Bentley Copse Activity Centre

School Trips

Why book Bentley Copse Activity Centre for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?

Bentley Copse is located in the heart of the Surrey Hills, combining environmental and key skill learning alongside challenging and rewarding adventure activities.

Our Activity programmes are for all ages. All activities encourage life skills and personal development and always include elements of communication, team working, decision making and self awareness.

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school trip at Bentley Copse Activity Centre

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Bentley Copse Activity Centre school groups

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Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Small group bushcraft sessions teach safety around fire and tools. Your students will light their own fires, pop some popcorn or make a refreshing hot drink.
Our woodland environment is idea for quiet bushcraft sessions among the trees.

Bespoke team building sessions delivered to your group. Our instructors will challenge your students with team puzzles that will test their resilience, dexterity and problem solving. For schools wishing a greater emphasis on teamwork our site activities can be adapted to provide additional challenges.

Curriculum topics available: Climbing, Orienteering, Archery, High Ropes, Caving, Zip Line.

We have many adventurous and physical activities that will challenge your students. Our popular activities include our zip wire, climbing wall, abseil tower, crate stacking, gladiator challenge, aeroball, jacobs ladder, archery, giant table football, team building, orienteering.

Surrounded by ancient woodland your students will experience the natural environment of the Surrey Hills. Your students may see our local badgers, see the squirrels among the trees while accompanied by bird song.

What size groups do you cater for?

From small groups of 12 pupils to year groups of up to 220 pupils.

Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?

We can cater for 240 in tented camp and 38 in buildings, this number is split across three buildings.

Is there first aid on site?

All staff hold a valid first aid qualification.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

We have an accessible toilet and showers in one of the buildings.

Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

Yes

Anything else?

If you are bringing more than 150 children you will have the centre to yourselves as we do have a unique set up at Bentley Copse.

We have many schools using Bentley Copse for their residential experiences, many of these return year after year. All schools receive a tailored activity programme of activities. These packages are created in conjunction with the trip leaders and can range from shooting arrows in Archery to flying through the air on our Zip Wire.

Who are Bentley Copse Activity Centre?

Teachers can opt for one of our packages which include accommodation, activities and catering or design your own programme and choose all the options they require.

Our aim is to enable young people to develop through taking part in outdoor activities in a fun and safe environment. This simple aim has led us to develop our Centre that rivals commercially run Centres in terms of both facilities and activity provision.