Outdoor Education - Schools

Sky Ropes - Climb the 12m pole to the platform then if you dare, you can test your balance and tolerance of heights by traversing the course of seven linked elements. To descend, step off the platform to gently ‘float’ to the ground.

Wobbly log and Net Climb - Climb the wobbly log and scramble net – its not as easy as it looks!

High Ropes (Cargo Net and Tree Climb)

Cargo Net - A rope-protected climbing challenge to reach the top of the scramble net. Your team can help or hinder by holding the net for you..!

Tree Climb – climb the challenging Scots Pine tree and ring the bell when you reach the top!

Climbing Wall - Traverse the wall on multi-coloured holds, try the problems and negotiate the different shapes / volumes!

Climbing Boulder - A great activity for developing confidence, co-ordination, movement skills, fitness or to simply have fun! The design and shape of the boulder provides a range of surfaces of varying levels of difficulty, so that groups of all ages and abilities join in.

Low Ropes - This activity can be led by a Thornbridge instructor or by one of your staff (provided they have completed a low ropes training course).  A great team activity, which can be adapted to suit the age and ability of the group.   

Zip Wire - Climb the 30ft tree to the platform above. Once attached to the zip wire, you can leap off the platform, and fly like a bird through the canopy of the trees.

Jacob’s Ladder -A great team challenge! Three people must work together to climb the ‘giant’ ladder as the rungs get increasingly further apart the higher you climb.

Mountain Biking - There are a range of mountain bike courses on-site as well as easy access to the Monsal Trail (a disused railway line from Thornbridge to Bakewell ideal for cycling) . For more advanced groups, we can include a more challenging offsite route, such as an ascent of Longstone Edge! Adult and children’s mountain bikes can be delivered to the site by prior arrangement.

Rock Climbing
Suitable for all ages and abilities – experience the challenges and rewards of climbing the fabulous gritstone in the Peak District. We can select appropriate venues and routes to meet the ability of the group.

Abseiling
Abseiling involves descending a fixed rope. We can abseil at a outdoor crag or at Millersdale Viaduct (which offers an exciting 75 feet high free hanging abseil). Your fellow group members can help give encouragement as you lean back over the edge.....

Weaselling
Have fun exploring the boulders of the Peak District. Weaselling involves crawling in-between/ under / over and sometimes through boulders! A good team activity where encouragement and support for your team play an important part.

Caving / Mining
Explore the exciting underground world by visiting the caves and mines of the Peak District. The adventure will often include the opportunity to see some beautiful formations, and experience complete darkness!

Adventure Walk
Adventure walks can include scrambling, bouldering, weaselling, trust games, parachute games, map work / orienteering .... and much more. Walks can take a whole day or half a day, depending on your aims and objectives and the ability of the group.

Local Walk
We can recommend and/or lead a wide range of walks in the local area to suit your group.

Local Places of Interest

Chatsworth House/ Farmyard & Adventure Playground / Gardens

The magnificent home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire,  with beautiful gardens and unique fountains and water features. Also available Chatsworth's farmyard and adventure playground.
Website: www.chatsworth.org/

Tel: 01246 565300

Bakewell

(15 minutes drive)

Renowned for its puddings, street markets (which are still held in the town centre every Monday), thriving livestock market, historic buildings and riverside walks along the banks of the Wye. 

The town has a long and fascinating history - it was mentioned in the Dooms Day Book of 1805., ‘Badequella’ meaning Bath-well.

Its possible to walk or cycle to Bakewell from Thornbridge Outdoors (approx 5km / 3 miles) along the Monsal Trail, a disused railway line which runs past the Thornbridge grounds.

Eyam

(15 minutes drive)

Famous for the tragic epidemic of Bubonic Plague in the middle of the 17th century. 

You can visit the museum and many sites associated with the ‘plague story’ such as the Church and Churchyard, the houses where many victims died, the Cucklet Delf, the scene of the open-air services, Mompesson's Well, the Boundary Stone, and the Riley Graves.

Eyam Museum
Website: www.eyammuseum.demon.co.uk/
Tel: 01433 631371

Eyam Church
Website: www.spanglefish.com/EyamChurch/

Tel: 01433 630930

Buxton

(20 minutes drive)

Pooles Cavern
Poole's Cavern is a 2 million year old, natural limestone cave situated in the beautiful woodland of Buxton Country Park. One of the great caves of the Peak District.
Website: www.poolescavern.co.uk
Email: info@poolescavern.co.uk

Tel: 01298 26978

Matlock

(25 minutes drive)

Matlock Mining Museum
Visit a museum where you can experience and wonder at the forgotten world of a Derbyshire lead miner. See the tools they used, clothes they wore, the advances in technology and the importance of this metal in our modern day lives.
Website: www.peakmines.co.uk

Email: mail@peakmines.co.uk

Tel: 01629 583834

Castleton

Blue John
Website: www.bluejohn-cavern.co.uk

Tel: 01433 620638

Peak Cavern
Website: www.cavern.co.uk
Email: info@peakcavern.co.uk
Tel: 01433 620285

Speedwell Cavern
Website: www.speedwellcavern.co.uk
Email: info@speedwellcavern.co.uk
Tel: 01433 620512

Treak Cliff Cavern

Website:  www.bluejohnstone.com/pages/cave.htm
Email: treakcliff@bluejohnstone.com
Tel: 01433 620571

Local Swimming Pools:

Bakewell Swimming Pool
Website: www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk
Email: bakewellswimmingpool@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
Tel: 01629 814205

Buxton Swimming Pool
Website: www.highpeak.gov.uk
Email: buxton-pool@highpeak.gov.uk
Tel: 01298 766142

Matlock Swimming Pool
Website: http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk
Email: matlocklido@derbyshiredales.gov.uk

Tel: 01629 582843