Visit our autumn Food Fair at Lakeside Farm Shop to browse, sample produce and meet some of our local suppliers. Pick up a treat from our BBQ stand, using produce sourced from the Rural Estate, and collect your pumpkins ready for Halloween. Read more
Get ready for the Christmas season and make your own set of jewellery for yourself or as a gift, or just an excuse to try something new. Read more
Afternoon Session Join Florist Gemma from Emilee Rose to design and make your own Autumn Wreath. All materials provided including an oasis wreath, and a selection of green foliage. £25 per wreath. Suitable for 16yrs+ Read more
Our brand new Fox Play playground opens today! Pop down to Lakeside in Ferry Meadows and try out all the new adventure play equipment. Specially designed activity booklets and stickers will be handed out by our team to make your visit even more exciting. Read more
Available all month at weekends. Book a 1-hour guided visit to Longthorpe Tower, the surviving part of a 14th century, three storey medieval fortified Manor House. It contains the finest set of medieval wall paintings in a domestic setting in Western Europe, giving a rare insight into the medieval mind. Read more
Enjoy a tranquil trip around Overton Lake and onto the River Nene on our new electrically-powered passenger boat. The 45 minute pre-bookable trips will depart at weekends and during October Half term from the Visitor Centre. Read more
Join one of our Visitor Rangers for a social walk around Ferry Meadows and the wider Nene Park. The location and routes of the walks will be different each month with 2 opportunities to come along and see a different area of Nene Park. Click below for more details. Read more
Join our park rangers for an informative presentation on bats. Follow this with a walk in the park and using bat detectors try to spot and identify the bats that call Ferry Meadows home. Read more
Wyndham's near silent-motor means that she is the ideal craft for wildlife watching. Join us on a cruise along the River Nene where swans, geese and other water fowl will glide alongside the boat with you. We cannot guarantee what you will see but wildlife highlights may include Herons, Kingfishers and the elusive Otter! Read more
Join Jonathon from Fen Fungi to discover the wonderful world of fungi. The day will start with introductory talk on fungi (about 45 minutes); then a walk around the park looking for, identifying and picking fungi. We will stop for lunch (about half an hour); then a wrap up session, reviewing what has been collected, then time for a Q&A session. Read more
Complete a trail around Ferry Meadows, answer the questions and claim a prize at the end! On every day in October Half Term from 10am-4:00pm. Read more
Come along to make a scarecrow! The scarecrows will be used to decorate the Park for half term. Read more
Join with family and friends and walk 5K or 10K in memory of your loved one at the Sue Ryder Walk to Remember in Peterborough on Sunday 24 October. Read more
This two day course covers basic sailing skills, rope work and collision avoidance. After the course participants will be able to tack and control boat speed and understand basic principles. Read more
Join one of our Rangers; Sophie for a walk around Ferry Meadows looking at the variety of plants that give us the splendid autumn colours. Read more
Here at Ferry Meadows we will be running outdoor learning sessions every month for home schooled children. Each session will have curriculum and nature focused activities, with each month having a different theme. Read more
Once again, the witch has lost her items in the trees. Find the trees, find the items and she'll reward you with your very own broom stick to fly away home on. Read more
Our archery taster sessions are a great introduction to the sport. Book a session and unleash your inner Robin Hood! Suitable for: Adults and children 8 yrs Read more
This 2 day course covers launching and recovery, steering, parts of the boat and basic sailing. After the course participants will be able to steer and understand basic principles. £155.00 Read more
Together we can build homes for nature. Come along and make a nest box under the guidance of our rangers. Birds will use the boxes to roost and shelter in the winter months and will be familiar with it, ready for nesting in Spring next year. Read more
Have you ever wondered how we make our firewood that we sell at the visitor centre or for our campsite visitors? Drop by the visitor centre area and you can see a demonstration of our log splitting machine with our volunteer wood craft team. Read more
The team from Nene Outdoors will be getting our climbing wall out during the school holidays for all visitors to have a go. We will be outside Nene Outdoors. Are you brave enough to reach the top? Read more
Join Florist Gemma from Emilee Rose to design and make your own Autumn Wreath. All materials provided including an oasis wreath, and a selection of green foliage. £25 per wreath. Suitable for 16yrs+ Read more