Nacro Greater Manchester Outdoor Learning

18/10/2026

Our bikes have had a very busy week with our school groups also loving exploring the park by bike, improving their cycle skills and getting an intro to mountain biking 🚲 🌳

17/10/2026

Year 7 team building day for Hulme Hall Grammar School this week with bike riding, orienteering, bushcraft and some of tree climbing too! 🌳🚲🔥

14/10/2026

Bike riding fun working on confidence and cycle skills for our Bright Futures Friends SEND group on Monday in the park. 🌳 🚲 MCRparks

14/10/2026

Fire lighting fun for Adventure Club this week. Learning how to use fire steels and forage for dry sticks and other kindling. Just big enough tiny fires to toast a marshmallow! 😋 🔥 🪵

14/10/2026

Brilliant winter outdoor opportunities from our friends at Water Adventure Centre 👇 🛶 💦

🍂🔥 REMINDER – WAC’S WINTER PROGRAMME! 🔥🌲

Looking for outdoor adventures this winter? Come and join us at Chorlton Water Park for our FREE Winter Programme!

We’ve got loads of fun activities, new skills to learn and adventures to be had, whatever the weather! 🌦️

👦 JUNIORS (ages 8–12) 📅 Wednesdays | 4:30pm–6:00pm

🧑 SENIORS (ages 13–19) 📅 Wednesdays | 6:00pm–7:30pm

🔥 What can you look forward to? 🪢 Tying knots 🌲 Building shelters and dens 🔥 Building fires 🥘 Outdoor cooking 🧭 Bushcraft and adventure skills ⛺ Team challenges, trips and plenty more!

📍 Meeting point: Mainly at the benches by the water at Chorlton Water Park.

✅ Completely FREE to attend! Just dress for the weather and come ready for adventure!

📝 Parents/carers will need to complete a consent form before young people can take part.

Come along, get outdoors, learn new skills, make friends and have some fun this winter! 🍂🔥💙

Same great WAC adventures… just on land for now! 😎🌲

Contact us for more info
[email protected]
0161 3012673

14/10/2026

Manchester's community fireworks events are back on Saturday 7 November. 🎆

📍 Heaton Park & Hall
📍 Platt Fields Park
📍 Wythenshawe Park

Expect free family entertainment, food and drink, lantern parades, a low-impact display and a spectacular fireworks finale set to music.

Find out more: https://orlo.uk/Fireworks_0Z0wN

13/10/2026

Our bushcraft club cooked bannock bread and sausages round a lovely roaring fire this week 😋

13/10/2026

A huge thanks to everyone who joined us for the last Pedal Party of the year with British Cycling and Manchester Active on Saturday! Our wonderful volunteer team have worked so hard in rain and shine to deliver fantastic learn to ride and family cycling fun all year. Way Co this space for updates on next year’s events! MCRparks

11/10/2026

Hi Everyone
Just stick with bowl of dried cat food they DO NOT NEED PUMPKIN if you want to save your nightly prickly visitors suffering chronic upset tummy losing all the nutrients it is now so hard trying to be building up to prepare it'self to at some time hibernate.
Being unwell after eating your left over pumpkin will undo what we are trying to do this time of year to fatten them up,even the seeds inside could cause a hog to choke,or get them stuck in the roof of it's mouth.
SO REMOVE IT FROM THE GROUND, and place it higher for other wildlife but not HEDGEHOGS.

10/10/2026

A brilliant but challenging few days for Beth from our team as she completed her Hill and Moorland Leader Award.

A huge thanks to Ghyll Head Outdoor Education and Activity Centre for all their support of our staff and volunteer development and training. It’s a fantastic centre with a supportive and welcoming team who made a great assessment experience.

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