit a zoo with a difference this half term

Come and visit our Grass Animal Zoo this May half term, from Saturday 27 May until Sunday 4 June. The display includes a bear and giraffe, a hippo and a camel.  Discover which of the eight animals live in wetlands and which of them can go for days witho

23 May 2017

Easter Giant Duck Hunt

Easter Giant Duck Hunt

Some of our ducklings are missing. Join in the GIANT Easter duck hunt to help us find them! Spring is a wonderful time to visit WWT London Wetland Centre as new life is bursting out all around with babies, bugs and buds in abundance.  But some of our d

19 March 2017

Our amazing giant LEGO® brick animals are back

Our amazing giant LEGO® brick animals are back

Amazing giant LEGO® brick animals at WWT London Wetland Centre Saturday 17 December to Saturday 28 January Escape the festive frenzy with a visit to see our giant LEGO brick animals in the magical setting of this award winning nature reserve. This winter

12 December 2016

Meet Santa, enjoy a husky sleigh ride and donkey rides for children!

Meet Santa, enjoy a husky sleigh ride and donkey rides for children!

WWT London Wetland Centre Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December Get into the festive mood at WWT London Wetland Centre’s wonderful winter weekend! Children will be thrilled to hop aboard for a husky sleigh ride, visit Santa in his magical grotto or enjoy a d

21 November 2016

The first bittern is back for the winter

The first bittern is back for the winter

The first bittern has arrived back at WWT London Wetland Centre this week, flying across the site before it settled among the reeds. Being one of the UK’s rarest breeding birds, the centre is one of the few locations in London lucky enough to have bitte

18 November 2016

Dinosaur Days - Meet the walking, roaring T Rex!

Dinosaur Days - Meet the walking, roaring T Rex!

Join the Dinosaur Society for Dinosaur Days at WWT London Wetland Centre to discover more about the wetland superstars that wandered the planet in prehistoric times. See real dinosaur bones, discover the link between birds and dinosaurs, find fossils, ch

13 October 2016

Limited edition LEGO® brick wetland animal sets now on sale at WWT London Wetland Centre

Limited edition LEGO® brick wetland animal sets now on sale at WWT London Wetland Centre

Limited edition LEGO® brick wetland animal sets now on sale at WWT London Wetland Centre To celebrate the LEGO® brick animal trail, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) has launched an exclusive series of mini wetland LEGO brick animal models.

20 October 2015

UK’s only giant LEGO® brick wetland animal trail unveiled at London Wetland Centre

UK’s only giant LEGO® brick wetland animal trail unveiled at London Wetland Centre

Bruce the red-breasted goose took 120 hours to make!(c) Adam Finch WWT The giant LEGO brick animal trail, the only one of its kind in the UK, has opened at London Wetland Centre.  This is the first time these amazi

2 October 2015

Pupils use conservation techniques to help endangered species

Pupils use conservation techniques to help endangered species

London school children are the first to use this innovative teaching experience Pupils are being given the opportunity to use research techniques adopted by conservationists to study endangered birds in an innovative new learning session at WWT London Wet

16 July 2015

Pupils learn using conservation techniques

Pupils learn using conservation techniques

Pupils are trying out research techniques used to study endangered birds for the first time in an innovative new learning session. Pupils from Sacred Heart School, Camberwell were among the first to take part in Conservation Explorers, which is being tria

13 July 2015