Join us for the grand opening of the Ouse Valley Rewilding Centre and explore nature like never before!

Rewilding Visitor Centre Opens in Newhaven — For One Day Only!

What if the Lower Ouse Valley was truly wild again?

Imagine beaver dams slowing floodwaters to protect homes. Sea eagles soaring overhead, signalling a river rich with fish. Vast kelp forests returning offshore, sheltering marine life and even welcoming humpback whales back to our coast — watched from the cliffs at Newhaven.

It may sound like a dream. But if it’s the future we want, we can build it together.

To celebrate World Rewilding Day, People’s Park for Nature in partnership with Greenhavens Network and Sussex Dolphin Project is unveiling England’s first Rewilding Visitor Centre — a one-day-only pop-up exhibition imagining a wilder Lower Ouse Valley, from land to sea.

📍 Atrium, Ground Floor, Marine Workshops, Newhaven, BN9 0ER

📅 Thursday 19 March

⏰ 5–10pm

🎟 Free entry (booking recommended)

Drop in anytime for this inspiring, family-friendly evening. Meet local experts, explore immersive rewilding experiences, and help co-design a Visitor Centre for nature and community alike.

✨ What to Expect

🎧 Immersive rewilded soundscapes filled with returning wildlife

🦅 Watch eagles, bison, beavers and whales — real and imagined

🍹 A free “Taste of the Wild” mocktail

🎥 Share your vision in our Wild Video Booth

🌊 Discover how lost species once shaped our land and sea

🎨 Get hands-on in the Wilder Workshop with clay, cardboard, paint and LEGO

🎉 Be there as we launch England’s first Rewilding Visitor Centre — a sign of things to come

This special launch is a joint initiative from People’s Park for Nature, Greenhavens Network, and Sussex Dolphin Project.

Come dream big. Come shape the vision. Come help rewild the future.

This event is supported by Ouse Valley Climate Action (OVCA)