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Young Dartington

Weeks 27th - 31st July & 3rd - 7th August 2026

Summer Camps in the South West

Holiday activities for Children aged 8-14

If you are looking for something incredible to do with your summer holiday then look no further!
Come and join us and our wonderful team for this years exciting Young Dartington. From arts and crafts to thrilling outdoor adventures, camping, fires, midnight feasts and making new friends. Young Dartington is a journey we hope to see you on!

12

Exciting Activities

5

Thrilling days a week

4

Wild
Nights

Camping

The most exciting thing of all. Midnight feasts and meeting new friends.

Metal Craft (New!)

New in 2023 Metal Work went down instantly as a massive success. Come and try your hand at creating incredible metal work. craft things from necklaces to mini sculptures.

Walk on the Wild Side (New!)

Spark your natural gifts of curiosity with adventures into the wild, games and much more!

Pottery

Create anything your imagination can conjure up out of clay then glaze it with a selection of amazing glazes.

Drama (New!)

Playing story games to putting on a play. This new activity is action packed!

Music Making (New!)

Build your own instruments, create music and even start a band.

Circus Skills

Come and try your hand at circus skills.

Watersports

Dive into the depths of this watery adventure.

Bush Craft

Learn the Apache way. Incredible bush craft techniques from a master.

Fabric Painting

From painting your own t-shirts to delicate silk painting.

Rock Climbing

Test your nerves and see how high you can climb.

Role Play Games

Adventure into the imagination. From fighting goblins to flying the skies above.

Underground Challenge

Venture deep into the underground and find what lies beneath.

Adventure

The fan favourite is on! From raft building to ziplines, come and test your skills at this hands on activity!

27th – 31st July / 3rd – 7th August 2026

What is Young Dartington?

Young Dartington is a 2 week long children's camp that is based at a beautiful location on the Dartington Estate grounds in Devon.
Surrounded by trees on all sides, this incredible spot is the perfect setting for an exciting week of activities.
You are welcome to join us for either 1 or 2 weeks.
In each week you will get to do 2 half days of each of your favourite things. When you book, please pick 8 things you would like to do and we will make sure you get an action packed week!

Award Winning

A family run team

We have been running summer camps since 1991. Through the years we have developed a wonderful family feel with our experienced instructors that draws the kids back, year after year .

Welcome to the adventure

A truly unique experience

What should I Expect?

Arrive on the Monday morning ready for a week away from your parents!
Each day you will get to do 2 activities, 1 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon.
If you are camping bring all of your camping gear and in the evening we will continue with the fun and games, camp fires and midnight feasts!