A new wheelchair and pushchair friendly pond dipping platform, installed by our volunteers and paid for by funding received from Tesco's Bags of Help, will give youngsters the opportunity to come face with a wide variety of weird and wonderful creatures.
Using nets, young explorers will come face-to-face with damselfly and dragonfly larvae, water beetles, snails, pond skaters, and leeches.
Foxton Locks is home to a staircase of ten locks which enables boats to navigate up and down the hill at Foxton. Built in 1815 the locks are 200 years old and around 4,500 boats travel through this famous flight each year. The site is also home to a now disused boat lift which was originally designed to speed up travel by bypassing the locks before it fell into disuse in 1911.
Alex Goode, site manager at Foxton Locks, said: "Foxton Locks is lovely to visit throughout the year, but my favourite time is spring and summer when the waterways are alive with all kinds of animals and insects gently fluttering or buzzing along the canal.
"This new pond dipping platform will allow visitors of all ages to discover how rich and diverse our canals are and see for themselves what critters call the canal their home. So, if you're in the area, pop by and see us for a visit…you won't be disappointed."
