Day course activities

All our activities can be done as part of a day trip to Bowles, you can choose a combination of activities or combine a single activity with our Team Challenge Event.

The outdoors is a perfect place for fun, education and social distancing

With our own rock face, two ski slopes, ropes courses and a indoor heated pool, we are able to offer a huge range of activities. See below to find out about each one.

Our activity sessions are normally three hours in length. This means that the session can either be one long session or two shorter sessions. The table below explains which sessions can be combined and which need a full session.

Longer sessions	Sessions that can be combined
Skiing	Archery
Rock climbing (if combining with bouldering)	Bouldering
Snowboarding	Pool kayaking
High ropes course (including a zip wire)	Pool rafting
Harrisons	Team building
Offsite raft building (summer only)	Bushcraft
Orienteering in local woods	Leap of Faith
Full day sessions	Jacobs ladder
Offsite kayaking	Low Ropes
Water sports day	Earth Walks
	Centre based orienteering

Archery on a day course

Archery is an activity that requires resileince and determination.

Skiing on a day course

Skiing is a great activity for all ages, all times of the day and all times of year.

Kayaking and canoeing on a day course

Kayaking is fun, exciting, action packed and challenging.

Leap of Faith and Jacobs Ladder day course

The Leap of Faith is an activity where students will really push themselves and conquer challenges that they never thought possible.

Harrisons scrambling on a day course

Scrambling is high energy, exciting, active and challenging. We can either meet the group at Bowles or Harrisons Rocks where they will climb under boulders, through tunnels, inside trees and up cliffs.

Rock climbing on a day course

Bowles is unique and extremely lucky to have its own natural rock face onsite with hundreds of routes and climbs. We also have easy access to two other sets of rocks that are great for rock climbing.

Team building on a day course

Our team building activities are fun, exciting and educational. We have real swamps to cross, giant spiders webs (not from real spiders) and a huge wall to climb over. Our site is full of engaging team building challenges to suit all ages. Don’t forget we also have an In-School Team that can bring all the challenges to your school.

High Ropes and Low Ropes on a day course

Bowles has two levels of ropes courses. The first is the low ropes course which despite the name does still require ropes and harnesses. The second course is our tree top course called the High Ropes. This course is very high and many people find it a mental and physical challenge.

Raft building on a day course

Raft building is a fun and exciting way to learn about teamwork in a real life situation. The groups will be given a selection of equipment and then be set a challenge

Mountain Biking on a day course

Mountain biking is a wonderful half-day activity at the offsite venue Bedgebury Park. Our instructors will lead groups around an off-road bike course giving tips and challenges along the way.

Bushcraft on a day course

This engaging activity is fun and educational . Students will learn how to build and light their own fires, how to clean water to make it safe for drinking and many other facts about nature. This activity links very well with the science curriculum, we even have a lesson plans that can link fire lighting to the carbon cycle.

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