Training Venues

The Old Vicarage Adventure Centre

The Outdoor Instructor Academy is run by 'The Old Vicarage Adventure Centre' which offers one of the largest ranges of activities and widest variety of programmes and courses from its own 30 acre site.

In addition to the cottage used by Academy students, the centre offers residential facilities for 55 set in its grounds and 50 on its fully erected campsite which is why we can ensure hands on coaching experience for Academy students and the opportunity of working with all ages and all abilities throughout the course as part of their outdoor instructor training.

The Centre has the following onsite facilities:

* Fully equipped kit stores - all equipment is supplied and inclusive in the course costs for the duration of the course
* Drying rooms and laundry facilities
* Specific academy training room fully media equipped for use as part of this course
* Large indoor hall
* Full fleet of centre vehicles used throughout the course
* On site static climbing wall and abseil tower, and 7 metre high mobile climbing wall
* Full fleet of highly maintained top range mountain bikes
* Zip wires
* High and low ropes course
* Artificial caving system
* Mountain board track
* Indoor and outdoor archery facilities
* Rifle range
* On site lake for canoeing, kayaking and raft building with a comprehensive range of kayaks and canoes for all levels.
* BMX circuits
* Paintball arena
* Laser Tag woodland site
* Orienteering course

Off site facilities

We are in the ideal location to make use of some fantastic facilities within 30 minutes of the centre

Indoor heated pool - for kayak rescue practice and rolling
Clee Hills - for walking, mountain biking and navigation exercises
Wyre Forest - for walking and mountain biking
River Severn - this loops around us offering a large distance of river to use for training and journeys
River Teme - ideal for introductions to moving water

In addition to these we use a variety of local indoor climbing venues and travel further afield to experience some other river environments.

Country Treks

We also have two locations where we run our riding stables from with over 40 horses offering everything from a childs first lesson to 4 day trail rides.  To visit the Country Treks website please click here.

Live the Adventure Worldwide Travel

Obviously we don't go out there as part of this course, but we have 25 years experience operating in the Himalayas and worldwide and now run our own adventure travel company, Live the Adventure Worldwide Travel, and have organised and led many major expeditions around the world including TV productions, technical advice and training to the emergency services and first access to remote parts of the world. All of this expereince is blended into the course to enable you to see the many options available as you enter the outdoor adventure industry.