News & Special Offers

FREE! Fun-packed outdoor learning adventures thanks to The Panacea Trust 

Children from primary schools across Bedford are being given the opportunity to enjoy free educational activity dates at The Chellington Centre, thanks to generous funding from The Panacea Trust. 

Celebrating our new 4-acre field, Knell's Furlong

We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Knell’s Furlong; 4 acres of extra outdoor space on site!

We celebrated this wonderful moment in August with a giant community rounders match.

We can’t wait for more fun in the field, from bug hunting…

Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge

We are delighted to share the news that we have been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge. 
 
Achieving this badge is an important milestone in our development journey, providing recognised quality assurance for schools and youth organisations considering a residential or day experience at Chellington. It also…

Sensory Garden...Plants needed!

 This year, we are beginning the planting of a Sensory Garden, which will become an interactive and biodiverse educational resource for the benefit for all who visit us. See Sensory Garden for further details.

 We would love for you, our community, to help us to grow our garden. Do you…

Walking the Eight Spires Way

Join us on a 24 mile circular walk of eight legs linking the seven villages and eight churches of the Chellington Team. 

Good luck Finlay Tusting...and thank you!

Heathwood Primary School enjoyed a fun Q&A session with Finlay Tusting before waving him off on his amazing adventure cycling around the world.

Finlay has already raised over £3,000 for the Chellington Bursary Fund! Read about Finlay's plans and motivation for his trip at Finlay…

We're excited to announce the arrival of a new digital piano!

We are delighted to share the news that we now have a Kawai digital piano for our visiting groups to use during their stay. 

Here's a short video of a music teacher from The Highfield School trying out the new piano

The piano will live in the Ibbett Room, but is permanently on castors so that it's easy for groups to move it…

Finlay Tusting is cycling around the world for The Chellington Centre

Finlay Tusting is cycling around the world to raise money for The Chellington Centre in honour of his late grandfather, John Tusting.

Read about Finlay's plans and motivation for his trip at Finlay Tusting's JustGiving fundraising page 

Anglo Saxons meet the Vikings - new KS2 activity programme

Carlton Primary School enjoyed an exciting day re-enacting a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings on the banks of the river Ouse. What a fantastic example of learning outside the classroom with a huge amount of fun had by all!

See out KS2 Activites for more information

New dishwasher for 2025

For any group who have stayed at the Chellington Centre in the past, we think you'll be pleased to hear the news that we have installed a brand new dishwasher for our groups to use. This has been purchased as a result of feedback from our groups so please keep the feedback coming!