Historic Buildings

The London Archives is home to a wide range of documents, images, maps, films and books about London and is dedicated to ensuring that everyone has access to history and heritage through their Learning Programme.  It is a free public archive focusing on the history of London, from 1067 to the present day.  Each educational session supports the history curriculum at KS1 through to KS4 covering topics such as great fire of London, crime & punishment, World War 2, medicine through time, medieval life and who is a Londoner.

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 trips, music and educational tours for school, college and club groups for all ages.

Join us at DIG and explore our four special in-door excavation pits, all based on real-life digs in the city of York and filled with replica Roman, Viking, Medieval, and Victorian finds. Students can grab a trowel and explore how people lived in the past on this amazing hands-on school trip experience, where history comes to life.

Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum Devon provides a mixture of workshops on the textile industry, with working machinery in action to give a flavour of sights, smells & sounds of a working woollen mill through the Victorian age. We give an overview of the whole process of the industry, from sheep to finished fabrics. Coldharbour Mill provides an excellent resource on a number of educational levels, from KS1 to  KS3 history.

Experience the history of the world-famous All England Lawn Tennis Club, better known as Wimbledon, with a themed workshop or lesson, a remarkable and exciting tour of the Grounds and visit to Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum with your students. Your fully facilitated visit offers a fascinating insight into the history, traditions and practices of The Championships Wimbledon.

Brooklands Museum Day Trips Surrey is a perfect place for unforgettable learning experiences outside the classroom for Early Years to Key Stage 4. Students of all ages can discover the history of over 100 years of motoring and aviation at Brooklands Museum on an action-packed day of interactive hands-on workshops, guided tours, aircraft, buses and automobiles.

Bristol Museums offer a wide range of school trips, where subjects such as history, literature, science and art are brought to life! Students will have the opportunity to explore their creativity and imagination in a unique learning environment.

Enjoy a range of challenging activities, outdoor pursuits and hands-on learning at Beaumanor Hall Leicestershire in the East Midlands. Offering amazing day trip enrichment experiences that combine outdoor adventures and curriculum-linked learning, a trip to Beaumanor Hall is like no other. The Victorian manor, built in 1854, was used in World War II as a listening station giving pupils the opportunity for an authentic historical experience.

The Courthouse is part of a fully interactive historical experience run by Ripon Museums Trust, your school group will learn many interesting facts about this 1800 century courthouse such as the Liberty of Ripon, plus step into the dock to be sentenced. Our learning programme can accommodate groups from Key Stage 1 through to university level.

School visits to Historic Environment Scotland sites are a great way to deliver the curriculum, by encouraging discovery and exploration outside the classroom.

Bewdley Museum is set in the heart of the beautiful riverside market town of Bewdley and is focusing on World War II and Rivers. The offered programmes are packed with local history and are perfect for all key stages. While providing a fully enriched learning experience for your students, a visit to Bewdley Museum is also fun and engaging at the same time. It is simply a perfect venue for school groups to experience a school enrichment learning experience and also, learning experiences outside the classroom.

Barley Hall is a medieval townhouse – once home to the Lord Mayor of York. Located on the doorstep of York Minster, the building has been restored to its former glory.

The Children at War Experience offers a unique hands-on insight into life in wartime Britain. We encourage each group to get into role and if they come dressed as an evacuee it can really add a whole new dimension to the school trip experience. Provides your students with a fantastic interactive enrichment learning activity related to World War 2.

Henley Fort is a Victorian Fort built during the late 19th Century to protect London from invasion by the French; later it was used by the Home Guard in World War 2 as a re-supply depot. In the 9th Century it was to protect London from invasion by the French; later it was used by the Home Guard in World War 2 as a re-supply depot. It is now an outdoor education facility offering groups a chance to take part in challenging activities or a living historical experience. We are open seven days a week, all year round for both day and residential visits, perfect for all school ages. (Group sizes up to 100)

Jewry Wall Museum helps school groups to discover what life was like in Roman Leicester, including aspects such as food, clothing, bathing, social activities, and housing. Here students can immerse themselves in the stories through a new multi-media exhibition at the Roman bathhouse ruins. Visiting Jewry Wall creates a perfect school or educational day trip focusing on history, while these experiences support the National Curriculum across a wide range of subjects and key stages.

At The National Justice Museum North our inspirational educational visits use authentic courtrooms, museum spaces, objects and archives to help pupils gain a practical understanding of the law and justice system. We enable all key stages to learn about the court system, how the law is all around them and how it supports society.