Mill on the Brue Outdoor Adventure Activity Centre Somerset

The award winning Centre Mill on the Brue was established in 1982 and is based on a farm house and buildings in 25 acres of beautiful woods, fields and river valley. The only outdoor centre in the world we believe to have it’s own vineyard! It is a family run Centre and we aim to give every visitor the best outdoor experience they have ever had. There are many exciting, fun and challenging outdoor pursuits with a strong emphasis on team work and the environment.

We feel we are very different from most centres in our holistic approach both to our visitors and the environment. We try to keep the gardens as attractive as possible, growing all our plants organically. We have planted 10,000 native trees throughout the estate, reinstated hedgerows, and have rare breed sheep, pigs, a Shetland pony, a donkey, chickens and bee hives. We have a strong environmental ethos and have held the Gold Green Business Award for six years.

We have a wide range of over 40 activities and outdoor pursuits to suit students from seven years upwards. These range from canoeing, high ropes, climbing wall, two 240 metre zip wires over the river, assault course, archery range, air rifle range, low ropes, fire lighting, tree climbing, grass toboggans, raft building and racing, tunnelling, animal feeding, cooking in a clay oven, crafts, history, sustainability and river projects, problem solving games and tasks. As a Centre which was founded over thirty years ago we are very experienced and knowledgeable in what teachers are looking for in a trip, and constantly have extremely positive feedback at the end of their stay – this inevitably results in repeat bookings for the following year.

The school groups can do all the activities onsite which means they have a very full and varied programme with at least five activities in a day taken by experienced and qualified instructors who stay with the same group for the whole visit. This we believe builds a bond between instructor and their group. The meals are delicious, with much of the fruit and vegetables grown organically in the gardens, and the bedrooms are comfy and warm. The welcome and help they receive from all our staff is much appreciated. We have had schools returning for over 25 years. Because we are not a large Centre many teachers say that it is like coming home and they are delighted to see familiar faces every year.

Our return rate is over 90%.

We hold a current AALA license, also the Lotc quality badge and are founder members and inspected by the British Activity Providers Association. We are also long term members of the Institute of Outdoor Learning.

We write individual programmes for each group in conversation with the party leader, asking what their aim is and what they would like included. There are various categories including team building, communication, decision making, leadership, a history and river project, and environmental topics including a sustainability tour.

Contact us regarding your group size.

We provide teachers packs.

This is up to the Party Leader regarding photos while groups are here.  Any of our literature and photos does have copywrite restrictions.

We can provide a risk assessment from the minute you come off the coach to the minute you depart.

January, February, November and December is £349 per student for Monday – Friday For two nights it is £188 per student

March, April and October is £407 per student Monday to Friday. For two nights it is £221 per student.

May – September it is £499 per student Monday – Friday. For two nights it is £283 per student.

Old clothes, water proofs and wellingtons or walking boots.

All our Instructors have first aid training and senior members of the team have done 2 day first aid courses.

• Dining Room
• Two sitting rooms
• Cellar room used for reviewing
• Two barns
• Two drying rooms
• Environmental centre the Applestore
• Tuck shop

There are facilities to eat packed lunches. Children don?t really need to bring any pocket money unless they want to spend some in the shop on postcards, souvenirs or sweets.

• Ramp to dining room
• Disabled toilet
• The venue is not suitable for wheel chairs because of the hilly nature but perfectly suitable for other disabilities

Open all year except Christmas fortnight. Hours vary depending on the agreed length of the visit.