Educational Tours

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.

Nettlecombe Court Field Study Centre is located in a valley at the edge of Exmoor National Park. The country mansion is set within heritage parkland, ancient woodland and is near an SSSI due to its lichen communities, great for Conservation studies.

Warner Bros Studio Tour London, the Making of Harry Potter provides a unique enrichment learning interactive experience for educational groups. The production crew saved many of the iconic sets, props and costumes that were created especially for the films - just in case they were ever needed later on in the series.

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)

Iron Age Settlements, Roman Forts, Medieval Abbeys, Tudor Castles, Victorian Mansions and Gardens, and even World War Fortresses - you name it, our exceptional, out-of-the-classroom sites offer unlimited cross-curricular learning opportunities. These experiences support the National Curriculum across a wide range of subjects and all key stages.

Fairytale Farms provides Primary School Students with an outdoor learning wonderland experience, where they can enjoy magical fairytales, farm animals, adventure play, waterplay, activity panels, sensory garden and so much more!

In the Churchill War Rooms London students can discover what life would have been like during the tense days and nights of the Second World War. This unique, historic underground bunker provides an exciting school day trip.

Our educational experiences provide both learning and enrichment opportunities for students, with each visit including a 45-minute workshop and a 75-minute stadium tour.

Blencathra Outdoor Residential Field Study’s Centre is located in the Lake District National Park surrounded by an idyllic 360 panoramic view 300mtrs up a hillside. They can tailor make courses to suit your students key-stage educational needs.

Wight Karting, Isle of Wight, is where young people build confidence, enjoy adrenaline-fueled motor sport and gain driving skills that serve them for life. Wight Karting tailors each package to the needs of the age group and visit purpose - from educational learning about the speed, momentum and mechanical aspects of racing, to those wanting a reward outing and team building outcomes.

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.

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. These experiences support the National Curriculum across a wide range of subjects and all key stages.

At the Prison & Police Museum Ripon discover the history of crime & punishment in the Victorian prison, learn the history of policing in Yorkshire from the Anglo-Saxons to the formation of professional policing, perfect historical interactive experience. The learning programme can accommodate groups from Key Stage 1 through to university level.

Buddens Centre in Dorset is an amazing residential and day trip experience for primary and secondary school pupils. Buddens offers school groups the chance to both explore the beautiful natural environment of Jurassic Coast and take part in a once in a lifetime activity.  

Carymoor Environmental Education Centre Somerset provides inspirational enrichment outdoor learning. Our nature reserve has a wide variety of habitats to explore and our unique location next to a working landfill site makes Carymoor the perfect place to bring green issues to life. Perfect school or educational dat trip focusing on the environment and Ecology & Green Awareness. We provide outreach services also

Cumulus Outdoors Adventure Activities day trip experiences in Swanage, Dorset, delivering action packed outdoor enrichment pursuits with a combination of the following activities; coasteering, high ropes, coasteering, mackerel fishing, climbing, SUPs, waterpark and mud run, air rifle shooting, tag archery, axe throwing and tunnelling.