Historical Heritage

The 1620s House and Garden offers immersive educational experiences that takes students of all school ages back to early 17th century England. Interactive tours, costumed interpreters, workshops and curriculum enrichment activities provide school groups with exciting and interesting school trips.  This beautiful medieval house is presented as a fully furnished Jacobean home from the early 17th century.

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.

An impressive frontier fortress with 900 years of history – excellent for Medieval, Tudor and Civil War topics. Carlisle Castle Cumbria provides students with a sense of how the site has changed over time and what life was like for the people who lived here.

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre in Nuneaton Leicestershire provides a learning opportunity for all school ages. With interactive and engaging sessions for schools and colleges, the Centre takes pupils on a journey through time. Set in beautiful countryside, a wide range of activities that brings this historic battle back to life. Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre provides a fun and interesting environment for children of all ages, creating the perfect school reward trip.

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 place to visiting schools.

Here at the IWM (Imperial War Museum) Duxford, students can climb aboard historic aircrafts as well as visit the very rooms where Duxford’s Battle of Britain took place. This really is an historical School Trip like no other focusing on World War 2 and more.

Bring learning to life with a visit to the National Railway Museum and discover inspiring objects and stories from the world’s largest railway collection. Experience engineering brilliance of the past, present and future of innovation on the railways.

Smugglers Adventure in Hastings East Sussex provides an opportunity for your students to take a journey back in time to uncover the deep and dark secrets of the smugglers. A school day trip like it can provide educational material for pupils of all key stages.

The (IWM) Imperial War Museum London provides students with an historical experience that cannot be found anywhere else. From exploring the causes of a world war to understanding the impact conflict has had on individual lives, this museum will offer students a unique insight.

Visiting UK Parliament is a great opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of democracy, governance and the political system. Visits include a guided tour of the Palace of Westminster and a curricula-informed workshop in the award-winning Education Centre.

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

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.

Longleat Safari Park Wiltshire is home to a wide range of attractions and to over 120 animal species. Science and history have strong connections but Longleat can also present wonderful opportunities for school subjects such as English, Maths or art. At Longleat Safari Park, your class will experience unique learning sessions where students can study all areas of the curriculum, whether its biology, sciences or conservation work. Support classroom-based learning through practical real-word outdoor experiences in nature, science and climate change.

Set within 44-acres of beautiful, ancient woodland on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, Ufton Court is a children’s experiential education charity and one of the South East's leading providers of history and outdoor learning programmes for UK school trips. Ufton Court provides a wide range of curriculum-linked history trips and outdoor learning programmes for school groups that spark curiosity and create memories that last and also offers a programme tailored to the needs of the specific group of pupils.

Enjoy a range of challenging activities, outdoor pursuits and hands-on learning at Beaumanor Hall in Leicestershire. Offering amazing residentials and day visits 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.

Kenilworth Castle & Elizabethan Gardens provides school trips & educational visits with great tours, exhibitions & interactive workshops, explore the Tudor gardens, medieval kitchens, great hall & Caslte or walk around the almost complete outer walls.