Water Sports Camp in the UK 2025

Overview

• Sleeping in the countryside:
• Fully equipped sports facilities:
• The price includes the cost of excursions:

Training

• Hours of training per week: 6 h/week
• Levels of training offered by the camp: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• How are the groups organized?: Age
• Number of children per group: 15

The watersports training is carried out by instructors at the Ardingly Activity Centre, an institution recognised by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and the British Canoeing Union (BCU). Students at this camp have 6 hours of coaching per week, which will take place in two hour sessions every afternoon. Activities are based around windsurfing, canoeing and raft construction. All these activities take place in the wonderful setting of Ardingly Reservoir, located within the school campus, where the water is maintained in excellent conditions of cleanliness. For the sports coaching, students are divided into groups of 10, meaning the young people get close personal attention.

All these activities will take place in an incomparable setting, the Ardingly reservoir, which keeps its waters very clean and is located within the school campus. In the training classes, the instructors divide the students into groups of 10 people, to have the possibility of serving everyone in the best way.

Training Facilities

Ardingly College has excellent sports facilities located near the residence. The main infrastructure is the air conditioned indoor swimming pool which is staffed by life guards the whole day long. There are 18 tennis courts, a sports hall, open air playing fields, theatre and disco. The classrooms where the English classes take place are large and bright and are equipped with audiovisual resources and Internet access (which is supervised by the teachers).

Language Classes

• Classes per week: 15 hours of classes / week
• People per group: 15 people
• Available levels: From beginner to advanced

Camp Schedule

The Ardingly residence has many different areas where students can relax and enjoy their free time, and build new friendships with their camp mates. Every night there is a social programme including activities such as themed parties, videogames nights, discos, fashion shows and karaoke nights.

Excursions

Included in the price of the camp are two excursions to towns or cities near Ardingly. Destinations include Oxford, Brighton, Cambridge and London, four of the UK’s most iconic cities. Each Wednesday there is a half day excursion to one of these destinations and on Saturdays the camp runs a full day excursion to another.

Accommodation

• Accommodation: Ardingly College Residence
• Type of rooms: Single or double
• Bathroom type: Each room has its own sink

Students stay in Ardingly College residence, located near to London and situated in 101 hectares of grounds set in wonderful open air space. The residence has capacity for 300 students aged from 8 to 17 years who sleep in individual or double rooms. There are also some rooms which sleep up to 4 people.

Each room has its own toilet and the residence also has a lot of common areas where students can watch TV etc. The sports activities take place at Ardingly Reservoir, which is located at the campus just a few minutes’ walk from the residence. The college has a cafeteria and kitchen where meals are prepared with healthy fresh foods. The cooks can also cater for special dietary requirements.

Location

Ardingly College is situated in West Sussex, to the south west of England, in an area which is classed as a designated protected natural area. It is only 40 minutes by train from central London and 29 km from the popular coastal town of Brighton.

Prices and Dates

Improved booking conditions for all camps

This 2025 make your reservation more easily and with less risk

• We´ve lowered the deposit required to reserve your camp to just 500€
• Free cancellation until March 1st
• Money-back guarantee within 10 days
• Optional insurances

*Please note that if a visa is required to attend camp, it will be necessary to pay the total amount of the program

Extra Services

You can purchase one of the extra services below at an additional cost.

Camp Insurance

We offer two insurance options based on your needs:

• Cancellation and Interruption Insurance: This option allows you to get your money back if you have to cancel or interrupt the camp for any justified reason, including injury or illness of participants both before and during the camp (the policy contains 35 different causes for justified cancellations).
• Travel/Medical Insurance: With this insurance policy, you will be covered for medical assistance abroad and possible expenses caused by health-related issues, as well as other contingencies such as lost luggage or an unforeseen flight change.

  Download the following PDF to learn more about each insurance options terms and conditions, coverage features, and price.

  Camp Insurance
  

  Transfer Service:

  There are two types of transfer services available that we´ll detail for you below:

• Standard transfer service: the camp offers an optional transfer service for participants who request it from the nearest airport to the residence (or vice versa). Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices for this service.
• Special transfer with additional unaccompanied minor service: participants who fly to camp alone and have contracted the unaccompanied minor service with their airline must hire this special transfer with accompaniment so that the child isn´t left alone in the airport. Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices of this service.

Contact Ertheo for prices and additional information.

Transportation to the camp (flights/trains) is not included in the price of our programs.