Bell Tent Village
Our Bell Tent Village provides a camping experience with a difference, consisting of 9 bell tents each sleeping roughly 6 children or 5 adults. You can bring additional tents if there are more of you.
Midweek, term time, the Bell Tent Village is typically used by school pupils on residential visits to the centre.
At weekends and during the school holidays the Bell Tent Village can be booked on its own, or alongside some or all of our indoor accommodation, to enable groups to come and make the most of our fantastic centre and location.
Guests need to bring their own sleeping mat, pillow and sleeping bag.
Please note that no dogs are allowed on site (except for assistance dogs).
Base Camp
The Base Camp building room sits next to the Bell Tent Village and has:
- a fully equipped kitchen with commercial dishwasher, microwave, fridge, grill, large catering cooker and an additional table top oven
- a pantry which contains a chest freezer
- the Base Camp dining room which can seat up to 60 comfortably
- outdoor picnic benches
- toilets and showers (please note that the toilets are also used by other centre guests)
- outside sinks
Wi-Fi is available in the Base Camp and reaches most of the bell tents.
- Base Camp Floor Plan (PDF, 0.3MB)
Availability
Our bell tents are pitched in April and taken down in early October.
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The Base Camp building can be used from October – March by groups using our indoor accommodation and day visitors.
Prices
Schools
For residential visits please see our Residential Visits page for link to the relevant pricing.
Others
For up to 50 people for 2 nights over the weekend or in school holidays; including the bell tents and Base Camp facilities:
- May – September 2025: £1,461.80
- Please contact us for prices between 1 October and 31 March
Price includes VAT. A refundable bond will also be payable, all being well this will be refunded to you approximately 10 working days after your departure date.
Useful information
When planning your visit you may find the following useful. All visiting groups are asked to complete a bell tent list for their visit and leave it at reception on arrival.
- Base Camp Tent Village Plan (PDF, 0.1mb – to print)
- Base Camp Tent Village List (PDF, 0.1mb – to print)
- Base Camp Tent Village List (Word, 0.8mb – to fill in on your computer and print)
