Thank you for booking time with us at the Centre.
We hope that you will enjoy your visit.

We are happy to welcome visit organisers to the centre before their group’s visit for a look around and a chat.

Accompanying adults are responsible for their children at all times.

The ATC is on the banks of a canal.  Visit organisers are asked to warn their party beforehand of the dangers of running or mucking around beside water, and to request that no one gets on to any of the barges that are normally moored beside the centre.  The Barges do not belong to us and are the homes of the people that own them.


Vehicles cannot drive up to the centre.  There are several car parks in Hebden Bridge that are marked on the enclosed map that are suitable for cars and minibuses.  Large vehicles can normally park at the train station. 
Hebden Bridge has an efficient and varied public transport service, information can be obtained from the Tourist Information Centre.


The Type 2 Plastic recycling workshop, which involves making key rings and magnets has the students cutting plastic with children’s scissors, and sawing simple lines through recycled plastic with coping saws.  Goggles are provided to protect their eyes.

The Type 4 Plastic recycling workshop, which involves making booklets and bookmarks has either the students, or their supervisors ironing the plastic with hot irons. 

The Papermaking workshop may have the supervisor using a hand held liquidisers, which does not have a safety screen, and must be switched off before cleaning.
We ask that the students supervisors ensure that the students behave suitably during the workshop. 

If you do not think that the children should work with the above-mentioned tools, please inform the ATC as soon as is feasible and we will try to accommodate you.


The ATC is right beside a park.  We ask visit organisers to take their party to the park during lunch breaks so that the children can let off stream in a suitable environment.  The training room can be locked to ensure the safety of anything that you would like to leave there.  The training room is of course available to you over lunch if it is too wet to go out.


There are toilet and washing facilities at the bottom end of the arcade, on the right hand side and hooks in the training room for your coats.


The Centre holds a ‘Green Shop’ that stocks an Aladdin’s cave of environmentally friendly products.  Visitors are welcome to browse the shop after the workshop sessions, or during their lunch break.  We ask that large groups of young people browse the shop in numbers of up to 7, with a supervising adult in tow.  Our stock includes children’s renewable energy kits and recycled stationary.