Opening Times

All Year Round

What makes this a great venue for School group Fun or Educational Visits?

Trewern is a residential facility situated in spacious grounds in the beautiful countryside on the Herefordshire/Welsh border, near the small market town of Hay-on-Wye.

Trewern is staffed by qualified teachers with specialist knowledge and a wealth of experience teaching outdoor education and field studies.

All programmes are prepared in consultation with visiting groups and are individually tailored to meet schools' needs.

What are the Curriculum Topics or Benefit to the students from a visit?

Courses at Trewern have been proven to advance academic, personal and social skills; students develop life skills with an emphasis on achievement and enjoyment. Working in teams students are presented with challenges, the application of which is not easily demonstrated in the classroom.

The nature of residential outdoor courses is such that pupils who successfully complete their stay will have covered the following key skills:
Communication: children will have many opportunities to communicate in a variety of ways with peers and adults.
Application of number and problem solving: pupils can develop strategies and skills to overcome real and challenging problems.
Working with others: teamwork is the corner-stone of our work with young people.
Information technology: opportunities to incorporate ICT

What are the activities?

Trewern is able to offer a full range of Outdoor Activities, for example - canoeing on the River Wye, rock climbing, caving, mountain walking and gorge walking.

Our onsite facilities include archery, abseiling, an indoor climbing centre, orienteering, assault course ropes course and problem solving.

What is the age range of the activities?

8 years upwards

Sample programme of the activities:

Monday - Caving Evening Activity - Low Ropes Course
Tuesday - am - Gorge Walk - pm - hill walk Evening Activity - Orienteering
Wednesday - kayak/canoeing Evening Activity - problem solving
Thursday - Climbing Evening Activity - nightline
Friday - Grounds activities

What materials to you provide or suggest groups bring to support the visit?

All technical equipment provided.

What are the minimum and maximum group sizes and the free Teacher Ratio?

Minimum group size is 8; maximum 12
1 teacher place free for every 10 students plus 1 extra

Do you have or how do you arrange risk assessment?

As part of our Adventure Activities License we have risk assessments for all the activities we provide.

Do you offer Teacher familiarisation days?

Yes, we can offer teacher familiarisation days.

What facilities are there for school groups for food and drink, shop etc?

Residential courses include full board accommodation.

Is specific clothing required?

A kit list will be sent with each booking - but no specific clothing required as all specialist equipment is provided.

Do you have first aid on site?

Yes - and all teaching staff are fully qualified.

Are there any restrictions on photos, copyright etc?

Consent of parents required for photos otherwise, no restrictions on photos, copyright etc.

Additional information.

Trewern also makes an excellent venue for a variety of staff development and training opportunities. Team building days are both fun and challenging and delivered in a relaxed atmosphere. We offer training in the delivery of Outdoor Learning Cards, which focuses on developing outdoor learning within schools, making use of the grounds and surrounding area.