Environmental Studies

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, places, tools, lifestyle, and legacy of the mining industry that once completely dominated the landscape.

The Wilderness Centre Forest of Dean Gloucestershire offers residential and activity packages for school groups. The aim of The Wilderness Centre is to give schools the ultimate outdoor experience & leave all who visit with the knowledge and confidence to safely enjoy the outdoors. A residential stay here means affordable and comfortable accommodation for residential school trips. It offers both fully catered and self catering options are available. (Group sizes up to 100).

First Education and School Travel is one of the UK’s leading school tour operators, providing all-inclusive residential school trip packages, including return coach travel, accommodation, full board meals & activity programmes. The whole school trip package! They offer an all-inclusive range of residential trips with a wide variety of themes, from exciting outdoor adventure challenges, to educational City Culture tours, STEM programmes and curricular linked activities in geography, history and drama. Group sizes vary from between 20 pupils + staff – up to around 100 pupils + staff.

Mount Cook Outdoor Residential Adventure Centre in the Peak District Derbyshire, offers schools and educational groups a wide-range of adventure enrichment activities in the great outdoors with many years of experience and highly trained instructors. Accommodation consists of 140 beds across 35 bedrooms with ensuite shower room, plus glamping pods to sleep 40. (Group sizes up to 180)

JCA Croft Farm Residential Centre provides children with varied learning experiences that support their learning and development. By offering a great range of facilities & accommodation designed to engage schools groups in the Cotswolds, with 24-hour staffing and safety measures, Croft Far provides a safe environment for students. Both the adventure day trips and residential centre are designed to build confidence, and life skills for your students.

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.

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.

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.

With the primary role to operate both as a residential and day activity centre, Anderton Centre in Lancashire focuses on working with school groups of all ages. Offering water-and land-based activities on the stunning shores of Rivington reservoir, Anderton Centre also offers both catered and non-catered accommodation for residential school trips. (Group sizes up to 82)

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 range of collections and activities for learning.

Whether your students cook over an open fire, build shelters to sleep in, or learn how to navigate through dense woodland, Residential School Trips at The Bushcraft Company have something for everyone, perfect for enrichment learning experiences. (Group sizes 25 to 300).

Whether you're seeking exciting adventures or curriculum-based outdoor learning, Ferry Meadows Outdoor Education Centre Cambridgshire offers a variety of engaging experiences. Students from all key stages can take on exciting challenges, develop new skills, and immerse themselves in nature, making for a fun, educational and unforgettable school trip.

The Web Adventure Park York in North Yorkshire is a fantastic attraction for all school ages whatever the weather is, with a huge indoor and outdoor play centre.  From climbing and park area, children's ride-on to animals, rides, your students will never get bored on a fantastic day trip to Web Adventure Park.

Adam Henson's Cotswold Farms Park offers students hands on fun educational outdoor learning experiences from pre-school, to university. Activities can be tailored to cover topics such as conservation, bushcraft, rare breed animals to farm safari and Jurassic digs

Beaudesert Outdoor Activity Centre Staffordshire provides adventurous outdoor school trips, where students have the opportunity to develop essential life skills, such as confidence, teamwork, leadership and communication. Providing a wide range of outdoor pursuits including; Abseiling, Raft Building, Coracling, Kayaks, Archery, Caving Simulator, Crate Stacking, Climbing Wall, Fencing, Jacobs Ladder, Rifle Shooting, Quarry Zip Wire, Shelter Building, Pioneering, Challenge Course, Pedal Karts, Pond Dipping and Orienteerin plus more!

Herts Young Mariners Base has a wide range of school group activities run by skilled instructors who can deliver these sessions for you. This outdoor activity centre offers schools a comprehensive outdoor-education experience in the Lee Valley, combining land- and water-based activities that support teamwork, confidence and practical skills.  Herts Young Mariners will test your school groups' mental and physical abilities in an exciting team building environment.