Animal Experiences

School trips to Hastings Aquarium are an incredible underwater journey for all your pupils. Hastings Aquarium welcomes schools and groups of all shapes and sizes making school day trips fun and exciting. There is also an optional guided tour by our knowledgeable and friendly zoo team aimed at primary school aged children, teaching them more about fish and our oceans.

Overseas Expeditions with STC Expeditions offers a combination of adventure travel, ground-breaking educational adventures and school expeditions and also ethical service projects to over 20 global destinations. A school trip with STC will give you the flexibility to choose destinations that match your students’ learning goals.

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 understanding of  Europe’s largest collection of otters, owls, deer, badgers, lynx, mink, polecats, foxes, Scottish wildcats, pine martens, wild boar & many more species of indigenous wildlife.

Here at Bristol Aquarium, School Students have the opportunity to embark on an underwater adventure, where they can discover thousands of aquatic creatures as well as numerous exotic plants and tree species.

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 owl sanctuary and nature centre with various collections to engage your specific group with Birds of Prey, conservation and the natural world. There are National Curriculum linked guided walks, sessions and workshops on a variety of topics, which are all tailored to the groups needs and requirements.

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm Bristol, Somerset offers students everything they need for an educational enriched, fun-packed, animal welfare school trip experience. With over 100 different animal species (from chickens to elephants!) providing a great learning opportunity for all ages and abilities covering many topics that focus on conservation, wildlife and the environment.

Magdalen Farm Residential Environmental Centre Dorset offers a unique 132-acre organic landscape where students can connect with nature through hands-on farming, river dipping, and woodland adventures. The site provides high-quality, flexible accommodation and delicious home-cooked meals made with fresh ingredients sourced directly from their own kitchen gardens. Their experienced teaching staff design bespoke programs that build student confidence, resilience, and teamwork through immersive outdoor learning. Additionally, the farm is highly inclusive, offering specialized facilities and activities tailored to support children with special educational needs (SEN)

West Midlands Safari and Leisure Park Bewdley offers curriculum-linked hands-on activities in a purpose-built Safari Academy for schools. The education team has 40 years’ experience of many species of animals welfare and conservation issues.

Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a fantastic theme park for school trips and educational groups to experience outside of the classroom. Students can also cover topics such as, science and animal welfare.

St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital Buckinghamshire is Set within a peaceful rural location for wildlife recovery as we are the worlds largest wildlife hospital and Europes first teaching hospital. We have developed educational enrichment learning experiences with the chance to meet some of our permanent residents.

The Hive Environmental Centre Essex provides students of all ages with environmental education interlinked to the National Curriculum to support classroom-based learning through practical real-word outdoor experiences in nature, science and climate change. At The Hive our environmental education offer aligns with the National Curriculum and supports classroom-based learning for all Key stages through practical real-word experiences. 

Manor Farm Heritage Educational Farm in Hampshire is an ancient farm where students of all ages can learn all about its fascinating history, meet friendly farm animals as they stroll around a beautiful traditional farm. The farmhouse dates back to the 1400s and is filled with fascinating objects to explore, so school groups can learn about history in Victorian and Wartime periods plus geography in a very visual and exciting way. Animal interactions form an important element of our educational provision. Manor Farm is the perfect school trip destination for educational groups studying environment, history or any animal-based topic.

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 the various animals on the working farm. other topics covered include conservation, wildlife projects. Resources and hands on enrichment experiences for all ages. We welcome small schools to educatioal youth groups

Book a trip to Bug Parc Educational Zoo Norfolk to meet some of nature’s strangest and most beautiful micro monsters. With hundreds of rare and unusual invertebrates to see, this place provides the perfect nature and ecology school trip! The perfect reward trip for all school ages and Key stages.

Stratford Butterfly Farm Warwickshire offers an excellent opportunity for school pupils and educational groups to enrich their learning. They cover topics such as the tropical rainforest ecosystem and the challenging environments for plants, animals, and life cycles within these habitats covering Key Stage 1 and 2 subjects.

Dunfield House is set in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire and is offering the perfect place for school day trips where your students can stay in a safe and comfortable environment to learn new outdoors pursuits and also develop new skills while having fun.  With an exciting variety of activities on site and in the local area too, your school groups will have a wonderful time on their residential school trip. (Group sizes; 72 fully catered, 27 self-catered or Entire site 101 fully Catered)