Explorers Connect

WILD NIGHT OUT

The night of adventure is back #WildNightOut2023. People across the UK will be coming together to have adventures outdoors, big and small. We’d love you to join us on 8th July 2023.

Spending time on adventures is empowering, brings people together and is fun. #WildNightOut2023 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 #WildNightOut2023

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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 #WildNightOut2023 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 2023.  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 2023? 

For even more inspiration, you can scroll through the archives from previous Wild Night Out events…