Tile Barn Outdoor Centre Brockenhurst Hampshire

Tile Barn Outdoor Centre offers residential and day activity opportunities for school groups, uniform groups, youth groups and other community groups.

Located in the beautiful New Forest National Park – Tile Barn Outdoor Centre specializes in offering groups cost-effective breaks in stunning surroundings. You can choose to stay in comfort in our bunkhouse or try something new in our Enda Ryan Poppy Pods. We also welcome up to 250 campers in the summer months staying in our pre-erected camping villages.

Our 14-acre site is great for those looking to stay with us and deliver some of their own activities on-site as well as walking the many trails nearby. We do also deliver a range of adventurous activities on-site, led by our friendly and experienced instructors – such as climbing, archery, mountain biking, high ropes, low ropes, bushcraft skills and more.

We offer flexibility in our programmes to work within all budgets. There are options to lead your own activities and self-cater to help keep costs down. Equally, we also offer our more inclusive packages with full catering and all activities delivered by our staff.

As part of a wider service with four centres, called Hampshire Outdoor Centres, we have been delivering our outdoor educational programmes for a long time and know what it takes to make a good residential a GREAT residential. We focus on delivering high quality outdoor activities and our staff are trained and monitored not only on their ability to deliver safe sessions, but also on their ability to fully embed your learning objectives into every session.

We will work closely with you to understand the aims for your visit and ensure that your programme addresses these. Our team are regularly praised for their ‘nothing is too much trouble’ attitude and flexibility when it comes to creating your perfect programme.

We are monitored and assessed by various outdoor industry bodies to ensure we deliver safe and educational activities. These include:

• The Learning Outside the Classroom quality badge (LOTC)
• Institute of Outdoor Learning membership (IOL)
• AdventureMark award

We deliver a wide range of adventurous activities on-site as well as offering watersports on Beaulieu river through a partner organisation. The activities we offer include; archery, climbing, high ropes, low ropes, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, bushcraft skills and more!

Our 14-acre site has loads of space for groups to organize their own games and activities.

We can accommodate up to 300+ people in our summer season. This comprises of 38 people in the bunkhouse, 80 people in our Enda Ryan Poppy Pods and a further 200 in our pre-erected camping villages.

We do not take any photos for our promotional purposes. However, groups are welcome to take their own pictures and to tag us on social media @TileBarnOutdoor to share their amazing experiences!

Our risk assessing processes are rigorously checked by external providers and internally through Hampshire County Council departments. As we are an approved supplier through the Evolve system, you can rest assured that our procedures and policies are thoroughly analysed.

Taking guidance from the Outdoor Education Advisors Panel and other industry boards – we provide a risk summary instead of activity specific risk assessments.

However, if you do have any queries our bookings team will be on hand to answer any questions that you may have.

The prices vary per visit based on your requirements and the time of year that you’re looking to visit – with significant reductions during the Winter Months.

Get in touch on bookings.hoc@hants.gov.uk or 02380 884 930 to discuss your requirements and we will be happy to give you a price.

All our instructional staff are first aid trained.

You will find on our centre:

• Bunkhouse accommodation
• The Enda Ryan Poppy Pod village
• A climbing and abseiling tower
• A high-ropes course
• A low-ropes course
• Problem solving area
• Shelter building area
• A campfire
• A small shop (seasonal opening times) and vending machine
• A large toilet and shower block with washing up facilities
• Fridges and freezers for groups to use

Our bunkhouse accommodation is accessible. Due to the nature of the ground being gravel and grassy – wheelchairs users may have difficulty accessing the activity stations. We do have an all-terrain wheelchair which can be supplied upon request.

Our instructors are well trained to deliver a range of adaptive activities for those with limited mobility – including adaptive archery bows, hoisted/assisted climbing and abseiling.

The site is open year-round, and our opening times are suited to whichever groups we have on-site.

If you want a guided tour get in touch on bookings.hoc@hants.gov.uk or on 02380 884 930.

“It was an extremely successful week and both staff and pupils have been singing the center’s praises in terms of the facilities and the instructors.”

– Grafham Grange special school, 2018

We have a number of walking trails which lead directly off the site into the New Forest. Brockenhurst town is a 10-minute walk from the site and has plenty of shops and pubs.

The Bunkhouse is a self-contained building which has five bedrooms. There are two dormitories which sleep 16 per room and a further 3 rooms which each have two beds in. One of our rooms has an adjoining, fully accessible, toilet and shower. There is also a comfortable lounge, fully equipped kitchen, drying room and a private garden area.

There are 20 Enda Ryan Poppy Pods in total which can sleep 4 per pod. These offer groups a luxury camping experience with more comforts than a tent. There is a central roundhouse in the middle of the pod village for groups to use and all the pods are located a short walk from the toilet/shower/washing up facilities.

Tile Barn has a long history of working with camping groups and regularly welcomes 200+ campers per week in the summer months. We provide tents, marquees and cook tents for those who want their camping village ready to move into without having to pitch a single tent. Alternatively, groups can also bring their own tents and equipment and stay with us.

To book, contact us at bookings.hoc@hants.gov.uk or on 02380 884 930.

We look forward to hearing from you.