Stubbers Residential Centre Essex provides your school group or educational visit with endless outdoor adventure activities and residential accommodation. Only minutes away from the M25 and just a short train ride from London. Stubbers Residential Centre is set up to deliver amazing outdoor pursuits for your pupils or students enrichment and learning experiences.

Greater London, East of England

Ockendon Road, Upminster, Essex, RM14 2TY

MONTHS OPEN
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

DAYS OPEN
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holidays

AGE GROUPs
5 to 7 years, 8 to 10 years, 11 to 13 years, 14 to 16 years, College, University



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What makes you a great group accommodation choice for a school trip or educational visits


Stubbers Adventure Centre is located at the very edge of North East London convenient for the M25 and links to London.
Perfect for a full-on adventure activity residential, cultural visit (or a bit of both ), your group can enjoy water sports, climbing and target sports one day, and the next day take a Red London Bus direct from our gate to the local underground station. 30 mins later your group emerge from the train to a direct view of iconic Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and the Shard.
Our 130 acre estate includes lakes, woodland, coffee shop and a fantastic Adventure Park which will please energetic children of all ages.
The range of adventure activities on offer covers watersports, target shooting and towers activities as well as an excellent range of team challenge activities.
Catering for groups of all sizes, our accommodation options include a variety of bunkhouse-style tent villages and or in our residential lodge. Groups have exclusive use of their allocated accommodation area and sleeping is in comfortable bunkbeds. Our catering team provides all meals with special attention to standard of food and provision for allergies and special diets.
Our experienced team is committed to providing excellent customer service and will ensure that students of all ages and abilities have the most beneficial and memorable adventure experience.
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On site activities for school trips and educational visits


Adventure Play Park, High Ropes Course, Climbing Towers, Archery, Rifles, Axe throwing, Laser Tag. Canoeing, Stand Up Paddle Boards, Sailing, Banana Rides, Jet Ski Driving, 4×4 Driving.
Class Room (20 seats), Marquees.
Accreditations, awards


LOtC,AALA, RYA,BCU
Group sizes


Tent Villages group Size 15 to 240 plus leaders
Maple Lodge Residential Building 15 to 50 plus leaders
Room types, sizes


Maple Lodge Residential Building – Student rooms x 8 (2 triple bunks to a room plus one “put up” bed if required. Staff Rooms x 3 (2 with bunks, one single)
Tent Villages – Bunkhouse tents sleep up to 10 students in bunks. Staff tents have 2 x bunk beds
Risk assessment


Risk Assessments and other previsit documentation available on website https://www.stubbers.co.uk/resources
Photography, Filming & Audio Restrictions


Photograpy of own group permitted
Booking Details


Tel: 01708224753 ext
First aid


All Stubbers staff are first response first aid trained. Core staff have 3 day our door first aid qualification. Visiting staff are recommended to bring a minor injuries first aid kit.
Available facilities


Tuck and Gift Shop, coffee shop, dining areas, wet rooms, toilets, changing areas, Training room, Free WIFI, 24-hour security, secure lockers, games marquee and social marquee for your group. Adventure Play Park, Woodland Discovery trail.
Catering options


Full Board.
Packed lunches providing for groups off site for lunch.
Accessibility & Disabled Facilities


DDA compliant on all activity and residential areas. Some instructors are trained to provide tower activities for wheelchair dependent students
Opening times


Year round 0900 – 1800
Testimonials


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“The food was amazing ! This such a USP for Stubbers – better than other centres I’ve stayed at and such an important part of the stay. Diet alternatives were very well catered for and inclusive – Well done !” – Reed’s school
“ Everything is clean and works well. Site kept tidy and a pleasure to walk round” – Reed’s School
“this is the school’s first trip to Stubbers and every teacher and pupil has fallen in love with the place. This is mainly down to the incredible staff. Their friendly, engaging and professional manner really makes a difference” – Reed School
“ We have really enjoyed our stay…all instructors have been very informative and professional and had a good rapport with the pupils. Thank you for a great week ! we are taking 29 very tired pupils home” – Kingston Primary School
“Every year our experience is better and better. 25 + of our children are very apprehensive before our trip and they are instantly put at ease by the comfort, the food and the kind supportive instructors, and they go home raving for months about the week” – St Peters, London
“As always we have LOVED coming to Stubbers! We are so appreciative of how accommodating you are to the needs of our students eg giving a quiet sitting for meals, Your staff is great with the young people and so attentive and helpful. We are counting down to next year already !” – St Marylebone Bridge School
Location Details


40 minutes from the City of London via Transport for London (Zone 6) direct from the centre’s front gate.
45 minutes drive or train to famous seaside resort Southend on Sea
20 minutes bus to Lakeside Shopping Centre (outside zone 6)
Note that although Stubbers Adventure Centre falls geographically within the London ULEZ zone, access to the centre from the East can be made without incurring charges [at time of writing]
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