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School Visits 2024 - Last minute availability

Due to a cancellation, we now have availability for a 2 night or 4 night residential school group from 15-19 December. Please call 015394 43751 if you are interested.

Join us for a residential or day visit and we will use your learning objectives to plan a programme suited to your needs; giving you the opportunity to enrich your curriculum and link outdoor experiences to key stage learning and pupil development. Courses are fully accessible offering an exciting and valuable learning experience for all students.

To experience the full outdoor education experience join us for the full week (four nights or more). That way groups form good relationships and there are plenty of opportunities for pupils to develop and refine strategies and skills to improve performance. If a full week isn’t what you’re looking for, a split week might be; this means your organisation is with us for the whole week but during that time you escort two groups for either two or three nights each, a great option for any school group and suitable for younger pupils or those with additional needs.

Watch our short video and see for yourself what the Ghyll Head experience looks like!

Why Ghyll Head?

So many of our schools return year after year – visit our testimonials page to find out why. At Ghyll Head, you will have exclusive access to your accommodation. Our courses make the most of our fabulous Lake District location, with activities including canoeing, ghyll scrambling and mountain walking. Our highly experienced instructors stay with their assigned group for the duration of the course, allowing relationships to build and enabling them to adapt to the needs of each individual.

What size groups do you cater for?

Our Main House sleeps up to 58 and our Bungalow can sleep up to 29 . We also have our Lodge which has a further 12 - 14 beds. We run activities on a 12:1 ratio. We are also able to offer day visits with activities for small or larger groups when booked in advance.

Accommodation for Schools

You will have exclusive access to your accommodation. We will create a welcoming, inclusive, safe, home-from-home environment. All our staff are First Aid trained. Accommodation is offered on either a fully-catered or self-catered basis.

Our Main House sleeps up to 58 in 12 hostel style rooms
Our Accessible Bungalow sleeps up to 29 in hostel style rooms
Our Lodge has a further 12 - 14 beds when combined with either the House or Bungalow
Our POD Village has 40 beds in 9 heated PODs with facilities and a classroom on-site (NB we can’t always offer activities with POD guests)

Activities

We run activity groups with 1 instructor to 12 students plus 1 of your staff. A typical activity programme will include (weather dependent):

Ghyll Scrambling
Canoeing on Windermere
Climbing, zip line & ropes course
Mountain walk
Evening tipi camp fire or night-line activity

Are you accessible for visitors with disabilities?

We are a fully inclusive Centre; our barrier free Bungalow is purpose built to allow access to all rooms and bathroom facilities. We have a purpose-built accessible boathouse and we are able to offer an exciting adventurous programme for all participants including those with complex needs. If you would like to discuss your needs with an experienced member of our team, please email us and we can come back to you.

What catering options are available?

We offer fully catered or self catering accommodation. Our food is home cooked and healthy! We regularly cater for different dietary requirements including vegan, vegetarian, Halal, gluten free etc. If you let us know in advance of any food allergies we can prepare alternatives for you. If you would like to see an example menu, please just ask.