YMCA Fairthorne Manor School Residential Trips in Southampton

Whether it’s a school trip, youth group or sports team, a residential visit to YMCA Fairthorne Manor provides excellent opportunities for children and young people to learn.  As well as supporting learning across many curriculum areas, a residential stay is particularly powerful in the social and emotional aspects of learning. Communication, collaboration, confidence, empathy, and self-esteem are key areas we deliver on, which support and enable learning in other areas.

A wide range of activities are on offer at Fairthorne Manor, each one designed to encourage growth and development, emotionally and academically too. From high ropes to orienteering, at our outdoor activity centre you can tailor your activity choices to a particular subject area or try them all.

• Bushcraft
• High ropes
• Archery
• Challenge (crate, blind, obstacle course)
• Water based on lake or tidal river (Kayaking, canoeing, raft building etc.)
• Orienteering/compass skills/Pioneering
• Initiative Tests
• Ecology Activity (land, water, campfire, wide games)

And many more activities.

We are monitored and assessed by various outdoor industry bodies to ensure we deliver safe and educational activities.

These include:

–           Hampshire County Council approved outdoor centre

–           Licensed by Adventurous Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) to deliver in scope activities.

–           Our instructors are in-house trained for various activities and externally assessed by the relevant governing bodies.

We can cater for groups up to 424 people, with a group ratio of 1:12 with YMCA instructors.

We do not take any pictures for our own promotional purposes. However, you are more than welcome to take photos and videos for your own use and tag us on social media

on Facebook @YMCAFairthorneManor, Instagram and Twitter @ymcafairthorne or LinkedIn @YMCAFairthorneGroup to share your experiences!

Fairthorne Manor is a Hampshire County Council approved activity centre and holds an Adventurous Activities Licensing Authority licence.Where an activity falls within the scope of a national governing body, all instruction is carried out within the guidelines of that organisation. For further information, please contact our team and to help answer your queries.

Our flexibility enables us to offer stays from one night to a full week or more. Packages reflect the most popular type of stay and offer the best value, but we can offer bespoke programmes to include room hire, offsite visits and free time.  Get in touch and the friendly team will talk through the best option for you.

Bring seasonal appropriate clothing, including a hat, waterproof coat, and trainers. Warm clothing such as a hoodie or sweatshirt is useful for after water activities along with a full set of spare clothing to change into. No flip flops or crocs can be worn for activities.

All staff are trained in first aid.

• Tuck shop
• Souvenir shop
• Café/dining hall and kitchen
• Security
• Washing and drying facilities
• Lots of open space
• Conference rooms
• Campfire
• River & Lake access (Kayaking, Canoeing, raft building etc)

The site is easily accessible, with special rooms adapted for those with extra needs. We will do our best to ensure everyone is included and can adapt certain activities if needed. We also have staff specially trained to help.

We are open year-round for visits and can tailor our opening times to suit your needs.

If you would like a guided tour to see the site, please get in touch via our email: info@ymca-fg.org or call us on 01489 785228. We are open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

“We love coming to Fairthorne and are so glad we have been able to come again this year – especially after this industry has suffered through covid. The staff and catering were lovely and welcoming, and the leaders were all enthusiastic and encouraging. The food was also delicious, healthy, and filling with good options for the children.”

North Heath School

“We have loved it!  The children loved the staff, we can’t wait for next year. We are now just down the road so if you need schools for anything let us know!”

Cornerstone Primary School

Fairthorne Manor is a 10-minute drive from junctions 7 and 10 of the M27, just a mile outside Botley.  Located halfway between Portsmouth and Southampton and within easy reach of both cities.  Other local attractions are relatively close by, including Winchester, the New Forest and the Isle of Wight. The address is: YMCA Fairthorne Manor, Curdridge, Southampton SO30 2GH.

Ben’s House a 3-wing, single-story block for up to 84 people in 4 bed bunk rooms with sinks.

Leaders enjoy twin en-suite rooms, Wi-Fi, and a leaders’ lounge in each wing.

Disabled bathroom facilities are available.

To book, please contact us at info@ymca-fg.org or visit www.ymca-fg.org

You can also call us on 01489 785228. We look forward to hearing from you.