Northmoor Trust
Little Wittenham
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Northmoor Trust
Northmoor Trust
Hill Farm
Little Wittenham
Oxfordshire
OX14 4QZ
Contact:
Director of Education and Training
Telephone:
+44 (0)1865 409407
Website:
www.northmoortrust.co.uk
Email:
claire.poulton@northmoortrust.co.uk
Contact: Claire Poulton
Description
The Northmoor Trust is based in South Oxfordshire and manages an estate of 300 hectares, including Little Wittenham Nature Reserve, a conservation farm and a new woodland dedicated to forestry research.
The Trust promotes conservation through exemplary land management, education and land science. It has a Board of seven Trustees with 33 staff working in ecology, estate management, education and forest research.
School Visits: Let us plan a great outdoor experience for your school!
Additional information
- Riverside
- Yes
- Distance from river
- The Little Wittenham Estate adjoins the river Thames
- Locality
- Little Wittenham near Dorchester on Thames
- Location details
- The Northmoor Trust is based on the Little Wittenham estate. It is close to Dorchester on Thames. Please look at the web site for details. www.northmoortrust.co.uk
- Description of site
- Project Timescape is a new interactive visitors centre at the spectacular site of Wittenham Clumps, an internationally recognised nature reserve. Come and see our chalk grassland, forests, ponds, LEAF innovation farm, research forestry and our Iron Age fort looking over the River Thames..
- Thames resources
- A Rivers and Water Cycle day. Generate rainfall, find out how springs and rivers form, discover what the River Thames looked like half a million years ago and see how the river has changed our landscape. How has the helped man to survive.
- Weblink to programme
- www.projecttimescape.co.uk
- Other websites
- www.northmoortrust.co.uk
- Number of programmes offered to schools
- Specialized staff will work with you to customise programmes to your curriculum at key stages 1,2,3,4 and 5. Cross curricular themes or topic based work, team building days all to meet your needs. We have all the latest field equipment to support Secondary Field Work. See web site
- Opening hours
- School groups visit us during term time and during the holidays and week ends we offer special events. For public opening hours, see our web site.
- Opening hour notes
- Please see our web site.
- Family admission
- Ticket Cost £5 for adults; £2.75 for children; £12 for a family.
- School admission
- £3.50 per student
- Shop
- There is a very popular shop with themed goody bags available for schools
- Cafe/Lunch facilities
- Poem Tree Café available for lunch for visitors to Project Timescape.
- Possible number of visitors
- Groups of up to 90 school children.
- Parking
- Car parks are to be found at the entrance to Project Timescape and at the base of the Wittenham Clumps.
- Toilet
- Toilet facilities available.
- Access by public transport
- No public transport access.
- Special needs facilities
- There is disabled access and toilets for those with special needs.
- Seasonal considerations
- Bring wellies and suitable clothing for a walk around the Clumps.
- Special educational facilities including for weather conditions
- Specialized staff will lead in the outdoors, use, all the latest field equipment in Project Timescape. The Fisons barn is available as a classroom and lunch as a base for school groups. Coach parking adjoins Fisons barn.
- Pre visit services for teachers
- Teachers are encouraged to come and have a preliminary visit before they visit with their schools.
- Inset courses
- There is a full teacher training programme throughout the year.
- Family and Children programmes - Themes
- We run a full family and childrens events programme. For further details, please see our web site. We also run Clumos Club during school holidays for unaccompanied children.
- Family and Children programmes - Cost
- Please see website for details.
- Annual events or regular events
- We run very popular Green birthday parties throughout the year. The Northmoor Trust runs a Children's Food Festival on a regular basis. See web site for more details.
- Education staff available
- The Northmoor Trust has an Education Team of 3 teachers who work with school groups on the Wittenham Estate. They have a 'Kids on Farms' project Officer, who works with school groups on local farms. We have the Wild Waste Show Team and a Schools Energy Project Officer, who work in schools to help reduce Waste and Energy use in Oxfordshire.
- Key features
- Programmes include Project Timescape and the outdoors.