Visitor Information

Winmarleigh Hall, Lancashire

The information on this page, together with your centre welcome tour will help you get the most from your visit.

Whilst on centre, if you have questions regarding any aspect of your stay please speak to a member of staff.

Centre Information

Contact Details

👤 Your Centre Manager
Paul Russell

📞 Centre Number
01995 604 820

🏠 Centre Address
PGL Winmarleigh Hall Church Lane, Winmarleigh, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 0LA

📱 Duty Mobile
07894 512 724

Seeking Assistance
A member of our team is available 24 hours a day to assist if your Group Leader is unavailable. They can be contacted on the duty mobile.

Parking

Guest parking is located in the lower car park. Please be aware that vehicles are parked at the owners’ risk; please make sure you have locked and secured your vehicle and have registered at reception.

Wifi

Wifi is now available across PGL Winmarleigh Hall. We invested in our wifi as a priority during 2024, so that we can provide faster connections, plus greater reliability and coverage at our centres.

 

Safety on Centre - supervision and support

Schedule Our Responsibility
(with your support)
Your Responsibility
(with our support)
Daytime Adventure Activities âś”  
Breaks and Free Time   âś”
Meal Times   âś”
Evening Entertainment/Activities âś”  
Bedtime   âś”
Night Time   âś”

Our Role - click to see detailed information

A  member of centre staff will be assigned to your group whose main role is to ensure the smooth running of your trip, acting as all-round support for your group.

During the course of your stay, your assigned member of centre staff will:

  • Meet you on arrival and organise a welcome talk and tour of the centre
  • Help you organise and settle your group into their accommodation
  • Ensure your group are occupied from your agreed arrival time until the evening meal
  • Arrange to meet and accompany your group for all meals
  • Liaise with the Party Leader and adult members of your group on a daily basis to ensure good communication throughout your stay
  • Deliver a varied evening entertainment programme
  • Be available after mealtimes to help supervise your group and lead games

Your Role - click to see detailed information

As the Party Leader and/or accompanying adult you have a number of responsibilities that will assist us in ensuring your stay is both successful and enjoyable.

We recommend that a supervising adult is present with each group during activities (some local authorities/associations insist on this so please check with your relevant stakeholders).

During the course of your stay you are also responsible for:

  • Wearing your visitor's ID (provided on arrival) at all times on centre and making sure any guests visiting your group for the day sign in at reception and wear the appropriate ID badge
  • The control, behaviour and pastoral care of your group and ensuring your group complies with the PGL Code of Conduct
  • Ensuring one adult from your group is on centre and contactable at all times
  • Ensuring that there is at least one supervising adult from your group present to assist with the supervision of children during all evening entertainment sessions
  • Supervising your group within the accommodation area after the agreed time set by yourself and your assigned member of staff
  • Ensuring your group does not enter any of the activity areas outside session times
  • Supervising your group during their allocated shop time (where applicable, information provided on arrival)
  • Ensuring that at least one supervising adult from your school/group is present for all off site excursions, activities and field work
  • Any medication brought onto the centre for a member of your group
  • Deciding (with the help of our first-aid qualified staff), if any member of your group should be referred to a doctor or hospital. In some cases we may be able to assist with transport arrangements, if not, we will arrange for a taxi. Payment for taxis is the responsibility of the Party Leader
  • Notifying parents of any doctor, dentist or hospital visit, or other incident affecting a member of your group, if appropriate
  • Familiarising yourself with the fire procedure and following it in the event of a fire alarm (the fire procedure will be explained during your welcome talk)
  • Withdrawing any member of the group from an activity, if necessary
  • Informing us of any problems with your accommodation, with regards to housekeeping and maintenance issues

If there is a problem during your stay, we want to be the first to hear about it. In the first instance, please speak to your assigned member of staff or the Duty Manager so that we can try to rectify the problem on the spot.
In the unlikely event that the matter remains unresolved, please put your complaint in writing to us as soon as possible. This gives us the best chance of investigating whilst events are still fresh in people’s minds. Please note that we can only correspond with the Party Leader – any individual parental complaints must be communicated through the contracted party.

Safety off Centre - supervision and support

Schedule Our Responsibility
(with your support)
Your Responsibility
(with our support)
PGL-accompanied Excursions   âś”
PGL-led Activities/Excursions âś”  

To avoid any confusion, we seek to ensure a clear handover of responsibility of party members from party leader to our staff and vice versa at appropriate points of the day.

Safety on Centre - fire procedure

Familiarise Yourself

  • Familiarise yourself with the emergency exit routes and the designated fire assembly point in case of fire or other emergency.
  • Ensure emergency exit routes and doors are free from obstructions and walk the routes to familiarise yourself with them.
  • Read the ‘action in case of fire’ notices, including where the fire assembly point will be and brief the group on the procedure.

Site Tour / Fire Procedure

  • During the site tour we will expect the accompanying adults to walk the group to their designated meeting point. Centre staff may not be present when a fire alarm goes off and the group needs to understand the procedure to be followed.
  • Adults should consider their procedures for checking their allocated rooms/accommodation to ensure everyone is accounted for.

Minimising false alarms (UK and northern France)

Inside all guest accommodation are sensors for the fire alarm. They are very sensitive and even the steam from a shower or aerosols can set them off. Please help to prevent any false alarms by encouraging guests to ensure doors to the bathrooms are kept closed and any aerosols are only used in the bathrooms.