Educational Visits at Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve

The Learning Centre, a wooden single storey building with a wildflower meadow in front and a fence. There is a blue sky above.

Lunt Meadows Learning Centre by Molly Toal

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School visits at Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve

Lunt Meadows is a wetland nature reserve situated on the banks of the River Alt in North Merseyside. Doubling up as a flood storage reservoir, it is home to a wonderful variety of bird life. It is also a fascinating archaeological site and home to one of just a few surviving Mesolithic settlements, providing an inspiring backdrop to learn about Mesolithic history.

Why choose Lunt Meadows for your school visit?

Lunt Meadows is the ideal place to visit for:

Smaller groups of up to 35 children per day
workshops based on the stone age, habitats, rivers and much more
perfect location for schools based in Sefton and Liverpool

Expert team

Your visit at Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve will be run by LWT Education Team, a highly skilled and experienced team of environmental education specialists who pride themselves on providing exciting and innovative programmes that inspire children and young people about the natural world. We run Education visits at a variety of sites across the region (Brockholes Nature Reserve, Mere Sands Wood, Bolton ERC, The Hive & Lunt Meadows), as well as outreach sessions, Forest School programmes, Forest School training and outdoor learning CPD training for schools/ groups.

One of our smaller sites, we can accommodate up to 35 students

We can take groups of up to 35 children for school visits at Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve. When booking a school visit led by our Education team, your school will have the use of the Classroom in the Learning Centre, which is located straight ahead from the coach drop off. You will have an enthusiastic and experienced member of the Education team dedicated to your group throughout your visit.

A huge selection of activities

We offer a wide variety of workshops for school visits including Habitats, Minibeasts, Pond Dipping, Bushcraft/Survival, Stone Age, Rivers and Environmental Art. For our full range of workshops click below.

Within these activities children will also develop primary skills such as team working, citizenship, basic instincts, confidence in an outdoor setting, emotional intelligence, social skills, health and safety initiatives, sustainability, appreciation and understanding of nature.

Please note that for our workshops we require a 1:8 adult to child ratio but you are more than welcome to bring more adults if you want to (adults come free of charge). This ratio does not include adults who are specifically assigned as a 1:1 with a particular child, this should be in addition to the 1:8 ratio.

Easily accessible car park

Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve is located in Merseyside, nestled along the River Alt in North Merseyside, and easily accessed from the M62, M58 & M57. Coach parking is available.

Suitable for ages from Early Years to A Level and beyond

The educational visits at Lunt Meadows are suitable for all age ranges, from Early Years to A Level, and beyond.

Flexible spaces

For our Education visits we run two workshops in a day visit (morning and afternoon), school groups arrive at Lunt Meadows from 10am and leave around 2pm-2.45pm. All our workshops are fully risk assessed and suit and complement the goals of the National Curriculum.

Facilities

In terms of accessibility, wherever possible we try to make our activities as inclusive as possible. However, due to the nature of the terrain at Lunt Meadows, we wouldn’t recommend this site for wheelchair users. This is because of the uneven paths and terrain which would make it extremely difficult for wheelchair users to move around the site for the workshop activities.

If you have a wheelchair user in your group, you may be interested to know that our team also run school visits at Brockholes Nature Reserve (Preston); Mere Sands Wood (Rufford) and The Hive at Moss Bank Park (Bolton), and these sites are more accessible.

A variety of habitats to explore

Previously heavily farmed arable land the reserve now functions as a flood storage reservoir for the Environment Agency. As well as a wetland nature reserve, Lunt Meadows is a fascinating archaeological site home to one of just a few surviving Mesolithic settlements.