Nationwide 4x4 Training - Find out how to drive a 4x4 vehicle safely - and enjoy it!
We train individuals to drive 4x4's in the kind of terrain they are designed for - the Lake District fells, the hills and moors of Scotland or the valleys of South Wales. We only train on private land, so we avoid damaging the environment, you can explore exactly how your Land Rover or 4x4 will react to different situations. You can learn new techniques, and you'll be amazed at what 2.5 tonnes of car can deal with! Cliffs, rocky slopes, water traverses and sliding through mud are all part of the experience. We also offer professional training to Health and Safety compliant standards for company drivers who need their 4x4's for work.
Lake District 4x4 Training and Land Rover Driving Experience Days
Off Road 4x4 Driving Experiences and Training
Beyond 4x4 - Land Rover Days and Pofessional Qualifications
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...apart from throwing Landrovers off cliffs!
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Professional 4x4 qualifications Lancashire, Cumbria and the North West
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Off Road 4x4 Land Rover Driving Experience and Training Directory - Find somewhere near you!
Lake District 4x4 Training and Land Rover Driving Experience Days Cumbria
Professional H&S courses for 4x4 drivers
4x4 Training Scotland (Glasgow/Ayrshire)
4x4 Training Wales (Cardiff/Swansea)
4x4 Training South West (Devon/Cornwall)
4x4 Training North West (Cumbria/Lancashire)
Commercial 4x4 Users
Reduce costs & liabilities
4x4s are useful tools for commercial operators - they allow you the advantage that you can get places other companies can't.
Running businesses is all about that kind of competetive advantage, which is why we run specific training courses for commercial 4x4 owners.
Geared towards reducing costs and improving efficiency, all of our courses are intended to save you more money than they cost - and if you give us a chance we can help make your 4x4 fleet more profitable and more effective.
LANTRA, DSA and SAFED training for Commercial 4x4 users.
We've recently been getting worried HR and Fleet personell phoning us about the new Corporate Manslaughter legislation so we've written a simple guide:
Corporate Manslaughter and Fleet Driver Training.
Running businesses is all about that kind of competetive advantage, which is why we run specific training courses for commercial 4x4 owners.
Geared towards reducing costs and improving efficiency, all of our courses are intended to save you more money than they cost - and if you give us a chance we can help make your 4x4 fleet more profitable and more effective.
LANTRA, DSA and SAFED training for Commercial 4x4 users.
We've recently been getting worried HR and Fleet personell phoning us about the new Corporate Manslaughter legislation so we've written a simple guide:
Corporate Manslaughter and Fleet Driver Training.
Bring your own 4x4.
Find out exactly what it's capable of!
Unlike many recreational off road centres, you can bring your off roader to us to find out what it is capable of.
Up to 3 owners will take their vehicles over our course, exploring the techniques necessary to keep safe and reduce environmental damage, while using the rugged capabilities of your 4x4 to the full.
Thoroughly enjoyable, your day's training will cover vehicle training, techniques and terrain reading. At the end of the day you'll be a LANTRA 4x4 driver - with a certificate and everything!
Drive your own 4x4 off road in the Lakes.
Up to 3 owners will take their vehicles over our course, exploring the techniques necessary to keep safe and reduce environmental damage, while using the rugged capabilities of your 4x4 to the full.
Thoroughly enjoyable, your day's training will cover vehicle training, techniques and terrain reading. At the end of the day you'll be a LANTRA 4x4 driver - with a certificate and everything!
Drive your own 4x4 off road in the Lakes.
Land Rover 4x4 Links
Off Road Sites
Useful info for off roaders, mudluggers and SUVers!
- Land Rover Off Road 4x4 Driving
- A useful resource for Land Rover owners looking for insurance, tyres, parts and information.
- Lake District 4x4 Training and Experiences
- 4x4 Training and Land Rover Driving Experience Days in the Lake District Cumbria.
- Land Rover Training
- Training to drive a Land Rover off road.
- Driver Training Courses
- Loads of information about professional and vocational driver training, including 4x4 and LANTRA courses.
- 4x4 Land Rover Blogspot
- 4x4 Land Rover driving and training blog.
- Land Rover Driving Experiences in the Lake District
- Holmescales Activity Centre overlooking the Lake District has 300 acres of Cumbrian fells and forest to explore in Land Rovers or on Quad Bikes - Pure Exhileration!!!
- 4x4 Training Courses
- Off-Road Training Courses for professional 4x4 drivers.
- Quality Event Products - Corporate Activity Equipment & Vehicle Hire
- Based in Cumbria, but covering Lancashire, Yorkshire and the Borders - Quality Event Products provide some of the strangest, most innovative and best quality event equipment in the UK. Reverse steer 4x4's, Powerturn Buggies, the unique Video Navigation - a remote camera version of Blindfold Driving not available anywhere else and of course the classic clay shoot traps & guns.
All of the equipment can be hired fully staffed with some of the best qualified and most client friendly instructors you'll come across.
Training to be a 4x4 Instructor
It's a great job, but getting there is hard!
There's a lot of people who want to do this for a living - and I can't say I blame them, however, it's not a simple as it looks.
Recent changes to legislation mean that many experienced off-road instructors aren't strictly legal at the moment and the main players in the industry know it and are working on it.
Until this is sorted though, it may be out of reach of all but a few well qualified professionals.
Legally, you need to be a DSA Approved Driving Instructor (you've seen the ads - have a look at The Undercover ADI's Driving Instructor Training Advice for more info on whether it's worth it).
Then you'll need to prove that you've been driving 4x4's for 5 years or more, you'll need a First Aid qualification and a H&S qualification geared toward risk assessment and management.
Then you'll need to qualify as a professional off-road driver (off-road training info).
Then you may need to do a 5 day instructional techniques course and a 2 day technical standards verification course.
You'll then need to pay to register, and pay again to become a training provider.
Then you'll need a site to hire (or have your own assessed and approved - more cost).
For more info on this process - have a look at our article on training to be a 4x4 instructor.
If you want to do it - have a look at:
Driving Instructor Training
LANTRA 4x4 Training
LANTRA Awards Instructor Application Details.
Good luck!
Recent changes to legislation mean that many experienced off-road instructors aren't strictly legal at the moment and the main players in the industry know it and are working on it.
Until this is sorted though, it may be out of reach of all but a few well qualified professionals.
Legally, you need to be a DSA Approved Driving Instructor (you've seen the ads - have a look at The Undercover ADI's Driving Instructor Training Advice for more info on whether it's worth it).
Then you'll need to prove that you've been driving 4x4's for 5 years or more, you'll need a First Aid qualification and a H&S qualification geared toward risk assessment and management.
Then you'll need to qualify as a professional off-road driver (off-road training info).
Then you may need to do a 5 day instructional techniques course and a 2 day technical standards verification course.
You'll then need to pay to register, and pay again to become a training provider.
Then you'll need a site to hire (or have your own assessed and approved - more cost).
For more info on this process - have a look at our article on training to be a 4x4 instructor.
If you want to do it - have a look at:
Driving Instructor Training
LANTRA 4x4 Training
LANTRA Awards Instructor Application Details.
Good luck!
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This is our vocational and H&S training site for people who off-road as part of their job.
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Our new site for Nigel Dawson and his colleagues at TravelSafe
TravelSafe aim to compete with some of the real big boys with their new company. We're happy to be a part of the training by offering our 4x4 courses through them.
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