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

College Lake Nature Reserve

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An outstanding centre for wetland wildlife with a visitor centre, café, shop, bird hides and trails. Assistance dogs only. No bikes, trikes or scooters.
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Opening times:
Tuesday -Sunday
Reserve: 10am-4pm (last entry 3pm)
Cafe: 10-3pm (Lunch 12-2pm)

02/11/2026

🕙 We’re moving to our winter opening hours!🕓
The reserve, visitor centre and car park will now close an hour earlier, with opening hours of 10am–4pm (last entry at 3pm). The café will be open from 10am–3pm with food service stopping at 2pm.

01/11/2026

☕🌿 Café Manager - College Lake

Are you considering a new leadership role in hospitality? Love great food, leading people and creating memorable visitor experiences?

Join BBOWT to lead our café at College Lake Visitor Centre and help grow a business that supports wildlife conservation. Bring your hospitality leadership experience, creativity and commercial flair, and we'll give you the freedom to make your mark.

💷 £28,500-£29,759 | Permanent | 35 hours

👉 Find out more by joining one of our informal open days via EventBrite https://buff.ly/E3BZbSy apply via BBOWT Website: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs

30/10/2026

Have you tried our trail yet? 🦇Once dark night Claire and Sarah got lost in the wild woods at College Lake... Discover their journey with 'When Things Go Bump in the Night' trail our to explore the wildlife in the woodland. Try activities, challenges and a magic spell to find out all about our woodland wildlife. This weekend is your last chance to take part!

Trail booklets can be collected from the visitor centre for £2.50
Good Luck adventurers!

29/10/2026

We've seen a range of wonderful fungi beginning to popping up on our reserve recently. Here are a few spotted by our volunteers over the last few days - do you recognise any?

If you fancy joining us for a Beginners Guide to Fungi Walk this afternoon (29 Oct) we have a couple of spaces left on our 1pm walk - Just rock up, tickets £10🍄‍🟫

20/10/2026

Ready to get crafty this autumn? Join Lisa from Growing Bright this Thursday morning to create your very own mini autumn wreath using natural materials from College Lake Nature Reserve.

📆 Thursday 22nd October
🕥 10.30-12.30
🎟️ £23 - https://buff.ly/jIqkbTU

📷 Growing Bright

05/10/2026

You can find details of all upcoming events at College Lake, and book, on our Eventbrite collection.

College Lake Nature Reserve in Tring hosts a variety of engaging events throughout the year. These events cater to nature lovers, families, and those seeking unique outdoor experiences.

26/09/2026

19/09/2026

Did you know our Rangers Clubs are restarting? Join us next Saturday for our
Young Rangers and Teen Rangers sessions - We'll be exploring the reserve, taking part in valuable conservation work and discovering lots about wildlife!

Our Rangers sessions will be taking place on these dates:
🌿Saturday 26 September
🌿Saturday 17 October
🌿Saturday 14 November
🌿Saturday 5 December
(Young rangers runs 10:30-12:30 and Teen rangers 13:30-3:30)
Please prebook your tickets online - £10+ booking fee
🎟️ Young Rangers - https://buff.ly/4n5Tg43
🎟️ Teen Rangers - https://buff.ly/qiNpUuP

📷️ Lara Buxey

17/09/2026

Join us for some mindful creativity next week at our Plants and Pigments workshop! Led by the brilliant Lisa from Growing Bright we'll be exploring the woodland to find 6 leaves, flowers or berries, creating a dye to colour one of the boxes and then drawing or tracing the plants you collected! You'll come away having spent a couple of mindful hours in nature with your beautiful artwork which also doubles as an ID sheet!

🌿 Thursday 24 September 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
🌿£20 + booking fee - Book here: https://buff.ly/3GYZVds

10/09/2026

Looking for some new binoculars ready for winter migrants? Or maybe some advice on birdwatching accessories and scopes? Join Rob from Opticron for our optics day! He'll be bringing a wider range of stock as well as strong optics knowledge and recommendations. Join us Sunday 13 September, just outside the visitor centre from 10am-3pm.

Address

College Lake Nature Reserve, Upper Icknield Way, Bulbourne
Tring
HP235QG

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

01442 826774

Website

http://www.bbowt.org.uk/nature-reserves/college-lake

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