Attenborough Nature Centre at Attenborough nature reserve, Nottingham, England

by Neale And Judith Clark

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Attenborough Nature Centre at Attenborough nature reserve, Nottingham, England

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Neale And Judith Clark

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Attenborough Nature centre, eco building with swans in the reclaimed gravel pit of Attenborough nature reserve Nottingham, England,UK, GB ,Europe

Attenborough Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, located 4.3 mi (7 km) south west of Nottingham city centre. It is owned by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, supported by Broxtowe Borough Council, following their purchase of the site off Cemex for one million pounds in early 2020. At its centre is a building called Attenborough Nature Centre, comprising visitor services and educational facilities
The site was used as gravel pits between 1929 and 1967, and is still owned by CEMEX, the gravel extraction company, who continue to extract sand and gravel from neighbouring areas. Working gravel barges still pass through the site. As sections of the site are worked out they are restored as wetland. In 2010 an area known as Thrumpton's Land was restored in this way. The reserve was established at the completion of an earlier phase of workings in 1966 and was opened by the naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough
The Attenborough Nature Centre at the site provides an educational facility, shop and refreshment point and car park for the reserve, accessed from Barton Lane, Attenborough. The centre was completed in 2005, since which it has won a Gold award for eco-tourism.


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January 13th, 2020

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