Our Education Centre at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, in the heart of the Ouse Valley, offers a great learning experience for visiting education and community groups as well as families – including a chance to get up close to local wildlife on the surrounding nature reserve throughout the year.

At Paxton Pits we aim to inspire families and visiting education and community groups about the wildlife of the Ouse Valley.

We offer fun and exciting practical activities.  Our popular drop-in holiday events have included activities based around everything from earthworms to hedgehogs to bumblebees and more! During these special events, families potter around in the outdoor area playing games, undertaking challenges, pond dipping and minbeast hunting to discover more about local wildlife. They are sent home with their own creations that have included everything from hedgehog monitoring tunnels (to discover if they have a hedgehog in their garden) to chocolate puddings based around earthworms and soils.