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Lake District Discovery and Adventure Trips
Fussells Travel Service School Trips
Bursaries Available! Residentials North West
Why book 'Lake District Discovery and Adventure Trips' with Fussells Travel Service for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?
Using our activity bases at YHA Holly How in Coniston and YHA Eskdale, we can produce tailor-made itineraries to meet the varying needs of our school groups. With an enormous range of activities, sights and attractions on offer, we can create a package to suit your requirements.As Lake District specialists, we can produce an itinerary to showcase the very best of what the Lake District has to offer, whilst also providing an extensive range of outdoor activities.
Exclusive use of our centres is available for our groups, providing a safe and secure environment whilst you are away from school.
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What activities are available during group visits?
A range of outdoor activities can be provided: canoeing, paddle boarding, raft building, gorge scrambling, rock climbing, abseiling, rock scrambling, bushcraft, archery, countryside and-or mountain walking, orienteering, high ropes course, zip-wire
Why not combine your activities with some local sightseeing? Attractions in the area include:
Windermere Lake Cruises, Lakeside and Haverthwaite Steam Train, Lake District Visitor Centre, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Lakeside Aquarium, World of Beatrix Potter, Grizedale Forest Park, Hardknott Roman Fort
Why not combine your activities with some local sightseeing? Attractions in the area include:
Windermere Lake Cruises, Lakeside and Haverthwaite Steam Train, Lake District Visitor Centre, Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Lakeside Aquarium, World of Beatrix Potter, Grizedale Forest Park, Hardknott Roman Fort
Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?
Physical Education
Climbing Canoeing Orienteering Archery Kayaking High Ropes We offer an extensive range of outdoor activities - all taking place in the stunning surroundings of The Lake District. Activities include: climbing, abseiling, bushcraft, archery, rock scrambling, mountain walking
Watersports
SUP Stand Up Paddleboarding Kayaking Canoeing Raft Building A range of watersports are available: canoeing, raft building, paddle boarding, gorge scrambling.
All our watersports activities take place on either Coniston Water or Wastwater and surrounding areas.
Romans
Roman Buildings The Roman Conquest and Hadrians Wall For groups staying at YHA Eskdale, we can offer our 'Roman's Day' which features a guided walk to Harknott Roman Fort, led by our 'Romans' expert. Walk in the footsteps of the Romans from their mountain fortress at Hardknott to the Roman port of Ravenglass. Look at how the Romans influenced the area and their legacy.
What size groups do you cater for?
Any sized group can be catered for
Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?
As our groups have sole use of our hostels, all the hostel facilities are at the disposal of our groups. This includes the dining room/lounge areas which can be used for activities.
Is there first aid on site?
Yes - hostel staff and our outdoor activity instructors are all first aid trained.
Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?
Yes - Our programmes can be adapted to meet the needs of all children
Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
Yes - Our programmes can be adapted to meet the needs of all children
Anything else?
Groups booking visits during the autumn and spring terms are eligible to apply for bursary funding to help towards the cost of the trip.
Who are Fussells Travel Service?
Run by experienced trip organisers Paul and Victoria Fussell, and based near Ulverston, Cumbria, we provide a complete school trip booking service for locations across the UK. Residential trips are a valuable part of every school curriculum, for students and teaching staff alike, but can be extremely hard work and time consuming to arrange.
We provide a personalised service, helping you plan your visit. With over 50 years of combined experience in group travel and educational tours, we can provide tailor-made itineraries to match your school's needs.
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