Animal Experiences

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.

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 or our award-winning conservation work.

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.

Located on the scenic border of Dorset and Somerset, the Magdalen Farm Environmental Centre offers immersive, hands-on day trips across its 132 acres of organic farmland and diverse nature reserves. These visits allow students and groups to engage directly with sustainable agriculture through activities like feeding farm animals, harvesting organic vegetables, and learning about the journey of food from soil to plate. The centre provides a wide array of curriculum-linked programs, ranging from "Survival in the Wild" bushcraft sessions to scientific "river dipping" studies where participants can wade into the shallow River Axe to examine local biodiversity. Sustainability is woven into every experience, often culminating in eco-cooking sessions using outdoor cob ovens and fresh ingredients gathered directly from the sprawling kitchen gardens. Furthermore, Magdalen Farm is widely recognized for its inclusive environment, offering SEN-friendly facilities and specialized staff to ensure that learners of all abilities can safely explore and connect with the natural world.

Hobbledown Adventure Activity Park and Zoo Epsom, offers pupils many interactive activities come face to face with farm and zoo animals to costumed characters in adventure play areas to a willow maze, jumping pillows, underground tunnels, storytelling sessions and singalongs. There are a variety of options available for schools, tailored to Early Years learning, as well as Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the National Schools Curriculum.

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.

Woburn Safari Park Bedfordshire offers exciting educational enrichment day trips for students of all ages, with over 1000 wild animals in over 300 acres of beautiful parkland you’ll get an unparalleled close encounter with some of the world’s most magnificent & endangered animals. Woburn offers indoor and outdoor workshops for all ages from pre-school to undergraduate students with all sessions linked to the national curriculum.

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 support both wildlife here in the UK and species across the globe. We only travel to schools from a 15 mile radius from our location.

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 school trip destination for educational groups studying the environment or any animal-based topic. Goldstone Farm offers a selection of talks for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 these are designed to sit within the curriculum and support your class.

Explore four themed villages in acres of beautiful woodland and meadow. Climb towers, crawl through tunnels, step inside one of the largest indoor play arenas in London. And all while coming face-to-face with many exotic and traditional farm animals. There are a variety of options available for schools, tailored to early years learning, as well as Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 of the National Schools Curriculum.

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.

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.

The Food Museum Suffolk is a place where teachers and students of all ages can enjoy informative and fun learning experiences that will help them understand the role that Food has played in shaping our history and culture.  The museum wants to give visitors hands-on experiences which bring procedures alive, teach skills, create memories and also connect your school groups with where their food comes from. This unique interactive museum experience covers areas such as food growth, production, cooking, preperation and nutrition.

Woodland Valley Farm Residential Centre Truro provides a tailored package to suit your school groups’ learning outcomes; whether they are related to your classroom curriculum or skills and personal development objectives. Activities can be adapted for Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5. Woodland Valley Farm offers both full- and self catering (Group sizes up to 50 as of 2028)

Whitehouse Farm Centre Park Visits and Wow Fun Days  provides a wide range of curriculum-linked programs, where students of all abilities and ages can safely explore and connect with the natural world. School trips to Whitehouse are enriching, educational and exciting.

National Forest Adventure Farm provides adventurous school trips that are aimed at younger students. Here, your pupils will enjoy an inspirational experience which is not only educational but also fun! Amazing Animals workshop tailored to EYFS, KS1 and KS2.