Bug Hotel

Invite nature into your outdoor space with the ESP Bug Hotel, a beautifully crafted timber habitat that gives insects a safe place to shelter, nest and thrive. With its charming pitched roof and staggered layers of compartments, it's a striking focal point for school grounds, nurseries, community gardens and parks.

A Home for Minibeasts

Each level offers a different kind of refuge. Drilled holes along the front panels provide nesting spaces for solitary bees, while the open compartments can be filled with natural materials such as pine cones, bark, straw, hollow stems and logs, attracting ladybirds, beetles, woodlice, lacewings and more. Together they create a thriving mini ecosystem on your doorstep.

Hands-On Outdoor Learning

A bug hotel is a brilliant outdoor classroom resource. Children can help gather and arrange nesting materials, then observe, identify and record the creatures that move in, bringing science lessons on habitats, life cycles and food chains to life. It encourages curiosity, patience and respect for the natural world, supporting the EYFS and the primary science curriculum.

Supporting Local Biodiversity

With insect numbers in decline, providing shelter for pollinators and beneficial insects is more important than ever. Adding a bug hotel is a simple, visible way for schools and communities to support local wildlife and demonstrate their commitment to sustainability.

SKU: QF150

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Material Specifications

Laminated Timber

Laminated Timber

Glulam redwood timber poles provide exceptional strength, have a greater resistance to splitting, and offer a high quality smooth finish.

Sawn Timber

Sawn Timber

Sawn redwood timber from FSC sustainable sources, all pressure treated to class 4 after all manufacturing processes have been completed.

Quality Steel Fixings

Quality Steel Fixings

All nuts, bolts, screws and brackets are zinc plated or stainless steel to prevent against corrosion and to ensure longevity and safety.

Steel Cored Ropes

Steel Cored Ropes

Colourful steel cored polypropylene ropes are used to ensure safety, durability, and vandal resistance.

Anti-slip Panels

Anti-slip Panels

Colourful steel cored polypropylene ropes are used to ensure safety, durability, and vandal resistance.

HDPE Panels

HDPE Panels

High Density Polyethylene panel are highly durable and vandal resistant. The multicolored panels allow for intricate designs to be routed for additional play value.

Handholds

Handholds

Large size professional handholds made from resin bound sand with stainless steel threaded inserts and anti-spin secondary fixing point.

Timber Paint

Timber Paint

A high quality, satin finish, oil-based wood stain that is child-friendly and won’t stain clothes or peel away from the timber.

Painted Steelwork

Painted Steelwork

Steelwork is either aluminium or galvanised mild steel and is treated and primed prior to receiving a vibrant painted finish.

Product Labels

Product Labels

Aluminium labels are affixed to all our equipment at quality control stage prior to dispatch. Each label contains our details, the product ID, and year of manufacture.

FSC Sourced Timber

FSC Sourced Timber

We only use timber that has been responsibly sourced from managed forests with the FSC accreditation.

Timber Treatment

Timber Treatment

We pressure treat all our timber with Tanalith E wood preservative after all of our manufacturing processes are complete to class 4 which prevents against all forms of wood decay and insect attack.

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