Our Facilities

Learn to Ride Track and Off-Road Trails

The Bradbury Cycling Centre is a fully inclusive cycling facility where children and young people of all abilities can safely learn to ride their bike, exercise and be active.

The Learn to Ride track is a safe space for young riders of all abilities to enjoy the opportunity to develop their riding skills and in turn, their confidence and wellbeing.  The track offers a combination of different surfaces, pathways and working traffic lights for riders to navigate, along with replica road signs and markings to follow. A shelter with seating and workstations overlooks the track – a perfect place for users to stop and take a break, or families to sit and observe the action!

Outdoor lighting allows the area to be used safely all year round.

For a more challenging ride our new Off-Road trails offer an exhilarating experience in a beautiful and inspiring environment.   With a choice of green, blue or red trails there’s something for all abilities.

To find out more about opening times, how to book the facilities, cycling courses and volunteering, please Get in Touch.

Swimming Pool and Hydrotherapy Pool

A swimming pool and hydrotherapy pool on campus, opened in February 2023, allow children to explore the water and develop swimming skills.

Our main pool is 7.5 x 12 metres and features a moveable floor offering maximum versatility. The comfort of our children and young people is paramount to us, which is why we maintain the temperature of our pool between 31 to 33 degrees during sessions.

For nervous and disabled swimmers, our hydro pool is a relaxing and reassuring environment. The area can also be turned into a sensory room with light projectors and a sound system.

We want to ensure all of our students and young people are comfortable. For this reason, both our swimming pool and hydrotherapy pool offer individual and shared changing areas, changing beds, shower chairs, gradual steps, and chair and sling hoists for disabled pool access.

We’re here for the community. Our pools are available for hourly bookings for our community to ensure everyone can enjoy wonderful facilities. To hire our entire swimming pool the cost is £70/hour, and the hydrotherapy pool hire cost is £50/hour. Hire costs include a lifeguard – our pools may only be used in the presence of a qualified lifeguard.

Our CADS and Seashell Active swimming sessions take place in our swimming pool.

How to Book

For bookings please contact Active@seashelltrust.org.uk

Once you have booked you will receive email confirmation with a gate code and details to access the Seashell site.

For all Active enquiries please contact 0161 696 9386 or Get in Touch

3G Sports Pitch

Our full-size artificial grass sports pitch divides into two nine-aside or four five-aside pitches, ideal for group activities. We also have two fully accessible changing rooms and pitch-side facilities.

The football pitch is home to Cheadle and Gatley FC and is available for community use and hire.

Our Sports Pitch is currently fully booked and not available to hire. We apologise for any inconvenience, please look on our website and social media channels for any updates.

For all Active enquiries please contact 0161 696 9386 or Get in Touch

Here at Seashell Trust, we pride ourselves on our facilities for young adults and students with SEND as we believe everyone deserves the chance to express themselves and live an independent life. We offer a holistic approach tailored to each child and young person we support, whatever the need. Through our facilities and sensory rooms alike, we can offer the very best experience to each individual.

Fitness Suite

Accredited by the Inclusive Fitness Initiative, our fully accessible fitness suite provides specialist cardiovascular, strength and functional training equipment supported by qualified staff. It meets the needs of disabled and non-disabled people, including those with health conditions. Our fitness suite is available for community use during time.

How to Book

Contact Active@seashelltrust.org.uk

Once you have booked you will receive email confirmation with a gate code and details to access the Seashell site.

For all Active enquiries please contact 0161 696 9386 or Get in Touch

Sensory Rooms

We have a number of different sensory rooms at Seashell at our Royal School Manchester, Royal College Manchester and in many of our homes

Sensory rooms provide a safe environment where children and young people can relax and explore. A number of our sensory rooms are fitted with features including waterbeds, colourful padded floors, interactive equipment, bubble tubes, light projectors, and sounds.

These sensory rooms play an important role in developing life skills, motor skills, colour recognition, tracking, and supporting students to develop communication skills.

Audiology Assessment Suite

Our on-site audiology assessment suite allows our Seashell audiologists to carry out hearing assessments as well as routinely manage and fit hearing aids.

Our audiology assessment suite offers the latest objectives and behavioural audiological testing equipment.  The suite boasts an impressive designated listening room where we offer specialist services for  students who may struggle in a clinical environment.

Nursing Services

Seashell provides registered nurse-led services that are available to all students on a daily basis and in accordance with individual needs. As part of the service, we provide both planned and emergency care for students during school and college hours.

The registered nursing team works as part of the wider multidisciplinary team to provide and promote holistic care for all students with SEND. The nursing team works closely with student GPs, neurologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, dentists, dieticians, and podiatrists to offer the best possible care.

Learning disability nurse duties also include the undertaking of initial assessment and management of new student applicants through the development of unique Health Action Plans that are continually monitored throughout a student’s time at Seashell.

Creative Arts

Led by our artists and musicians in residence, our exciting and innovative arts programme across our school and college encourage young people and students with SEND to express themselves and build confidence and understanding of the world.

We are proud to have our very own Indonesian percussion orchestra – called a Gamelan Suite – which we use to promote the musical development, communication skills, and socio-emotional wellbeing of our children and young people.

Our art studios are a  popular hive of activity and accommodate an inspiring range of arts and crafts sessions for our young people. This includes major art installations as part of our engagement with community arts. Our students also get to explore our pottery kiln, which allows us to turn a vast array of clay objects produced by our students into beautiful, glazed works of art.