Free onsite activities

From Butterfly trails to musical play parks, we have a range of free activities available for you and your group to enjoy. Make sure you book in advance, or check out what’s available during your stay.

 

Nature Detective 

This is the perfect activity for Rainbows and Brownies, and there’s no restriction on group size. The Woodland Trust have provided us with special activity sheets to encourage outdoor learning.

This can take from 30 minutes to an hour to complete, and can be done individually or in groups. Al you have to do is collect your sheets from the front office in the main house and get ready to go!

How many can take part:

Any number

Suitable for:

Age 5+

Labyrinth 

Located on the lawn at the front of the main house, the Labyrinth is a great place for anyone who wishes to take time out for reflection. There are activity bags available at the front office to help you find your way there.

How many can take part:

Any number

Suitable for:

Age 5+

Wet Weather Shelter

This space is available to groups keen to have a disco, an indoor campfire circle or are just looking to have fun with some indoor games.

The shelter has electric lighting, electricity points and it is 55ft by 60ft in size so there’s loads of room to run around. We even have a disco ball you can borrow if you’d like to take your party to the next level!

Heritage trail 

Explore our surroundings as you make your way around the site and find out more about Netherurd’s rich history.

How many can take part:

Any number

Suitable for:

Age 10+

Musical Play Park 

Visit our special park filled with giant musical chimes, drums and talking tubes. Get musical with your group and enjoy this fun activity for all ages.

Take on team challenges, make some tunes or guess which tune your friends are playing. You can even use the talking tubes to play ‘Simon Says’. There are game cards available from our office. Please note that this activity can easily take up to an hour or more.

How many can take part:

Any number

Suitable for:

Age 5+

Art Wall 

You can find our Art Wall next to the musical play park! There are loads of magnetic shapes for groups to play around with and create a masterpiece. What creation will you make?

How many can take part:

Any number

Suitable for:

Age 5+

Campfire Circle

We have a campfire circle located by the boating pond which can be used by all groups. The circle can take up 50 children comfortably. Just book the space out in advance of your visit if you’d like to have your very own campfire circle, or join in with another group and share songs.

 

Photo Map Quiz

This is a great way to help young visitors get an understanding of basic map reading. All you have to is find out where certain photo were taken onsite and mark it on the map! You can make it a little harder by encouraging those in your group to draw the maps themselves – it’s up to you!

How many can take part:

Any number

Suitable for:

Age 5+