Home of UK 'patron saint of conservation' opening to public

4.4m lottery grant will see opening of the Slimbridge home of Sir Peter Scott, who designed the panda logo for conservation group WWF

The home of the "patron saint of conservation" is to open its doors to the public for the first time after being awarded a 4.4m grant.

Sir Peter Scott, son of Antarctic explorer Captain Scott who instructed his wife in a last letter to "make the boy interested in natural history", and his home at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, were central to the modern conservation movement.