Environment Centres

Environment Centres

What are they and what do they involve?

Environment centres are venues designed to raise awareness of, emphasise the importance of and increase interaction with all aspects of the environment. The specifics can vary greatly and will often depend upon the location of the venue, but can include activities such as nature trails that allow you to experience the environment up close.

What are the benefits?

Having a level of understanding for the environment is important for everybody; it encourages learning outside of the classroom and taking responsible action to better the environment.

What students is it suitable for?

Pupils of all ages will like environment centres; they’re easy to enjoy and are reasonably simple venues that can provide a hugely rewarding education experience.

Costs?

Environment centres will usually have an admission fee, but these will generally fall under £10 for smaller venues, whereas large establishments such as the Eden Project can have higher costs.

Safety Implications?

As with any activities outdoors, you should make sure your student groups are properly prepared for any eventualities and are suitably supervised!

 

See below for a list of venues and providers of this kind: 

Hockerton Housing Project

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Environment Centres
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The Hockerton Housing Project is the UK's first earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development. Since the completion of the houses in 1998 Hockerton Housing Project has established itself as an exemplar of sustainable development locally and nationally.

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Craigencalt Ecology Centre

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Situated in gently rolling hills overlooking Kinghorn Loch in Fife, Craigencalt Ecology Centre was established in 1998 to give people a direct experience of the natural environment. 

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Earthship Fife

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Environment Centres
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The Earthship is a demonstration eco house. It is run as a visitor centre and is open throughout the year for both drop in visitors and booked tours. 

It is built from old car tyres, aluminium cans, and other waste materials. The building is designed to maintain a comfortable temperature throughout the year, without needing fossil fuel heating, it is off grid and generates all its' own electricity from renewable sources, it catches all its' own water on the roof, has a water recycling system and treats all its' own sewage in contained planter beds. 

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Garden Organic Ryton

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Environment Centres
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Garden Organic Ryton is the home of Garden Organic, the UK’s leading organic growing and lifestyle charity which is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food. We currently have a membership of 32,000 people across the UK and further afield together with two other gardens in Kent and Essex.

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College Lake Environmental Education Centre

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Environment Centres
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Welcome to our beautiful nature reserve created on the site of an old chalk quarry. Watch out for the wildlife that makes its home in the varied habitats of wetland, chalk grassland and woodland. Discover that whatever the season, College Lake is the ideal place to visit for a day of learning outside the classroom. Our schools programme provides hands-on opportunities for children to experience a magical learning adventure on the nature reserve.

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Lough Neagh Discovery Centre

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Environment Centres
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The Lough Neagh Discovery Centre is situated in the Oxford Island Nature Reserve on the southern shores of Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK. With over 200,000 visitors every year, the Discovery Centre is an ideal place to promote the principles of sustainability.

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Abriachan Forest Trust

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Environment Centres
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Abriachan is a scattered rural community of about 140 people set high above the shores of Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. There are still some active crofts but the majority of inhabitants are employed in Inverness and beyond.

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Hill Holt Wood

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Environment Centres
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Hill Holt Wood is a 14 hectare sustainably managed ancient woodland situated on the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border. It's a wonderful and enriching place to visit with facilities ranging from permaculture gardens, environmental sculpture, woodland walks, computer facilities, workshops and composting loos!

Established in 1995 it now offers an alternative education for children excluded from school, training for the unemployed, courses on countryside management, country and rural crafts, survival and leadership skills and "unusual" methods of construction! 

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Shire Country Park

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Environment Centres
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The Park contains wetlands, grasslands, woodland and heath supporting a wealth of animal and plant life on the doorsteps of Yardley Wood, Billesley, Springfield, Sparkhill and Small Heath.

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WWT Arundel

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Environment Centres
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One of the world's largest and most respected Wetland conservation organisations.

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