BedZED Visitor Centre

Overview

The BedZED Visitor Centre houses the BioRegional exhibition and BedZED show home, along with meeting and seminar facilities and the offices of BioRegional Development Group.

BioRegional products, including: locally sourced charcoal, UK-made recycled office paper, hemp note paper, lavender oil and research reports are available for sale at Centre reception.

Opening hours are from 9.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays.

Entrance to the BedZED Visitor Centre is FREE.

Thousands of people visit BedZED every year and it is essential that we respect the privacy of local residents.

To maintain their privacy please DO NOT:

• visit on weekends
• wander around the site unless you are on a guided tour
• take photographs of residents' homes - download our gallery for free
• approach residents with questionnaires.

Many thanks for your cooperation.

Exhibition

The BedZED exhibition

In October 2011, we opened a new interactive exhibition to tell the London 2012 sustainability story and to inspire
community leaders and the wider public to live greener lifestyles - One Planet Experience.

The exhibition features: the carbon calculator house where you can select different homes improvements to
calculate your carbon and cost savings, the energy velodrome where you pedal to create electricity, a drafty and insulated window comparison and touch screen quizzes, along with personal advice from BioRegional’s sustainability experts and more.

Visitors are also encouraged to pledge from a menu of behaviour changes such as installing insulation and reducing food waste, and given takeaway materials to help them.

There is also information about BedZED and BioRegional's other projects and companies and a show home so that visitors can see inside a BedZED property.

Show home

The BedZED show home

In the revamped BedZED show home all materials have been chosen for their environmental sensitivity such as kitchen cupboards made from recycled vending machine coffee cup plastic, natural flooring and low toxicity ecopaints to reduce allergies, organic, fair trade bed linen, and bathroom towels made from bamboo - a more sustainable alternative to cotton.

Visiting us

BioRegional's Visitor Centre houses a small exhibition about BedZED and our other projects, the BedZED show home, shop, meeting and seminar facilities and our head office.
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Respecting the privacy of residents
BedZED is a real estate where people live. It is essential that visitors respect the privacy of residents. We therefore request that visitors do not walk around the site unless doing so as part of a guided tour.

No photography
Please do not take photos or videos outside. We can provide professional digital photos free of charge from our on-line library.

Opening times
Entrance to the visitor centre is free.
Open: 9.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, except bank holidays.
*PLEASE DO NOT VISIT ON WEEKENDS - this is to respect the privacy of residents*.

BedZED guided tours
For those who would like a more in depth introduction to BedZED, we offer guided tours, led by a member of staff from the BioRegional  team – BedZED co-developers and sustainability consultants. Find out more.

Large groups (5 people or more)
If your group would like to visit the exhibition and show home without coming on a tour, please contact us first to arrange a mutually convenient time.

Travelling to BedZED
BedZED enjoys good public transport links. We strongly encourage visitors to arrive by sustainable transport (foot/ bike or public transport). Car parking spaces are strictly limited and must be booked in advance. More details.

Other information

• Accessibility
  The Centre is fully accessible with disabled access toilets. The ground floor of the show home is wheelchair accessible and there are videos of teh upper floor.

• Continuing Professional Development
  BioRegional run Continuing Professional Development training from BedZED. Find out more.
  
  
• BedZED seminar facility for hire
  BedZED is an inspirational location for a meeting or seminar.  BioRegional has 2 meeting rooms that can be booked. BedZED is easily accessible by train from Central London either from Victoria (20 minutes) or Kings Cross (45 minutes) stations to Hackbridge station. Contact: tel. +44 (0)20 8404 4880 email info@bioregional.com.
   
• The BedZED Pavilion (on-site community centre) is also available to hire, for day, evening and weekend events. Event catering can also be arranged. For enquiries regarding Pavilion hire please tel. +44 (0)20 8544 5113 or email bedzedpavilion@yahoo.co.uk www.bedzedpavilion.org.uk.

• BedZED property sales & lettings
  Please note that the BedZED Centre does not handle sales or lettings of BedZED properties. For commercial and social letting enquiries please contact Peabody  tel.+44 (0)20 7928 7811 and for residential sales contact local estate agents.