Noah's Ark Children's Venture

NOAH'S ARK CHILDREN'S VENTURE

Bazley House

Bazley House is a self-catering unit used by groups primarily from the London Borough of Lewisham. It can sleep 27 people comfortably. We work with a wide range of organisations from the voluntary and statutory sector and can at certain times offer the use of the unit to groups from outside Lewisham. Please ring for availability. It has a large kitchen/dining room, larder room, living room, games room, 9 bedrooms, 6 shower rooms (including one with facilities for people with disabilities, a bathroom and 7 toilets. See the Floor Plan.

Ground Floor

Entering the unit there is a hallway that leads to the kitchen/dining room. Off the hallway there is a bathroom with a bath, washbasin and toilet.

The kitchen is well equipped with a catering size gas cooker, 2 large washing up sinks and a larder room with a washing machine and fridge freezer. The dining area has tables and chairs that can be arranged to seat everyone comfortably.

Bazley House Kitchen

Living Room

From the kitchen you enter the living room. This is a large spacious room with sofas and armchairs and an open fire. We also have a wall mounted television with digital TV.

Games Room
Through double doors from the living room you enter the games room. This is a large room with a table tennis table, bar football table and pool table. This is also where our wildlife camera system operates from. We have a computer and three monitors that link to cameras in the woodland. The cameras are focused on bird boxes, bird tables, the dewpond and other areas of the wood and show us what is happening with the wildlife in the wood. In the spring we have chicks hatching and at all times of the year there is always something of interest on the screens. The computer is not to be used to access the internet as we have a lap top computer that can be used by groups if they feel it is necessary.

We also have art materials and other games in this area of the unit. The games room has a separate toilet.

Bedrooms
From the living room a hallway leads to the bedroom area. There are 9 bedrooms in Bazley House.

Ground floor There are 6 bedrooms, 4 shower rooms (one with access for people with disabilities) and a separate toilet on the ground floor. 3 of the shower rooms also have toilets. The bedrooms sleep 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, and 2 respectively in single and bunk beds. All beds have waterproof mattress protectors, a fitted sheet, duvet and pillow.

Upstairs There are 3 further bedrooms upstairs with 3, 3, and 2 beds. All beds have waterproof mattress protectors, a fitted sheet, duvet and pillow. There are 2 shower rooms and a separate toilet upstairs.

Outside
There is a trampoline, play structures - including rope swings and slides, a full size farm tractor (not a working vehicle!), BMX track and a five-a-side football pitch. We have lots of bikes including tricycles that are suitable for children and young people with disabilities.

We also have lots of small animals and poultry including piglets, lambs and goat kids to bottle feed in the spring and summer, chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, rabbits, guinea pigs and doves and groups can help with feeding and looking after the animals if they want to. Further information can be obtained from our Health & Safety Manual that is available on the home page.

Please phone and check for availability. A list of charges is available from the home page of the website along with the appropriate booking form. After you have spoken to the Centre Managers and reserved a booking you must print and complete the booking form. As part of the booking procedure you must have read our Health & Safety Policy and sign the booking form to say you accept its terms. Therefore we would ask that you post the booking form back to us rather than email it. Do not forget your deposit!