Bentley Copse Residential Activity Centre Surrey

Bentley Copse Activity Centre is trusted to deliver more than 20,000 unforgettable outdoor experiences for young people of all ages and abilities. We create tailored yet affordable programmes whether you visit us for a school residential or activity day. We host a single school residential at any one time, which allows us to deliver personal, friendly and professional support and a programme that can flex with your group’s needs.

Bentley Copse Activity Centre sits within 30 acres of glorious ancient Surrey Hills woodland which proves a relaxing, fun and flexible environment for young people. We have more the 30 activities from archery, climbing and zip wire to bushcraft, orienteering and den building – catering for a wide range of ages, abilities and curriculum enrichment objectives.

Bentley Copse Activity Centre has been proudly delivering outstanding outdoor experiences for over 100 years. Our site is blessed with a diverse range of settings from woodland to fields and relaxing shaded glades.

Our wide range of accommodation options, combined with the fact that we only host a single school residential at one time, means that we offer unrivalled flexibility. The dorms are never shared with other groups, while the bell tent village provides an adventurous option. Many groups choose a hybrid approach, with staff and some young people in separate dorms and others choosing to sleep under canvas.

Abseiling, Climbing, Crossbows, Archery, Air Rifles, Air Pistols, Leap of Faith, Crate Stacking, Bushcraft, Orienteering, Gladiator Challenge, Team Building, Jacobs Ladder, Zip Line, Night Line, Adventure Course, Aeroball, Pedal Kart Racing, Nerf Wars, Giant Inflatable Table Football, Cinema, Silent Disco, Cave Maze, Flintstone Cars, Pirate Climb, Slack Line, Frisbee Golf, Ghillie Suit Stalk, Campfires, Hiking, Den Building, Tomahawk Throwing, Fencing

Bentley Copse Activity Centre caters for groups of up to 250 across our range of accommodation options. Our individual dorms blocks can sleep from 12 to 38.

You will have your own individual dormitory building with separate boys and girls rooms. For smaller groups our bunk rooms sleep between 6 and 18 young people. Larger groups have the option of bunk rooms or combing with the bell tent village.

We have current risk assessments for all parts of the sites and activities which are available for Download from the Bentley Copse website.

No restrictions.

Please contact our friendly school residentials team here to check availability or make and enquiry.

We design bespoke packages to meet your aims and budget. Supervising adults are free of charge. Prices are per student and include all accommodation and your tailored activity programme. Discounts are offered for should and low season.

Guide prices including all accommodation and activities:

Two day, one night residential – £110 self catered / £135 fully catered

Three day, two night residentials – £160 self catered / £190 fully catered

Four day, three night residentials – £300 self catered / £330 fully catered

All our staff are first aid trained and a duty officer is available to provide support throughout the night.

• Toilets and showers – including accessible wet room
• Kitchens – commercial and kitchenette
• Hall / room for indoor activities
• Freezers and fridges
• Large marquee
• Shop
• WiFi

Fully catered, self catering, packed lunches, BBQs

All accommodation is single story and several dormitories have ramp access. One of our buildings is specially designed to cater for individuals with accessibility requirements which includes a fully accessible wet room. The vast majority of our activities are fulyl accessible and adaptable for those with additional needs – we are proud to say that we are especially experienced in making outdoor activities accessible for all. Please call or visit to discuss anything in particular.

Open throughout the year.

Thank you so much for an absolutely fantastic time at Bentley Copse.  It could not have gone any better.  The whole group (children and teachers) loved the range of activities that we did and we were all happy and utterly exhausted by the time we got back to school on Wednesday.  It was extremely tough getting up to go to school on Thursday morning!

The children loved the food so much they asked the cook if he would come back with us to cook at our school!” – Headteacher

Bentley Copse Activity Centre is easily accessible from across South East England – just 45 minutes from central London and within an hour of Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire and Kent.

We are situated in the heart of the Surrey Hills between the extensive wild woodland of the Hurt Wood and Winterfold Forest – locations that have seen the release of velociraptors in the Jurassic World movies, crashed spaceships and battle scenes in Star Wars Andor and even the arduous trek to the castle in Beauty and the Beast!