🦡 Impression refreshes visitor attraction branding at Brockholes, Lancashire

Over the summer, Impression has completed installation of window vinyls, branded graphics and large format signage and graphics at The Wildlife Trusts' Brockholes Nature Reserve site in Preston, Lancashire.

Focused on enhancing the visitor experience at this popular spot enjoyed by lovers of nature and the outdoors, and delivered over a number of phases to accommodate the site's visitor schedule over the busy period, our signage and graphics installation work has branded the visitor village to add an eye-catching, on-brand look and feel to essential facilities.

Enhancing the visitor experience at Brockholes' popular North West visitor attraction site

Owned by The Wildlife Trust, Brockholes is a 250-acre nature reserve and former quarry near Preston, Lancashire. Families, nature enthusiasts and those who simply enjoy the outdoors observe habitats that are home to hundreds of species every year, making the most of walking and cycling trails in tranquil surroundings. 

• A shallow lake, offering excellent bird watching opportunities for wading species
• Deeper water attracts birds hunting for fish, such as the Great Crested Grebe
• Reedbeds are a safe, protected home for birds such as Reed Warblers and Water Rail
• 10 hectares of wet grassland have been modelled to provide a habitat for breeding wading birds, while traditional breeds of cattle graze alongside

Over 1 million visitors have visited the site since it opened in 2011. Visitor facilities at Brockholes are therefore essential to the visitor experience, including food and beverage outlets, visitor and welcome centres, gift shop and amenities.

Signage, graphics & displays installed by Impression to guide visitors through Brockholes' visitor attraction

The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside engaged Impression to develop the visitor village's visual branding, implementing a scheme which nestled nicely into the natural surroundings, accurately communicated The Wildlife Trusts' brand identity, and would be eye-catching to ably guide visitors around the site.

Our signage, window graphics, large format graphics and visual branding print and installation for Brockholes included:

• Using distinctive brand visuals in glass safety and branding manifestations
• Wildlife-themed window vinyls, in keeping with and inspired by the site's surroundings
• Increased visibility and wayfinding for food and beverage outlets, ensuring visitors can move efficiently around the site to find the facilities they need
• Themed window graphics for wayfinding, including branding for 'Peckish' and the 'Kestrel Kitchen'
• Large-format site and wildlife information display boards

Branded window graphics printed by Impression and installed at Brockholes Nature Reserve visitor attraction in Preston, Lancashire for The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.

Window graphics by Impression feature The Wildlife Trust's distinctive brand visuals, installed alongside a wildlife-themed manifestation which immerses visitors in the site's natural surroundings.

The Brockholes visitor village's food and beverage outlets were branded with attractive window graphics, printed and installed by Impression and creating a helpful wayfinding scheme for visitors to this Lancashire visitor attraction.

Feeling Peckish? One of the visitor village's cafes, freshly branded by Impression using The Wildlife Trust's brand visuals in both typography and smaller safety glass manifestations.

A shot from our 'Deliver' team during on-site installation at Brockholes Nature Reserve in Lancashire earlier this summer. Makes those wet and windy February installation days worth it!

Large-format external wall graphics displaying information about some of the wildlife spotted on site at Brockholes. Clear, bold print and robust signage creates a hard-wearing display for visitors to reference all year round.

The Welcome Centre at Brockholes in Lancashire received a brand update too, including branded window graphics and wildlife-themed manifestation to help guide visitors around the visitor village's amenities and facilities.

The Activity Room at Brockholes is used by visitor groups and events taking place at Brockholes. Our wildlife theme and branded window graphics for this area deliver brand and visitor experience continuity throughout the visitor village.

A new information and display board, produced using quality print and hard-wearing signage boards which will withstand the Lancashire weather, allows the Brockholes team to quickly and easily communicate latest news, events and visitor information.

The Meadow Lake Suite is home to Brockholes' events, including weddings, celebrations and business events. Impression installed the suite's window graphics and branding to the full-height windows, including a continuation of our nature-themed manifestations with a celebratory feel that reflects how the suite is used.

Wayfinding and directional signage is essential to visitor attraction signage and graphics schemes. Impression printed and installed branded signage to direct visitors around internal areas of the visitor village, with branded doors continuing the visitors' brand experience inside as well as out.

Complete print & installation of visitor attraction signage & graphics for Brockholes by Impression

Working with The Wildlife Trust to ensure brand consistency was maintained throughout, Impression's Consult phase identified how branded graphics, vinyls and signage would make a difference to the visitor experience at Brockholes by utilising distinctive brand visuals and immersive imagery to capture imaginations and catch the eye.

Our Create team printed and produced robust window graphics, vinyls and large format graphics and displays for the site, ensuring clear, accurate print in line with brand guidelines and utilising tough signage materials that will withstand whatever the Lancashire weather has to throw at them. 

Impression's Deliver team carried out on-site installation across a number of phases, fully-managed by our Installation Manager to include risk assessments and quality assurance. With years of experience in handling the installation of signage, graphics and visual branding products for visitor attractions in Lancashire and the North West, Impression ensures that our visual branding products perform year in, year out.

Window graphics, window vinyls, signage & large-format graphics for visitor attractions in Lancashire

Since 2008, Impression has delivered window graphics, window vinyls, large format graphics and displays, external and internal wayfinding signage and many other bespoke visual branding products for visitor attraction clients in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and across the North West.

Working with clients including Jodrell Bank, Blue Planet Aquarium, Bolton Museum, Manchester Museum and many others, Impression brings striking window graphics, window vinyls, large format graphics and displays, and wayfinding and directional signage to sites in Lancashire that enhance visitor experiences, increase brand engagement and create talking points.

We take care of every aspect of your graphics and signage print and installation project through our 'Consult-Design-Create-Deliver' methodology, turning work around quickly and entirely in-house by our Bolton, Greater Manchester team.

Contact Impression's large format signage, graphics & visual branding team in Lancashire & Greater Manchester

To find out more about our signage, large format graphics, window graphics and print projects in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and across the UK for visitor attractions, get in touch with Impression today.