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Grangewaters Outdoor Education Centre

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Grangewaters is an outdoor education and activity centre set in an ideal environment to learn, developing and inspiring young people and adults.

The centre boasts a twenty-five acre watersports lake set within a seventy-acre location where a large number of challenging, creative and innovative outdoor activities, courses and programmes are on offer.

The centre is located twenty miles from Central London, five miles East of Grays and only a short travelling distance from many locations within Essex, Kent and The London Borough of Havering.

The centre is AALA licensed, Royal Yachting Association and British Canoe Union approved and is able to offer many programmes and courses, such as:

  • Multi-activity fun days;
  • Personal Development Programmes;
  • Team Building events;
  • Courses in activities such as:
    • kayaking;
    • sailing;
    • climbing;
    • first aid.

New for 2007

  • a 200 metre long Zip Line (longest in the UK which travels over water);
  • updated residential camps (able to sleep up to 80); and
  • re-developed outdoor activity areas.

Please use the links on the left to find more information or to download our current brochures.

Our Newsletter can keep you informed of current developments and topics of interest. You can download it direct from this site, and can also use our subscription service, which enables us to notify you when a new newsletter is available to download.

Three badges: Adventure Activities Licensing Authortiy (AALA); British Canoe Centre; RYA Training Centre;