Picnic Areas

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.

With nearly 60 years of experience, the Horstead Activity Centre Norfolk has established itself as a provider of the highest quality residential and day experiences for schoolchildren. Our curriculum-linked programmes provide endless opportunities for your learners to develop a wide range of life skills that support their educational development and their social and emotional well-being. This activity centre welcomes school trips, youth groups, and societies of all sizes for unforgettable outdoor adventures.

Why is white chocolate white, but milk chocolate brown? How are your shoes linked to the rainforest? What is a tenrec? Find the answers to these questions, and many more, as you explore our 4 spectacular glasshouses and 15 acres of flourishing gardens. With over 20 cross-curricular teaching sessions to choose from that are specifically aimed at the different key stages, and all of which link to the National Curriculum, Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses offers an educational visit like no other.

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

Boston Manor House Jacobean Heritage Site is located in Brentford near London, offering a wide range of activities for school groups of all ages throughout the academic year.  Your students will be able to immerse themselves in the rich historical past of this grand Jacobean house. Their learning workshop programmes will inspire and support your students in topics such as History, Geography, English, Art and design.  

Jungle Parc Adventure Activity Centre Warrington is located within the beautiful woodland surroundings of Walton Hall and Gardens and offers a unique outdoor experience for groups of schoolchildren in a safe and protected environment. Jungle Parc provides the perfect reward school trips.

Minstead Study Centre Hampshire is often chosen as a location for school visits that are focused on sustainability and environmental understanding. The Centre exists to inspire lifelong curiosity, confidence, and wellbeing of students of all ages through immersive experiences in nature. Minstead Study Centre offers a magical, outdoor education in the heart of New Forest, connecting school groups with their environment and sustainable living through residentials and day visits.

Nuclear High Ropes Tree Top Adventure Essex are the only high ropes journey course in the County. We cater for children from the age of 6 years, but we recommend our ropes course for School Year 5 and over. We offer 6 fantastic tree top courses across 3 different levels reaching 20meters high. There are 70 aerial treetop obstacles to conquer & all our sessions finish with the giant zipwire adventure experience.

LEGOLAND Windsor Resort theme park offers bespoke National Curriculum based LEGO® Workshops for ages 3 to Post-16.  Lead by our fully trained dedicated Education Team, we cover topics such as Robotics, Underwater Creatures, Computing, Maths and much more.

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.

Bring science to life with an action-packed school trip at Winchester Science Centre. Get hands-on in a curriculum-linked workshops, blast off on a space adventure in The Planetarium and explore two floors filled with interactive exhibits.

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.

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.

Gulliver’s Land Resort Buckinghamshire provides an enjoyable learning environment for students, where they can discover various attractions and animals such as, dinosaurs, reptiles and farm animals.

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.

Located in 20 acres of outdoor space including woodlands & lakes, award winning Nuclear Wild Forest delivers unique, adventurous school trips. Being outdoors is beneficial to mental & physical wellbeing. Students grow in confidence, developing coordination skills & resilience.  New for 2025 we have launched an outdoor team building  programme that can be brought to your very own school offering a wide range of activities for the students.