Castle Espie Wetland Centre
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Newtownards, County Down
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Closed — opens 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoorAdventure play🐐 AnimalsBirthday partiesSeasonal openingSchool holiday activities
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
- Baby changing
- Picnic area
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Castle Espie is a wetland centre on the shore of Strangford Lough with nature-based adventure play areas, a World Wetland Aviary where you can meet ducks and geese from around the world and join handfeeding sessions, and a duckery. In summer there are pond dipping sessions on Wednesday afternoons, and a Dragonfly Festival running from late June through September with crafts, arts workshops and courtyard activities. The site also has a Sensory Garden and Potter's Bothy to explore.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Hand sanitiser
- Travel sickness bands
- Insect repellent
- Picnic blanket
- Woolly hat
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