Below is information on some environmental features and facilities available at the Visitor Centre building.  Also how to join the guided tours we organise.

1. Meeting room for hire| for your meeting, conference or party
2. Education| planned activities for all ages
3. Café| hot and cold snacks, ice cream, drinks
4. Shop| 'things for the kids', souvenirs, unusual greeting cards
5. Exhibition| of environmental information
6. Natural outdoor play area| and separate toddlers' play area
7. Noticeboard of local events and entertainment
8. Toilets which are low flush and water saving

Environmentally friendly

visitor centre

1. Electricity generated by photovoltaic panels and a wind turbine
2. Warm air heating through the United Kingdom's first ventilated photovoltaic array 
3. Solar water collectors provide all year hot water 
4. Rainwater collection and storage for toilet flushing
5. Sewage treatment through a BioDisc sewage treatment unit
6. Insulation provided by recycled newsprint, rockwool and polystyrene
7. Passive solar gain through a south facing inset conservatory
8. Examples of double, triple and argon filled glazing
9. Earth bank protection on the north side to increasing thermal mass 
10. Exploiting natural light by using internal glazing to allow 'daylighting'

Tours of the building

We organise talks and guided tours of the building| for groups and individuals.  If an individual or small group would like to be notified of the next date of an organised tour, please telephone on Leicester (0116) 257 2888 or email to informationofficer@oadby-wigston.gov.uk|