Welcome Point is an and information location within the main at Bakethin Nature Reserve car park, built to compliment the nearby Bakethin Hide, also designed and constructed by Newcastle University School of Architecture students.
Bakethin Hide is just over 0.5 mile (750 metres) to the southeast, along the Lakeside Way south shore.
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Welcome Point is in the main Bakethin Nature Reserve carpark near Kielder village.
Bakethin Nature Reserve is signed from the C200, to the southeast of Kielder village. Alternatively, it is a 15-minute walk from Kielder Castle along the south shore of the North Tyne River as it makes it way towards Kielder Viaduct and Bakethin Reservoir.
Welcome Point is within a short walking distance of other structures and features as part of the Kielder Art & Architecture programme; The Warm Room, Minotaur and Bakethin Hide.
Students at Newcastle University's School of Architecture worked with Kielder Art & Architecture, Northumberland Wildlife Trust and Northumbrian Water to design and build a Welcome Point to complement their new wildlife hide at Bakethin Conservation Area.
Master’s students at Newcastle University School of Architecture were commissioned to develop ideas for a new wildlife hide and information point at Bakethin Conservation Area. To compliment the hide, a shelter and information hub would be created in the main Bakethin Conservation Area carpark.
The students worked through 2016 with Northumbrian Wildlife Trust, Northumbrian Water, and Kielder Art & Architecture to develop their brief, submitting a number of potential design options for the structure consideration. The project team chose their preferred design, which was partially fabricated off site, and then constructed in Kielder over a 5-day period in October 2017.
