UK summer camps for 10-16 year olds

Turner1974

Their site says 3 of them are in the peak district, one in the lake district, one in the south west, one in central England and another one in Staffordshire. Which camp are you after?

EllaSilver

Turner1974 wrote: »

Their site says 3 of them are in the peak district, one in the lake district, one in the south west, one in central England and another one in Staffordshire. Which camp are you after?

I live in Chesterfield so the camps in the peak district would be the best for us. If my son takes a friend, do you know if they'll be able to share rooms or are they split up?

Turner1974

EllaSilver wrote: »

I live in Chesterfield so the camps in the peak district would be the best for us. If my son takes a friend, do you know if they'll be able to share rooms or are they split up?

Asked my kids this, they said they normally keep friends in the same cabin groups as long as they are roughly around the same age and the same gender.

EllaSilver

Turner1974 wrote: »

Asked my kids this, they said they normally keep friends in the same cabin groups as long as they are roughly around the same age and the same gender.

Perfect, thank you.

Turner1974

Spotted a competition to win a place at one of these camps if you want to try win a place for free.Closing date for the comp is next Wednesday though so you'll need to enter quick.

http://www.theschoolrun.com/win-place-yha-do-it-4-real-summer-residential-camp-worth-%C2%A3270

weeowens

Turner1974 wrote: »

Spotted a competition to win a place at one of these camps if you want to try win a place for free.Closing date for the comp is next Wednesday though so you'll need to enter quick.

http://www.theschoolrun.com/win-place-yha-do-it-4-real-summer-residential-camp-worth-%C2%A3270

Just to be aware that it is also posted here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4033295

Reef1234

Hmm, I wonder if they'd refund me if I won?

Zoe_Price

This sounds like just the kind of thing I'm looking for for my son. Does anyone know if they provide transport to the camps?

dawyldthing

i worked at a summer camp in America for 2 summers and one summer in Canada through CCUSA. From a counselors perspective they are brillant as they learn new skills, work with different ages from different places and grow loads as people. I would totally recommend going as a kid. For the person from Chesterfield google polygon in Alfreton as they used to run summer scheme where they took us Canoeing, kayaking, climbing and absailing, caving etc and it used to be really cheap (13 years ago now but was about 3 quid a day, just had to take your own food) well worth looking up for something local to do:

http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/education/youth_service/youth_groups/default.asp

Turner1974

Zoe_Price wrote: »

This sounds like just the kind of thing I'm looking for for my son. Does anyone know if they provide transport to the camps?

I think it all depends on where you live as I believe they provide mini bus transport from some of the larger cities.(at least they did in previous years)