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15th January 2018

What we are about – the first take!

Recently I wrote a blog post about the ongoing redesign of the Wild Routes website. In that post I detailed that one of the aspects need […]
21st November 2017

Branching out

I have been toying with the idea of redesigning the site for a while now. What’s been putting me off is that it doesn’t receive an […]
30th October 2017

The poetry of wheelbarrows

The highlight of this year’s meet ended up being the attempt of building a functional zip wire. How hard can it be, right? A bit of […]
13th January 2017

The Biggin Hill Meet

Biggin Hill doesn’t need bigging up… with exclusive use of a vast field surrounded by ancient woodland, the scene was set for this years gathering. Three […]
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Join us for this year's Biggin Hill Meet!

Friday 23rd - Monday 26th August 2019

Get back to your roots and join us for a weekend of rustic cuisine, spontaneous adventure and campfire revelry!

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Latest Blog Posts

20th January 2018

Realising your insignificance

Image via https://www.mountainmovie.co.uk Recently I watched the film Mountain, which explores the spellbinding forces that high places have on us, and was reminded again of the […]
15th January 2018

What we are about – the first take!

Recently I wrote a blog post about the ongoing redesign of the Wild Routes website. In that post I detailed that one of the aspects need […]
21st November 2017

Branching out

I have been toying with the idea of redesigning the site for a while now. What’s been putting me off is that it doesn’t receive an […]

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Adventures

20th January 2018

Realising your insignificance

Image via https://www.mountainmovie.co.uk Recently I watched the film Mountain, which explores the spellbinding forces that high places have on us, and was reminded again of the […]
19th November 2014

The first microadventure

After two years and seventeen days of living in Berlin and constantly telling myself to get my act together and explore the beautiful countryside surrounding Berlin, […]

Food for thought

20th January 2018

Realising your insignificance

Image via https://www.mountainmovie.co.uk Recently I watched the film Mountain, which explores the spellbinding forces that high places have on us, and was reminded again of the […]
14th April 2015

It’s time to rewild the child

On the Guardian website today, George Monbiot tells us that all school children should have a week in the wild each term, for the sake of […]

About us

Wild Routes is a close-knit educational community that provides an alternative focus to the current education system, with a strong emphasis on the importance of nature in our development. Heavily based on the beliefs of unschooling, Wild Routes places the focus of learning back on the learner giving him the control needed to shape his or her own path.

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Events

Wild Weekend 2016

A weekend of whatever goes with an all-ages group of children and their parents in the outdoors! Read more

Coast to coast

… a race against the sun! Watch the sun rise and set over different oceans in one day! Read more

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We run projects that people like you have designed. You can join one or start one.

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Wild Routes is a fast growing community and there are an ever growing number of ways you can get involved.

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