Ripon City Wetlands - YWT — Attraction in Ripon

My wife who needs to use a walker managed to get to the timber structure with plenty of seats where we had coffee and sandwiches.Must say there were no litter bins but so pleased they were not needed as everyone must have taken their rubbish home,wish this was the case everywhere.We managed to walk a little further to see all the water fowl in the lake then returned to the carpark stopping to look at the wild flowers.Delighted to see damsels and dragonfly dancing around the path.what a nice warm day we had and we are pleased we moved to Ripon 2 years ago as there are plenty of wildlife walks.Went bat watching last night at the quarry wildlife park.what a lovely place to...

Lovely small nature reserve, my son loved it too.

Lost a star because the childrens' information boards miss the market badly. There are things about dogs and penguins and ants. Why aren't there things about lapwings and egrets and kingfishers? My son was confused by the penguins, but would have engaged really well had the boards actually referenced birds he could have...

Although it is clear that the car parks close at 5.00pm . It wasn't clear there was no pedestrian exit. Over 100 people were there at 6.00pm to see the murmuration of starlings and had no alternative but to clamber over large gates and fences. Strange that the BBC were advertising and must have been given...