Long History Of Delighting Children

Originally developed as a safe haven for wartime evacuees, Colomendy has become woven into the life of over 350,000 children who have visited the Centre over the years and enjoyed that unique “Colomendy experience”. Often referred to as the “Gateway to North Wales”, Colomendy is situated in a magnificent setting in the heart of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Beautiful Welsh Valley

The 130 acre site is located just off the A55 Expressway, set deep in a beautiful valley designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Surrounded by scenic hills and woodlands, it is one of the UK’s finest education & adventure centres. The huge site remains peaceful even when full, with vast open spaces for children, brimming with wildlife like badgers, bats, eagles, newts and woodpeckers.

Multi-Million Pound Refurbishment

Colomendy has received a multi-million pound redevelopment that has paved the way to it becoming one of the UK’s premier Educational Activity Centres. This includes a £1 million adventure park with three huge climbing and abseiling towers, high and low rope activities, an adrenaline 3G swing, a monster 200 metre Giant zipwire and a major simulated caving system built into a natural rock seam.

The River Alyn runs through the Northern end of the site, and alongside this we’ve constructed a purpose-built watersports lakes. One of two centres offering watersports sessions, Colomendy boasts canoeing, kayaking, raft building and bridge building.

Acommodation for both teachers and students has all been refurbished with en-suite bathroom facilities, with the accommodation towers the latest addition, and upgrades of existing buildings provide a new reception, restaurant area and Evening Entertainment Zones. The centre site is fully secure with boundary fencing, security gates and CCTV.

Excellent For Field Studies

Colomendy is the perfect centre for any age group of students, and runs almost all Kingswood courses, with great facilities for environmental programmes. Geography, Biology and Field Study courses take advantage of the rich local environment available for GCSE and A Level students. With a river and woodland on-site, students do not have far to travel, and Loggerheads Country Park, opposite the centre gates makes for spectacular environmental and historical walks.