Welney Wetlands Visitor Centre
View all projectsThis visitor centre achieves the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's primary goal of improving physical accessibility to and public appreciation of the special ecological setting of the Welney Wetland. It has allowed the Trust to welcome a growing number of visitors and expand its education programme while making a positive contribution to its Fenland setting. This building provides a connection to birdwatching hides, contains exhibition and education space, office accommodation and a meeting room, shop and cafe. Visible across the open fenland in which it sits, its barn-like form and use of timber echoe the local agricultural vernacular.
- City
- Norfolk, UK
- Use
- Education
- Client
- The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
- Status
- Completed
- Size
- 887 sqm
- Awards
Civic Trust Awards Biodiversity Sensitivity Award 2007, RICS East Sustainability Award 2007, Green Apple Award for the Build Environment and Architectural Heritage 2007
- Collaborators
Structure: Arup
Services: Arup
Bridge engineer: Arup
Quantity surveyor: Davis Langdon
Project manager: Davis Langdon
Contractor: Kier Eastern
Landscape architect: Adams Habermehl
Photography: Dennis Gilbert/VIEW