Environmental education at the Urban Wildlife Centre

Our newest Education Centre is at the Urban Wildlife Centre in Corfe Mullen, only 10 minutes from Poole town centre.

The centre is on the edge of Upton Heath which makes it the perfect place to study the internationally important heathland habitat.  The centre is also adjacent to a former quarry and existing landfill which provides the context of human effects on the environment.

We offer various activities on the heath such as:

• Pond dipping
• Mini beast hunts
• Discovery walks
• Succession
• Adaptations
• Human Impacts

The  Education Centre also houses the brand new David Ballam Education Room which will include information displays, interactive activities and bat roost and bird box cameras linked to a television.

This facility opened in May 2008 and will help reinforce activities carried out on Upton Heath. 

If you would like leaflets on any of the above services please contact us.  All our activities can be made suitable for different Key Stages and we provide the equipment, worksheets and materials, as well as activity specific Risk Assessments.

Link to General Education Pages

Tree bashing in search of mini beasts high up in the branches

A discovery walk looking at heathland succession