Accommodation & Residential

Cumulus Outdoors School Residentials delivers action packed residentials with coasteering, high ropes, coasteering, mackerel fishing, climbing, SUPs, waterpark and many more adventurous activities. Or field study trips with geography, history and science topics for KS2 to KS4 students all on the stunning Jurassic coast.

Embark on a day trip or residential adventure in the enchanting New Forest with New Forest Activity Residential Adventure Centre, at our action-packed outdoor centre, Designed for intrepid explorers aged 8 to 16, we serve up a buffet of adrenaline-pumping activities like canoeing, archery, high ropes, and the unmissable Battlezone. Teachers, fear not! Organizing is as easy as pie—less grading, more cheering! It’s not all about who can paddle the fastest or shoot the straightest; our experiences stealthily teach teamwork and leadership. Every activity promises giggles, gasps, and maybe a splash or two. Pack up your class and let them loose into the wild—where learning is messy, loud, and spectacularly fun! (Group sizes up to 60)

Barnstondale is a outdoor education and activity centre based in the Wirral, hosting a myriad of facilities that offer a wide-range of sporting activities, as well as 15-acres of woodland, perfect for large or small groups looking for an adventurous trip. This rural location offers three log cabin dormitories for your residential stay, one of which is a specialist cabin for young people with disabilities, and 15-acres of woodland to explore. The site can sleep up to 170 people.

Calshot Activities Centre Southampton provides a unique setting for adventure enrichment school trip experiences, where students can enjoy a wide range of adventurous activities to help improve mental and phsiycal wellbeing with highly experienced instructors. The centre provides residential accommodation for 180 over four building and staggered sittings in the dining hall.

Yorkshire Dales Guides Outdoor Residential Centre provides unforgettable outdoor learning experiences for schools and youth groups in the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park.  With a huge array of land and water based activities, Yorkshire Dales Guides can also facilitate affordable and comfortable accommodation for residential school trips.

Challenge Academy has just launched its Mobile Outreach Programme! This means that the outdoor adventure can be brought to your very own school, where a range of adventurous activities will be delivered. (Plus we provide summer adventure camps)

The award-winning Mill on the Brue residential outdoor activity centre in Somerset sleeps 134 students in bunk bedded accommodation & aims to give the best fun, challenging outdoor enrichment adventures for your students and educational groups to experience, with many years of experience our team of outdoor instructors will provide a safe outdoor environment with a strong emphasis on team work to achieve mental and physical challenges.

Camping La Savane, a spacious and picturesque camp is close to the pretty French town of Ruoms. Set between two rivers in the Ardèche area of South-Eastern France, it makes the perfect base for organised activities for school groups among forests, caves, and some of Europe’s most beautiful natural scenery. With 4 Villages, Camping La Savane can cater for a maximum of 282 pupils and is offering a fully catered stay.

Overseas Expeditions with STC Expeditions offers a combination of adventure travel, ground-breaking educational adventures and school expeditions and also ethical service projects to over 20 global destinations. A school trip with STC will give you the flexibility to choose destinations that match your students’ learning goals.

Woodland Valley Farm Residential Centre Truro provides a tailored package to suit your school groups’ learning outcomes; whether they are related to your classroom curriculum or skills and personal development objectives. Activities can be adapted for Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5. Woodland Valley Farm offers both full- and self catering (Group sizes up to 50 as of 2028)

Hedley House Hotel York is only 6-7 minutes walk from York Railway Station and 10 minutes walk to York city centre. York is unique and a great destination for school trips, offering excellent educational resources and a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities at affordable prices. Hedley House is also close to River Ouse, which can make school trips exciting. It offers self or fully catered residential school trips. (Group sizes up to 70 students & 7 teachers)  

Experience a taste of adventure with over 20 challenging outdoor activities at Carroty Wood in Kent which offers loads of fun -from canoeing to a giant swing- and group accommodation for your students on a well deserved school trip. (Group sizes 24 to 168)

Located right by the Italian fountains in Kensington Gardens, Kensington Gardens Hostel has the perfect budget accommodation to explore the wonderful sights of the capital, from our central city location.   The Hostel is owned by the German YMCA in London, which is a registered charity that supports local community projects for all ages and nationalities, along with the German community in London as a whole.  We have been welcoming  student groups on cultural exchanges, sightseeing trips and studying programmes for more than 50 years (Max group size 50).  FREE bursary places 2026/27

First Education and School Travel is one of the UK’s leading school tour operators, providing all-inclusive residential school trip packages, including return coach travel, accommodation, full board meals & activity programmes. The whole school trip package! They offer an all-inclusive range of residential trips with a wide variety of themes, from exciting outdoor adventure challenges, to educational City Culture tours, STEM programmes and curricular linked activities in geography, history and drama. Group sizes vary from between 20 pupils + staff – up to around 100 pupils + staff.

Bendrigg Trust is a Specialist Outdoor Education Centre for SEN based in Kendal, Cumbria which focuses on providing adventure activities for students and pupils of all abilities, including those with profound physical disabilities and special educational needs. Residential packages include accommodation, food (which is provided throughout the duration of your stay), and a full programme of adventure activities (Group sizes up to 64)

Dale Fort is set in a spectacular location high on the cliffs within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, perfect for school students and educational groups to experience coastal studies and for accessing Skomer Island with its renowned sea birds.