The Alan Higgs Centre Xcel Leisure Centre Centre AT7

Green Parties

Set within the 80 acres of nature at the Alan Higgs Centre, a wide range of "green parties" are available for a party full of fun in the natural surroundings. Choose from one of the following fun packed and stimulating options.

 

 

birds of prey

 

Venue:

The Alan Higgs Centre

Available: Please enquire
Duration: 1 hour followed by half an hour to eat party food
Age: 4 - 11 years
Max number:

15 children

Cost:

£100.00 for 15 children -

£3.00 extra per child

Catering:

Available at additional cost. Click here for more details

Birds of Prey

 

Would you like to experience the thrill of flying a hawk, falcon or owl from your own gloved hand? The "Birds of Prey Party" will provide children with an insight into these fascinating creatures and offer the opportunity to handle and fly them under the supervision of fully experienced professionals.

 

Note: Advance booking essential as availability is dependant upon handlers.

build me a home

 

Venue:

The Alan Higgs Centre

Available: Please enquire
Duration: 1 hour followed by half an hour to eat party food
Age: 4 - 11 years
Max number:

15 children

Cost:

£100.00 for 15 children -

£3.00 extra per child

Catering:

Available at additional cost. Click here for more details

Build Me a Home

 

Have you always wanted to provide a shelter for a garden hedgehog and learn how you can help it survive through the cold winter months? Would you like to create a cosy home for your garden birds, so they can nurse their new born chicks in spring?


In this party, children will learn everything about our most common garden friends and will build a new home for either a hedgehog, a bird family, a bat, a butterfly or ladybirds and bees. The group will then locate the new home within a specially chosen location at the Alan Higgs Centre and the birthday child will the choice to take one of the boxes home!

 

 

treasure hunt

 

Venue:

The Alan Higgs Centre

Available: Please enquire
Duration: 1 hour followed by half an hour to eat party food
Age: 4 - 7 or 8 - 11 years
Max number:

15 children

Cost:

£100.00 for 15 children -

£3.00 extra per child

Catering:

Available at additional cost. Click here for more details

Treasure Hunt

 

How good are your investigative skills?


Dividing your party into 2 - 3 teams, you will need to solve a series of clues and use a map to be the first team to locate and win the hidden treasure.


 

im a child- get me outta here!

 

Venue:

The Alan Higgs Centre

Available: Please enquire
Duration: 1 hour followed by half an hour to eat party food
Age: 8 - 11 years
Max number:

15 children

Cost:

£100.00 for 15 children -

£3.00 extra per child

Catering:

Available at additional cost. Click here for more details

I'm a Child - Get Me Outta Here!

 

Dividing the party into 2-3 groups, each team will be challenged to orienteer their way through a course using a map, collecting on their way the necessary instructions to build their very own survival den! Will they survive in the Sowe Valley?


 

play and display

 

Venue:

The Alan Higgs Centre

Available: Please enquire
Duration: 1 hour followed by half an hour to eat party food
Age: 4 - 7 years
Max number:

15 children

Cost:

£100.00 for 15 children -

£3.00 extra per child

Catering:

Available at additional cost. Click here for more details

Play & Display

 

How do bats see? Why are most of the little creatures that live in wood and grasslands brown and green? What do seeds need to become plants? How does a food web work? This party is especially suitable for the winter months, to enjoy a range of games that explain concepts of adaptation, camouflage, germination and food chains.


Each party also involves an arts & crafts session so that children can take their creativity home with them.



 

its a small world

 

Venue:

The Alan Higgs Centre

Available: Please enquire
Duration: 1 hour followed by half an hour to eat party food
Age: 4 - 8 or 8 - 11 years
Max number:

15 children

Cost:

£100.00 for 15 children -

£3.00 extra per child

Catering:

Available at additional cost. Click here for more details

It's a Small World

 

This minibeasts safari will take the young party on a tour through the various areas of nature interest and ponds along the Sowe Valley at the Alan Higgs Centre, equipped with nets, magnifying lenses and key charts from which they will identify the various species of minibeasts that they capture.

 



 

 

Who to contact

For more information about any of the actvities featured on this page, please contact:

Raffy Tentindo

024 7630 8545

rrtentindo@tlet.com

Customer Updates

  • 'Lifestyles Health Clubs' Classes

    Xcel Leisure Centre


    The Pilates classes at Xcel Leisure Centre on Thursday at 6.00pm are no longer running. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

    'Lifestyles Health Clubs' Classes

    The Alan Higgs Centre


    The Yogilates classes at The Alan Higgs Centre on Friday at 1.00pm has now been rescheduled to 11.00am. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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