Welcome to Ridgeway Adventures

Oxfordshire’s Leading Adventurous Activity Centre!


CUTTING-EDGE EXPERIENCES WITH A DIFFERENCE!

RIDGEWAY ADVENTURES IS SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE’S YEAR-ROUND MULTI AWARD WINNING ACTIVITY CENTRE*, BASED IN ASTON TIRROLD.

ACTIVITIES FOR AGES 8+, PERFECT FOR FAMILY OUTINGS, FRIENDS, DATE NIGHTS, BIRTHDAYS, STAG & HEN PARTIES, AND TEAM BUILDING.

Open year round, Tuesday - Sunday, 11:30 - 19:00

Located at ‘Carrimers Farm, Aston Tirrold, Didcot, OX11 9DP’ or put Ridgeway Adventures into Google Maps

All sessions must be booked in advance, please read the T&C’s.

*Winner of the 2022/2023 Luxury Travel Guide Awards, Winner of Trip Advisor’s Travellers’ Choice Award 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Winner of London & South East Prestige awards 2024/25 & 2026/27

ACTIVITIES

  • ACTIVITY CENTRE TERMS & CONDITIONS

    Booking

    • All sessions must be booked in advance (no walk-ins).

    • Minimum booking: 2 people (no solo sessions).

    • Book online or by email (info@ridgewayadventures.co.uk). We cannot take bookings by phone, except in special accessibility cases.

    • Payment/deposit is required to confirm your booking. Bookings are not confirmed until you receive a confirmation email. (For SumUp payments, please email us to confirm receipt.)

    • Groups 10+: Please email to arrange a private session. Public sessions (up to 10 people) may include other participants unless booked as private.

    Arrival & Location

    • Located at ‘Carrimers Farm, Aston Tirrold, Didcot, OX11 9DP’ or put Ridgeway Adventures into Google Maps

    • Please arrive 15 minutes early to complete safety forms and start on time. Late arrivals may need to wait for a secondary briefing.

    • Use the What3Words link in your confirmation (via the app) for accurate directions. The postcode often misleads—park in front of the red brick building, not at the nearby residential properties.

    Safety & Conduct

    • Dress code: Closed-toe shoes only (no flip flops/sandals). Remove jewellery/piercings (especially hoops, necklaces, dangling items) and tie back long hair.

    • Spectators: Must be arranged in advance, complete a risk form, and attend the briefing.

    • Alcohol: Not permitted. We may refuse entry or remove anyone under the influence.

    • Behaviour: Instructors may remove participants who ignore safety guidance or endanger others.

    Age Limits

    • Activity centre: 8+ only (strictly no under-8s, including babies).

    • Axe throwing: 10+

    • Crossbows: 14+

    • Whip cracking: 14+

    • Under-18s must attend with a guardian (who signs the risk form).

    Risks

    • All activities involve physical exertion and carry some risk of minor injury (e.g. bruises/scrapes from foam arrows, whip strikes). Participation is at your own risk and not recommended for those uncomfortable with contact sports.

    Other Rules

    • Dogs: Not permitted anywhere on site (including outdoors). Only trained assistance dogs may attend (please notify us in advance).

    • Farm site: Stay in the car park or activity centre. Do not walk into private or residential areas.

    Cancellations, Refunds & Vouchers

    All Ridgeway Adventures bookings are for leisure activities taking place on a specific date and time.

    Customer cancellations

    Bookings are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend your booked session, we do not offer cash refunds.

    Where possible, and at our discretion, we may offer a voucher to the value of your booking, valid for 12 months, which can be used towards a future session.

    Vouchers are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

    Cancellations or changes by Ridgeway Adventures

    If Ridgeway Adventures needs to cancel or significantly change a session, you will be offered one of the following options:

    • A full refund, or

    • Transfer to an alternative date, or

    • A voucher of equal value

    Important information

    Under UK consumer law, bookings for leisure activities on a specific date or time are exempt from the usual 14-day cooling-off period.

    This policy does not affect your statutory rights.

    Gift Vouchers

    • BookingHound vouchers: Enter code online at checkout.

    • Third-party vouchers (Buyagift, Red Letter Days, Squarespace): Bookings are provisional until your voucher is validated. A confirmation email will follow once redeemed.

  • Olympic Fencing is £25 for the 2 hour session.

    Graffiti School is £25 for the 2 hour session.

    Medieval Combat is £25 for the 1 hour session.

    Laser Maze is £20 for 1 hour.

    Crossbows is £20 for 30 minutes

    Catapults is £20 for 30 minutes.

    1 ACTIVITY (1 Hour) £25 per person

    2 ACTIVITIES (2 hours) £45 per person

    3 ACTIVITIES (3 hours) £60 per person

    (please note that the fencing, medieval combat and graffiti do not come under the discount scheme)

    Extras
    +£5pp for added knife throwing or log splitting to an axe session
    +£5pp for added crossbow to an archery sessions
    +£2.50 for revolvers, £5 for sniper,£6 for pray and spray for airsoft sessions
    +£10 for downtime airsoft (for between activities)
    +£5 for polaroid pictures.

    To book multiple activities simply use the ‘Add more’ button before checking out, making sure to book adjacent sessions, not sessions occurring at the same time. Booking multiple sessions gives a discount..

    All of our activity sessions begin with a thorough safety briefing, which starts at the scheduled session time, this briefing is part of the overall session duration.

  • From age 8: Airsoft, archery, laser maze, medieval combat, Olympic fencing, graffiti, catapults.

    From age 10: Axe/knife throwing, archery tag.

    From age 14: Whips, Crossbows

  • Medieval Combat/Cinema: 30
    Axes: 14
    Fencing: 12
    Archery/Archery Tag/Whips/Laser Maze: 10
    Airsoft/Catapults/Graffiti: 8
    Crossbows: 6

    For larger groups, please email or call.

Keep your eyes open for added events and seasonal pop-ups!

We can host groups of up to 40 people for birthdays, stag & hen parties, and team-building days. Multi-activity packages are available, with discounts automatically applied when you add more than one activity to your basket online. Book activities back-to-back for an even longer day out.

A wooden target board with black winged designs and four bullseye targets, labeled 'RIDGEWAY AXE THROWING.' In front of the board, there are three axes on a wooden barrel. The surrounding area is enclosed with wooden framing and chain-link fencing.
A woman practicing archery indoors with a wooden bow, aiming an arrow at distant targets, while a man observes.
A man with curly red hair and glasses, dressed in a black fleece jacket, is aiming a blue and black handgun in an indoor shooting range with exposed brick walls.
A black axe embedded in a wooden log with a target painted on it, set against a brick wall background.
A person sees a laser light maze with red laser beams crossing in various directions in a dark room.
Person with long brown hair wearing a white shirt swinging an axe at wooden targets with black target markings at Ridgeway Axe Throwing.
Person in a dark room with inclined head, sitting against a brick wall, illuminated by red laser beams crossing the space in various directions.
People playing axe throwing at Ridgeway Axe Throwing, with two women in the center aiming axes at targets painted on the wooden wall, and two other individuals preparing to throw axes. The facility is enclosed with wood and chain-link fencing.
Six black and blue toy pistols arranged in a row on a black surface, with a logo featuring the words 'Ridgeway Adventures' and a circle with an arrow, wings, and feathered arrows.
A person dancing in a dark room with red laser lights creating geometric patterns on the wall and floor.
A group of women practicing archery indoors, aiming with wooden bows and arrows.
A person with red hair is about to throw an axe at a wooden target during an axe-throwing activity in an indoor shooting range with a sign that reads 'RIDGEWAY AXE THROWING' in the background.