Adventures on land and water
Check out the activities you can enjoy at CYE.
Combining archery, paintball and dodgeball into one high-energy game. Players use bows and foam-tipped arrows to tag opponents or hit targets.
Team up to tackle physical and problem-solving challenges on our adventure course.
Paddle our fleet of stable canoes, perfect for gentle paddling or big adventures.
Perfect for aspiring monkeys! Scale our traversing wall with various levels of difficulty.
Learn to paddle in our diverse fleet, from stable learner kayaks to sit-on-tops.
Build your own raft from canoes, mast, and sail, then race it on the water!
Take to the water in our varied fleet, from stable dinghies to high-performance boats.
Navigate interconnecting pipes in this exciting activity, unique to CYE!
FAQs
Let us put your mind at rest. Please do get in touch if you have any other questions.
We require that children and staff alike MUST wear a properly fitting buoyancy aid before being allowed near the water (from the jetty onwards). Buoyancy aids will keep a person completely afloat until they are attended to, regardless of whether they can swim or not. If your child has any concerns over being on the water, let us know beforehand and we will make sure that both you and they are reassured and communicated with accordingly.
Yes. We will need written confirmation from the child's parents / guardian so that we can sign them out at the end of the event.
If it's a residential stay they will still benefit hugely from being away with their friends. We will accommodate them as much as possible to ensure that they still get the full CYE experience. For example, a child with an arm in plaster might accompany one of the instructors in a Safety boat for the afternoon. If your child is on a specific sailing or paddling course and their injury means they cannot participate, please call us to discuss the options (most likely we'll offer for you to defer their place to another course)
If they come with an organised group (school, youth group etc.) then any insurance will be arranged by the group prior to booking. If the child attends one of CYE's calendar events then the Centre has a £10m Public Liability policy in force – details of which are available upon request. Since personal belongings aren't covered by CYE, we strongly advise that parents ensure these are covered either by their existing household insurance or that a specific policy to cover their time at the Centre is taken out. A policy can be purchased from Access Insurance. Tel: 020 8651 7420.
Yes, all staff and volunteers are DBS checked. If you would like to discuss anything to do with our Child Protection Policy, please contact the office.
Yes but it is limited. If you are dropping off your child, we would ask that you do this as quickly as possible. The car park is shared with Cobnor Activity Centre and can get very congested at pick up and drop off times.