WILD NIGHT OUT
The night of adventure is back #WildNightOut2024. People across the UK will be coming together to have adventures outdoors, big and small. We’d love you to join us on 6th July 2024.
Spending time on adventures is empowering, brings people together and is fun. #WildNightOut2024 is a dedicated date in the diary for us all to get adventurous under the cover of darkness. You are welcome to join pre-arranged events or plan your own. Everyone is welcome.
Wild Night Out is an annual invitation to push yourself to do something adventurous, maybe try something new and bring someone else along with you, giving those who might not normally take the plunge a chance to spend more time adventuring. Since Wild Night Out began, more than 8,000 people have participated, raising over £75,000 for conservation and youth charities. This year Wild Night Out is being run by Explorers Connect and the Adventure Queens and sponsored by Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports
To get your imagination going, we’ve gathered together some ideas, stories, and how-to guides to help you design the very best Wild Night Out for you.
WILD NIGHT OUT: IDEAS
This Wild Night Out, you could…
Camp-out in the wilderness, a campsite or your back garden
Explore the countryside or a National Park by moonlight
Go on a night bike ride
Go on a nocturnal nature watch: search for bats, watch foxes, stargaze
Kayak down a river by torchlight
Run a mountain range under the cover of darkness
Download and print this Wild Night Out Flag to plant outside your tent or to carry with you on your travels…
For more inspiration, check out these excellent stories from previous Wild Nights Out and helpful how-to guides.
Remember, use the hashtag #WildNightOut2024…
Share your stories and you could win a fantastic prize!
We love to see your Wild Night Out adventure photos, films and stories - share them with us and you could win vouchers generously donated by outdoor specialist Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports For your chance to win:
Use the hashtag #WildNightOut2024 on Twitter & Instagram
Tag us @explorersconnect &/or @adventurequeens &/or @ellisbrigham on Facebook
We’ll choose our favourite shared adventure photos, blogs or films of Wild Night Out 2024. Four winners will receive prizes of:
1 x £100 worth of Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports vouchers
3 x £50 worth of Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports vouchers
Now start sharing! You don’t have to wait until 8th July, you can use the hashtag immediately and tell us your plans and preparations for the night. Even tell us what you got up to last year and inspire others. There will be no cash alternatives for any prizes won. Our winners will be announced after the Wild Night Out weekend
WILD NIGHT OUT: STORIES
WILD NIGHT OUT: HOW-TO GUIDES
HOW IT STARTED
Wild Night Out was started by explorer Belinda Kirk in 2016 to encourage others to live more adventurously. After 20 years of taking people of all ages into the wilderness, she understands first-hand the positive impact that adventure can have on people's lives. Held each summer since 2016 the night of adventure has encouraged 8,000 people to get outside and has raised more than £75,000 for charity.
Plenty of kids (and big kids) camp in the garden
@OllyDavy walked 20miles along the Ridgeway through the night
Some like to book a lesson and learn a new outdoor skill. Here Katy had her first kayak lesson. And Jen & Craig did their first skydive
Will, Penny, Marcus & Neil paddled from Bristol to London & raised over £1000 for Wild Night Out in 2017
@SarahOuten found a bench
Colin, Caroline, Tanja & Rich went for a hike
There was lots of wild camping
Adventurer @AnnaMcnuff went for a hike
A cycling adventure with the Stone family
Oliver & Olivia went for a walk in the fields
Jono & his stag-do went wild on a raft raising £90 for Wild Night Out in 2016
So big or small, free or expensive, at home or in the wilds...what will you do for Wild Night Out 2024?
For even more inspiration, you can scroll through the archives from previous Wild Night Out events…