Our unique high ropes course is hidden away in the woods and guests are always surprised to see the huge wooden structure rising out of the  forest clearing. There are a range of elements at different heights so the challenge level can be increased or varied through the session. From the highest elements there is a terrific view of the surrounding estate.

Our zip wire activity start with a ladder climb to the high bows of a huge oak tree. From there you can launch yourself down the zip, to whistle through the air at speed for over 70 metres. A truley exhilarating activity and the closest to thing to flying that most of us will ever have the chance to experience! This wild ride is a great activity in its own right, requiring a leap of faith to leave the security of the tree to zip across the walled garden area to the safety of the landing zone.

Once a mobile structure, our climbing tower has now been allowed to root itself deep in the forest! The cylindrical grey megalith reaches skyward from a grassy clearing and the views of the surrounding New Forest from the "summit" are stunning. There are a variety of styles of hand and foot holds incorporated into the sides of the tower to give several different grades of climbing routes. These progressive routes offer the perfect introduction to climbing and working safely with ropes.

Free Fall Abseil through the tree canopy from our platform raised 30 metres above the ground. Your chance to hang like a spider in space! This activity is new to the New Forest Outdoor Centre. Duis vitae purus vitae purus rhoncus ultrices. Suspendisse risus ante, pretium in tristique et, fermentum sit amet odio. Sed dictum, metus sit amet molestie semper, massa libero pharetra lectus, et mattis dolor risus vel purus. Praesent ac magna eget lacus laoreet fermentum vitae quis diam. In rutrum justo eget sapien facilisis pretium. Integer blandit pulvinar leo nec semper.

Roped together, under the watchful eye of our qualified instructors, the members of the team are required to work together to ascend a giant tree. The team have to spiral up the trunk, using the fixed ropes and steps, with the principle emphasis being looking out for each other. However, there is also the challenge to reach the bell and the sound of ringing frequently disturbs the peace of the forest when teams choose to include this unusual activity in their programme or activity session.

Our low ropes course, strung beneath the canopy of huge forest trees, consists of a series of linked challenges. The ropes, wires, platforms and other course elements that make up the "obstacles" are no more than 50cm high but the team members must remain off the ground as they negotiate the course. Throughout the activity, team members perform crucial roles directly supporting and encouraging each other and the individuals must work as together as a team to sucessfully complete the course.

This is a hands on team activity designed to encourage participants to think about co operating and supporing one another. It consist of a series of large structures and obstacles that have to be negotiated. Although it is not a physical assault course, it does involve some lifting and the direct support of fellow team members. To complete the challenge course, the participants have to physically carry each other over and negotiate their way through the different elements.

We offer a vast range of team tasks for outdoor team building programmes and sessions at the New Forest Outdoor Centre. Any of the tasks can be included in a bespoke programme and tailored to meet specific training or learning objectives. Not of of the tasks are appropriate for fun team builds or adult activity sessions. We will always suggest the most appropriate team tasks for your programme or session.

These tasks are designed to encourage cooperative problem solving. They require a thinking approach that benefits from the creativity of many minds. The timetable always allows for a period of reflection and review following the problem-solving activity, facilitated by our trained instructors or programme facilitator, to stimulate appropriate discussion and action points.

Trust building exercises help a group to increase their team trust levels by developing mutual respect as well as an openness, understanding and empathy with their peers.

The exercises involve physical contact and require individuals to rely and directly support each other. To ensure that the atmosphere remains constructive and healthy, the pace is monitored and the exercises are carefully sequenced and tailored to the group according to the current situation. In addition, individuals can choose their own level of involvement in the exercises and so remain in control of their experience.

The staff will always demonstrate and actively encourage a high level of care and responsibility towards the individuals who take the risk of trusting. This ensures that the group has a positive experience, whilst allowing the participants to connect in ways unimaginable in their work environment!

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The New Forest Outdoor Centre is the perfect venue for organising orienteering courses and treasure hunts. Orienteering exercises both the mind and the body, with the aim being to navigate in sequence between control points marked on a map and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time. Courses can be set up over a range of distances and difficulty levels according to the ability of the group and the needs of the programme needs. We are also able to offer fun treasure hunt events, which can incorporate other activities such as the Flintstone Car Build, as well as plan and run large scale, across the forest orienteering events.

You can choose from a large scale construction challenge, where the team members are equipped with hard hats to small table top projects that can be modelled out of the elements inside our Carpenter's Barn. The "big builds" involve creating giant structures such as bridges or platform from pioneering poles and rope. Alternatively the team can be challenged to build and design functional catapaults, trebouchets, viaducts or cranes. All the building materials are supplied. The small scale option also involves building structures or equipment but using materials such as newspaper, straws and canes. Again all the necessary supplies are provided, although we have been known to run out of sticky tape!

The New Forest has a fabulous network of good quality gravel paths, which makes it ideal for excursions on a bike. The scenery is stunning and there are usually plenty of opportunities to snap the views as well as photos of the New Forest ponies, who pay no attention to the highway code!. Depending on the time of year riders may also come across deer, wild boar and huge curly-horned cows. We offer several different mountain biking options to include either in our bespoke programmes or as part of an adult activity session:

Good team work and first class communicatin skills are absolutely crucial for this fun, challenging activity. Putting their trust in each others hands, one member of the team drives the Land Rover blindfolded, according to the directions issued from the team mates. Bumping over rough terrain, the driver must negotiate the gates on the course.

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Water based a linked series of challenges for teams to work their way across. Created between trees and formed by ropes and wires positioned approximately 50cm above the ground, the course requires effective team cooperation and problem solving to complete. The teams must balance their way across the obstacles and remain off the ground for the duration of the activity. Complications are commonly added to the low ropes course, which require the additional skills of planning, coordination and memory retention. Throughout the activity team members perform crucial roles directly supporting and encouraging each other.

Where better than the New Forest Outdoor Centre, set in one of England's oldest hunting reserves, to pull a few strings and loose some arrows? Archery is an ancient sport, dating back thousands or years to when the bow defended our land and provided the next meal. Today team members can learn the skill of arching using our modern, efficient bows and arrows. Our archery sessions begin with a full safety briefing from fully qualifed instructors before individuals are sized for a suitable bow and given one to one tuition.

This is traditionally the sport of lumberjacks, and our axe-throwing legend of an instructor will generally play the part by sporting a check shirt!  Axe throwing is more about relaxation and rhythm than brute strength. It is fairly easy to master, with most people being able to get the axe on target after a few attempts but it is difficult to become consistently good. The activity begins with a full safety briefing and tuition from our qualified instructors.

This exciting activity gives team members the chance to practice their sniper skills. We have both .22 calibre air rifles and .177 calibre pistols available. To start, participants receive a safety briefing followed by tuition on using the weapons from our qualified instructors. From the safety of our dugouts and wearing safety googles, team members can then take aim and practise their shot in our firing range. Once they have gained in confidence and mastered the necessary skills we can introduce scoring.

This James Bond style shooting activity turns most delegates from city-slickers to special-forces agents in next to no time! Crossbows were first introduced into England as far back as 1066 by the Normans and were primitive affairs. We deploy modern 100lb drawstring weapons, equipped with telescopic sights, giving delegates the opportunity to master a new/unusual skill. The activity begins will a full saftey briefing. This is followed by expert tuition from our qualified instructors. Although a perfect activity for complete novices, a high level of skills and concentration is required to hit the target.

Ferrets are wonderful little creatures and they provide an original way to entertain team members. Our ferret man arrives with his van full of ferrets and the activity begins with a short introduction into the art of ferret racing.Team members are then invited to choose their ferrets for the time trials, with the aim of selecting a winning ferret for the final race. Guests then pop their selected ferret into the pipe, before dashing down to the other end of the course, where they have filled a bowl with milk to tempt the ferret to the finish line.

After having been introduced to the dog, shown how to use the whistle and been given a short demonstration in duck-herding techniques from the expert handler, it is time for the delegates to take the shepherd's crook. It soon becomes apparent that it takes considerable skill to control the dog and the ducks.

Laser Clay Shooting provides the opportunity for everyone to enjoy the thrill and excitement of shotgun shooting in perfect safety, without any threat to the environment. The team members use a modified shotgun to fire an infrared beam at clays. The clays are launched from a conventional clay launcher and the control module/scoreboard generates the shotgun 'bang' and reproduces the sound of a breaking clay if a player hits the target. There is also an indicator on the gun to show the player if the shot was on target and scores of each player are also displayed on the large electronic scoreboard.

Our falconry activity gives the individuals the opportunity to experience the thrill of flying and hunting with some of natures most spectacular birds of prey.The session begin with a introduction to birds of preys from our expert handler and then it will be "gloves on" to handle several species of these gracious and intelligent birds.

Our pottery workshop are ideal for teams who want to some creative, messy fun.