Great Fryupdale Outdoor Centre
Site Resources
Great Fryupdale has numerous resources available onsite for our visiting
groups to use.
There is a playground marked out for football and basketball / netball
ring which can be used at any time.
It also benefits from a secure bike store area and ample parking facilities
as well as a on-site payphone.
A plan of the site is shown opposite.
Evening Activities
Great Fryupdale Centre is ideally for exploring the evening and nights
on the moors.
It's rural location ensures that there is very little light pollution,
making the area ideal for astronomical studies.
The Centre is also very fortunate to have brown long-eared bats roosting
in the old schoolhouse eaves (see picture). After dusk they can frequently
be spotted flying around the Centre. There is bat detection equipment
provided at the Centre to ensure that we can hear the bats as they fly.
This can prove very interesting for most groups.
Bat Facts!
Bats are a common sight at dusk They can be identified with an echo
sounder and by the pattern of their flight They eat insects 
caught
in mid flight.
Brown long-ear bats fly with a slow, fluttering flight, hovering around
trees and bushes They hunt by listening for the rustle of insects in
the foliage.
Its broad wings are perfect for performing stunning manoeuvres as
it careers through the vegetation, gleaning prey from the leaves!
Leisure Resources
Great Fryupdale Centre is based in one of the most beautiful and remote
locations in the North York Moors.
The area provides an ideal opportunity for environmental studies with
clean salmon rivers, ponds, meadows, woods and heather moors all within
an easy walk of the front door.
All
the amenities of the Heritage Coast are a mere 12 miles away.
Alternatively, the Centre is an ideal base from which to do some serious
hill walking and mountain biking.
Outdoor activities can be provided locally by:
- The National Park Moors Centre in Danby (walking and orienteering)
- NYCC Outdoor Education Outreach Service based at East Barnby (climbing,
canoeing, kayaking, sailing, dry slope skiing, surfing etc).