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| Simon King,
President, with Philippa Forrester Vice President, and Roz
Kidman Cox, Chair of Avon Wildlife Trust |
The Folly Farm Centre opens!
A 20-year dream of turning the historic farm buildings of
Folly Farm into a place where people of all ages can learn about wildlife and
environmental living finally came true on Thursday 1 May with the official
opening of the Folly Farm Centre, on the outskirts of Bristol and Bath.
The opening ceremony was performed
by wildlife film-maker, presenter and photographerSimon King, who
is also the president of Avon Wildlife Trust.
Simon King said: "The South West
is famous for its rural nature and beautiful landscapes but around
half-a-million of the people who live within 10 miles or so of
Folly Farm are in built-up, urban, areas. For them, it isn’t
always easy to get close to nature, to find safe, green, spaces,
to exercise, run off steam, or bust stress, or to take up environmentally-friendly
leisure interests. Avon Wildlife Trust’s new Folly Farm
Centre will change all that – for children, adults, families
and businesses.” More
details
Folly Farm provides opportunities
for the wider community to engage with their environment and enjoy
the countryside in a variety of ways:
The nature reserve at Folly Farm is open all year
round - please park in the visitors car park. See here for details
of walks at Folly Farm.
The Folly Farm Centre is residential and
conference accommodation which is not open to the general public
on a day to day basis but a wide range of bookable courses can be
found here. See
the course brochure for details of future events at Folly Farm. |
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