Dunfield House Residential Accommodation Centre Herefordshire West Midlands

Standing in 15 acres of gardens and parkland is a beautiful activity centre set in an ideal rural location, that allows your group to meet together as a community.

Dunfield offers excellent facilities for education, music, faith and family groups to meet together and run their own programmes.

• Fully catered bunk-style accommodation in our House & Stables for up to 101 guests
• Home-cooked meals are wholesome and plentiful with a cooked breakfast and two meals with puddings each day.
• Set in 15 acres of lawned terraces, woodlands and streams
• Plenty of outdoor areas for football, volleyball and team games and make-believe play – there is even the chance to build a dam.
• Campfire sites
• Games room
• Indoor heated pool
• Suitable for schools, family gatherings, church groups

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We offer a warm and cosy house that becomes your schools’ home for the duration of your visit, providing the setting for children to be children again. Here they can explore living in community, sharing rooms and meal times and learning about the relationship they have with the world around them whilst following the program you have set them.

We can also provide a list of local contacts that can be booked to attend the site. From animal farm visits to inflatable assault courses. Dunfield House provides a safe environment for children to explore. The Dunfield staff team as also on hand to help you plan your activities.

• 3 great walks all accessible from Dunfield with written routes and maps provided, or book a guided walk with one of the house managers
• Labyrinth for mindfulness
•  Football pitch, nets and balls
• Volleyball net and ball – can be used for badminton – rackets and shuttlecocks provided
•  Indoor heated private swimming pool – contacts for lifeguards can be provided
• Treasure trail
• Games room with ping pong tables, piano and other indoor games
• 18 post-professional disk golf course – Disks and scorecards provided
• 15 acres of parkland and woodland to explore
• Den building in the woods – wood is provided
• Outdoor meeting space for 60 located on the grounds
• Dunfield House is Grade 2 listed and is steeped in history dating back to the 1600s – this can be linked in with WW2 and having Winston Churchill stay at Dunfield with other Generals during WW2 and plan the Ghost army. – The recreation hall is a WW2 hut that was used, its original number can still be seen.
• Set within a valley, Dunfield House has a stream that flows through the entire grounds – this can be linked to geography lessons. You could also have duck races or build dams along the stream
• Bug hunting and nature packs – provided on request
• Discos
• 3 campfire sites – 1 large communal campfire site seating around 60. Wood is provided, and a campfire can be built and lit at your preference. – Why not book hotdogs at the same time

Official members of Independent Hostels UK, 3 * Group Accommodation for Visit England and Learning outside The Class Room. (currently waiting to become Guirl Guide accredited)

The main house sleeps 72 – Fully Catered

The stables sleep 23 but can accommodate up to 27 – Self-catering or fully catered option

Entire site – Both accommodations are solely booked – 101 sleeping fully catered.

All bedrooms have bunk-style beds in both accommodations. With bunk beds or single beds. Wardrobes, Bins, Chairs and wash basins, fans and heaters in every room. Bedding and sheets are provided.

Toiletries and towels are not provided. Bedding packs are given to everyone, everyone is asked to make their own bed and strip before departing the site.

The stables offer 3 ground-floor accessible rooms and an accessible shower/bathroom.

Shared bathroom facilities

A couple of rooms on site have en-suits

Bedroom plans and floor plans are provided

Bedrooms sleep 2 – 10 people depending on the accommodation and the room number.

All risk assessments are on our website and provided to the group leader at the booking stage.

The main risk assessments sent out are : General Risk assessment, Fire Risk assessment and Fire Drill, Swimming Pool Risk Assessment. Our general risk assessment covers all areas of the business, Individual breakdowns can be provided such as : Honey Bees on-site risk assessment. Dogs on-site for guest risk assessment. Community swimmers on-site risk assessment, Accessibility statement.

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centremanager@dunfieldhouse.org.uk

Nicole Kinsey – Operations manager or Sally Leitch, Business manager. (same email for both)

Please contact us for info

centremanager@dunfieldhouse.org.uk

info@dunfieldhouse.org.uk

You will need to provide your own first aider for your group. Dunfield’s policy asks that you provide at least 1 car and 1 first aider for bookings. All medical emergency information is provided to the group

Dinning rooms catering for up to 120 – can be used around meal times

Chaple – seating 60. This can be used for a variety of activities/classes

Recreation hall/Games room. Seating 120+

2 x projectors and screens on site

Printing is available at an extra cost

4 travel cots and high chairsOutdoor meeting area – seating 60 can be used as an outside classroom

Wi-Fi is available in all communal areas. Limited to the ground floor.

Speaker and Disco lights – Group to provide the music

Tuck shop in the main house

Toilets on the ground floor

Accessibility – Ground floor of the main house, the entire ground floor of the stables accommodation with a wet room, accessibility to the Games room and swimming pool. – Hoist available at the swimming pool

Lounge areas – comfortable seating

TV and DVD player – Some DVDs provided

On Call Managers after 7pm for emergencies

The main house is fully catered only on a set menu – Bookings will have a draft menu sent to advise on any changes.

The stables can be fully catered, part-catered or self-catered

Packed lunches can be provided

“normal” catering would include 3 meals and supper daily. Breakfast starts with cereals, yoghurts and fruit, followed by a small cooked breakfast with toast, teas and coffee for adults. Lunch and evening meals include a pudding. Supper for under 16s would be a homemade baked snack and hot chocolate. Staff have the option to add a cheese board and crackers for £12 for every 10 people.

Dunfield can cater for all if not most dietary requirements. Sadly we cannot cater for the Kosha diet. Halal can be catered for with 10 day prior notice.

Accessibility – Ground floor of the main house, the entire ground floor of the stables accommodation and a wet room,(we can provide a shower trolly upon request)  accessibility to the Games room and swimming pool. – Hoist available at the swimming pool. The house and stables both have accessible toilets. A hoist for the stables’ ground floor bedroom can be provided upon request.

If you require a hospital bed this can be arranged with 6 weeks’ notice.

Open all year apart from 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year

Dunfield House is located 1.5 hours from the nearest beach

45 minutes from lakes with water sports and water activities available

Offers Dyke trail

Inflatables can be booked to attend the site – or you can go to them where they have, raft building, team building, high roped and more

If you are coming from Ross-On-Wye direction there is a mountain boarding centre

Black mountains – walking and activity centre

Wye Vally canoe hire

Hargest Ridge – Made famous by Mike Oldfield and Tubular Bells – You can walk to the house where he wrote his 2nd album – Hargest Ridge.

Horse riding within 45minutes

The Dunfield staff team have experience with planning and running activities and will always be on hand to advice and support you before, during and after your visit.