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To increase the number of people benefitting from experiencing nature close up by the upgrading of an 82 hectare wetland reserve and creating an inclusive, inviting, visitor experience.
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It is generally accepted that connecting with nature regularly can improve your health and wellbeing but unfortunately not everyone can access nature easily. This project will see the upgrading of a nature reserve, which despite being at the centre of a popular country park (350,000 visitors per annum) receives relatively few visitors. Along with a newly constructed track this project will see the construction of: • A boardwalk, with hide, through an established reedbed providing an intimate and unique wetlands experience • The construction of an ‘easy access’ hides, a short distance from the Forest Centre providing views across a lake • The installation of a viewing screen to provide opportunities to view feeding birds and other wildlife. These improvements will provide focus points to attract people into the reserve and a variety of interesting ways for people to engage with nature. This will result in more people and a wider variety of people using the wetland reserve and benefitting from regular contact with nature. Completing this project will cost around £225,000 though each individual element will standalone and provide benefit.