Nature Day

Nature Day 2025 will be on the 11th May!

Our annual family fun day celebrating the natural world.

Join us and many local organisations for a day of fun activities for all ages.

Joining us on the day will be…
Alton Natural History Society 
Charles Butler Foundation
Gilbert White’s House Field Studies Centre
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust 
Hampshire Bat Group
HART Wildlife Rescue
Photos By Felix (Wildlife photography)
The Forest School Company 
Hampshire and IoW Amphibian and Reptile Group

 

    Gilbert Whites House

    Gilbert White was aged 7 or 8 when the White family moved from the Vicarage on Selborne’s Plestor, to this house, called ‘The Wakes’ (named after the Wake family who had lived here previously). At that time, the property would have been no more than a ‘two up, two down’ but over subsequent years several extensions and additions have been made, creating the long, sizeable house you see today.

    The rooms have been restored following descriptions in White’s own correspondence and include a chair he used at Oriel College, Oxford (loaned from the College), items of contemporary furniture, family portraits and bed hangings embroidered for him by his aunts.

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