Kingswood Outdoor Activity Centre North Devon

Kingswood has been providing life changing adventures for young people for 40 years. Hundreds of thousands of children experience a Kingswood residential every year and day trips are also available, providing an excellent opportunity for children to develop their confidence, resilience and life skills.

With 11 centres scattered across the UK, each offers something slightly different, from stunning coastal scenes to grand private estates and historic woodlands. Whether you enjoy high-adrenaline excitement or crave the challenge of a long hike in an area of outstanding natural beauty, all locations have acres of green space, a passionate team to welcome you and the opportunity to make memories that will last a lifetime.

Kingswood offer a range of educational outdoor adventure programmes that are suitable for all key stages; integrating a variety of curriculum content within activities and working with teachers to bring subject content to life. The benefits of outdoor learning on mental health and wellbeing are proven, and all activities are designed to help build confidence and resilience.

We are AALA licensed, and OFSTED registered.

We tailor our visits to best match the needs of each group. This ensures that we provide a fun, rewarding service that achieves the goals of every visiting group.

Groups can expect their participants to leave having been encouraged to push their comfort zones further, work on their own personal responsibility through elements of the sessions, and, most importantly, have a great time!

We can facilitate group sizes that range from 10 up to whole year groups of 150.

Kingswood, in partnership with Enrich Education, provide visitors with pre- and post-trip activity packs. These include a selection of activities that support PE, English, Maths, Science and Geography curricula, taken from the Enrich School Orienteering and Outdoor Learning Digital Hub. Each activity links with one of the six Kingswood curriculum categories (Challenge, Play, Explore, Discover, Social, Reflect). All activities include a teacher’s plan and children’s resource sheets where required. In addition, Kingswood offers schools a unique ‘confidence tracker’ tool, created in partnership with insight specialists, Spike, and with counsel from Dr Alice Jones Bartoli and Professor Justin Dillon, to enable them to evidence and evaluate the success of a trip.

We encourage visitors to take photos and videos of their experience.

We will work with you to ensure we have photo consent if we take photos/videos for promotional use.

Policies page – Risk management arrangements for each of the Kingswood centres.

Simon Luck – Activities Manager

Simon.luck@inspiring–learning.com

01237 880028

Kirsty Darlington – Business development Manager

Kirsty.darlington@inspiring–learning.com

01237 880028

Rebecca Collard – Guest Services Manager

Rebecca.collard@inspiring-learning.com

01237 880028

Day visits start from just £16 per child 

Dress for the weather.

All technical/safety equipment/clothing will be provided.

A swimming costume, wet shoes, and a towel may be required, depending on the activities.

All our instructing staff are first aid trained. We have first aid facilities onsite, and all instructing staff carry emergency equipment for offsite activities.

We have ample space undercover to eat lunch.

We have full changing facilities for wet activities and hot showers.

There is a café that serves hot/cold drinks, snacks, and merchandise. Young people may bring pocket money at the schools’ discretio

Our site buildings and washroom facilities are DDA compliant.

Due to the adventurous nature of our activities, some may be more suitable than others.

Please contact us if you have a group with specific needs and we will work with you to tailor the best experience.

Day visits are available year round

We have ample parking for minibuses and coaches.

We are adjacent to the A39, 1 hour by coach from the M5, Junction 27.