We have six UK residential centres all located in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
Lake District
Snowdonia
The Highlands
I attended Outward Bound Sea School at Burghead Morayshire, Scotland in 1959.My company sent me there at the age of 17. I had already been in employment for…
I attended Burghead on CourseM152 from 20th September to 16th October of 1965 at the behest of my would be employer Alfred Holt and co (who operated the Blue…
Somewhere I have some photographs that have the course date etc, however one thing that stood out was when Drake Watch were to do their spell on the Prince…
Memorable experiences at Eskdale were immediate,maybe even on the first day when we walked locally and stopped on a bridge over a rapid mountain stream far…
I attended a 28 day course at Ullswater on or about Boxing Day, 1962. I seem to recall the course number was U75. I was in Mummery Patrol. It was the most…
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…
Andy Williams explains how an outdoor residential can link to the curriculum.
