Outdoor Activities for Schools

Outdoor activities for schools are a very important process of learning through physical exercise in a group or team working environment with your pupils experiencing a physical interactive outdoor pursuit lesson or workshop to increase skills, knowledge and greater understanding of their physical and mental wellbeing.

These outdoor activities cover important subjects’ areas such as PSHE, Outdoor Education and PE. You cannot go wrong with planning outdoor educational activities for your students and pupils as its been proven a healthy mind and body which greatly improves the mental thinking and dependant on the physical activity improve student’s overall stamina, motor skills and communication to increase confidence, Plus you have loads of fun and laughs with your group and class mates.

We have many fantastic outdoor activity centres and mobile outdoor activity workshop providers that provide high quality safe activities such as, high ropes, assault courses, bush craft, archery, cycling, abseiling, water sports, problem solving activities (Walking the Plank/tower building) and many more!

The outdoor activity pursuit providers that are listed can provide your school or educational group with a bespoke range of activities to suit you at many locations even on your school grounds if needed. So are you Know ready to start planning your Outdoor Activity School Trip see lots of options below and if you cannot make your mind up or need some help contact us at UK School Trips: Click Here

Outdoor Educational Enrichment Pursuits

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Keypitts Off Road Adventures Devon

Keypitts Off Road Adventures Devon offers Quad Biking, Axe Throwing, Land Rover Experience and Motorcycle Experience for your school groups of all ages. Fun-filled day, unique experiences

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Adventure Island Theme Park Essex

Adventure Island Theme Park Essex is an ideal venue for an exciting and stimulating reward theme park experience for your school students or educational group.

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The Coldwell Activity Centre Lancashire

The Coldwell Activity Centre provides affordable group accommodation, exciting group on-site activities and self-catering for your school groups of all ages. Located in the stunning

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Hull Adventure Outdoor Activity Centre

Hull Adventure Outdoor Activity Centre is an exciting outdoor activity centre, offering fun, engaging and confidence-and team building experiences for schools groups. Offering a wide

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Monsal Trail Cycle Hire Derbyshire

Monsal Trail Cycle Hire is the perfect destination for your school group’s next enrichment adventure. Outdoor activities suitable for all ages, and for all ability,

school pupils doing pond dipping activities

Stubbington Study Centre Hampshire

Situated on the beautiful Hampshire coast, Stubbington Study Centre offers a wide range of exciting outdoor learning opportunities with environmental,  team building and educational themes. 

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Beetle Bank Open Farm York

Beetle Bank Open Farm York provide school and educational students with many onsite activities to learn all about animal welfare and  the daily running of

pupils with safety gear and hard hats on a abseiling tower abseiling down

PGL Green Park School Trips

PGL Green Park is on 80 acres of beautiful countryside and woodland in the heart of the Chilterns. Being just 30 minutes from London, Green

primary school pupil on zip line

PGL Little Canada School Trips

Set on the stunning Isle of Wight, PGL Little Canada offers a unique coastal experience and unforgettable activities like zip wire, water sports, and coastal

school trip group around a storey telling circle in a field at minstead study centre

Minstead Study Centre Hampshire

Minstead Study Centre Hampshire is often chosen as a location for school visits that are focused on sustainability and environmental understanding. The Centre exists to

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DeanField Outdoor Centre Gloucestershire

The DeanField Outdoor Centre Gloucestershire, offers school groups ages 8 and upwards enrichment residential adventure activity stays. With experienced instructor lead activities such as archery,

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The Horstead Activity Centre Norfolk

With nearly 60 years of experience, the Horstead Activity Centre Norfolk has established itself as a provider of the highest quality residential and day experiences

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Foxlease Park Residential Centre Hampshire

Foxlease Park Residential Centre in Hampshire offers affordable and brilliant outdoor adventure residential stays. With three indoor accommodation buildings for self catered or catered stays

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New Forest Wildlife Park Southampton

New Forest Wildlife Park Southampton is located in the New Forest National Park, your educational group and school trip students will enrich their learning and

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Dounans Outdoor Education Centre Scotland

Dounans Outdoor Education Centre offers inspiring, fun and educational outdoor learning programmes to school groups. Whether you’re looking for an activity-packed day or more  adventure

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Action Watersports Kent

Action Watersports Kent is the South East’s premier watersports centre. If you are looking to build confidence and fitness of your pupils, while having a

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Red Rock Outdoor Residential Centre Exmouth

Red Rock outdoor residential centre Exmouth offers multi activity residential adventure experiences including water sports with overnight village camping accommodation providing a perfect place for

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Lake District White Water Rafting

Lake District White Water Rafting provides a fantastic adventure day out with your students. Offering a unique experience in the Lake District with the chance

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North Devon Resort

North Devon Resort is a great place for an exciting school trip. Situated in the heart of picturesque Ilfracombe and just minutes away from award-winning

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Dorset Adventure Park

Dorset Adventure Park spans over 18 acres, featuring two beautiful lakes, a thrilling Mud Trail, and an exciting Waterpark, all set against a backdrop of

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Aqua Park Rutland

Aqua Park Rutland is set around the beautiful Rutland Water and covering 4,200 acres of open countryside, offering everything from walking and cycling to watersports.

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Aqua Park Lakeside West Thurrock

Aqua Park Lakeside is located beside Lakeside Shopping Centre and includes over 30 inflatable obstacles, from giant slides to monkey bars and balance beams.  The

Hertfordshire Zoo School Workshops

Hertfordshire Zoo offers a unique range of oureach workshops designed to engage students with animal welfare and conservation.  The educational school workshops empower students to

Poole Park Activity Centre Dorset

Poole Park Activity Centre in Dorset offers an extensive range of courses and both water and land activities for students of all ages. From sail

Buddens Residential Centre Dorset

Buddens Centre in Dorset is an amazing residential and day trip experience for primary and secondary school pupils. Buddens offers school groups the chance to

Buddens Activity Centre Dorset

Buddens Activity Centre Dorset is located in the heart of the historic and beautiful Isle of Purbeck and Jurassic Coast, with 96 acres of varied

Stubbers Residential Centre Essex

Stubbers Residential Centre Essex provides your school group or educational visit with endless outdoor adventure activities and residential accommodation. Only minutes away from the M25

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Up at the O2 London

Up at the O2 London is a breathtaking and exciting new attraction, mixing an exhilarating active outdoor challenge with a completely unique perspective on the

Mendip Activity Centre Somerset

Mendip Activity Centre Somerset is an outstanding outdoor activity centre in a wonderful countryside setting, offering exciting, fun filled school enrichment and team building activity

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Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World Shropshire

Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World Shropshire provides educational group enrichment learning experiences with over 100 species of animals, over 30 animatronic dinosaurs and many hands

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London City Bus Tours

Open Top London Bus Tour offers Hop On Hop Off Tours, which are informative way to explore London, covering all of its most famous landmarks,

iSurf Watersports Isle of Wight

iSurf Watersports Isle of Wight is committed to encourage more young people to get involved in surf and SUP activities on the Isle of Wight.

Calshot Activities Centre Southampton

Calshot Activities Centre Southampton provides a unique setting for adventure enrichment school trip experiences, where students can enjoy a wide range of adventurous activities to

Crealy Theme Park And Resort Devon

Crealy Theme Park And Resort Devon welcome schools and educational groups with over 60 rides and attractions, with outdoor rides, play parks, indoor rides &

English Heritage Yorkshire

English Heritage Yorkshire aim to promote a greater understanding & enjoyment of the historic environment. Offering learning groups FREE ENTRY to 400 + venues, along

Lakeside YMCA Windermere

Lakeside YMCA is hidden within 100 acres of private woodland along the south western shores of Lake Windermere. It is one of the largest outdoor

Gulliver’s Valley Resort South Yorkshire

This brand-new theme park resort offers fantastic group sleepover packages where students can enjoy various educational workshops and activities, such as the incredible Dinosaur Twilight

Conway Centres Tattenhall

The Tattenhall Conway Centre provides educational groups with residential school trip experiences that are not only focussed on the arts but also on outdoor enrichment

Conway Centres Delamere Cheshire

Conway Centre Delamere Cheshire is located in the heart of Delamere Forest. The Forest environment allows for activities such as orienteering, den building, survival skills,

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The Towers Active Learning Centres Conwy

The Towers Active Learning Centre is located in Snowdonia National Park Wales, perfect for a residential outdoor adventure enrichment learning residential were you will explore

Conway Centres Burwardsley

At The Burwardsley Conway Centre, there is a replica Iron Age Roundhouse. Here, pupils can learn about the culture, art, and farming from this fascinating

Conway Centres Anglesey Wales

The Conway Centre Anglesey is ideally located within 169 acres of National Trust Parkland, providing educational groups with active enrichment school residential activity experiences in

Rock UK Carroty Wood Kent

Experience a taste of adventure with over 20 challenging outdoor activities at Carroty Wood in Kent which offers loads of fun -from canoeing to a

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Cuffley Active Learning Centre Hertfordshire

A residential school trip adventure enrichment learning experience at Cuffley in Hertfordshire, will include superb accommodation, outdoor adventurous activities, and a dedicated refectory providing educational

Lakeside Miniature Railway Merseyside

Lakeside Miniature Historical Railway is the world’s oldest continuously running 15-inch gauge track system this is truly a slice of history. Pupils will enjoy an

Willows Activity Farm St Albans Hertfordshire

Willows Activity Farm Hertfordshire offers curriculum-linked activities for Early Years Learning to KS1. Pupils will discover farmyard animals, enjoy endless fun activities through demonstrations, interactive

Fairytale Farm Visitor Attraction Oxfordshire

Fairytale Farms provides Primary School Students with an outdoor learning wonderland experience, where they can enjoy magical fairytales, farm animals, adventure play, waterplay, activity panels,

Learning at Epping Forest

Here at Epping Forest, students will have the opportunity to learn, explore and have fun in an exciting environment outside of the classroom. We create

Nenthead Mines & Heritage Centre

An interactive museum dedicated to the story of the mineral mining past of the North Pennines. Launch on a voyage of learning about the people,

the London skyline from a park

Field Studies Council London Sites

Field Studies Council London offers a range of courses across the Capital City, using inspiring exciting natural built sites across London. Through working at a

Wildheart Animal Sanctuary

Here at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, your class will experience unique learning sessions where students can study all areas of the curriculum, whether its biological sciences

The Matthew of Bristol

All trips are designed to fit in with the national history KS1 and 2 curriculum. It highlights Bristol’s local history, John Cabot and the discovery

English Heritage North West

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and

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English Heritage South West

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and

3 primary school students going down a big slide all together

BeWILDerwood Norfolk

BeWILDerwood Norfolk provides primary school groups with outdoor pursuits and adventure activities. Pupils will enjoy enchanting story telling activities and hands on arts and crafts

Maes y Lade Outdoors

A beautifully-converted Welsh hill farm at the foot of the Black Mountains, in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Part of Essex Outdoors, it has been

Suffolk Owl Sanctuary And Nature Centre

Educational visits at Suffolk Owl Sanctuary and Nature Centre offer schools and youth groups a tailor-made interactive learning enrichment experiences, making the most of our

LEGOLAND Windsor Resort ®

LEGOLAND Windsor Resort theme park offers bespoke National Curriculum based LEGO® Workshops for ages 3 to Post-16.  Lead by our fully trained dedicated Education Team,

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Battersea Park Childrens Zoo

Battersea Park Childrens Zoo in London provide schools and educational groups with interactive guided tours that teach children in an educational but fun way about

Snozone Yorkshire

Snozone Yorkshire offers students the opportunity to learn new snow sports such as Skiing and Snowboarding in a fun safe environment, with a team of

Hampstead Heath Schools Programme London

Hampstead Heath Schools Programme London offers exciting school trip experiences outside of the classroom, where students have the chance to discover about the natural environment

English Heritage West Midlands

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and

pupils on a zip wire activity at bluewater Kent

Hangloose Adventure Bluewater

Hangloose Adventure Bluewater provides educational groups with an adrenaline packed school trip enrichment experience that will teach students core skills whilst also letting them enjoy

English Heritage East Midlands

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and

Celtic farm hut

Butser Ancient Farm Hampshire

Butser Ancient Farm Hampshire is a world leading museum for experimental archaeology education, bringing the past to life through hands on reconstructions of prehistoric, Romano-British,

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Lost Earth Adventures Peak District

At Lost Earth Adventures Peak District we’re experienced outdoor education specialists, providing residential and day trip activities to a huge range of intrepid student adventurers,

English Heritage East of England

We aim to promote a greater understanding & enjoyment of the historic environment. We offer learning groups FREE ENTRY to 400 + venues, along with

Lydd Kart Circuit Kent

If you’re looking for a thrilling outdoor karting experience, then Lydd Kart Circuit Kent is the place for you! Here, your students will be able

primary school pupils dressed in combat gear doing paint balling

GO Paintball London

GO Paintball London provides school groups with a fully fun immersive Forest Paintball learning experience, where students will gain confidence, improve communication skills and achieve

school pupils in go karts racing over the finish line on a race track

Wight Karting Isle of Wight

Wight Karting, Isle of Wight, is where young people build confidence, enjoy adrenaline-fueled motor sport and gain driving skills that serve them for life. Wight

school group at command bunker with instructor

GO Laser Tag London

GO Laser Tag London is a new premier venue, offering a fully immersive laser tag active learning experience. Your students are in safe hands here

school students on BMX bikes going around a BMX track outside

Lee Valley VeloPark London

Here at Lee Valley VeloPark, we offer physically challenging school trip experiences, where your students will have the opportunity to cycle in the London 2012

Hilltop Outdoor Centre Norfolk

Independent Family run Hilltop Outdoor Centre Norfolk is set in 31 acres of beautiful woodlands on the north Norfolk coast with 2 distinct centres on

English Heritage Greater London

Iron Age Settlements, Roman Forts, Medieval Abbeys, Tudor Castles, Victorian Mansions and Gardens, and even World War Fortresses – you name it, our exceptional, out-of-the-classroom

3 primary school students going down a big slide all together

BeWILDerwood Cheshire

BeWILDerwood Cheshire is a huge outdoor woodland adventure park full of imagination and active play. No matter how teeny or tall you are, explorers can

English Heritage South East

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and

school pupils on a raft paddling on a lake with wet suits, hard hats and life jackets on

Willen Lake Day Trips Milton Keynes

Located within the vibrant and colourful city of Milton Keynes, Willen Lake adventure activity centre provides educational groups with safe, fun, and memorable school trip

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Lost Earth Adventures Yorkshire

We’re experienced outdoor education specialists, providing residential and day trip activities to a huge range of intrepid student adventurers, from small to large schools and

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Wellington Country Park Berkshire

With a miniature railway, various farm animals, an adventure playground, and even a pirate ship, Wellington Country Park offers the perfect School Trip destination for

Surbiton Raceway Surrey

Surbiton Raceway is a go kart track that allows youngsters to improve their team work skills. As a family run business, we specialise in the

Carlisle Castle Cumbria

An impressive frontier fortress with 900 years of history – excellent for Medieval, Tudor and Civil War topics. Carlisle Castle Cumbria provides students with a

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Godstone Farm Surrey

At Godstone Farm Surrey, students have the chance to interact with over 500 animals and enjoy the extensive outdoor play areas. This is the perfect

Snozone Milton Keynes

Here at Snozone Milton Keynes, students can take part in a physically challenging school trip, where they can attempt various snow sports including skiing, snow

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Lullingstone Roman Villa

Lullingstone Roman Villa is one of the most important and complete Roman villas in Britain. It is home to some outstanding mosaics and an extensive

Leicester Outdoor Pursuit Centre

Leicester Outdoor Pursuit Centre is one of the Midlands most popular Outdoor Activity & Education Centres, specialising in day trips for groups of 2-200 students

school trip group in a forest doing bushcraft

Wild Pines Park Lincolnshire

Wild Pines Park is an award winning activity centre Lincolnshire is situated in a 9-acre woodland in Market Rasen, programmes are designed for your school’s

Absolute Travel School Tour Operator

Absolute Travel and Tours is one of the leading specialist school and group tour operators in the United Kingdom organising sports tours, adventure holidays, ski

English Heritage North East

English Heritage in the North East aim to promote a greater understanding & enjoyment of the historic environment to educational groups. We offer learning groups

Hangloose Adventure Eden

Here at Hangloose Adventure, students searching for adventurous activities will find their perfect outdoor school trip destination. Pupils will have the opportunity to challenge themselves

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