Come and Explore - A Beautiful Place

The Forest Centre is a lively conservation centre, set in the spectacular Millennium Country Park, just a few minutes drive away from Milton Keynes and Bedford. The main park and visitors centre are open all year round and entry’s free! The Wetlands reserve has a ticketed charge in order to support maintaining this part of the site for wildlife.  With easy parking and trouble free access for everyone, the Forest Centre is a natural place for the all your family to come and explore…

Loads to do - Out in the Fresh Air

For walkers and cyclists, we’ve got eight kilometers of traffic-free, surfaced footpaths and cycle paths.  You can even rent a bicycle from our cycle hire.  A wildlife and sensory garden gives you the opportunity to get close to the magic of nature. Plants that excite the senses and through smell, sound or touch and the surfaced path through this area means that it is easily accessible for all.  Explore the beautiful wetland nature reserve on the wetland trail and take a peek at the wealth of birdlife around you, from one of our hides (adults £2.50, children/concessions £1.75).  

We’ve got a great adventure playground for your children to tackle and a charming wildlife garden everyone can enjoy. For riders, there are four kilometers of horse trails and plenty of room to box and un-box your horse in our large car park.

All sorts of friendly goings on!

We’ve an exciting calender of events for the whole family, all year round. Just ask one of our staff about what’s on, or pick up your free copy of our lively newsletter ‘Commentree’ to find out more!

Indoors Too

You can relax in the Lakeside Café- it’s full of light with a lovely view. Savour a good fresh coffee or a mellow glass of wine, with delicious fresh food prepared in our own kitchen. The Cafe is open from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. every day (6p.m. during British Summer Time).

Find out a little more about your local countryside and the story of the Marston Vale, with a walk around our lively interactive exhibition. Or why not treat a friend to a present from our gift shop ~ or the gallery here that sells new work by local artists? And if you have a special occasion coming up, the centre is a really popular venue for parties, barbeques and receptions. We run wonderful childrens’ parties, with special forest games like ‘Nature Detectives’.

Creating a Forest - For Our Children and Other Wildlife

The Forest Centre is at the heart of the Forest of Marston Vale - a massive project planting a beautiful new forest between Bedford and Milton Keynes. We’re creating breathing spaces where we will all be able to relax and escape the pressures of the modern world, for generations to come. And we’re breathing new life into a landscape damaged by years of brickmaking.