We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
I attended the school sponsored by the RAF as a "warm-up" for my basic training as aircrew. Reading my log shows that some of it was hard, some of it was…
I was on course 4100 in 1965 at Ullswater and have an enormous amount to thank Outward Bound for; it led directly to me moving up to Cumbria in 1985 to be…
49 years on I can honestly say that the experience of my Outward Bound course in 1967 made a lasting, positive impact on me and my life. I am a geologist by…
Selected from my school to attend Aberdovey Outward Bound Seaschool as they knew I intended to join the navy when leaving school. I was fifteen. Which I did 18…
In June 1963, when I was aged 19, my employers, the Metal Box Company in Sutton in Ashfield selected me, to attend the Outward Bound Mountain School at Eskdale…
An excellent ethos - instilled for life!In 2001, during an unplanned stop at the Ullswater Centre, I still found it somewhat of an emotional experience to cast…
I attended this outward bound trip an extremely different person i left . This amazing 8 day trip brought the best out of me. It showed me and made me realize…
I attended course U121 in Oates Patrol in August 1967 as an 18 year old brash and arrogant young hooligan, sent there by my company, International Computers…
When we arrived at Aberdovey station we were met by met by some tough ex navy guys proceeded to give us a taste of what was to prove a very rude awakening for…
Our patrol, Whymper patrol was split into two consisting of five (?) members. We were tasked with a two day treck with an overnight camp along the way to our…
On Friday 17th March 1978 I boarded a boat from Belfast with Kimberley Carson and Sharon McIlwaine and travelled overnight to Liverpool. I was 15 years old and…
Like many a fourteen year old schoolboy in 1944, I wanted to go to sea - to get involved in something other than Latin verbs! Well meaning parents had other…
