About the House...
The Oaklands Centre
Capel Garmon Road
Betws-y-Coed
Conwy, NORTH WALES
LL26 0RB
T: 01690 710500
F: 01690 710420
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Visits:
Originally a Victorian country house,
Oaklands has been fully refurbished to provide all the amenities expected
of a modern Outdoor Education Centre, whilst retaining its great
character.
The Centre is set up to run with up to 3 residential groups within our 44 bed Centre. Traditional dormitories are available for students with en-suite rooms available for staff. We also have a new fully accessible accommodation block, with 3 en-suite dorms. Click here to book.
There are secure changing facilities, with showers and toilets, independent of the house, for groups wishing to come along for the day. Click here to book.
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2008+: Future plans...Over the winter shutdown some work on surfacing the showers in the new block was completed and there are exciting plans to replace the windows of the house as well as renovating student bedrooms in the main house and other improvement work.
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2008: 25 Years YOUNG!!On May the 10th 2008 the family of Burt Jones, one of the key people in Wirral who had the vision to purchase Oaklands and develop it into Oaklands Outdoor Educations Centre, unveiled a plaque in his memory and started off this years Celebration for the 25 years of Outdoor Education at Oaklands. Throughout the weekend staff, old and new, together with Councillors and other friends of Oaklands had the opportunity to try out a few activities (including a bit of canoeing and being thrown out of a tree along a zip line!) and get together to share tales of past and present adventures at Oaklands. The weekend also unveiled a time line illustrating events in relation to the History of Oaklands, and several fantastic framed photographs from South Wirral Highs most recent course. Saturday night drew to a close with dancing going on into the small hours (and thankfully no cameras to capture the shin-dig!), and followed by a hardy few braving either a hill walk or gorge walk before bidding farewell on the Sunday afternoon. To all that came thank you for your support over the last 25 years, as we look forward to many more adventures... For more click here... |
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2007: En-suite bedrooms for visiting staffOver the 2006-2007 Winter shutdown work started on creating three new en-suite bedrooms in the house, bringing the standard of accommodation within the historic house up to the same standard as the new build. As well as creating these new fantastic airy rooms we have also extended the size of the old staff room, and are converting it into a classroom. The new classroom is equipped with several computers allowing visiting groups to view their images from the course and create a web-blog of their visit. Check out www.oaklands-centre.co.uk/blog to see what groups have created. |
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12th May 2006: Official OpeningOn the 12th May, the Mayor of Wirral, Councilor Chris Meaden, and the Director of Education, Howard Cooper, together with other invited guests descended on Oaklands to open the new build!
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April 2006: The new build is finished
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September 2005: Work starts on the new build
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| Do you have any photos of the Centre prior to 2005? We're keen to have a look, and possibly add them to this page. If you could email us copies of any to oaklands@wirral.gov.uk we may publish them here |
