Family Survival Activity Short Break with the Gordon brown Activity centre

Family Survival Short break with The Gordon Brown centre in Hook

Enjoy a Family Survival holiday for 1 to 3 nights, and take part in a range of activities including bushcraft to laser guns. your stay includes

• Tea and coffee throughout
• Sleep in our Dome tents for 2-3 people
• Dedicated shower & WC

Monday - Tuesday

1pm Arrival

• Fire Making Skills
• ‘Have a Go’ Archery
• Cordage (friendship bracelets)
• Water purification Techniques
• Nettle string

Buffet Dinner

• Buffet Dinner with hot & cold options.
• Evening Campfire - hot chocolate & marshmallows.

Tuesday

• Breakfast (Bap or cereal/Toast) + Juice.
• Animal feeding, Handling and Grooming
• Field skills-mini tomahawks

11am Home time or Packed Lunch (if staying 2+ nights)

Tuesday - Wednesday

1pm Arrival

• Wood Foraging and outdoor cooking on rocket stoves
• Laser Gun Distance target shooting
• Field Archery tag

Buffet Dinner

• Buffet Dinner with hot & cold options.
• Evening Campfire-hot chocolate & marshmallows.

Wednesday

• Breakfast (Bap or cereal/Toast) + Juice.
• Animal feeding, Handling and Grooming
• Field skills -swords/wands.

11am Home time or Packed Lunch (if staying 2+ nights)

Wednesday - Thursday

1pm Arrival

Survive on the island Challenge

• Locating equipment via map reading
• Building land rafts
• Den building
• Cooking on stove
• Children’s Fencing

Buffet Dinner

• Buffet Dinner with hot & cold options.
• Evening Campfire-hot chocolate & marshmallows.

Thursday

• Breakfast (Bap or cereal/Toast) + Juice.
• Animal feeding, Handling & Grooming
• Field skills (mini catapults)

11am Home time

 

 

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Half term workshops

our half day Adventure Workshops are perfect for getting children out of the house and outdoors.  With a  BRAND NEW ACTIVITY PROGRAMME! Parents/carers bring your children and their friends along to our exciting new activities this October half term. Stay on site and enjoy a tea or coffee while your children are taking part in the activities below. Please note that a responsible adult must stay on site at all times.

Gordon Brown Centre in Hook

We are an outdoor adventure siteset in 25acres, within a conservation area. We offer a range of activities for schools, youth groups and families.

During your visit you will stay in one of our two self-contained indoor accommodation blocks sleeping 60 and 66 or in our camping village that can accommodate up to 72 children.  Each accommodation type includes access to shower & toilet facilities, disabled toilets, tea & coffee making facilities and on-site wi-fi.

The Main building children accommodation consists of two dormitories with 24 beds in each plus a further two smaller rooms with 6 beds in each, a total of 60 beds.  All children’s beds are triple bunks.  Adult accommodation consists of two rooms with 2 beds and one room with 1 bed, a total of 5 beds.

The Shrubbery building children accommodation consists of two dormitories with 33 beds in each, a total of 66 beds.  All children’s beds are triple bunks.  Adult accommodation consists of four rooms, two with 2 single beds and two with 1 single bed plus double bunk, a total of 10 beds

The Camping Village children accommodation consists of thirteen tents with 6 beds in each, a total of 72 beds (please note children will need to be grouped in sixes).  Adult accommodation consists of three pods with 2/3 beds in each, a total of 6/9 beds. 

Facilities and services available

• Farm with pigs, chickens , donkeys, bees, goats and rabbits. 
• Teamwork Challenge
• Survival Challenge
• Low ropes
• High ropes 
• Command tasks
• Climbing wall 
• Laser gun village
• Clay pit
• Archery
• Den building 
• Pond dipping 
• Trim trail 
• camp fire and bushecraft