South West Lakes Trust - Welcome back

We are happy to let you know that our lakes are now open again following a phased re-opening process. 

Our team, whilst much reduced, has been working hard behind the scenes to ensure that our work across the region continued and have pulled out the stops to prepare the lakes for reopening. 

We are so pleased that we can now welcome you back to the lakes.

We encourage you to stay local and enjoy the lakes near to your home this Bank Holiday weekend and half term. 

All lakes are now open for walking, cycling and running.

All waters are also open for coarse and game angling.

We are currently offering access to the water for our watersports members and day launch visitors at Roadford Lake and Stithians Lake and members are able to get on the water at Tamar and Siblyback under our buddy system. Plans for Wimbleball Lake activities are to follow. 

There will also be takeaway service at several cafes including Roadford, Tamar and Wimbleball from this weekend. Others to follow at a later date. 

Our reopening has been in line with government advice and instruction and we continue to encourage visitors to stay local and to stay alert. We have not yet reopened our toilet facilities and will only do so once we are satisfied that we have the correct PPE and procedures in place to do this safely for all. 

We have a dedicated page on our website detailing the current status of the lakes, and we encourage you to check this prior to every visit. We have put measures in place to safeguard visitors and employees and this is also detailed on our coronavirus web page. 

We really hope that you enjoy your next visit to one of the lakes, access to green (and blue) space is so important for our health and mental well being, we truly believe engaging with the natural environment enables people to grow and we are ready to welcome our visitors, current and new.

As you explore and enjoy do let us know about your visit, post photos on our Facebook page SW Lakes  or tag us on your Instagram post @swlakes and tell us what you love most about the lakes and why you visit.