Cotswold Lakes Trust
Cotswold Lakes Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the Cotswold Water Park for the benefit of wildlife and people.
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About Cotswold Lakes Trust
About Us
Cotswold Lakes Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the Cotswold Water Park for the benefit of wildlife and people.
Our Sites
We manage a range of sites and nature reserves across the Cotswold Water Park
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Our Work
Cotswold Lakes Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the Cotswold Water Park for the benefit of wildlife and people.
Leadership
Guiding the Cotswold Water Park to a more accessible and sustainable future
Biodiversity and the Natural Environment
Protecting and enhancing the rich natural environment
Recreation and Access
Improving access and encouraging the public to appropriately enjoy our sites
Education
Promoting a greater understanding of the heritage, wildlife and landscape
2026 Challenge Fund Appeal
Projects & Events
As a charity, Cotswold Lakes Trust runs several varied and interesting projects, through specific grant funding. These range from the ongoing Cotswold Water Vole Recovery Project and environmental enhancements on key sites within the Cotswold Water Park through to improvements to public leisure sites that the Trust manages.
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Our native partridge species – The Grey Partridge
The Cotswold Water Park isn’t just one vast expanse of water; around the fringes and between the main areas of gravel extraction plenty of farmland still exists. Many farmland birds have declined drastically since the mid twentieth century, with the list including our...
New mini-information point at Ashton Keynes Community Shop
When it comes to a local shop, there’s not much that the Ashton Keynes Community Shop doesn’t offer. Apart from selling groceries seven days a week, it also offers photocopying, cashback, ticket sales for local events, newspaper collection, PayPoint, coffee, and a...
New Cotswold Water Park Nature Reserves Guide
Have you ever wondered what a Willow Warbler looks like? Or searched in vain for a Glow Worm? Look no further – Cotswold Lakes Trust has produced a guide to the main nature reserves that lie within the Cotswold Water Park and what visitors might find there.There are...
Top impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner ensures Cotswold Water Park Ball goes swimmingly
Two hundred and eighty guests laughed, dined and danced their socks off at the Cotswold Water Park Ball. They also raised £9,000 for Cotswold Lakes Trust, the charity which plays a pivotal role in the environmental welfare of the Cotswold Water Park. The funds will...
Sparrowhawks
This is the time of year when many of you will have cleaned and filled your bird feeders, then hung them out to attract all manor of finches, tits and sparrows; with the added excitement, if you are lucky, of the likes of woodpeckers and Nuthatches. But the more birds...
Late season dragonflies
As we move into autumn most dragonflies will have vanished from the lakes and rivers around the Cotswold Water Park. However, a few are still on the wing, including two closely related species; Migrant Hawker and Southern Hawker. Migrant Hawker is a medium sized...