WWT Washington - Washington

Illona K.

A really lovely place to go if you'd like to spend a day in nature. We did the otter and flamingo talks, which was informative and interesting. It's lovely to do the longer walk down to the salt marshes in sunny weather, and the kids liked bird spotting in the hides. It was great that the hides had little information sheets with common birds on for each respective location. It's worth taking along some binoculars if you have any.

The play area is good, the kids really enjoyed it, particularly the water play area (come prepared with a change of clothes). We took our own picnic, but also had drinks and ice cream at the main cafe, which had a modest selection of foods.

On the day we visited, there was also a pond dipping session on which the children really enjoyed.

It's worth downloading the app before booking tickets as you get a discount off the tickets if you book via the app. The app was also really handy and it sends you little timely reminders for any talks or activities you want to do. It was also handy for giving us a live location on the map when we were walking round.

Thomas C.

Much larger than expected and a very large mix of birds (and a couple of Otters) to see.
The walk around the surrounding nature reserve was brilliant. The views from the numerous hides are fantastic. Our 4 yr old had a brilliant day. Family of 3 and ended up joining for the year as we enjoyed it so much for a family pic nic day out location.

Lucy R.

Lovely day out for a nice walk and to see the different variations of animals, the otters especially. They have timed talks for the otters and flamingos twice a day for each which was engaging and fun to learn something new.

debra B.

A brilliant day out. We arrived at 11.30 and left as it was closing at 4.30. We had a 3 yr old and a 1yr old with us and they loved seeing all the birds, getting up close with some, listening to the talk about flamingoes. We took packed lunches for the children and we had a coffee and sandwich in the cafe. The best way is to pay monthly if you’re going to go a few times in a year or paying at the door is £13 for an adult, children under 4 are free. There’s different parks and plenty of different walks to go in. Make sure you have wellies and waterproof trousers for the muddy play, they both loved it.
Plenty of parking with an overflow car park as well.

Milo C.

Up there with my absolute favourite spots to visit in the North East.

I've been coming here with my mother for years now, and we've held a membership for a good portion of that too.

Whether it be the otters, wader lake, or hawthorn hide, I'll never be tired of coming here.

The conservation work done here is also massive for many species in the North.

Big thanks to Kate too who led us on the wader walk during my visit on Sunday. Very knowledgable and easy to talk to.

Steph C.

Nice morning with our friend and our little ones. Plenty of walking areas around the site and picnic benches dotted around, would be great on a summers day. Wrap up as most of the visit is outdoors. Nice cafe on site but it's quite expensive in comparison to similar centres and the play park is more aimed towards older children rather than toddlers.

Iain W.

I was disappointed with my family visit. I feel this WWT could be much better if it had some money thrown at maintenance and exhibits. I’ve been to a few WWT’s and this one was the poorest I’ve been to. There was little variety to see and it is spread out over a large area that’s not suitable for those with limited walking ability or in wheelchairs due to the hills. Short walk to the entrance from the carpark. The on-site cafe basically offers hot drinks, cakes, baked potatoes or sandwiches and is quite expensive for what you get.

KAN K.

We like this place. It has a good natural ecological environment. We don't have to buy food for birds, and we don't have to disturb their lives. It preserves a strong atmosphere of natural education and has some toys that are very inspiring for children. Here is a good place in modern life that does not bring knowledge from mobile phones, computers and other electronic products.