The Kepplewray Centre
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What will students see and do?
Kepplewray Centre is an inclusive and accessible outdoor activity centre in the Lake District – one of the UK’s biggest natural adventure playgrounds and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was set up by a group of Christians with the intention of helping everyone discover adventure while also appreciating life. Visitors can take part in activities such as abseiling, archery, bushcraft, crate stacking, mine exploration, rock climbing, mountain walking, team building games, fencing, orienteering, tree climbing, wild camping, bridge jumping, kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, ghyll scrambling and raft building.
These all come with an appropriate number of instructors for the group, high-quality equipment and safety kits, as well as boots and waterproof clothing for anyone without their own.
How does the trip link to the curriculum?
Kepplewray Centre aims to bring young people together from all walks of life for outdoor activities and challenges that enhance their personal development and their ability to assimilate new facts when beginning further education.
It believes that every young person should have the opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. Students will work in teams where everyone is involved and learns together. They’ll come away from the centre with expanded horizons, developed communication skills and improved self-confidence, resilience and robustness.
The centre hosts dozens of school groups every year and has a Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge, recognition from the Institute for Outdoor Learning (IOL) and approval to contribute to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE).
Ahead of your visit to The Kepplewray Centre, instructors will liaise with you to create an experience that can support your students in their academic studies, whether that’s striving for the summit of the Old Man of Coniston or discovering the history and the ingenuity of the people who worked the quarries or in the tunnels where copper was mined.
These experiences will be tailored to link to the national curriculum through history, geography, science, PE and English.
The centre also offers a number of additional packages, including a beach school, where students will have great fun taking part in beach art, shelter building, beach biology and games; an investigation of the River Duddon from source to sea, looking at its geology, geography, biology and history; and a Stone Age day, where children will experience how their ancient ancestors used to live and have a go at lighting a fire without matches, tracking, building a shelter and archery.
Subjects covered
Teaching resources provided
Kepplewray Centre has put together some photo trails around the Furness area to challenge students before and after they arrive. Simply match the photos with the locations on the map. It’s a fun activity, encourages being outdoors and getting exercise, and introduces young people to using maps and finding locations. Produced in association with Active Cumbria, the photo trails feature Barrow Park, Ulverston, Dalton, Walney and Vickerstown.
Minimum and maximum group size
The centre’s accommodation can sleep a maximum of 76 people in dormitory-style rooms with varying numbers of beds within each.
Details of risk assessment
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Facilities On-Site
The large Victorian mansion that houses Kepplewray Centre boasts three lounges, a recreation room with a pool table and table football, a conservatory with a table tennis table, and accommodation for up to 70 guests in 15 bedrooms. Within the extensive grounds there is a pond and on-site activity facilities for tree climbing, team challenges, crate stacking and archery.
Opening Times
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Pricing
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Travel arrangements
Kepplewray Centre is situated on the southern edge of the Lake District National Park, within the 11th-century market town of Broughton-in-Furness. It is within easy reach of most cities within the north-west and north-east and has good transport links from the midlands and the south.
If travelling by rail, Foxfield station is just over one mile from the site. Kepplewray Centre also has two 17-seater minibuses available for hire to community groups and schools – get in touch to make a booking.
Address
The Kepplewray Centre, Broughton in Furness, Cumbria
LA20 6HE
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