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  • Lakeside Activity Centre

    Lakeside Activity Centre

    Our proposals for a new activity centre based in the Lakeside area of the Park were approved by Peterborough City Council’s planning committee on 23 March 2021. Find out more about our plans. Read more

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Our projects

Scroll through the projects below to find out more.

To take a look at a summary of some of our work in 2020, please watch our video here.

Your Community Greenspace

Your Community Greenspace

The Nene Park: Your Community Greenspace project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund is an exciting 5-year project for Nene Park. Read more

Published: 27th May, 2022

Author: Joanna Bacon

Peterborough Celebrates Festival

Peterborough Celebrates Festival

Taking place in Ferry Meadows across the weekend of 13th - 15th May 2022, the Peterborough Celebrates Festival is a new, free to attend, family-orientated festival that will bring communities together and celebrate everything that defines our fantastic city. Read more

Published: 28th February, 2022

Updated: 19th May, 2022

Author: Joanna Bacon

Monthly Photography Competitions 2022

Monthly Photography Competitions 2022

Nene Park continues its monthly photography competitions for 2022. Each month will have a different theme, encouraging photographers to search for seasonal nature and wildlife and visit different areas of the Park. Read more

Published: 5th January, 2022

Updated: 30th June, 2022

Author: Joanna Bacon

New café for Thorpe Meadows

New café for Thorpe Meadows

We want to improve the experience for visitors at Thorpe Meadows. With this in mind we are looking at providing a café with small play area and toilet facilities adjacent to the car park. Read more

Published: 2nd December, 2021

Updated: 8th December, 2021

Author: Caroline Hartley

Woodlands sports facilities

Woodlands sports facilities

Nene Park Trust took over management of the sports pitches at Woodlands, Castor in 2017 and are now planning to expand the sports facilities there for the wider community. Read more

Published: 30th November, 2021

Updated: 26th January, 2022

Author: Caroline Hartley

From Park to Plate

From Park to Plate

From Park to Plate is a share farming partnership between Nene Park Trust and first generation farmers, brothers Craig and Ryan Baxter. The partnership sees lamb and beef reared on land managed for wildlife, including the Nene Park Rural Estate, where nature and farming go hand in hand. Read more

Published: 9th November, 2021

Updated: 5th July, 2022

Author: Joanna Bacon

Fox Play at Lakeside

Fox Play at Lakeside

Fox Play is the newest and largest of our play areas at Ferry Meadows. Construction ran from June - October 2021 and it officially opened to the public on 26 October 2021. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2021

Updated: 5th May, 2022

Author: Joanna Bacon

Fox Play Drawing Competition

Fox Play Drawing Competition

From 19 July - 3 September 2021, children aged 3-12 can enter a drawing competition to build excitement for our new play area, Fox Play, which is currently under construction. Read more

Published: 13th July, 2021

Updated: 6th September, 2021

Author: Caroline Hartley

Rivers of the World Art Project

Rivers of the World Art Project

As part of the Nenescape Landcape Partnership Scheme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nene Park is working with METAL Peterborough and Thames Festival Trust on an exciting international art and education project that connects young people around the globe to their local river. Read more

Published: 9th June, 2021

Author: Joanna Bacon

Art in the Park - Ebb and Flow

Art in the Park - Ebb and Flow

Nene Park is pleased to be exhibiting a new painting by artist Miranda Creswell at Ferry Meadows Country Park, as part of the Ripple Effect project. Read more

Published: 19th May, 2021

Author: Caroline Hartley

Lakeside Activity Centre

Lakeside Activity Centre

Our proposals for a new activity centre based in the Lakeside area of the Park were approved by Peterborough City Council’s planning committee on 23 March 2021. Find out more about our plans. Read more

Published: 11th March, 2021

Updated: 15th June, 2022

Author: Caroline Hartley

Share Farming Partnership

Share Farming Partnership

Nene Park Trust entered into a share farming partnership with Craig and Ryan Baxter in October 2020, to deliver more nature-friendly farming and in addition, to support the charity’s wider objectives around education, community engagement and environmentally-friendly farming. Read more

Published: 1st March, 2021

Updated: 11th November, 2021

Author: Joanna Bacon

Your Community Greenspace: Capital works

Your Community Greenspace: Capital works

Read more about the plans for capital improvement works as part of Your Community Greenspace project and take part in our survey. Read more

Published: 1st February, 2021

Updated: 11th February, 2021

Author: Caroline Hartley

Monthly Photography Competition 2021

Monthly Photography Competition 2021

Nene Park launched a new photography competition for 2021. Each month had a different theme, encouraging photographers to search for seasonal nature and wildlife and visit different areas of the Park. Read more

Published: 19th January, 2021

Updated: 5th January, 2022

Author: Joanna Bacon

Mick George Recreation and Wildlife Enhancements

Mick George Recreation and Wildlife Enhancements

Over the past 4 years the Mick George Community Fund have been fantastic benefactors to the Park, and this continues with not one but two grants approved by them towards the end of 2020. Read more

Published: 6th January, 2021

Author: Joanna Bacon

Ferry Meadows Visitor Experience Improvements

Ferry Meadows Visitor Experience Improvements

Funding secured from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development LEADER programme, through the Rural Peterborough and Rutland Local Action Group to improve the visitor experience at Ferry Meadows. Read more

Published: 29th July, 2020

Updated: 1st October, 2020

Author: Joanna Bacon

Lynch Lake Kiosk

Lynch Lake Kiosk

Thanks to funding from LEADER, we are currently renovating Lynch Lake Kiosk to create a brand new and flexible community space. Read more

Published: 26th July, 2020

Updated: 6th August, 2020

Author: Joanna Bacon

Artists-in-residence 2020

Artists-in-residence 2020

Funded through the Arts Council England, three artists will take up three month residencies in Nene Park Read more

Published: 22nd July, 2020

Updated: 1st December, 2020

Author: Caroline Hartley

Art in the Park - 42Words

Art in the Park - 42Words

42WORDS will see 10 local artists create 42 artworks in a variety of artforms to be installed in the Park in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Read more

Published: 21st July, 2020

Updated: 7th September, 2020

Author: Joanna Bacon

Monthly Photography Competition 2020

Monthly Photography Competition 2020

Nene Park ran a new photography competition in 2020, with a new winner announced each month. The winning entries were displayed in the 2021 Nene Park calendar and in a photography exhibition in the Park. Read more

Published: 20th July, 2020

Updated: 19th January, 2021

Author: Joanna Bacon

Nenescape Overview

Nenescape Overview

The Nenescape Landscape Partnership Scheme (LPS) is a £4.5 million project to celebrate, protect and conserve the natural and built heritage of the River Nene and its landscape. Read more

Published: 20th July, 2020

Updated: 6th August, 2020

Author: Joanna Bacon

Bringing Nature Closer

Bringing Nature Closer

Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Nenescape project carried out in 2017-2019 restored Heron and Goldie meadows back to wetland. Read more

Published: 19th July, 2020

Updated: 6th August, 2020

Author: Caroline Hartley

Boardwalk in Bluebell Wood

Boardwalk in Bluebell Wood

The boardwalk was created with funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund through the Nenescape Landscape Partnership scheme and with the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and Nene Park Trust staff. Read more

Published: 17th July, 2020

Updated: 6th August, 2020

Author: Joanna Bacon

Station Master's Garden

Station Master's Garden

Funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this Nenescape project is focussed on restoring colour and biodiversity back to this remnant of the once-thriving railway on Station Lane, Castor. Read more

Published: 16th July, 2020

Updated: 4th January, 2021

Author: Joanna Bacon

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  • Cycle Skills Track

    Cycle Skills Track

    There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go. Recommended minimum age 8yrs+. Helmets essential. This is a free have a go session, funding in partnership with PECT and LNER On Your Bike initiative. Drop in anytime with your bike between 11am and 4pm, no need to book.

  • Cycle Skills Track

    Cycle Skills Track

    There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go. Recommended minimum age 8yrs+. Helmets essential. This is a free have a go session, funding in partnership with PECT and LNER On Your Bike initiative. Drop in anytime with your bike between 11am and 4pm, no need to book.

  • Cycle Skills Track

    Cycle Skills Track

    There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go. Recommended minimum age 8yrs+. Helmets essential. This is a free have a go session, funding in partnership with PECT and LNER On Your Bike initiative. Drop in anytime with your bike between 11am and 4pm, no need to book.

  • Cycle Skills Track

    Cycle Skills Track

    There will be temporary cycle skills track laid out at Nene Outdoors for anyone to have a go. Recommended minimum age 8yrs+. Helmets essential. This is a free have a go session, funding in partnership with PECT and LNER On Your Bike initiative. Drop in anytime with your bike between 11am and 4pm, no need to book.

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  • Ferry Meadows

    Ferry Meadows

    Ferry Meadows is the ideal place for a family day out and one of the largest country parks in the region. Situated less than three miles from Peterborough city centre, at the heart of Nene Park, its varied landscapes make it the favourite destination for thousands of visitors throughout the year.

  • Water Pay & Play Activities

    Water Pay & Play Activities

    At Nene Outdoors, we run a ‘Pay and Play’ scheme, providing visitors of all ages and abilities with the opportunity to enjoy the watersports we have on offer. Book for half hour sessions on line or for one hour, book in person at the Nene Outdoors reception, hire our equipment and use our facilities.

  • Peterborough Celebrates Festival

    Peterborough Celebrates Festival

    Taking place in Ferry Meadows across the weekend of 13th - 15th May 2022, the Peterborough Celebrates Festival is a new, free to attend, family-orientated festival that will bring communities together and celebrate everything that defines our fantastic city.

  • Camping at Nene Outdoors

    Camping at Nene Outdoors

    Book a bell tent or pitch-only camping trip to Nene Park! Our campsites are small but perfectly formed, located in Ferry Meadows on the edge of Gunwade Lake, they have stunning views across the water and are discreetly tucked away from the bustle of the rest of the Park.

  • Parking charges at Ferry Meadows

  • Play areas

    Play areas

    Nene Park is a great place to play. Games on the meadows, adventures in the woodlands and three great play areas within Ferry Meadows to cater for all ages.

  • Take a boat trip

    Take a boat trip

    Enjoy a relaxing boat trip around Overton Lake on 'Wyndham', our new electrically powered passenger boat, and discover more about our new passenger cruises and private hire services.

  • Festival line up

    Festival line up

    A summary of the line up of performances, music, art, workshops and community groups for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

  • How does the car park system at Ferry Meadows work?

  • Open Water Swimming

    Open Water Swimming

    Open water swimming is one of the fastest growing sports in the country combining an opportunity to improve fitness with an enjoyment of the outdoors.

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