Thanks for a thrilling few days - I have achieved things that I never thought I would achieve. I don't want to go home (Sarah - George Stephenson High School)

Welcome to High Borrans Outdoor Education Centre

Our Centre is in a secluded location set amidst some of the Lake District's most spectacular scenery, and is only three miles from Windermere. We have been providing groups with high quality residential outdoor education packages for over 40 years, and with highly experienced Instructors, quality equipment and our own minibuses, we have tremendous flexibility to make the most of our surroundings and meet the needs of all course participants.

House at High Borrans Ghyll scramble pavy arc

We have exclusive use of our own tarn which offers an excellent introduction to watersports, and our grounds are used for on-site activities such as orienteerings, ropes course and archery. We take groups out into the National parks for activities such as canoing on Windermere and Ullswater, caving in the Yorkshire Dales, rock climbing, abseiling, ghyll scrambling, and fell walking, as well as educational field work for A-Level and GCSE students.

Don't just take it from us that High Borrans is the place to be - here is a poem written by Chloe and Niamh during their visit with Wellfield Middle school in 2007:

High Borrans is so kwl

It is so fun

Gr8 activities to do

High Borrans roks

Best time of yr life

Or in the whole world

Respect each other

Respect the teachers 2

A good friend is a gr8 friend

No matter what

So when you go to High Borrans just have fun.

 

From the Blog

Winter Wonderland at High Borrans

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The White Christmas at High Borrans has turned into a White New Year, as the centre is still looking like a magical winter wonderland. Staff have been walking and skiing into work to make sure the centre is ready for the first of our 2010 groups, and although the snow has slightly disrupted the building work on our new conservatory, we still hope to be able to complete it by the end of January.  

NEW - High Borrans Forum

There have been more exciting developments at High Borrans this week with the introduction of our new Teachers Forum. You can use this to share and develop ideas about your stay at High Borrans, such as what to do with the group in the evening, which coach company to use, where to stop off for lunch on the way over...

Modern day ICT arrives at Centre

We've finally arrived in the 21st Century with new ICT being installed at the Centre! Not only do we have a new system for the office, we also now have 13 laptops for use by visiting groups, as well as projectors and wireless broadband!

New sofas in residence at last!

sofa

We are pleased to announce the arrival of some new sofas for our lounge - big, red and very comfy we hope they will help make your stay even better! A huge thank you to those of you who have made contributions over the past couple of years - particularly to the Chris Pownall Group who have waited very patiently for this day! 

ISOCLads & Lasses

Church Beck

Our friends from ISOCLAD were over at the weekend throwing themselves in at the deep end again!

2011 Course Fees

Course fees up until 31st March 2011 have now been published. Please make sure you return your booking form as soon as possible in order to secure your place - provisional bookings are only held for 2 weeks and unconfirmed bookings will be removed after this time.

Winter Wonderland at High Borrans

HB house in snow

The snow brought much excitment to visiting groups and centre staff alike in December...