Things to do for Teenagers York

The Girlguiding County of North Yorkshire South is based around the city of York, and its surrounding towns and villages including Selby and Tadcaster. We are privileged to have over 500 amazing volunteers who provide fun, skills and adventures to our 1,880 young members. Whether your daughter wants to join Rainbows (4-7), Brownies (7-10), Guides (10-14) or Rangers (14-18), start her Girlguiding journey here.

Maybe you would like to volunteer as an adult helper? We have many different roles available from regular weekly commitments through to more ad-hoc opportunities. We are always on the look out for assistance and no offer is too small!

Register your daughter here or register your own interest in becoming a volunteer here or visit our website below for more information and a flavour of the exciting things we get up to.

Adventure, fun and friendship awaits you!

Visit York’s only indoor axe throwing venue for an unforgettable axe-perience!

Our highly trained coaches will be with you every step of the way, ensuring you hit the mark and laugh your socks off the whole way through. They pride themselves on making sure that you feel safe and comfortable while you’re with us.

After a few rounds of practice, your coach will lead your group into a friendly competition where you can show off what you’ve learned and test each other’s mettle in a few low-stakes, winner-takes-nowt rounds of chopper-chucking.

While family fun abounds, the minimum participant age is 13, so if you’ve got restless teens in need of releasing some pent-up exam stress, look no further! And if you’ve got some younger ones too, bring them along to cheer and jeer their siblings or try our miniature axe throwing game.

57b Goodramgate, York, Y01 7LS

Rowntree Park is a large park with a riverside location that offers a range of facilities including a Reading Cafe, children’s play areas, lakes with ducks, wildlife area and ponds, carpark, and sporting facilities such as basketball court, skatepark, table tennis and tennis courts. The park is managed by York Council, but the Friends of Rowntree Park help maintain and improve the park, as well as running a range of community events and projects. Regular events include:

Weekly Friday Forest School sessions for approx 2-5 years 10-11.30am, runs throughout the year in 6 week blocks.

Monthly ‘Very Young Friends’ meet ups (Nature based crafts, stories and play for 1-5 year olds) – first Tuesday of each month 10-11am.

Monthly ‘Family Forest School’ for children of all ages , Saturdays 10-11.30am

‘Wild Ones’ Nature group for older girls, 10-16 years. Wednesdays 6-7.30-pm. Bushcraft, survival, campfire cooking and chat!

‘Make Space for Girls’ in Rowntree Park -an ongoing project that includes a month-long programme of free events for 10-18 year olds in June.

Also there is a range of ‘Young Friends’ seasonal events throughout the year including Easter, Halloween and Christmas specials– keep an eye on our social media and website for details!

Terry Ave, York YO23 1JQ

City Kickabout
Do you have an 8-17 year old who needs to release excess energy on an evening? If so we have a session for them. Our City Kickabout session provides young people with a place to come and play football in a FUN and SOCIABLE environment. It does not matter whether they have played before or not, get those trainers on and come and show our coaches a few tricks and skills or learn some new ones!

We have 2 Sessions a week so pick the one closest to you – see flyer below for venue and date/time details.