Youth Village

Situated in the rolling hills of the Derwent Valley, the Youth Village is at the heart of the North East region and in close proximity to many famous landmarks and attractions including Durham Cathedral, Bede’s World, Holy Island, Hadrian’s Wall, Beamish Museum and the Metrocentre.

The Youth Village, which houses a group of international volunteers living in community, provides a variety of youth ministry opportunities across schools and parishes throughout the region.

The Youth Village has recently been voted as one of 20 Centres of Excellence in Youth Ministry across all denomination in the British Isles.

Visitors to the Youth Village will enjoy state of the art facilities which include an auditorium and dining hall for groups up to 90 people. There are 55 en-suite bedrooms across four attractive chalets, a games room, spacious gardens, playing fields and a dedicated space for prayer and reflection.

In addition to the young people who are invited to use the Youth Village for retreats and camping, it also offers an ideal venue for different occasions such as receptions, adult conferences and meetings.

On July 2010, celebrity duo Ant & Dec officially opened the Youth Village. Below are some of the photos during the opening.

Advert Promoting the Youth Village

Highlights of the Grand Opening

Photographs of the Grand Opening

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20 comments so far

  1. Anonymous
    #1

    the video is great i like it

  2. EMS Yr.8 Pupil
    #2

    ahd a great time even tho i was in the last group that went, thanks allot joy, matthew, howard, paul, fr paul, phill, fran, hannah, and other people i cant remember BYE

  3. St. Robert's Washington Pupil
    #3

    the youth village has been such a success and the twice i’ve been, i’ve never wanted to leave. the work that you do as a team is amazing helping us young people reach out to god and open our hearts to let out all that is holding us back. Not only that, but all of the facilities are amazing and every thing is being finished to perfection. the lord reigns down on the village and when i go i feel warm and homely. Also, a great big thank you to the chefs because their food is allways fantastic even if there is a lot of mash! :) lol. So thank you once again and i hope to be back to see you all in the very near future.

  4. Anna Welter
    #4

    Hello YMT! The Village looks lovely! Looks like you had a great turn out for Sr. Helen, too. Miss y’all. Peace.

  5. Carmel School Yr 9 Pupil
    #5

    hello i really enjoyed myself a the retreat thanks for letting us come :)

  6. stm pupil
    #6

    thankyou for letting us stay with you’s on the retreat,. we really enjoyed it. :)

  7. St Thomas More Student
    #7

    The retreat was amazing! I had great fun and a really good laugh. I got to make new friends and try new things and I felt like I could just be myself. The people there are all amazing inspirations and I have great admiration in them! Thank you

  8. St.cuthberts
    #8

    is it good what do u do!

  9. St Thomas More Studant
    #9

    The re-treat was amazing it was great fun hope we can see yous soon :)

  10. Pupil
    #10

    Reatreat was great me and my friends had a great laugh cant wait to go again!

  11. Pupil
    #11

    hey tom its me i was in your group yesterday the 29,30th of september thanks for the expirience

  12. st thomas more student
    #12

    heya i had gr8 fun at the youth village when i was in yr6 and now am in yr7!!! i hope we can cime again in yr7 coz i miss al you guys!!!!:( o and by the way is michael still there??? (he was my team captain)
    miss ya loads and hope to see you soon!!! xoxo

  13. Pupil
    #13

    hi it’s me from St Joseph primary school i just want to say that i had a lovly time there i still miss thows cards for the door it was relly cool i relly hope that we come again soon.thanx

    p.s merry christmas and a happy new year :)

  14. Pupil
    #14

    I really had fun on the retreat.
    It was fantastic and I enjoyed it.I would like to come back next year. see you soon

  15. pupil
    #15

    the retreat was amazing i enjoyed everything we did and i hoped we could stay longer :) hope to come back soon <3

  16. pupil
    #16

    i think the youth cebtre was really nice and relaxing the accomodation was lovely and the staff were very friendly. thanks to everyone there and i hope we come back next year:)

  17. stm pupil
    #17

    that was amazing!

  18. carmel rc collge stuent
    #18

    wow!

  19. St.Teresas School Y6 Pupil
    #19

    I want to come again!!! But for two weeks-not two days!!!

  20. st josephs
    #20

    when i went it was amazing and i look forward to seeing you guy again on tuesday 18 october 2011 because i’m at st marys now i carn’t wait till i see my room again, have the food again, play all the games again and best of all is to see you all again but not fogeting that trick that made most of us sad.

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