Abseiling
Learning Outcomes: Building confidence and independence.
Educational Outcomes: Understanding friction & forces, assessment of risks & consequences.
What to expect: Experience the thrill of abseiling down a rockface or off a bridge! Descend with confidence under the watchful eye of our experienced instructors, ensuring an exciting and secure adventure. Take on your fears and experience a great sense of accomplishment! Abseiling is sure to make you feel proud of yourself.
Caving
Learning Outcomes: Building trust & confidence, learning new skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learning about mining history and geology.
What to expect: Explore an underground mine or cave with the help of our experienced instructors. Consider it an underground walk with potential challenges along the route for the brave! Some of the challenges can be squeezes through holes or small scrambles. You’ll learn about mining history, cave geology, and how light and sound differ in an underground environment.
Climbing
Learning Outcomes: Building trust & confidence, learning new skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learning different knots, understanding friction and geology of rocks.
What to expect: Our rock climbing sessions are an excellent way to boost confidence and reach new heights under the guidance of our instructors. Safely harnessed, challenge yourself to scale rock faces across the Peak District. Learn about the history and heritage of many climbing venues and if staying overnight, bedrooms are named after the cliffs that you visit!
Canoeing
Learning Outcomes: Building confidence, improving communication & teamwork, learning new skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learn how to paddle a canoe, understanding of natural resources and canal/reservoir construction, understanding of water resistance.
What to expect: Embark on a watery adventure as we visit nearby reservoirs, canals, or rivers to master how to control your craft. Work together in a shared canoe or raft, or learn to paddle solo on a session filled with skill-based activities, games and a splash of excitement!
Paddleboarding
Learning Outcomes: Building confidence, improving communication & teamwork, learning new skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learn how to paddle a SUP, understanding of natural resources and canal/reservoir construction, understanding of water resistance.
What to expect: Embark on a watery adventure as we visit nearby reservoirs, canals, or rivers to master how to control your craft. Paddle solo or in pairs on our SUPs, or work together on our giant paddleboards for a session filled with skill-based activities, games and a splash of excitement!
Kayaking
Learning Outcomes: Building confidence, improving communication & teamwork, learning new skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learn how to paddle a kayak, understanding of natural resources and canal/reservoir construction, understanding of water resistance.
What to expect: Embark on a watery adventure as we visit nearby reservoirs, canals, or rivers to master how to control your craft. Paddle your way to great experiences on a kayak session filled with skill-based activities, games and a splash of excitement!
Hill Walking
Learning Outcomes: Gaining confidence and independence, learning new skills & problem solving.
Educational Outcomes: Map reading, navigational skills, understanding of the natural environment.
What to expect: Embark on an exciting hillwalking adventure among the breath-taking scenery of the Peak District, right from the front door of our beautiful centre. Polish your map reading skills and delve into the unique flora and fauna of the area. For an added dose of adventure, we can venture out at night!
Mountain
Biking
Learning Outcomes: Learning new skills, gaining confidence, improving independence.
Educational Outcomes: Learn to ride a bike, understand the forces involved with pedalling, gear changes and braking.
What to expect: Weaving its way around the grounds we have our very own mountain bike track. It is made up of different sections and challenges to suit all riders, from beginners, to experienced bikers. For some groups we explore the beautiful Peak District off-site. We’ve got all the kit you need and will make sure you’re riding within your own ability.
Rock Scrambling
Learning Outcomes: Building trust and confidence, improving communication & team work skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learn about rock geology, assessment of risks & consequences.
What to expect: Guided by trained instructors, participants will explore rocky terrain and take on both crawling and climbing challenges to build on confidence and resilience. Without the need for ropes or harnesses, our rock scrambling sessions are a brilliant way push your limits for an educational adventure.
Stream Scrambling
Learning Outcomes: Building resilience and confidence, improving communication & team work skills.
Educational Outcomes: Learning about local history, rock formation and geography.
What to expect: Our stream scrambling sessions are an exciting, hands-on activity where we splash, climb, and scramble our way along a stream, navigating natural challenges and obstacles designed to test your sense of adventure. We will kit up in waterproofs, wellies and helmets for our journey. Don’t forget a change of clothes as you should expect to get wet!
You can view our risk assessments for all activities here.