A new home for small wild things
Native conservation meets tropical wonder at HavenWild — a pioneering zoological facility protecting Britain's rarest invertebrates and revealing the marvels of the tropics.
Our core mission
HavenWild brings conservation science, immersive public experience and landscape-scale recovery into one living institution.
Captive breeding and reintroduction for highly endangered UK species.
A year-round, weatherproof tropical invertebrate experience.
Curriculum-aligned workshops that turn awe into ecological action.
The living collection
Fen raft spider
Dolomedes plantarius
A web-spinning wetland specialist, returned to restored fen landscapes.
Field cricket
Gryllus campestris
A chorus of summer grassland. Our head-starting programme gives colonies a future.
Marsh fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
A rare orange flash of wet meadow, supported through habitat mosaics.
Built for the future
Our ETFE biome is a light-touch piece of infrastructure: high daylight, low embodied carbon and a closed-loop climate system that keeps life thriving without wasting energy.
See the scienceUltra-lightweight
ETFE architecture
95%
UV light transmission
Closed-loop
Heat pump dehumidification
Net gain
Restored habitat first
The next chapter
We are building a founding circle of trusts, ethical investors and conservation partners to bring HavenWild to life.