Place to explore / Totton
Testwood Lakes Nature Reserve
Explore lakes, meadows and wet woodland on a wildlife walk.
- Where
- Brunel Road, Calmore, Totton, Hampshire SO40 3YD
About this outing
Testwood Lakes offers a mix of lakes, wet woodland and grassland, with birds and other wildlife to spot. The education centre hosts family nature activities. Follow the reserve’s visitor guidance, keep to paths and check access to the part of the reserve you want to visit. Dogs are excluded from some parts; organised children’s sessions have their own rules.
Planning your visit
- For education-centre sessions, go past the first car park and follow the green signs.
Plan your visit
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