Latest news
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Hop on board! Volunteers wanted to help run miniature railway
Volunteers’ Week begins on 1 June, and the Echills Wood Railway at Kingsbury Water Park is using the opportunity to call on railway enthusiasts to lend their time to keep the trains running.
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Visitors to Ryton Pools Country Park discover six species not seen before at the site
During a recent “BioBlitz” event, visitors to Ryton Pools Country Park spotted six species that had never been seen at the site before.
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10-Year-Old Vinnie Raises £660 for Charity at Kingsbury Water Park ‘Dazzle Walk’
A 10-year-old boy from Solihull recently completed a charity "Dazzle Walk’ at Kingsbury Water Park to raise money for the charity, Ehlers-Danlos UK.
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Ufton Fields Nature Reserve and Stockton Cutting return to WCC’s Country Park portfolio
Ufton Fields Nature Reserve and Stockton Cutting are moving back under the management of WCC's Country Parks service, after over 40 years of successful Warwickshire Wildlife Trust custodianship.
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May half-term activity programme announced!
We can't quite believe it, but the May half-term school holiday is only a few weeks away, and you know what that means… A week of fun in the great outdoors at Warwickshire's Country Parks!
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Celebrate the Coronation in the great outdoors at Warwickshire’s Country Parks
Warwickshire’s Country Parks are set to be the perfect destination to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.
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Rare species of bee recorded in Warwickshire for first time
A rare species of bee, Colletes cunincularius, has been discovered at Ryton Pools Country Park, marking the first time that the bee has been recorded in Warwickshire.
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Meet Ben, Habitat Specialist Ranger for Grasslands
Meet Ben Coleman, a member of Warwickshire County Council’s park ranger team.
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Four Warwickshire Country Parks named “Local Favourites” in national public vote
Four of Warwickshire’s Country Parks have bagged the title of “Local Favourite”, after all four appeared in the top 20% of parks voted for by the public in the UK’s Favourite Park competition.
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Biodiversity at Ryton Pools Country Park to be given a boost thanks to National Highways grant
Wildlife habitats at Ryton Pools Country Park will soon be improved thanks to £30,000 of funding awarded to Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s Dunsmore Living Landscape Partnership.