
For the past ten years, The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside have been working to secure this site of national environmental importance, and restore habitats to their full potential.

Working Together
The £8.6 million of regeneration funding was provided for the Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Reserve project has been granted under 'Newlands' - a £59 million, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Forestry Commission programme to transform brownfield land into durable community woodland, which act as catalysts for economic, social and environmental gain.
The Lancashire Environmental Fund awarded £446,000 for the development of the education facilities, hides and infrastructure on the site. Tubney Charitable Trust granted £350,000 for Biodiversity and Natural England DEFRA's Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund awarded circa. £300,000.
The support of these funders helped make Brockholes a reality, as did the amazing support from our public appeal, which raised an amazing £63,000 - the most successful public appeal the Lancashire Wildlife Trust has ever run! Here are the people who very generously gave to this appeal:
Roll of Honour
Miss D M Kingswood; David and Eileen Brabbin; Micheal Connaughton; Mrs P N Horner; Mr & Mrs T O Haworth; WR & JM Lund; Heather & Tony Marshall; Ken Harrison; PA Harrison; Dr John Webster; K & V Curran; Miss Ann Evelyn Rothwell; Colin Kenneth Sim & Patricia Ann Sim; Ken & Zoe Lawson; Mr & Mrs D Wilkins; Derek Richard Williams; Leah & David Scragg; Norman & Dennis Bearon; Dr June Jones; Mr GH & Mrs MJ Rhodes; David & Jean Wright; Rachel M Goldring; F & S A Hudson; Mr J Chadwick & Ms J Heald; John & Irene Ridge; David Hills; Ian White; Alex & Shelagh Parsons; Chris & Fiona Print; Peter & Veronica Gilchrist; John R Fishwick; Roger C Rees; Joseph & Frances Billington; Trevor Davenport; Jack Stokes; Margaret & David Tattersall; Rita Cook; George & Pat Danby; Miss Joan Penney; JR & MD Johnson; Colonel Mary Creagh OBE TD TP DL; Chris Dyckhoff; Mr Michael Hood; Peter & Susan Hornby; Mike & Kath Brogan; Ian & Janet Cheetham; Martin & Marilyn Brown; Tom Mellow & Anne Marie Holmes; Mark & Ross Flinn; Paul & Ruth Blackburn; Mike & Sue Cotton; "The Joyce Family, Cleveleys"; Ruth & Arthur Bentham; Nigel Penberthy; David & Jill Player; Don McQueen; Mr P & Mrs B Gissing; Anne Stafford; D J & A E Holding; Mrs SM Grieve & Mr R Singleton; Paul Ashton; Ray Jeffes & Betty Jeffs; Jessie Addison; Heather R Ashworth & John E Ashworth; Christine Arkwright; Professor Tony Bradshaw; AJ Bond; Maureen T Clapham; Mr WA & LA Comstive; Tony Cooper; Tony Cooper; John & Lesley Clarke; EM Catterall; Rochdale Field Naturalist Society; Val Dolman; Joyce & Michael Danbury; Margaret Dempsey; East Lancashire Ornithologists' Club; Janet Edmunds & Malcolm Edmunds; M E P Fitzsimons; Fylde Naturalists Society; JM & E Forrest; S Fitzherbert-Brockholes; Ron & Gill Gooch; Derek Gifford & Janet Hale; James & Margaret Greenwood; Pam & Alwyn Grundy; David & Valerie Hall; Robert Hirst; Andrew & Anne Hicks; Jeff Hurst; Russell Hadley; Peter & Eileen Holland; Pat & Derek Ince; Maurice Jones; Tony & Chris Johnson; Norman Lawton; Geoffry C Lea; Mrs Noelle Leather; Geoffrey Morries; "Philip Turner, Keith Marshall, Ian Morgan"; Peter & Joan Morries; Mrs H Marshall & Mr EB Sefton; Bill McCoy; Jim Murray; Sir Peter Openshaw; Ernest & Marjorie Ormand; Mr David Power; "Michael ""Bob"" & Gretl Parker"; Joyce Riley; Barbara Ranson; Brenda J Rowley; Denis Rogers; Susan Mary Rotherham; Harry Shorrock; Christopher Stell OBE; Peter & Maureen Shakeshaft; Edna Stephenson; Fylde Naturalists Society; Keith Doney; Frank Smith; Alyson & Richard Small; John & Judy Stead; Mavis & Bill Shannon; H & O Silver; Philip J Thompson; Enid Turner; David Talbot; David Charles Tucker; Michael Tarbuck; Philip Vernon; Flo & Don Windle; John & Janet Warner; John Wilson; Sue & Steve Wright; Charles & Margaret Bromley Webb; Mary Whyles nee Morris; Geoff & Jenny Woodcock; Mr & Mrs AG & D Whitman; Rob & Janet Yates; Mr J Holiday; Howard & Margaret Foster; Ron & Gill Rhodes; Mr CR Cresswell; Jill & John Webb; The Breaks Family; "David Hillard, Sandra Duckworth, Louise Hillard, Sheila Lowry"; John & Veronica Salmon; Stuart & Gillian Jamieson; MJ Nelson & VR Nelson; Alan & Hilary Bedford; David John Hindle MA; Alan Redford; Valerie Rushworth; Sheila M Piper; Carol Johnston; Florence Rothwell; D & JJ Walmsley; Heather Margaret Blunt; Roger Hewitt; Mr & Mrs A Powell; Miss Jeanne I Knowles; Miss H Burton & Mrs M Bamber; Douglas Bowker; Ron Hothersall; Mrs Deyla Tomlinson; Mr PB & Mrs S Crofts; G & P Jones; Mr D & Mrs E A Hampson; Ian & Tracy Everett; Jim & Sue Adderley; Paul & Valerie Russell; Malcolm Higgin; RE & JM Williams; EJ Aspinall; Mike Jackson & Gill Vince; Helen & Martin Winder; Philip Kirk; Martin Lambert; M H & J M Taylor; Mr Stephen & Mrs Sandra Case; Frances Rosser; Jean Kay; Robin Gilleade; Linda & Maurice Strickland; Mr & Mrs K Haydock; Malcolm & Caroline Sterratt; JL Kenyon; Sharron & Charles O'Gorman; Lewis Pennington; Mr John & Mrs Catherine Hargreaves; Anne & David Haworth; Mr & Mrs CJ Wibberley; ER & AE Hoare; Michael Hodkinson; PD & P Ottwell; Martin B Slater; Linda & Tim Maudsley; Susan Ellison; Ian Sedgley; Mr Harry Wickham; Mr & Mrs D Benson; Anne Wilkinson; Brian & Denise Hughes; Matt Rishton; Barry Prescott; Rev'd Elizabeth Hodgkiss & Deacon Janet I Edwards; John & Anne Williams; Mr & Mrs Toy; AR & J Prosser; Pauline & John Greaves; Barry Turtle & Marjorie Miller; Mrs Mary Hogarth; Cyril Bloor; Melanie & Andy Hanson; E McDade & B McDade; Rossendale Ornithologists' Club; Karen Merritt; Alan & Ann Christy; Diane Haines; Lin & Steve Stapleton; "Jane, Adrian & Caitlin Warner"; Stuart Osborne; Mr & Mrs C Lowe ; Susan & Jefferson Conway; Ian & Louise Withers; John & Sheila Ives; John & Eileen Dickinson; Doris & David Taylor; C Brown & LM Brown; Phil Parry; Rachel Porter; Richard Thomas; Peter & Joan Wright; Alice & Denis Green; Christine Hardy; Alex Heede; Bruce Curwen; Rick Butcher; R Bird; Graham Bellenger; Mr & Mrs W Hurd; Bill & Pat Highton; Paul Hickman & Jacqueline Griffiths; Paula Amos; "Grindrod Family, Leyland"; Mr W Payne & Miss B Rex; Brenda Driver; Mr F & Mrs R Waring; Edward & Sylvia Hart; Edward & Sylvia Hart; Ian Taylor; Mr Graham Riley; Mrs M Hayler; Jill Bradshaw; Mrs M K McCooey; "Laurence, Abigail & Georgina Dalton"; F M Cheers; Pauline & Eric Bett; Mr & Mrs P Monaghan; John Donald Holden; Donald & Catherine Graham; R Hayes; Ian Sutton & Dorothy Sutton; Matt & Tracey Durrant; Patricia Higson; Rachael E Parks; Mr O Limone; Brian & Dilys Tomkins; Jean Wardle; Ian Woosey; Dr RJ (Bob) Harris; Dr RJ (Bob) Harris; Mike & Vicky Johnson; Brian & Jane Cooper; Ian & Lyn McDermott; Meg Boak; Charlie Dyson; Nick & Carol Harrison; Mrs V Baldwin; Leigh Ornithological Society; Mr H & Mrs M Bistro; Sue Alexander; Owen Michaelson; Pat Eardley; Mr & Mrs J Leadbeater; Sally & Mike Wright; Gill Leigh; Mers M Sealey; AH & KM Ashcroft; Thomas & Alice Weekes; Caroline Webb; Mr Peter Tipping; AP & LB Bentley; Donald & Margaret Worsnop; Keith & Lesley Houghton; Frances Randall; EB Hartley; Paul J Littler & Bernadette Hindle; Dr Bill Ward; M Thornber; Kevan & Cynthia Taylor; Norman J Littler; Paul Shenton; Elise Carroll & David Seed; JR Gofton; Mr & Mrs S Medati; C Britcliffe; Colin & Jean Hooper; Lesley Ann Bunting; Mrs A Golightly; RB & E Siddall; Patrick Swainson; Bethany & Ryan Dean; Barbara & Peter Fawthrop; Michelle Povey & Graham Bentley; Barry & Shirley Powrie; "David, Debbie, Megan & Cerys Moore"; Michael & Sheila Walton; Barry Eals; Christine Taylor; Jan Maskell; June Allen & Vincent Haworth; Eric Jackson; John & Sheila Hindle; Martyn Jones; MJ Bloomfield; VA Sayer; John S Christian; Pat & Charles Pearce; The Fourie Family; Norma & David Sherrington; Margaret & Allan Jones; Brian Marsh; Dr D Flath & Mr C Simco; Mark A Jones; I & R Thambar; Richard Grogan; The Turnbull Family; Mr & Mrs J McFarlane; John R Hoyes; Gerge Singleton; Mr & Mrs D Carter; F & M Ashworth; Ian Smith; Jim & Andrea Titterington; Helen R T Lengley; The Greenwoods; "Jane Brunning, Save The Ribble Campaign"; Dorothy Hall; John Derek Hall; Alison Wakeman-Brown; GW & K Hamlin; Peter & Tricia Shaw; Adrian Law; Mr & Mrs A Money; A Dowe; Colin & Sue Lunt; Richard & Peggy Holmes; david Shaw & Family; Jackie Clayton; Friends of Healey Nab; Roger A Lewis; Riuth & David Honour; M Woodroffe; Mr & Mrs J Heron; Wendy Jolleys; "Julie, Ashleigh, Sandra, Malcolm Walker"; Owners & Staff of M C S Ltd; Kevin & Marian Hesketh; Edward & Margaret Wood; Bill Turner; Pam & Philip Moon; Keith Ashcroft & Amanda Ratcliffe; Barry & Laura Brooke; Chris & Angela Baines; Steven Cooper & Laura O'Brien; Vicki Harris; Nichola Still; Elaine & Paul Meredith; Miss EP Mercer; David & Janet Percy; Arthur & Barbara Trigg; Elizabeth V Curphey ; John & Carol Crouch; Valerie & Malcolm Ballantyne; Peter & Jacqui Quinn; Joe Atherton; Jane V Bell; Bill & Debbie Grisenthwaite; Mr & Mrs R Funair; Ted Keane; Jamie & Beverley Watt; Phil & Marie Wood; Mr Frank Hampson; NR & SRC Holden; Peter & Jacqui Miles; Alan & Julie Cooper; Mr & Mrs J Warwick; Andrew Little; JA Vincent; Arthur C Evans; Mike & Maria Lavender; The Latham Family; Ron & Susan James; Stuart Jackson; Effat & Shuja Punekar; David & Margaret Campbell; Janet & Steve Langsford; BJ & LA Day; "Paul, Rebecca, James & Hannah Carroll"; Brian McGowan; In memory of Betty Yarwood; Hilary Machell; Bob & Janet Trafford; Mick & Vonda Rawcliffe; Graham Thomas; Kevin Beattie & Naomi Simmonds; Derrick & Jane Entwistle; Mr & Mrs T Fryars; Eunice & Malcolm Stokes; David Foster; Paul & Sue Hamilton; Bernard Banks & Lynda Banks; Dorothy A Cookson; SJ Waterhouse; Stewart & Janet Jennings; Anne Marie Davies; Val Lawrenson; Dave & Marilyn Kelly; Dr John Ellison; Heather & George Walker; Gwilym & Jane Roberts; Hatsell Family; J Prance & N Prance; Alan & Joan Pyrke; Ian Taylor; Liz Byrne; V Harvey; Irene Hughes; Jack & Brenda Hirst; Keith & Margaret Piper; Dianne & Jessica Hartley; Mr Derek Hargreaves; Eileen & Roland Clarke; Liam J Kenyon; William John Davies; Patricia Todd & Martyn Kinsella; John David Hale; Rob & Yvonne; Roger Rhodes; A & J E Hall; Mr & Mrs Derek Ode; Mr & Mrs J Hodgson; Stephen & Usha Hartley; Andrew Hibbert; Brian Lever; Bonita Pearson; Jeremy Ward; David & Helen Hindle; F S Horrocks; Frank & Barbara Hoyle; Lynn Robinson; Jeff & Kelly Hodson; Angela & Martin Coupe; Liz Cook; Sandra Royle & David Royle; Peter & Denise Curtis; Stephen Hollinghurst; Mr & Mrs Suggett; Ken Moon; B & SA Culpin; Dave Ellison & Carolyn Swan; Brian & Barbara Martland; Margaret Hebdon; W Ewart Dawson; Pernell & Bill Yates; Mr & Mrs R Mills; Water St Home Improvements; Peter Bennison; Mr Charles McLeod Hall; Shaun Ankers; Mr John Wilkinson; Aderyn & Keith Turner; Joan Disley; David Marshall Evans; Peter & Doris Wright; Rosalind AH Smith; James Heede & Hannah Heede; Amelia Joy Scott; Stephen Priestley; Chris Gaughan; Phil & Margaret Bissell; JL & ME Enfield; Duncan Cornwall; Graham & Caroline Walton; Lorna Bousfield; Wayne Shields; Harvey & Charlie Mason; In Memory of Pauline & Frederick Rhodes; Tom & Elsie Wilson, Paul & Pam Wilson; Peter M Wood; Mr & Mrs D W Moreton; Miss Adele Earnshaw; Mr C & Mrs LA Birkett; Stephen Wagstaffe; Clive & Angela Summers; Mr & Mrs Anthony Earles; Joyce Horrocks; Barbara Lee; Claire Fitzpatrick; Sarah Clubb; Mike Halpin; Keith & Aderyn Turner; Pat & Bob Rishton; Craig & Karen Stracey; Philip J Bennison; Kevin Heede; Mr & Mrs AR Duckworth; Eastman Company UK Ltd; Brian & Kathleen S Haworth; Amanda Moran; David R Smith; Peter Ashworth; Joyce E McCormack; Mr & Mrs A Tatlock & Family; Lesley & Philip Ainscough; SJ Allen; John A Almond; Eric Bain; Mr & Mrs Bamber; Mr & Mrs K J Baniker; D S Pilling & E M Barritt; Philip & Pat Berry; Ray Borrow; Mr & Mrs G Bowden; Mrs H Capstick; Briget Cook; Wendy & Chris Cooke; Jack & Doris Critchley; Donald Cummins; In memory of David A Dean; Madeline Dean; Mr P & Mrs S Dennis; Linda Dudman; Anne Duxbury; D A Elliott; Tom England & Patricia Carter; Robert A Farran; J D Fletcher; T A Fowler; Mr & Mrs S Fox; Marian Frake; Mary & Lisa Gregory; Paul Greenhalgh; Sheila Hall & Barry Freedman; Stuart Hampson; Christine & John Harrison; Emily Heath; P & V Heathcote; Alan Higson; Sheila Hill; G E Hincks; Patricia Holden; Michael Hunter; Gillian Jones; J Laing & M Laing; Barry McCarthy; Pat McGregor; Linda Maloney; B & D Moon; D A Moore; Mr & Mrs P Moots; Adrian Morris; Mrs Ann Murphy; Margaret Parry; J E Mrs G Postles; J V Pritchard; John & Pauline Richardson; Mrs Tracy Raysdale; Andrea Roberts; Neil Robinson; Alan Simister; A J Smith; Emma & James Smith; Gwen & Allan Smith; Paul & Val Snelling; J D & J F Swannick; Alan & Jean Toms; John & Susan Townsend; Valerie Watson & James A Watson; Philip & Tracey Wharf; Ann & Roger White; Ian & Mary Whitehead; Margaret & John Whitehead; M & J Whitehead; Clive David Williams; David E Woods; Maria Woods; Sue Worsley; Barbara Wright; Sheila Wynn;
Significant Dates
Winter 2007 - Negotiations for the purchase of the site began
Summer 2007- Brockholes Project Manager Ian Selby and Reserve Manager Sophie Leadsom were appointed.
Celebration open evenings were held for those who donated over £100 to the Brockholes appeal.
First part of Natural England funding was received.
Autumn 2007- The International Architectural Design Competition (RIBA) for the visitors centre was launched. Staff moved onto the site
Spring 2008 - Winner of the RIBA competition announced as Adam Khan Architects, click here to see the
Second part of Natural England funding received
Summer 2008 - The Lancashire Environmental Fund awarded Brockholes £446,000 for the development of education facilities, hides and infastructure.
Spring 2009 - NWDA and Forestry Comission announce £8.6 million worth of funding through their 'newlands' scheme
Winter 2009 - Natural England funding received for habitat works and footpath improvements
Work begins on the visitors centre
Spring 2010 - Environment Agency funding received to develop community fishing areas on site.
Spring 2011- Grand Opening
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