Outdoor Activities
The Great Escape
5miles from the lodge is the Great Escape, which is home to one of England’s longest zip lines. Embark on The Great Escape’s newest activity. The Black Hawk Zip Line will take you on an exhilarating ride through some of the most breathtaking scenery England has to offer.
Couple The Black Hawk Zip Line with The Tiger Challenge Course for the ultimate day out. £35 per person.
Oaker Wood Leisure
Situated on the Herefordshire/ Shropshire and Worcestershire border (45min drive), Oaker Wood Leisure is world of adventurous outdoor activities is set in 175 acres of mature woodland, complete with two scenic lakes. Each activity is based in its own exclusive area ensuring you can experience the great outdoors away from the crowds.
Branching Out Forest School & Social Forestry
Branching out welcomes your family to join them in their beautiful semi-ancient Shropshire woodland for a fun packed time exploring nature, developing your bushcraft skills, building dens, cooking campfire food or simply 'being' and immersing yourself in the natural world.
The woodland itself is part of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is recognised for the abundance of rare visitors - from pine martens to goshawks - and is proud to be semi-ancient woodland with an abundance of wildflowers and plants. The site is an established Forest School site with a campfire area, plenty of different play areas, a sheltered den, and compost toilet facilities.
Possible topics include:
Tool use
Whittling
Campfire building
Campfire cooking
Nature exploration & developing nature knowledge
Imaginary play (think fairies, woodland creatures and potions!)
Den building
Certain activities can also be booked to take place at Wilde Lodge.