Give students the opportunity to try a variety of adventure sports on your residential school trip to the Lake District!
£250PP
3 days, 2 nights
School trips to the Lake District give students the opportunity to discover and experience one of the most spectacular regions of England!
While most of our groups choose to visit the Lake District on an Activities Week school residential, whatever your reason for choosing to visit, we’ll tailor make your school trip to the Lake District to ensure that it suits your curriculum and specific learning objectives.
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Why visit the Lake District?
Enjoy a real adventure
Most groups who choose to visit the Lake District do so during Activities Week. That’s because an Activities Week school residential to the Lake District offers groups the opportunity to stay at a dedicated school and youth group activity centre where you can try a great variety of water and adventure sports, all within a spectacular setting.
On an Activities Week school residential to the Lake District, you’ll stay at a purpose-built accommodation and activity centre for school and youth groups on the southwest shore of Windermere.
Hidden within 400 acres of private woodland, with sheltered bays in which to get to grips with the basic skills of a variety of watersports, this is the ideal destination for your group.
On your school trip to the Lake District, your students will have the opportunity to try archery, canoeing, ghyll scrambling and kayaking. They can even take on a high ropes course!
Here, on your school trip to the Lake District, your students will not only have the unforgettable experience of trying a variety of water and adventure sports, but they’ll also improve their self-confidence, resilience, teamwork and communication skills. All under the watchful guidance of the centre’s fully-qualified instructors.
Spectacular landscapes
The Lake District boasts some of the most dramatic, beautiful scenery in the UK. It is a mountainous region – in fact, all the land in England higher than 3,000ft lies within the Lake District National Park!
That includes Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain. This is one of the best places in the country to see how glaciation can leave its mark on the landscape – many of the landscape features were formed during the last ice age, over 20,000 years ago.
If you do choose an Activities Week school residential to the Lake District, you’ll stay on the shores of Windermere, the largest natural lake in England. Windermere has been a popular tourist attraction since the late 19th century, when people started arriving to spend their summers by this beautiful lake.
Activities in Lake District that your school group will love
High Ropes in the Lake District
The high ropes is a real challenge, both physically and mentally.
Kayaking in the Lake District
Your students will jump into a single-seater kayak in one of the centre’s bays on Lake Windermere, where they’ll get
Canoeing in the Lake District
Hop into one of the centre’s 2 and 3-person Canadian canoes, or one of the 15-person large canoes and take
Sailing in the Lake District
Your students will learn to sail a dingy or stable boat under the guidance of the centre’s fully-qualified instructors in
Archery in the Lake District
Your students will be given a basic introduction to bows and arrows and will learn basic archery skills under the
Raft Building in the Lake District
Your group will work together to build a raft out of wooden poles, barrels and ropes.
Ghyll Scrambling in the Lake District
A mix of rock climbing and caving using the stream bed, ghyll scrambling is a real adventure sport.
Alton Towers
The UK’s biggest theme Park with tonnes of fun and thrilling rides and attractions to enjoy.
Why Teachers Trust Halsbury
Over 40 years’ experience.
From making the most of your time to supporting you while you’re away, our experience means your trip is in safe hands.
Trusted by over 900 teachers every year.
And 98% of them rated their trip as ‘good’ or above last year*.
Financially protected school trips.
We’re members of ABTA, ATOL and ABTOT, so you know your trip is in safe hands.
We take safety seriously.
As an Assured Member of the School Travel Forum, we have a robust Safety Management System in place.
Risk assessments made easy.
Our LOtC Quality Badge and Safety Management System make the risk assessment process quicker and easier.
We’re safeguarding champions.
We work with Patronus Safeguarding to ensure all safeguarding concerns are recorded and managed clearly and consistently.
Quality trips designed to deliver real impact.
Our experts will work closely with you to design a trip that meets your learning objectives (and we hold the LOtC Quality Badge).
24/7 support while you’re away.
We’ll be just a phone call away while you’re on your trip, ready to step in if the unexpected happens.
Free inspection visits.
Enjoy two nights’ free accommodation on an inspection visit so you can complete risk assessments.
Our smart digital portal makes trip admin easy.
Collect passport and dietary information quickly and simply with our My Trip Zone.
*Customer satisfaction survey January 2025 – December 2025