Jeffery Harrison Visitor Centre, Sevenoaks - Overview
The Visitor Centre houses displays illustrating the prehistory and history of the site, the creation of the nature reserve, its habitats and the wildlife which they support. There are displays of stuffed birds in dioramas of local habitats as well as touch tables where visitors can handle all sorts of 'treasures' such as nests, feathers and thirty-thousand year old mammoth teeth.
Visitor Centre Opening Times
Winter: 4 January 2012 -1 April 2012 open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 4pm or dusk if earlier. From 2 April 2012 - 31 October 2012 open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday inclusive and Bank Holidays from 10.00am - 5.00pm. Closed during Christmas and New Year.
Click here to watch a video of our Festival of Wildlife held in August 2011.
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
The site houses a large wetland environment home to a wide range of wildlife. There is a nature trail for which a leaflet is available. See reserve page for more information.
We regret that dogs are not allowed on the Reserve, except guide dogs.
Jeffery Harrison Visitor Centre is proud to receive a Green Tourism Silver Award showing our commitment to the environment.
Nature Reserve Opening Times
Daily from dawn to dusk
Please follow the links below for further information about volunteering and educational opportunities at Sevenoaks Wildllife Reserve:
Volunteering
Education
Wildlife Study Days
Key site
For migrant birds in spring and autumn, wetland plants and dragonflies in summer. In winter months a host of wildfowl inhabit the site.
The visitor centre is open to the public:
Year round (except over the Christmas period) on Wednesdays and at weekends from 10am till 5pm
(or dusk, whichever is earlier) .
