Cellande House, Take the tour

Cellande House Floor Plan (not to scale). Click on the plan above to find out more about each area.

Crèche & Holiday Club	In our crèche & Holiday Club as well as caring for children's natural and emotional needs we try to impart a love of nature and a lifestyle of minimizing waste. For example we use cotton nappies, go on trips out by bicycle, take glass to the bottle bank and study the wildlife that lives around us in our wildlife pond, wild birds feeding station and nesting boxes. In the summer holidays we did a project on habitats with trips by train, bus and bike to see, woodland, marsh, meadow and stream. Their favourite was a bug hut with the park rangers. Go Back To Plan
Canteen/Roof Garden	Our canteen has a special area for parents to dine with their children. In the spring of 2000 we built a garden on the roof of our canteen, we decided we didn't want just grass so we planted selected varieties of alpines instead. Since building our roof garden and pond area we have noticed an increase in birds, bees, hover flies, dragon flies, may flies, butterflies and spiders. Go Back To Plan
Forklift Garage	Our forklift storage and maintenance area. Go Back To Plan
Large Items Filling Stations	We fill larger sizes of bottles and buckets here. Larger sizes are over 10L. Go Back To Plan
Large Items Storage Area	We store our bulk product here until it is needed. Go Back To Plan
Office	Our office has two sections: Accounts and Customer Services. We have added a new large window into our office. What a great view! Go Back To Plan
Small Items Stock Area	Products from 60 ml to 10L are stored here waiting to be ordered. We keep stock so we can have a short lead time between ordering and delivery. Go Back To Plan
Packaging Storage Area	Here we store everything (except the actual soaps) e.g. bottles, labels, boxes, etc. Go Back To Plan
Small Items Filling Stations	This is where we fill all the small bottles, tubs and tubes from 60ml to 10L. Go Back To Plan
Packaging Stations	Small items are packed into boxes usually for retail or mail order Go Back To Plan
Bicycle Storage	We use bicycles to go to the bank, do small local deliveries, Crèche & Holiday Club outings and in the good weather organise bicycle rides along the River Rea cycle route. Go Back To Plan
Raised Pond/Marsh Plants & Aviary	A raised pond was built in the spring of 1999 using reclaimed York paving and is already very well established. It has a variety of bog plants, shallow water for tadpoles and breeding small fish and deeper water for larger fish. In the autumn of 1998 a good sized aviary was build for Chinese quail and canaries with indoor nesting and outdoor flight area. We also have wild bird feeding station with fresh water to drink and wash in, peanuts and selected wild bird seeds. Also a few bird nesting boxes around the site one of which this year housed a pair of blue tits with young. This area is lovely to sit in during breaks in the summer or look out at it through the canteen windows during the colder weather. In 2003 we added a water butt system to our gutters to collect rain water for toping up the pond and watering critical plants during long dry spells. Can you spot it in the picture on the right? We also have planters squeezed into every spare gap. Go Back To Plan
Goods Inwards	This is where we store goods (e.g. bottles, labels, etc.) when they first arrive. Go Back To Plan
Goods Outwards	Once an order is ready to be delivered to a customer it is put in this section with its paper work. Go Back To Plan
Overflow Area	This area changes its usage depending on what is needed most, usually either large item storage or more packaging stations. Go Back To Plan