Welcome to the Forest
The Dean Field Studies Centre is Bristol City Council Children & Young People’s Service residential centre for Outdoor and Environmental Education in the Forest of Dean.
The Great Outdoors!
The Forest is a place of great natural beauty and provides an extraordinary variety of opportunities for Outdoor and Environmental Education.
The Great Indoors!
The Centre is based in a converted, Victorian iron works in the village of Parkend. It generally accommodates up to 60 students and 6+ staff in bedrooms for up to 4 people. Single rooms are available for visiting staff. Altogether there are 74 beds available. The Centre has full central heating. Teaching spaces include a fully equipped classroom, lecture room and laboratory plus, of course, the woods, fields, rivers, lakes and villages of the forest! The Centre has two 15 seater minibuses.
More information about the centre and the courses we run can be found by using the links to the left.
Ian Healey, our Head of Centre at Parkend is responsible for the Dean Field Field Studies Centre information. You can contact him using the details below.
Contact:
Dean Field Studies Centre
Parkend
Nr Lydney
Gloucestershire
GL15 4JA
Tel: 01594 562444
Fax: 01594 564994
Email: dfsc@bristol.gov.uk