Activities, Adventures and Courses - Lake District & Keswick

Schools And Youth Groups Young people of all ages benefit from real life ‘hands on’ experiences; when they can see, hear, touch and explore the world around them and have opportunities to experience challenge and adventure.
Duke Of Edinburgh's Award We are one of the Lake Districts leading providers of Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions. Offering a consultation and delivery service to suit your needs as a teacher, group leader or participant.
Courses Become nationally qualified or improve your skills and confidence on one of our wide range of outdoor courses. The Lake District is the perfect playground and classroom for all of our courses.
Families and Groups Enjoy a relaxing day out or an adrenaline fuelled experience in the beautiful Lake District National Park. We have an activity which will suit your needs. We cater for for all types of groups, friends, family, stag and hen parties.
Overseas trips Trek to the summit of the highest peak in Northern Africa at 4167m. The summit provides breathtaking 360 degree views of the High Atlas and the Sahara desert.

Using the UK’s best adventure playground Shearwater Adventure provides professional and inspiring outdoor adventures, coaching and guiding.

We offer a full range of outdoor related courses and adventure experiences in mountain and water sports. Our aim is to give each of our clients a personal, high quality, safe and enjoyable adventure experience.

Being based in the Lake District provides us with the perfect venue for our courses. On our doorstep we have some of the UK’s best mountains for Climbing, Mountaineering and Navigation courses as well as amazing lakes and rivers to explore by Canoe and Kayak.

Choose to become qualified, be professionally coached to gain new skills or purely take part for the fun of it.

Our range of courses include,
•   Personal skills development for Mountain & Water activities
•   Outdoor education for groups and schools
•   NGB courses - BCU and UKCC

• River and Mountain Journeys

• Duke of Edinburgh's Award
• Challenge Events
• Family and Group Adventure experiences

LATEST COURSES

BCU 4 Star Canoe Assess

BCU 4 Star Canoe Trn

BCU/UKCC Level 1 Coach

DofE Open Expeditions

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"...Thanks for a top 2 days, I learnt a lot and got much more confidence now. I will be back to do another course with you."
(Nigel Hamilton - BCU 2 Star Course)
"...they provide a professional service and always give our students the very best in training."
(Paul Collins - Bishops Wordsworth School)
" ...what an incredible experience. I never thought sliding down a mountain stream in a wet suit could be so much fun!!"
(Brian Johnson - Ghyll...
"...I wanted to thank you again for providing a great day for our 'challengers' everyone really enjoyed the activities."
Paul Foster (Parents and friends Challenge day)
"...never knew just how much there was to learn about Canoeing. Thanks for the instruction."
(Mark Evans - Canoe river trip)
"...a huge thank you Shearwater. I breezed through my ML assessment after the training you gave me."
(Colin Watson - Mountain Leader Refresher)
"...this has been one of the best days of my life!"
(Adrian Peacock - Mountain day on Striding Edge)

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