Choosing a Summer Camp Your Kids Will Love

When you’re choosing a summer camp for your kids, why not take a look around and explore the many unique camps on offer! They’re thrilling, adventurous, and down-right fun. Whatever interests your kids have, we’re sure you’ll find a camp to keep them entertained over the summer holidays.

Table of Contents:

The benefits of summer camps
Summer camp ideas for kids
Summer camp activity ideas
Cooking and baking camps
Watersports camps
Sports camps
Pony camps
Multi-activity camps
Theme park camps
PGL summer camp locations
Why choose PGL summer camps

The benefits of summer camps

Did you know that summer camps help to build a number of skills for children, and give them experiences like no other? From making new friends while playing their favourite sports, to taking part in exercise every day; these are just some of the benefits of sending your child to summer camp. Here are some more summer camp benefits:

Opportunity to socialise
Learn new skills (teamwork, leadership, communication etc)
Learn about the activities, nature, and more

Of course however, first and foremost it’s all about fun! Choosing the right Summer camp for your children can make all the difference to their summer break, they might never want to leave! At PGL we love to see all their smiles each day, and that’s what drives us to provide the best summer camp experiences possible for them!

Summer camp ideas for kids

Unsure of what camps to send your child to, or what kind of camps are out there? Here are some of the adventure holiday camps that we offer at PGL. They’re exhilarating, entertaining and, of course, adventurous! Kids will get the complete PGL experience with the chance to try our classic multi-activities as well as their specialist summer camp subject.

Summer Camp Activity Ideas:

Cooking and baking camps

Have you got the next Gordon Ramsay or Mary Berry on your hands? This could be a great option to help them level up their culinary skills over the summer holiday. Introducing cooking & baking to kids at a young age is fantastic for helping them get a head-start. They’ll improve their independent skills while having fun being taught by professionals. Your kids could be baking you your next birthday cake!

Here is why we think cooking & baking camps are so great for your kids:

Improves cooking & baking skills
Encourages healthy eating habits
Enhances creativity and imagination
Boosts self-esteem and confidence
Improves maths and science skills
Develops independence skills

If you think your kids would prefer either cooking or baking over the other, then that’s perfect! We have two types of summer camps they can choose from:

Bake it - Focuses on the basic skills of baking. Kids will make cakes, cookies, and pastries.

Cooks academy - For the aspiring chefs, this camp will focus on cooking a range of starters, mains, and desserts.

Watersports camps

Prepare your kids to get wet n’ wild, because watersports camps are one of the most exhilarating ways to experience a trip to one of our centres. Let’s take a deep dive into what your kids will get up to:

Surfing - This totally rad camp teaches your kids the basics of surfing and will get them riding waves in no time! Our professional instructors will be there to supervise at all times

Aqua Explorer - Do your kids love the thrill? This camp is for them. They’ll be able to take part in many different water activities like Sailing and Raft Building, and also try some other unique ones like Crag Climbing, Coasteering, and more!

Making a splash at watersport camps are a brilliant way to begin building your kids’ confidence in water. Being strong and confident in water is a great skill to have, and it’ll also help you to feel more relaxed when you’re near the sea or a pool with them.

Sports camps

So many kids are sports mad, and we love to see that! These kinds of summer camp activity ideas are some of the most popular around. You can let your kids play sports like football and rugby all summer long. I don’t think there’s anything else they would rather do if you asked them!

Whether they’re just looking to have a bit of fun over the holidays, or knuckle down and improve on their sports skills, our Sports camps can offer them both!

Netball camps - Kids will develop their netballing skills with professional coaching and a mini-tournament, and have the chance to chat to either an England Roses or Superleague player.

Girl Football Camps - Your budding footballers will be trained by UEFA-qualified coaches to develop their footballing ability and have fun playing a range of matches.

Boys Rugby Camps and Mixed Rugby Camps - Your kids will get specialist training from our partners Touchline Sports Coaching, and be treated with a visit by a new guest star player each week.

Sports camps are great for a number of reasons: they can help to boost confidence in your little ones, by challenging themselves during training and matches. With coaching from qualified professionals, their sports skills can skyrocket and they learn how to keep developing into a better sports player. To top it all off, Sports camps can be a place where kids meet new friends for life. The social interaction at these camps is key and we always love to see kids leave with new best friends. So if you’re looking to develop the budding athlete in your child at summer camp, choose sports camps!

Pony camps

Giddy up horsey! Pony camps are ideal for pony lovers of all abilities. We have three different types of camps for beginner, intermediate and experienced riders:

Pony Camp Beginner - Fantastic for those interested in getting into horse riding and would like an fun and enjoyable introduction! No experience is needed as they’ll be taught all of the basics by our instructors.

Pony Camp Improver - For kids who have already ridden horses a little bit but would like to take their skills and abilities to the next level, this camp is for them. They’ll be able to try out activities like Showjumping, Dressage and Cross Country with a Stage Four Eventing Coach.

Pony Camp Trekker - Do your kids have 12 months experience riding horses? Come on board! They’ll improve many of their horse riding and stable management skills in our facilities that are second to none.

Pony camps are amazing for introducing your child to horse riding. It can help them to gain confidence around them, after all, as gentle as they are, they’re also extremely large! But they’re also ideal for advanced riders who love to spend their summer with their favourite animals, and we can help them do that. So, saddle your child up for summer camp!

Multi-activity camps

On a multi-activity camp, your kids’ itinerary will be jam-packed with adventurous activities. Some of which they’ll never have tried before! We love to give kids a new experience, and by creating a unique range of challenges and tasks, we think we’ve hit the mark. Here are just a few of activities you could expect on a multi-activity holiday:

Activities available:

Abseiling
Giant Swing
Zip Wire
High Ropes Course
Buggy Build
Canoeing
Orienteering

Theme park camps

One for the thrillseekers here! Are your kids always asking to go to Alton Towers, Drayton Manor, Thorpe Park, or Chessington World of Adventure? Well our adrenaline quest camp combines four days of our adventurous activities with two days of theme park fun for the ultimate thrill! Check out the centres available and the theme parks visited at each one here:

Boreatton Park: Alton Towers and Drayton Manor

Marchants Hill: Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventure

This is an adrenaline junkie's dream! Excitement after excitement, day after day. Take a look at our adrenaline quest camps if you think your kids will enjoy a six-day thriller!

PGL summer camp locations

Our summer camp locations are dotted across the country! Wherever you are you’ll find a centre nearby for the summer holidays. We have fantastic overnight facilities at our centres, so you kids can stay for 3, 4, or 7 nights!

Find your PGL summer camp today:

Why choose PGL summer camps?

People choose us because of the PGL magic. We provide kids with the most action-packed, fun, thrilling and adventurous time possible. We are full of fabulous summer camp ideas for kids.They’ll learn new things, make more friends and have the best time when at a PGL summer camp. It’s our number one goal to make sure each and every child leaves with a smile on their face, counting down the days until the next summer holiday.

Choose your kids' summer camp today!

At PGL, we have a range of unique and adventure-filled children’s summer camps open across the summer holidays. Choosing a summer camp shouldn’t be hard that’s why we’ve created this handy guide to get you started. Our amazing camps have been running for over 66 years! So, we know a thing or two about adventure. You can also browse all of our children’s activity holidays here.

So, get in touch with our friendly and experienced team today to see how we can help. It's never too late to book!