This event is now fully booked. Please contact Schoolhouse if you want to join a waiting list in the event of a cancellation.
Schoolhouse is arranging a residential weekend at the Scottish Youth Hostel Association Hostel at New Lanark from 15/17 January 2010. The weekend is a self catering weekend and is primarily to offer members the opportunity to meet other home educating families in an informal and beautiful setting.
The hostel is situated in the 200 year old Conservation Village of New Lanark and is surrounded by woodland.
We have rented the whole hostel and as such have spaces for 60 people. The accommodation comprises two 6-bedded rooms, one 5-bedded room, eight 4-bedded rooms and six 2-bedded rooms. There is a fully equipped kitchen and the dinning room seats 30 with a “spill over” common room with seating for another 30. On the first floor there is a TV room.
We have priced the rooms as follows:
6 bedded X2 at £81.00 for the weekend
5 bedded X1 at £67.50 for the weekend
4 bedded X8 at £54.00 for the weekend
2 bedded X6 at £27.00 for the weekend
The loose plan is that folk will arrive anytime after 5pm on the Friday.
On Saturday we have arranged discounted rates for the New Lanark Centre of £3 per child and £4 per adult (Payable on the day). The pass allows entry into all areas of the Centre except the Interactive Gallery which is aimed at younger children and would cost £3 per child and £4 per adult. The New Lanark Centre has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and is a beautifully restored 18th century cotton mill village.The village first rose to fame when Robert Owen was mill manager from 1800-1835. Owen transformed life in New Lanark with ideas and opportunities which were at least a hundred years ahead of their time. Child labour and corporal punishment were abolished, and villagers were provided with decent homes, schools and evening classes, free health care, and affordable food.The New Lanark Centre could take a full day to explore with the ticket including access to the “Annie McLeod Experience” ride, the Millworker’s house, Robert Owen’s School for children, the village shop etc.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Falls of Clyde Nature Reserve is also within walking distance of the hostel . From New Lanark you can enjoy beautiful riverside walks through the Reserve, following in the footsteps of the many poets and painters including Wordsworth and Turner. There are three waterfalls upstream from New Lanark lying on the Clyde Walkway: Dundaff Linn (3 metres) is the closest to the village. Corra Linn (28 metres) is about 20-25 minutes walk, and Bonnington Linn (11 metres) about 30-45 minutes walk. The Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre ( cost £2 per adult, £1 per children, SWT memebers free) and “Foragers” shop is open from 12 noon to 4pm and would make an interesting visit on the Sunday afternoon after we have all completed the tidying and vacating of the Hostel at noon on the Sunday.
There is also a facility to purchase day passes for the Leisure Centre next door to the hostel for £5 each or £5.50 for use of gym equipment as well. There is a hotel within the new Lanark Centre that serves bar food or has a posh restaurant.
To check room availability please contact Schoolhouse.
To secure places for the weekend please send details of the number and ages of all occupants, your address and contact details and a cheque payable to Schoolhouse Home Education Association for the full amount of the appropriate room costs to:
Schoolhouse Home Education Association
PO Box 18044
Glenrothes
Fife KY7 9AD
Rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis. ATTENDEES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES.
