An outdoor centre near Oxford is celebrating after landing a £13,000 grant, which will help fund a new sculpture trail in its grounds.

The Hill End residential and field studies centre, Farmoor, plans to use the Arts Council England money to install environmental art sculptures.

The 65-acre site is used by schools as well as educational groups for field studies and environmental projects.

Environmental artist David Gosling will lead the sculpture trail project and said he would be taking inspiration from Turner Prize winning sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.

Mr Gosling said: "I am delighted Hill End has been successful in its application.

"It means local people from a range of backgrounds will be able to create environmental art installations from natural materials which will complement the beautiful landscape at Hill End.

"It is such a great location for creating art and all the better that so many people from all walks of life will be able to participate and benefit. I am really looking forward to being involved."

David Millin, Oxfordshire County Council's land management officer, who is based at Hill End, said: "We are excited to be working with David Gosling on such a great project.

"We will target groups who have previously struggled to access the outdoors or the arts and hope to engage them to such a degree that they will become regular visitors to Hill End and their local environment."

Felicity Harvest, executive director of Arts Council England South East, said: "We want to make great art available to everyone and have found that art in unusual places - such as the beautiful natural environment at Hill End - attracts people in ways some other art forms can only dream of.

"We hope the people of Oxfordshire take the opportunity to get involved, try something new and enjoy taking part in the arts."

The centre, which achieved Eco Centre status in 2004, is home to a wide diversity of habitats. Its upper grassland slopes are part of the Wytham Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest.