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From the owner: XUK Residential Camps offers unforgettable summer experiences for children aged 8–17. Based in the…read moreUK, we welcome campers from around the world to enjoy a vibrant, multicultural community. Campers can join specialist activity programmes or enjoy multi-activity sessions, building skills and friendships that last a lifetime. For international students, we also offer English language lessons in a fun, supportive environment. Since 2016, XUK has provided a safe, inspiring summer camp experience for young people from across the globe. XUK runs from a beautiful school in the UK, welcoming campers from all over the world and celebrating diversity and different cultures. 2026 Dates & Prices to be confirmed in early October!

To put it very simply, this company is taking advantage of young people who are desperate to travel…read morethe world. Never would I go with them again, it was the absolute worst experience I've ever had with a company. They were terrible from the start and point-blank refused a refund in the middle of a global pandemic. At the beginning, straight after I applied, I got a call from them and I had many questions. It seemed as though they were hurrying me during the call and giving me the answers I wanted to hear. They tried to pressure me into giving my bank card details over the phone (not good). I said I wanted to pay online on my footprints portal and in monthly instalments, they weren't happy about that as they clearly just wanted the whole £600 up front, ASAP. They called me all the time to tried to get me pay all the remaining money ASAP instead of continuing with my monthly instalments. On my initial phone call one of my many questions was wether my availability was ok, they told me that they could be very flexible with the end dates and that my availability 'worked great'. Fast forward about 4 months when I've payed all my instalments, they tell me that my dates didn't work and that I'd have to work at camp longer than I physically could. They also lied to me multiple times about which airport I could fly from, turns out I couldn't fly from Newcastle at all and I'd have to travel hours down to Manchester. And this cost £150 extra just to fly from Manchester instead of London. They also lied to me multiple times about which airport I could fly from, turns out I couldn't fly from Newcastle at all and I'd have to travel hours down to Manchester. And this cost £150 extra just to fly from Manchester instead of London. All the answers to my questions seemed to be an enthusiastic yes until I'd payed all my instalments. A couple weeks later I get a phone call when I'm working, my phone is in the staff room so I can't take the call. When I get out of work I see a message from them saying I had 30 minutes to respond to their message before they booked my flights and if they weren't the ones I wanted I'd be liable for the costs. The message had been sent exactly 40 minutes earlier, as quickly as possible I messaged them back telling them to "STOP" as I needed time to process the information and decide wether these were the ones I wanted. Something they don't tell you is if your visa gets declined then they will cancel your whole application, not only will they not give you a refund but if you've paid them to book your flights, they will FORCE you to give them the money they spent on your flights .You'd think that the extra money you've given them to book your flights will cover the cost of the actual flights but no, that's literally just the cost for them to sit on the computer and complete the booking. For this reason they will deliberately try and book your flights before your visa appointment which they shouldn't do. I was also constantly getting emails saying something like "URGENT ACTION NEEDED, chose your departure airport/date or we will make the decision for you" very stressful for me and unprofessional on their part. Covid happened and my camp said that that they would think about putting our start dates back a little. My camps leader contacted Usa summer camp to inform them that they MAY decide amending the start dates if the situation got any worse. Usa summer camp clearly did not read the email correctly as they emailed us and said our camp was putting back the start dates which meant our flights would have to be rebooked, which obviously wasn't the case. Camp was inevitably cancelled so I asked for a refund, the boarders are closed and I wasn't getting into the US anymore. After many disputes they still said no refund and only offered to defer my application to next year, which I couldn't do anyways. I had to go through insurance to get my money back. side note: I've been finding it really hard to leave reviews about this company anywhere, they got my trust pilot and google reviews taken down, and I assume my facebook ones too because I can't see them anymore. I contacted trust pilot and got that one sorted but I've been silenced on all other platforms.

From the owner: The best summer of your life. That's what we strive to give all of our program's participants…read more We want to share the fun and the friendships of camp with as many people as we can because it's the opportunity of a lifetime. We'll do everything we possibly can to get our participants to camp, and that's our promise. Summer Camp is in our DNA and who better to get people to camp in America than an office full of Camp Counselors?

My daughter absolutely loves it. Very warm atmosphere, and welcoming, no matter what level or…read morestage you are in arts. It has been great for my daughter's physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. It is fantastic for kids of any age.

My daughter has been attending classes at both locations and these are just wonderful! Great…read moreatmosphere, engaging classes and I can see how much our Lilly enjoys drawing and even how she got better so quickly! We have a little artist at home now. I cannot recommend enough the owner of the business! Ruth is great, she is so natural with kids and has this this magic aura about her that makes everything fun and charming. I see her as one of these lovely teachers from Harry Potter movies that we all wanted as kids....

SCL run football and Club Energy holiday camps, after school clubs as well as Saturday morning…read morefootball sessions for children at a number of sites across Surrey and Hampshire. My son has been going to these Saturday sessions for 18 months now as well as some of the holiday clubs and he always comes home happy and tired :-) Really reasonably priced - a full half term week is £90 and the Sat football costs £50 for 10 weeks, for 1 hour long sessions.

From the owner: SCL currently provides services to over 130 schools and colleges, with the aim of enhancing…read moreeducation through sport. Services to schools and colleges include: *Football and Club Energy breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, holiday camps and extra curricular courses aimed at Primary and Junior school age students. *National Curriculum PE lessons used to cover Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) time for teachers. *Vocational sports-based accredited courses delivered to secondary schools as part of their alternative curriculum *The NVQ Football Coach Education programme, tutored and delivered by SCL as part of sixth form schools' and colleges' post-16 curriculum.

We went here today with my two children aged 6 and 2. It is a holiday at her school so it was a…read morequiet afternoon with hardly any people about. The Watford branch of Gambado is brand new, so everything is sparkling clean and attractive to look at. The whole area is large and well spaced. Taking focal point was a massive playframe. There was a large four-lane slide as well as some of those rotating slides (not sure what it's called). There was a seperate area for under-2s. Tame enough to keep older kids away but still fun for the younger ones. They had large building blocks too, a nice touch. Next to the playframe was a climbing wall. The cafe was okish, nothing too great. Food was well presented but limited in variety. The only hot meal options seemed to be pizza and sandwiches. There were some nice salads too. The cafe had nice seating, transparent rounded chairs in different colours. Very well spaced out tables, not your typical softplay cafe. Prices were a bit on the high side. They had some areas with big chalkboards for the children to scribble on. And another place for musical experimenting, different things to bang on and make sounds. They also had some magnet play. Under some clear glass thingies were magnet shavings, pins etc. that children could pull a magnet over, causing patterns. There was also a fairly large track for dodgem cars. For adults there was a seperate lounge. There were computers with internet access, newspapers etc. It didn't look like children were allowed there, the notice said Adults Only. Strange that, who'd be watching the kids while the parents sat in a seperate area? It cost £15 entrace for me and the kids. By far the most expensive place for this sort of activity. You didn't have to spend any money inside though (unless you want to eat), everything was unlimited. There were plenty of lockers, clean and spacious, to deposit your belongings. It is free to use and you only need a £1 coin cif you want to lock it (it is refunded). Toilets are reasonably clean too, but I don't know if that is because it was a quiet day. Would recommend it if nothing cheaper is close to you. Works out quite expensive for a small family even.

Great place to take the kids. The membership I have works brilliantly as we use it more in the…read morewinter. Love how it caters to the younger ones aswell as the older ones. The party's are fab as they take care of everything especially being heavily pregnant and exhausted over the summer it was one less thing to worry about!