Our Activities

Obstacle course

Hindleap has two obstacle courses; the first is a lower level course that either serves as a warm up to the main event or provides a suitable level of challenge to younger children. The second ‘low-ropes’ course involves young people either working in pairs or small groups overcoming physical challenges that involves confidence, balance and determination.

In addition to these courses, we also have an underground maze, a linear course and the famous Hindleap ‘wet tunnels’; two underground pipes that groups of three children crawl through. This – usually damp – activity always ends with a hot shower and time to get dressed into dry clothes ready for the next activity. Hindleap’s obstacle courses provide a brilliant physical challenge to groups of all ages and abilities. The activity provides opportunities for group bonding, relationship building and increasing resilience.

Team building

In groups of 12−15 young people, the Hindleap instructor sets a series of fiendishly tricky challenges. It’s then up to the team to decide how to complete the challenge within the rules and boundaries set.

Good communication, physical skills and mental agility are crucial for young people to solve the puzzles, as is their ability to listen to other people’s perspectives. Different team dynamics and leadership styles are brought to the fore – and the activists, theorists, reflectors and pragmatists in each group are revealed!

Fun, engaging, rewarding and developmental: team building is at the heart of everything we do at Hindleap Warren. It’s what outdoor learning is all about.

Bushcraft

Learn how to build a basic shelter to keep you warm and dry. Then have a go at lighting a fire using a traditional flint and steel, or a bow drill to create fire via friction. Then the challenge is keeping it going for long enough to toast marshmallows on!

Our bush craft sessions help children and young people learn practical outdoors skills, as well as how to work together in small team. Problem solving and being open to different ways of getting to a goal are crucial.

Our instructors constantly monitor children and young people when working with fire.

Take your bushcraft skills to the next level and try our survival skills session too!

High ropes courses

Swing through the trees on one of our centre’s exhilarating high ropes courses. Test your head for heights on the ‘leap of faith’ trapeze jump and the ‘giant see-saw’ and support your friends and teachers to complete the course too. Helmets are worn and harnesses are attached to a safety rope, so everyone is safe and secure at all times.

We know that that success looks different for different people. Hindleap Warren instructors help every child and young person to realise their individual ambitions, and to go further than they ever thought possible.

Forest adventure

Children and young people have the opportunity to explore Hindleap’s 300 acres of private woodland. Along the way, stories of the forest are told, games played, and challenges given.

This is an inclusive, fun and memorable activity that brings a large group together and gives them the chance to feel like real explorers. As the group move through the grounds, the environment becomes increasingly wet and muddy. By the end of the session, everyone has walked through streams, waded through deep mud and scrambled through the undergrowth. This is an excellent activity for building relationships, increasing resilience and improving determination.

Climbing

Rock climbing made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 games, so there’s never been a better time to get involved with this increasingly popular activity which boosts your fitness and confidence, as well as testing your head for heights!

Hindleap Warren has a couple of climbing walls for your young people. Develop trust in your peers by belaying (holding the rope) for them while they climb, and encourage your friends as they scale the walls. Ropes, harnesses and helmets make this a very safe activity: our instructors check safety equipment throughout, and encourage young people to check themselves and others.

Zip wire

It’s the ultimate adrenalin rush … feel the wind whistle by your ears as you glide through the tree canopy on one of our three zip wires. Our high zip wire starts a heady 15 metres up in the sky! Our other two zip wires can be set up for young people with additional needs and mobility restrictions.

All children and young people wear helmets and harnesses, and are permanently connected to a safety rope from the moment they leave the ground. Hindleap Warren staff are always on hand to keep everyone safe and to encourage anyone feeling nervous. The Zip Wire is brilliant fun, helps young people gain confidence and build trust and positive relationships with adults.

Disc Golf

New for 2024!

Grab your trusty disc and unleash your inner champion on our 9-hole disc golf course! Combining the precision of golf with the excitement of frisbee, our instructors will teach
you the way and guide you around our unique forest course.

Disc golf promises a memorable experience of pure fun and is great for all ages and abilities, it promotes group awareness and is a fantastic introduction to a growing sport in the UK that is easily accessible to everyone!

Evening Activities

Wondering how you will spend your evenings? Well wonder no more, we offer a range of instructor led activities as well as providing resources for self-led activities. Over a four night stay we will run two instructor led sessions, for one- or two-night stays we will run one instructor led session.

• Night Walk – Explore some of the 300 acres of forest at Hindleap, using torches and maps to guide you (self-led) or following an instructor through the woods, along the way you may hear stories, play games, do some star gazing, or even be set some challenges. This session can be flexible to meet the needs of your group.

• Campfire – There’s nothing quite like roasting a marshmallow on a campfire after a fun day of adventures. Either self or instructor led, you will head down to one of our 5 campfire areas and enjoy an evening of tending to the fire, eating marshmallows, telling stories and even play some games.

• Disc Golf – New for 2024! Get ready to witness epic throws, nail-biting moments and the sweet taste of victory as you navigate our thrilling 9-hole course filled with twists, turns and obstacles that will test your skill and precision! You can be guided by our instructors or alternatively self-led by your leaders (ratio 1:15 required). Available April-September.

• Egg Drop – Can you keep your egg/water balloon safe? In this classic session, small teams are given resources and must create something to keep their egg/water balloon from breaking when the teacher (self-led) or instructor drops it from a great height.

• Challenge Night – In small groups, your instructor or teacher will set unique challenges to complete to earn points, the challenges vary from eating competitions, getting messy or being as loud as they can.

• Tuck Shop – Available on request, we have a variety of sweets, drinks, and souvenirs for sale, including our famous drop bears! Please encourage your group to bring small change instead of notes.