What's on at the Living Planet Centre
From family activities to special events, we run a range of fun and inspirational activities throughout the year.
Family Workshops
During school holidays we offer a range of hands on and engaging family workshops in our learning zone. Information on forthcoming activities coming soon.
Our Planet Our home family workshops this summer
Nature is vital – we can’t survive without it. But our world is under threat like never before.
Our Planet, a ground-breaking documentary series, produced in partnership with Netflix, WWF and Silverback Films, raises awareness of the world’s rarest wildlife and most precious habitats. It brings to life the splendour of the natural wonders that we risk losing if we don’t act now.
Each summer session starts with a short stunning video using footage from Our planet, focusing on one habitat, with the first session exploring wildlife on your doorstep. From rivers, lakes and oceans to forests, grasslands and our frozen world, families can discover the wonders of our world, create colourful artwork to take home and help build our huge Our Planet Our Home mural. At each session, our pledge tree will flourish with actions everyone can take to protect our planet.
Book one or more of our six engaging themes that link to ‘Our Planet’. For children aged 4+. We appreciate a donation of £3.00 per child.
Workshops will run from 10am -10.50am and 11am -11.50am.
Summer holiday workshops at WWF
The variety of life on your doorstep (Tuesday August 6th )
Join us as we demonstrate how to use iNaturalist’s Seek app to discover the variety of nature in your local area. We’ll explore ways to attract more wildlife and create bee and butterfly friendly seed balls (hedgehog shaped!) for you to take home. Why not try our Seek bingo in the WWF wildlife garden?
Book now
Our Seas (Thursday August 8th)
Dive into the underwater world, discovering the strange creatures living in the depths of oceans. Join us to create a weird and wonderful lantern fish, using all the colours of the rainbow.
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Our rivers (Tuesday August 13th)
All life on earth depends on freshwater, flowing through rivers, streams, ponds, lakes and wetlands. Discover the kingfisher with ink black beak and orange and blue gleaming feathers. Create a puppet with a beautiful flowing tail of ribbons.
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Our grasslands (Thursday August 15th)
Grasslands cover over a quarter of the land on our planet and are home to some of the most exotic and interesting animals known to man. From the elephant and rhino to the Cheetah, the fastest cat in the wild – make a magnificent mask of your favourite animal.
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Our frozen worlds (Tuesday August 20th)
Our life on earth depends on the coldest places on our planet – the icy worlds of the Arctic and Antarctica. Immerse yourself in the world of amazing polar animals – waddling penguins, seals, sea birds and magnificent whales, and build an impressive habitat.
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Our forests (Thursday August 22nd)
Forests cover almost one third of our planet’s land surface and are home to over half of the species found on land. Explore the animals and plants found in the depths of forests. Create a beautiful clay tile with your favourite woodland animal.
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WWF event with Wisley - coming soon
This event with Wisley has been rearranged from Easter to the summer holidays. Please check back soon for the date and more information.
Drop in from 10.30am - 3pm
Our urban gardens provide essential habitats for an array of wildlife, from worms, insects and spiders to the bees and butterflies that pollinate our flowers. They are havens that help us to feel better too, as we sit and relax, and notice the scents, textures and changing seasons.
Join us for an afternoon of discovery with our guest gardening expert, Ben Brace, from RHS Garden Wisley.
- Learn about trees, shrubs and flowering plants that will help you bring wildlife into your garden
- Be transported by the perfumed flowers and herbs in our Apothecary Garden, and learn how to grow them in a bed or container
There will also be the opportunity to take part in a fun quiz in the WWF experience themed around wildlife, oceans, freshwater and forests.
Please register at the Living Planet Centre reception on arrival. Suitable for children 4+.
Home Education Days
We're delighted to welcome home education groups to the Living Planet Centre in Woking, where our highly experienced education team will inspire and support your children to explore, discover and learn.
We have a whole range of fun, interactive workshops at our fantastic sustainable building. Please make a booking using the online form and once you’ve made your booking, we’ll send you an educators’ pack with ideas for activities and information to help you plan your visit. All WWF workshops are free but we welcome a suggested donation of £2 per child. Workshops will be grouped into age categories (5-7 and 7-11), will be offered twice a year and filled on a first come first served basis.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Living Planet Centre.
Plan a visit
Located in Woking town centre, the Living Planet Centre is open to the public Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, except public holidays. It is free to visit but we welcome donations towards our work.
Useful Information
Please note that in the busy school holiday periods the workshops and the car park underneath the building can become full quickly. Please book onto your chosen workshop and arrive in good time to avoid disappointment.
If you do arrive early, you can enjoy our fantastic WWF Experience interactive exhibition while you wait.