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The University runs two outdoor centres the SELSIDE CENTRE in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and DALE HEAD in the Lake District National Park.
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Booking
To book the centres, please complete the booking form and return to Will Patterson at the Sport & Physical Activity Office.
Frequently Asked Questions
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 SELSIDE CENTRE
Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire (Map)
The building is situated in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park at Selside a tiny hamlet three miles north of Horton-in-Ribblesdale on the B6479 to Ribblehead. Grid Reference SD 781757. The most useful map to use in the area is the O.S. 1:25,000 Outdoor Leisure Map No 2 Yorkshire Dales (West).
The whole area around the hut is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (S.S.S.I.) and owned by English Nature. It is very important that all groups respect this area and treat it with the necessary care.
Facilities
The accommodation is similar to that provided in a Youth Hostel. The premises will sleep a maximum of 24 people in four separate rooms. Users must provide their own sleeping bags. There are no pillows. Cooking is by a large industrial cooker/oven. All catering facilities are provided, i.e., pots, pans, plates, cutlery etc. and there is a fridge/freezer, microwave and toaster. Electricity provides light, heats the water and provides background warmth in all areas.
There is a dining/common room with a gas fire, a large entrance hall, drying room, pantry, kitchen and separate toilet facilities with showers. A recent refurbishment has made this into an exceptionally pleasant place to stay. To keep the decorative state in good repair and in line with University policy the whole building is now a NO SMOKING AREA.
The distance from the University to the Pennine Outdoor Centre is approximately 55 miles.
Please note NO DOGS are allowed in the centre.
 DALE HEAD CENTRE
Duddon Valley , Cumbria (Map)
Location
The building is situated at the head of the Duddon Valley in the southern part of the Lake District. It is marked as Dale Head on the Ordnance Survey map, grid ref. S.D. 241006, ten miles north of Broughton-in-Furness and one mile south of Cockley Beck Farm (which is at the junction of the Wrynose Pass and Hard Knott Pass roads).
General
The property, a traditional type of farmhouse, belongs to the National Trust but the University of Leeds have been the tenants since 1949. The Centre is administered by Mr W Patterson through Sport & Physical Activity. Primarily the Centre is intended as a centre for fell walking, climbing and similar pursuits for members of the University. It is ideally located for visiting the fells of the southern Lake District, e.g., the Scafell range of mountains.
Facilities
The accommodation is similar to that provided in a very basic Youth Hostel, and consists of dining/common room, kitchen, pantry, drying room, elementary washing facilities and three dormitories. It sleeps a maximum of thirty six people. Users must provide their own sleeping bags - down-filled bags are preferable. There are no pillows.
Camping round the Centre is forbidden by the National Trust. Cooking takes place on six Calor gas rings. There is also a five-gallon gas water boiler which provides adequate hot water for washing up purposes, there are no shower facilities. There is also an elementary gas oven which can be made to work on occasions. All catering facilities are provided i.e., pots, pans, plates, cutlery, etc. Lighting is by electricity but there are no power points. Cast-iron coke stoves provide heating in the common and drying rooms. Toilets are chemical type which need emptying as necessary in the adjacent sewage tanks.
Due to the wood construction and historic value of the building it has been deemed that the whole building should be a NO SMOKING AREA and no naked lights are allowed.
Please note there should be NO DOGS allowed in the building, and the farmer is at liberty to SHOOT any dog not on a lead in his fields.
Transport
The distance from the University to Dale Head is approximately 110 miles. The most convenient way to get there is by private car or hired mini-bus.
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