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Brockholes Welcome to Brockholes - home of the UK's first floating Visitor Village and 250 acres of wildlife Please do:
1. Share your love of Brockholes' wildlife!

Brockholes, is a new kind of nature reserve; an unreserved reserve, located just off Jct 31 of the M6 near Preston. We are owned by the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside and have already hosted over 200,000 visitors since we opened in April 2011. Follow us on our adventure as we watch wildlife 'move in' to the reserve and host many fun events at our floating visitors centre!

🌳 SOCIAL MEDIA HOUSE RULES 🌳

We want our page to be a place where people can share their love of nature and the Wildlife Trust, and share their experiences in a fun, positive environment. We welcome feedback, both positive and negative – it helps us to learn and grow – but we expect everyone to be respectful. Please take a look at our social media house rules and note that, if they aren’t respected, we may block you from following our page or remove something you have posted. Let us know where you’ve been, what you’ve seen, and share your lovely pictures. We won’t accept:
1. Threatening, abusive, indecent or obscene comments, images or direct messages.
2. Misleading, false or illegal content.
3. Spam links or comments, or persistent negative posting behavior that impacts on the enjoyment or interaction of other social media users.
4. Repetitive negative posts designed to provoke a response to a question that we’ve already answered. Please remember that behind every post we make, there is a person trying their best to look after our amazing wildlife and wild places. If you have any concerns about any comments or content on our page, please send us a direct message or email [email protected].

Join us for a fascinating guided walk as we look at the flora of Brockholes and how it changes throughout the year 🌼We w...
29/10/2026

Join us for a fascinating guided walk as we look at the flora of Brockholes and how it changes throughout the year 🌼

We will also cover the folklore associated with our wildflowers, trees and fungi.

The walk will be a gentle pace around the reserve, stopping to look at various points of interest on the way.

📍Brockholes Nature Reserve
🗓️ Friday 13th November
⏰10:30am to 12:30pm
🎟️ Tickets are FREE however, we do have a limited number of places available so pre-booking is essential.

Book here: https://ow.ly/Nscg51026am

Brockholes is the perfect place for an autumnal walk this half term 🍂How many fabulous fungi can you spot around the res...
28/10/2026

Brockholes is the perfect place for an autumnal walk this half term 🍂

How many fabulous fungi can you spot around the reserve?

We also have lots of fun activities on our visitor village for families throughout the week, find all our family events here: https://ow.ly/7Aum5101NoW

Are you joining us for pumpkin carving this week? We would love to see photos of your creations 🎃Visit our Brockholes pu...
28/10/2026

Are you joining us for pumpkin carving this week? We would love to see photos of your creations 🎃

Visit our Brockholes pumpkin patch on the visitor village each day up to the 31st October and get creative in our pumpkin carving station!

Get your tickets here: https://ow.ly/5wvT51005ub

Don't miss our exciting Wild Magic session tomorrow, last few tickets left 👻Join us in our woodland school of magic nest...
27/10/2026

Don't miss our exciting Wild Magic session tomorrow, last few tickets left 👻

Join us in our woodland school of magic nestled deep in the bewitching woods at Brockholes. Use natural materials to design an enchanted cloak, build your own broomstick, create wild magical potions and choose a wand to conjure your spells 🪄

📍Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston
🗓️ Wednesday 28th and Friday 30th October
⏰Sessions at 10am and 1pm
🎟️ £9 per child, proceeds from this event support our Education team in their work to connect future generations with nature! Pre-booking is essential as we cannot guarantee walk up tickets will be available on the day.

Fancy dress is welcome but this is an outdoor activity so please make sure children are dressed suitably for the weather.

Book here: https://ow.ly/ao2650ZOBc8

Calling all young witches and wizards! Join the brilliant Billys partytime entertainments for some exciting Halloween Ma...
26/10/2026

Calling all young witches and wizards! Join the brilliant Billys partytime entertainments for some exciting Halloween Magic Shows at Brockholes 🪄

Billy will be doing two Kids Entertainment and Magic Shows packed with magic, music, dancing and games plus a special magic workshop!

📍Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston
📆 31st October
Pre-booking is advised as we have limited spaces available at these events and cannot guarantee tickets will be available on the day.

Get your tickets here: https://ow.ly/wupW50ZT1W2

Join us for a FREE reserve tour and learn about Brockholes, it's history and wildlife 🗺️The walk will be a gentle pace, ...
26/10/2026

Join us for a FREE reserve tour and learn about Brockholes, it's history and wildlife 🗺️

The walk will be a gentle pace, stopping to look at points of interest along the way. Pre-booking is essential to secure your place as we have limited places available.

📍Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston
🗓️ Tuesday 3rd November
⏰10:30am to 12:30pm

Book here: https://ow.ly/UVoz5100vtg

As darkness falls over Brockholes, join us for a festive celebration inspired by the Roman festival of Saturnalia 🔥We wi...
25/10/2026

As darkness falls over Brockholes, join us for a festive celebration inspired by the Roman festival of Saturnalia 🔥

We will be welcoming back our friends from the The Roman Military Research Society for an evening of family fun and festivities as we celebrate the changing of the seasons. Learn about Roman life through stalls showing artifacts and live demonstrations from our reenactors and soak up a cosy evening atmosphere with live music, traditional carnival games and the lighting of our bonfire!

There may also be a special visit from Father Christmas as he stops off at Brockholes to check on his reindeer who take a well deserved holiday on the nature reserve in the lead up to their big night 🦌

📍Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston
📆 Saturday 19th December
⏰5pm to 8:30pm

Brockholes is a part of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and we are a local charity working to create, manage and protect vital habitats for wildlife and connect people with nature across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside. Proceeds from ticket sales for our events directly support this work and also enable us to provide and maintain facilities for visitors to our sites 💚

Get your tickets here: https://ow.ly/7OKR50ZUuiq

There are just 2 months to go to Christmas🎄We're expecting a very special visitor to Brockholes this festive season. Com...
25/10/2026

There are just 2 months to go to Christmas🎄

We're expecting a very special visitor to Brockholes this festive season. Come and meet Father Christmas in his magical Christmas grotto by the lake🎅

Set in the scenic lake surrounds of our floating visitor village, children can enjoy festive crafts and cookie decorating as they wait to meet Father Christmas and choose their own special toy from his workshop!

Due to the popularity of this event, pre-booking is essential to avoid disappointment. We will also be running some SEN friendly sessions on the 5th and 19th December at 9:30am.

📍Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston

Book now: https://ow.ly/gUZ250ZRoA7

We have an exciting opportunity to become part of our Autumn and Christmas events at Brockholes by becoming an Events Vo...
24/10/2026

We have an exciting opportunity to become part of our Autumn and Christmas events at Brockholes by becoming an Events Volunteer!

Brockholes is a part of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and we are a local charity working to create, manage and protect vital habitats for wildlife and connect people with nature across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside. Proceeds from ticket sales for our events at Brockholes support this work and our events bring in visitors that otherwise may never have cause to visit a nature reserve 🍃

Our Autumn and Christmas schedule is packed with exciting events including Halloween events, Bonfire Nights, Santa's Grotto, Breakfast with Santa and much more!

We are looking for a number of Events Volunteers to help us with setting up for events, meeting and greeting, running sessions such as our LEGO® clubs or crafts and packing down. We are mainly looking for volunteers with weekend availability as most of our events run on a Saturday or Sunday.

Find out more and apply here: https://ow.ly/gbcO50ZTwIA

Don't let the weather stop the fun this half term! There's plenty to do inside and outside at Brockholes 🎃Pick your perf...
24/10/2026

Don't let the weather stop the fun this half term! There's plenty to do inside and outside at Brockholes 🎃

Pick your perfect pumpkin from our patch and get creative in our pumpkin carving station, enjoy a hot chocolate or squash and a cookie whilst you carve!

Have a go at some Halloween themed crafts in our welcome centre, available all day every day throughout the week.

Embark on your own adventure around the reserve as you hunt for all the markers in our Halloween themed Xplorer challenge.

Join our Education team for a fun filled Wild Magic session in the woods. Design an enchanted cloak, build your own broomstick and choose your own wand to conjure your spells.

We will be joined by the brilliant Billy Sparks for some special Halloween magic shows plus a magic workshop where you can have a go yourself 🪄

See all our upcoming family events and book tickets here: https://ow.ly/M9N4510041R

Address

Brockholes Nature Reserve, Junction 31, M6 Samlesbury, Preston New Road
Preston
PR50AG

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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