Outdoor Education - Schools
- Download Map of Thornbridge Site A detailed map of the whole site.
Room Lists
Make allocating rooms easier by completing your room list electronically beforehand. Don’t forget to submit a copy of your room list (to include the names and addresses of your group) to the office on arrival.
- Download Farm Room List (to print)
- Download Farm Room List (to fill in on your computer and print)
- Download Lodge Room List (to print)
- Download Lodge Room List (to fill in on your computer and print)
- Download Camp Room List (to print)
- Download Camp Room List (to fill in on your computer and print)
Room Plans
The room plan will help you to visualise the layout of the building and allocate rooms to your group members appropriately.
The room plan will help you to visualise the layout of the building and allocate rooms to your group members appropriately.
Visitor Notes
Essential for all group leaders - general information about Thornbridge Outdoors.
Fire Practice Notes
Notes for group leaders intending to do their own fire practice.
- Download Farm Fire Practice Notes
- Download Lodge Fire Practice Notes
- Download Camp Fire Practice Notes
Departure Check Lists
A useful checklist of tasks which must be done before departure.
- Farm and Lodge (weekly group)
- Farm and Lodge (weekend group)
- Camp (weekly group)
- Camp (weekend group)
Domestic
Good practice guidance notes on personal hygiene and the safe storage and preparation of food.
Good practice guidance notes and top tips regarding safety in the kitchen.
Useful information regarding linen, washing, catering facilities, ordering milk, cleaning, recycling and disposal of waste etc.
Equipment
An example kit list that can be adapted for your group and the time of year.
Help to reduce the time taken to issue kit to your group, by completing a stores loan list beforehand. For ease, you can cut and paste the names from your room list into the stores loan list.
Thornbridge Outdoors Newsletters
Other useful downloads
Where is the nearest doctor’s surgery / A & E to Thornbridge Outdoors? Description of the local medical facilities and directions from Thornbridge.
Guidance notes and ‘Top Tips’ for leaders who have attended a Low Ropes training course.
Outdoor Education News
Abbeydale Grange Clean Up Millersdale
Following their clean up of the caves in Stoney Middleton in January this year, a group of committed Abbeydale Grange pupils return for more .........
Food Glorious Food!
Visit Leader Suzanne Smith explains how the Y6 children from Fox Hill Primary School, Sheffield, were involved in the planning, preparation and cooking of their meals whilst on residential at Thornbridge Outdoors.
National Bike Week 19th - 27th June 2010
Whilst staying at Thornbridge Outdoors, Year 6 pupils from Shortbrook Primary School, Sheffield, entered into the spirit of bike week.
Thornbridge Competition
Thornbridge has a new underground activity and we need your help to give it a name.
Can you think of a suitable name for this new unique tunnel system? If so, enter our competition and win a prize!

