Woodrow High House Amersham Buckinghamshire Day Trips

We offer a wide range of activities which can be incorporated into your bespoke programme. We place a great deal of importance on the skills developed during these activities, reflecting on what has been learnt at the end of each session.

A sample of our activities include: various HIGH ROPES challenges – Traverse Challenge, Crate Stack, Leap of Faith, Jacobs Ladder; ARCHERY; NIGHTLINE; ORIENTEERING; SCAVENGER HUNT; PIONEERING; BUSHCRAFT; SHELTER BUILDING; RAFT BUIULDING; and SWIMMING.

Do you have what it takes to make the leap-of-faith? Can you climb to the top of Jacob’s ladder? Can your team navigate the obstacle course, cargo net and tunnels to complete the challenge course? Stretch your limits and explore the great outdoors during a day visit at Woodrow High House. Our fully qualified instructor team can work with groups of all ages and abilities.

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We adapt our programmes and vary the style of delivery to ensure that we provide exactly what your group’s requirements are. The needs of your young people are the centre of everything we do. At Woodrow we give young people a safe, but real, taste of adventure – boosting their self-confidence and encouraging them to try new experiences.

LOtC Quality Badge

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Adventuremark Certified

Each educational visit is a unique experience. We adapt our programmes and vary the style of delivery to ensure that we meet the needs of your group. We host a large variety of groups from different settings, each with differing educational outcomes. In recent years groups have visited us to primarily focus on ecology – these groups carried out activities such as: pond dipping; a woodland walk and a mini-beast hunt. We have had groups visiting us with the aim of improving employability skills and have delivered activities that involved teamwork and communication. We also have several groups who visit us for revision weekends, combining classroom-based learning with outdoor activity fun.

Your day trip will include 3 or 4 activities of your choice, depending on arrival and departure times.

For day visits to Woodrow High House, we require a minimum group number of 15 participating young people, plus leaders on a 1:12 ratio to supervise (1:15 is also acceptable).

We are happy for photography, filming, and audio to be taken. Please do share your Woodrow experiences with us via our social media channels.

Our Risk Management Summary is available for download via our website. Please go to the “Information Zone” heading and select “Useful Downloads” or select HERE

We can provide individual risk assessments for all of our activities on request. We are also happy to show group leaders around the site prior to their visit if they would like to carry out their own risk assessment.

We do not have an Educational Officer. For sales enquires please email: hellowoodrow@londonyouth.org or telephone 01494 433531.

Our day price is £45 per person.  All non-participating leaders are free of charge.

You can download our full kit list from our website here:

We recommend you bring warm, comfortable clothing. Layers are essential and waterproofs are a good idea.  Suitable footwear (walking books, wellies, trainers) and a change of shoes for any indoor activity. Suncream and a hat in good weather. Most of all, you should bring a great sense of adventure!

We ask all our day visitors to bring a packed lunch and in a disposable bag.

All our instructors are first aid trained so there is no need for you to bring a qualified first aider. Our site also has an Automated External Defibrillator.

Our day visitors spend the whole day outside, having lots of fun participating in our activities. For lunch, your group can picnic in the grounds, or when the weather is inclement, we can provide an indoor space for you. We have outdoor toilets and water available throughout the day.

Woodrow High House is a fully inclusive centre. We have been working with children and young people with additional needs for over 40 years. Before your arrival, our team will discuss the specific needs of your group and learn more about your objectives. We can adapt our programme to suit various abilities and will create a perfectly pitched programme of activities. Our swimming pool has a hoist, to enable wheelchair users to use the pool.

We are open all year round, from January to December. We do, however, close over the Christmas period.

“Very well organised, great range of activities.” Wexham Park Hospital

“The staff and instructors took time to interact with each of our YP – learning who may need slightly more encouragement or support.” TAG Youth Group

“Consistency and knowledge of leaders and their support and encouragement of the children.” Western House Academy

“Instructors always kept students engaged and busy. They knew how to handle un-cooperative students. The grounds are beautiful and relaxing. Staff are friendly and approachable, they made us feel safe.” Islamia Girls School

“Absolutely loved Woodrow! The staff were friendly, approachable and confident. Organised and structured day with a range of fun and different activities.” John Betts School

“The staff are really able to focus on individual need and experience. Their merrier really models the positivity we want for our young people. The site is beautiful and well managed. We were really well looked after.” Burnham Grammar School

“The staff were helpful, kind and great at encouraging the children to try new things.” Portfields