Scouting, Guiding, Youth & Faith Groups

Scouts & Guides

Set in a unique riverside location near Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Longridge provides a range of exciting water sports and land-based activities aimed at young people of all abilities.

Our environment is perfect to provide a fun, challenging and safe environment for Scouts and Guides to visit from across the UK and enjoy our unique blend of water and land-based adventurous activities. Longridge is equipped to offer both residential and day visits. We have Scouts that come and camp with us for two weeks in the summer and bring entire area groups, and Scouts that just join us for their Water Adventure Weekend. We can work together to create the visit that suits your needs, all you have to do is get in touch.

County Events

Longridge has hosted a number of county organised scouting and guiding events. We have years of experience of delivering county events and are proud of the relationship and events that we have developed and run for the benefit of all young cubs, scouts, brownies, guides and anyone associated with scouting youth groups. We can create bespoke events for all of your needs.

All our activities are risk assessed and updated annually. You can download our Risk Management and Child Protection policies, if you require any specific risk assessments our Bookings Team will with pleasure forward these to you.

Youth & Faith Groups

Our environment is perfect to provide a fun, challenging and safe environment for groups to visit from across the UK to enjoy our unique blend of water and land-based adventurous activities. Longridge is equipped to offer both residential and day visits, but please note that you do not have to book activities to stay with us. Especially in the winter months, many Youth & Faith groups come to enjoy our beautiful site whilst they run their own activities in our training centre. We are approved by British Canoeing, the Royal Yacht Association (RYA) and British Rowing and provide vocational training courses that can lead to an accredited qualification. You can build a recognised course into your residential stay with us or for those schools close to the centre we can create a bespoke course running over a half-term. All of our activities and training courses are fully risk-assessed and are reviewed annually.

Longridge has great transport links with ample parking and a range of bunk room and camping facilities and options for fully catered stays. Fully accessible toilets and showers, masses of open space and dedicated groups areas are available.Our training centre also has a variety of rooms that you can use if you need to have a study session whilst you are here, or even just to use as a communal space to watch a film in the evening.

If you require any specific risk assessments our Bookings Team will with pleasure forward these to you.

One-Night Residentials

This is an example of a one-night residential for up to 52 children. The package comprises five activities; your children are divided into 5 groups and they participate in five activities in rotation. The package includes dinner on day 1 and breakfast and lunch on day 2 as well as one night’s accommodation.

Breakfast is £7 per person. Lunch is £7 per person. Dinner is £8.50 per person.

Overnight accommodation ranges from £9 (camping) - £22 (tented village/bunkhouse) per person per night.

Single Activity Day

This is an example single activity day for up to 60 children. Your children are divided into 5 groups and they participate in one solo activity, one team challenge and a dragonbaot race.

Staying & Eating

Staying on site

We have a selection of accommodations that can take up to 150 people, although this is dependent on the gender split of the group in question. Our campsites can take up to 500 people in total (less if you need open space for wide games or self-catering), spread out across our beautiful riverside site. We also offer a range of catering options.

Camping is £9 per person per night.

Accommodation is £22 per person per night, please note there are minimum numbers depending on which of our accommodations you choose 

Catering

Full board is provided by our own team of caterers who have years of experience in catering for young people, providing simple, tasty menus that can be adapted to suit many dietary requirements. Seating is in our Café and our covered outdoor dining areas.

Our campsites are also large enough for you to bring along your own mess tent if you choose to camp, and we have fire pits and drinking water taps dotted around the campsites that allow for a totally self-sufficient camping experience.

Contact Us

With so many options on offer, we appreciate that booking a group visit can be a daunting task – so please get in touch with our bookings team and we will help you plan your perfect visit.

Call us on: 01628 968960 or Email: reception@longridge.org.uk