RSPB SET TO ANNOUNCE NEW CAFE PROPOSALS FOR FOUR OF ITS NATURE RESERVES

                                                                     

 Frampton Marsh - one of the reserves earmarked for a cafe

THE RSPB is poised to announce proposals to set up cafes at three of its reserves - those at its HQ at Sandy in Bedfordshire, at Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire and at the Dee Estuary in Cheshire.

It is understood the charity will tap the banks to borrow money for the initiative. 

The 50-cover cafes will be of similar pre-fabricated modular construction and should pay for themselves in short time if they prove to be as popular expected.

They will also each provide employment for a catering manager and assistants.

Planning applications will be submitted with the sites' respective local councils in the next few weeks. 

Meanwhile, in North Wales, RSPB Conwy, which already has a cafe, is in line to have a replacement or enlarged facility.

The RSPB hopes that two of the new cafes will be up and serving by Christmas, with the other two by Easter next year.