Walking and Hiking

All JCA residential school trips are tailored to each individual group. JCA School Activity Trips Condover Hall Residential Centre offers a secure and inspiring environment with a dedicated instructor for each group, ensuring personalised attention to your students. The wide range of activities is designed to challenge and inspire students, promote teamwork, and personal growth. Your students will have an unforgettable residential stay at JCA Condover Hall.

St Michael’s Environmental Education and Residential Centre is located in the heart of the Peak District National Park and has been welcoming school groups for over 30 years (run by Notts outdoors). With a wide range of outdoor learning group activities, facilities and accommodation options for school groups, this is a perfect place for a residential school trip or day trip adventure experiences. Your students will have an unforgettable residential stay.  

Ghyll Head Residential Outdoor Education and Activity Centre is located in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Cumbria and provides enrichment and adventure activity courses for schools and educational groups.  Students will experience authentic outdoor adventure and team building activities lead by highly experienced instructors.  Group accommodation from a minimum of 12 and up to 72 for activity courses. Various catering options available.

Monsal Trail Cycle Hire is the perfect destination for your school group's next enrichment adventure. Outdoor activities suitable for all ages, and for all ability, not to mention the most marvellous settings and environments. Stretching across the spectacular Peak District, the trail offers a traffic-free, safe and accessible environment for students of all cycling abilities.

Whether your students cook over an open fire, build shelters to sleep in, or learn how to navigate through dense woodland, Residential School Trips at The Bushcraft Company have something for everyone, perfect for enrichment learning experiences. (Group sizes 25 to 300)

Benmore Outdoor Centre Loch Lomond Scotland is located in the magnificent Benmore Botanic Garden. The scenic location and highly skilled, experienced team provide outstanding outdooe residential enrichment learning experiences for schools and educational groups all year long.

Enjoy a range of challenging activities, outdoor pursuits and hands-on learning at Beaumanor Hall Leicestershire in the East Midlands. Offering amazing day trip enrichment experiences that combine outdoor adventures and curriculum-linked learning, a trip to Beaumanor Hall is like no other. The Victorian manor, built in 1854, was used in World War II as a listening station giving pupils the opportunity for an authentic historical experience.

Lagganlia Outdoor Residential Centre is located in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park. The scenic Highland location and highly skilled, experienced team provide outstanding residential experiences and outdoor learning for school groups.

Mendip Activity Centre Somerset is an outstanding outdoor activity centre in a wonderful countryside setting, offering exciting, fun filled school enrichment and team building activity adventures. Mendip is the ultimate adventure playground in the heart of the Mendip Hills located in the South West, where your students will have a fantastic day out.

Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre in Staffordshire provides school groups with tailored outdoor learning programmes with the chance to explore the outdoors on residentials school trips. These programmes ensure students spend time outdoors, helping them to improve their mental and physical wellbeing while enjoying exciting adventure activities such as archery, bushcraft or water sports.

Outward Bound utilises the power of learning and adventure to unleash a students true potential; with a large range of thrilling activities, the pupils will be constantly engaged and excited, making Outward Bound the perfect destination for school trips. Max Group size of 120 (10 groups) Fully Catered options.

Dunfield House is set in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire and is offering the perfect place for school day trips where your students can stay in a safe and comfortable environment to learn new outdoors pursuits and also develop new skills while having fun.  With an exciting variety of activities on site and in the local area too, your school groups will have a wonderful time on their residential school trip. (Group sizes; 72 fully catered, 27 self-catered or Entire site 101 fully Catered)

The aim of Big Hat Bushcamp is to give schools the ultimate bushcraft experience & leave all who visit with the knowledge and confidence to safely enjoy the outdoors. the activities are designed to promote personal development, teamwork & leadership.

Red Rock outdoor residential centre Exmouth offers multi activity residential adventure experiences including water sports with overnight village camping accommodation providing a perfect place for a memorable residential school trip. Offering quality accommodation (max size 250) for educational groups at affordable prices with experienced instructors with safety as a priority.

Located on the Isle of Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde the field study centre has a rich history as a marine research station. Now its purpose-built accommodation and teaching spaces have been created to provide an excellent range of courses for school groups.

JCA Croft Farm Residential Centre provides children with varied learning experiences that support their learning and development. By offering a great range of facilities & accommodation designed to engage schools groups in the Cotswolds, with 24-hour staffing and safety measures, Croft Far provides a safe environment for students. Both the adventure day trips and residential centre are designed to build confidence, and life skills for your students.