Online Booking
For group bookings please contact
017687 77246 or
contact@derwentwater.org
David Parker, 3rd Gateshead Boys Brigade, April 2019
Adventure activities
Our local partners, Glaramara and Platty+, provide an exciting range of adventure activities. These activities can be booked and paid for through us.
You are of course also welcome to find your own activity providers, or bring your own equipment (please contact us in advance to discuss storage requirements) and provide your own instruction. You can launch small watercraft, such as kayaks, canoes, and windsurfers, from the shingle lake-shore beach opposite our driveway.
Glaramara
The Glaramara instructors bring all the necessary protective equipment (including waterproofs) and mini-buses to the hostel. Activities include:
Archery (on-site at DIH)
Team-building/problem solving games (on-site at DIH)
Ghyll scrambling
Tyrolean gorge crossing
Raft or coracle building
Caving
Mine exploration
Kayaking and canoeing
Rock climbing and abseiling
Guided fell walking
Mountain biking
Via Ferrata at Honister
Platty+
The Platty+ base is a 20 minute walk from the hostel. The Keswick Launch stops at its jetty. Activities include:
Dinghy sailing
Dragon boat
Kayaking
Canoeing
Viking-style long boat
Stand up paddle boarding
Raft building
Keswick Adventure Centre
Indoor climbing wall
Stand-up paddle boarding
Water walkers (standing inside a tethered inflatable ball on the lake!)
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Group trips on the Keswick Launch
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Birmingham University Wilderness Medicine Students
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Working together on Derwent Water
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Dining room
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Self catering kitchen
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Barrow Cascade: the waterfall in our grounds
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Classrooms in the forest
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Pond-dipping
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Working together
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Gorge scrambling
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Raft building (and floating!)
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Be a Viking for a day!
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Indoor climbing
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Shelter-building