Nature Discovery Centre

Welcome to the Nature Discovery Centre in Thatcham.

New Nature Discovery Centre

The Nature Centre is packed full of interactive wildlife and natural history displays, fish tanks, a nature table, jigsaws and brass rubbings. The gallery area provides a learning zone for families with telescopes, microscopes and a library.

A Lakeside View of the new Discovery Centre

Visit our shop and enjoy delicious organic refreshments in the Lakeside Cafe. Let off steam in the adventure playgrounds, take a stroll around the lake and feed the ducks or venture into the reedbeds and spend some time in the bird hide.

Inside the new Discovery Centre

We are open Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 5pm.

Education wall in the Discovery Centre

We are closed on Mondays.

We run an annual programme of exciting events, suitable for all the family. For more information, please click on our 'Events Programme Sept 08 - Feb 09' leaflet in the downloads section (right).