Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine, Beds

This area was used for brick clay extraction, and the land is now being reclaimed by planting parts as forest, and establishing nature reserves. In the Forest Centre building is an exhibition that makes a noble effort to get the public interested in forestry and forest products, and also a café. Nearby is a wetlands reserve which can be visited, for a fee. There are also walks around the lakes, and watersports on Stewartby Lake.
If you are interested in the Great Outdoors and our feathered friends, you should have a great time here. I’d recommend taking advantage of all available navigational aids, as the ground is flat and there are screens of small trees, so it’s often hard to see where anything is, where you are, or which big square lake you are looking at.
For car-free access there is a railway station at Millbrook, a healthy 20 minutes brisk walk distant.