The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan says that it is necessary to strive to improve educational facilities in outdoor activity centres for promoting environmental education and integrated studies. However there are few centres which have sufficient facilities for education. The Field Studies Council (FSC) in the UK provides a wide range of field courses for both school children and adults. In 1999, they had 13 field centres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each is a delightful place in a rich and varied part of the country. Many FSC centres are historic buildings that have been a focus in the development of the landscape and environment of their neighbourhood. For example, the centre buildings of the Flatford Mill field centre are instantly recognisable since they feature in many paintings by John Constable. All centres have lecture rooms, laboratories and a library with a wide range of environmental journals and other publications as well as computers for the analysis and presentation of data. Each residential centre has comfortable accommodation mostly in a mixture of twin and shared bedrooms or small dormitories. They also have a dining-room, a drying room, a shop, and places for relaxation and recreation both in and out of doors. This article suggests some ideas on how to improve our outdoor activity centers from the point of view of learning environment and facilities with FSC field centres.