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Sites we useThe Wingate Centre
Wingate House is in the village of Wrenbury which is near Nantwich in Cheshire. The centre is in the heart of the Cheshire countryside and has plenty of space outdoors for games and barbecues. It also has a very well equipped sports hall with a good range of equpiment for both disabled and able-bodied visitors. Many of the Camp activities will be away from the centre. Alton Towers, Chester and the seaside at Rhyl are all within reasonable travelling distance. The rooms at Wingate House are arranged on two corridors and are all for two people. For more details, visit www.wingate-sga.org.uk
The Calvert Trust Kielder's fully accessible centre is based on the edge of both Kielder Forest and Kielder Water in the magnificent Northumberland countryside and offers the opportunity for activity, care and tranquillity for people with disabilities their families and friends. The centre offers a very large range of activities from abseiling to a zip wire. People with and without disibilities can take part in all the activities. For more details about the site, see their website: www.calvert-trust.org.uk
The 18+ Camp likes to visit somewhere special and this year is no exception. The group is staying at the DeCeder holiday park in Deinze, Belgium. The park is about an hour and a half drive from Calais. It has a modern hotel, where the Camp will be staying, swimming pool, restraunt and several acres of parkland. For more details, click here (If you can't speak Dutch you can have Google try and translate for you, click here) Bendrigg Lodge is near Kendal, between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. The centre offers a wide range of activities that include: Archery, Camping, Canoeing in kayaks or open canoes, Challenge adventure course and aerial runway, Group initiative projects, Indoor games, projects and craft sessions, Orienteering and treasure hunts, Rock climbing and abseiling. The sleeping accommodation is in small dormitories on the ground and first floor. There are showers, washrooms and toilets with provisions for disabled people.
The 18+ Camp will be visiting Amsterdam. The week's holiday will be based at Stayok youth hostel. The hostel is located in a stately canal house in Amsterdam city centre. The busy hostel has an international atmosphere. Visitors from every corner of the earth meet up in the bar where a simple dinner is served in the evening. The rooms house 8 to 20 guests and you have a private locker where you can safely store your belongings. For more details about the site, see their website: www.stayokay.com/stadsdoelen  
Low Mill is just outside the village of Askrigg in the Yorkshire Dales. The centre can accommodate about 35 people. It has wheelchair accessible toilets, showers and a lift. It has plenty of comfy chairs and a good drying room, ideal after a muddy water fight! A range of activities are offered such as rafting, a special wheelchair accessible assault course, rock climbing, a zip wire and abseiling. There are also pool and table tennis tables, to say nothing of playing fields and a well stocked sweet shop.     Skern Lodge
Skern Lodge is located in Appledore, North Devon, where the River Torridge meets the Atlantic. Skern Lodge has a superb location, excellent domestic facilities including a heated pool, comfortable accommodation and exceptional catering. Most of the activities take place at or near the centre. The centre offers a wide range of activities such as abseiling, climbing, swimming , horse riding, treasure hunt, high ropes course, crabbing and raft building.
Pensarn Harbour is located on the West coast of Wales, within Snowdonia national park . The activity centre is right on the edge of the harbour itself so many of the activities involve water and include canoeing, kayaking raft building and sailing. The seaside town of Barmouth, which has a fun fair as well as the usual range of shops, is about five miles away. The bedrooms at the centre sleep between two and eight people. It has several large function rooms and the cooks are used to cooking large quanitites of good, hot food. For more details about Pensarn Harbour, have a look at their website which is at www.cmcpensarn.org.uk Carlton Lodge Activity Centre
This outdoor activity centre is situated in several acres of fields in the Yorkshire countryside in Carlton Miniott. It is 2 miles West of Thirsk. The centre has facilities for over 50 people including a sports hall, boating lake and playing fields. Carlton Lodge is ideally situated for trips to York, Whitby and Ripon as well as Lightwater Valley and Flamingoland theme parks. For further details go to Carlton Lodge's web site. Dovedale HouseDovedale is in the Peak District, not far from Alton Towers theme park and Matlock. Dovedale House itself only provides accommodation and a games room but there is plenty to do in the surrounding area. A local boating lake offers many opportunities to get really wet whist sailing or power boating. |
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