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What we offer on a school trip

Runway’s End Outdoor Centre offers residential and day activity opportunities for school groups, uniform groups, youth groups and other community groups.

Our centre is a quiet haven in a sub-urban setting for groups to enjoy which can accommodate up to 111 people with 71 people in Forge Lodge (indoor building) and 40 people in our Camping Pods. Groups staying in either accommodation block will be given exclusive use of that facility.

We deliver a wide range of adventurous activities on-site as well as utilising our proximity to Basingstoke Canal for our watersport activities. The activities we offer include; archery, climbing, high ropes, low ropes, indoor caving, air rifle shooting, canoeing, kayaking, raft building and more!

We offer flexibility in our programmes to work within all budgets. There are options to lead your own activities and self-cater to help keeps costs down. Equally, we also offer our more inclusive packages with full catering and all activities delivered by our staff.

What makes us a great choice for education?

As part of a wider service with four centres, called Hampshire Outdoor Centres, we have been delivering our outdoor educational programmes for a long time and know what it takes to make a good residential a GREAT residential. We focus on delivering high quality outdoor activities and our staff are trained and monitored not only on their ability to deliver safe sessions, but also on their ability to fully embed your learning objectives into every session.

We will work closely with you to understand the aims for your visit and ensure that your programme addresses these. We also have the luxury of being a small(-ish) centre with normally only ever a maximum of 2 schools on site at once, which allows us to be reactive and the feedback we receive is that this generates a lovely community feel of the site.

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What is typically included on our school trips?

We deliver a wide range of adventurous activities on-site as well as utilising our proximity to Basingstoke Canal for our watersport activities. The activities we offer include; archery, climbing, high ropes, low ropes, indoor caving, air rifle shooting, canoeing, kayaking, raft building and more!

There is also a games field for groups to use as well as plenty of green space for other games/activities.

Group Sizes Catered For

We can accommodate up to 111 people with 71 people in Forge Lodge (indoor building) and 40 people in our Camping Pods. Groups staying in either accommodation block will be given exclusive use of that facility.

Forge Lodge is a self-contained building which has 12 bedrooms with adjoining bathrooms, a large dining hall, fully equipped kitchen, drying rooms and a central courtyard.

There are 10 Camping Pods in total which can sleep 4 per pod. They have underfloor heating, electrical charging points, a small veranda and are located a short walk from the toilet/shower/washing up facilities.

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Risk Assessment Details

Our risk assessing processes are rigorously checked by external providers and internally through Hampshire County Council departments. As we are an approved supplier through the Evolve system you can rest assured that our procedures and policies are thoroughly analysed.

Taking guidance from the Outdoor Education Advisors Panel and other industry boards - we provide a risk summary instead of activity specific risk assessments.

However, if you do have any queries our bookings team will be on hand to answer any questions that you may have.

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Testimonials

Here are a couple of our favorite comments from groups:

"Runways End has a lovely community feel to it, with excellent facilities. The staff were kind, they challenged but supported all our pupils with the activities. We will certainly return!" - Winnall Primary School.

"Instructors were brilliant - they built a strong relationship with the children, had an excellent work ethic and really gauged the sessions well to ensure all children were challenged and supported." - Mytchett Primary School.

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Room Sizes and Facilities

Forge Lodge is a self-contained building which has 12 bedrooms sleeping 6 per room with adjoining bathrooms, a large dining hall, fully equipped kitchen, drying rooms and a central courtyard.

There are 10 Camping Pods in total which can sleep 4 per pod. They have underfloor heating, electrical charging points, a small veranda and are located a short walk from the toilet/shower/washing up facilities.

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