Opening Times

The Centre located in Llanberis, right on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, North Wales is open to residential groups all year round.

What makes this a great venue for School group Fun or Educational Visits?

The activities experienced will be the talking point for years to come, memories that will follow young people through to adulthood.

What are the Curriculum Topics or Benefit to the students from a visit?

At the heart of KMC philosophy is the belief in the social benefits of the residential experience. Young people living together, going out on activities, discovering the natural world and even sharing household responsibilities - all contribute to Personal and Social Education (PSHE), an important part of the National Curriculum. Add to this a part of North Wales with numerous opportunities for field studies about weather, mountains, coastal areas, slate mining and much more.

What are the activities?

Mountain walking for all abilities, rock activities, climbing, scrambling, gorge walking and sea level traversing, water activites canoe/ kayaking and raft building, low ropes, orienteering and problem solving/ team building.

What is the age range of the activities?

Groups from year 6 primary school upwards would be suited to visit The Kent Mountain Centre

Sample programme of the activities:

All programmes are taylored to a groups specific requirements

What materials to you provide or suggest groups bring to support the visit?

Specialist clothing and equipment is all supplied by The Kent Mountain Centre.

What are the minimum and maximum group sizes and the free Teacher Ratio?

The KMC has residential accommodation for up to 60 in both the main house and the lodge, our minimum group size would be nine young people plus staff

Do you have or how do you arrange risk assessment?

We are an AALA registered Centre and therefore all risk assessments are subject to scrutiny as well as being available to download from our website.

Do you offer Teacher familiarisation days?

group leaders are always welcome to visit our centre and to meet one of our staff to be shown around the site to see what we have to offer or as part of a pre visit via pre arranged appointment.

What facilities are there for school groups for food and drink, shop etc?

groups are fully catered for by our professional kitchen staff who can deal with any dietary requirements in accordance with our healthy eating plan. We also have a small tuck and souvenir shop on site open in the mornings before groups go out on activities. Smaller groups can also self cater in the Lodge if required

Is specific clothing required?

KMC provides all specialist equipment for groups such as hats, gloves, walking boots, fleece, waterproof jackets and trousers as well as a rucksack to put them all in. Also climbing shoes for rock climbing, wetsuits and all specialist equipment required for the activities.

Do you have first aid on site?

All instructional staff are qualified first aid trained

Are there any restrictions on photos, copyright etc?

We do not restrict groups from taking photographs and our consent form states that photos may be used in future marketing

Additional information.

Allthough primarily The Kent Mountain Centre is there for the young people of Kent we will take groups from anywhere to sample our unique mountain experience.