Need ideas for school trips in your County
Visiting the South West of England is an amazing region full of natural wild landscapes and dotted full of interesting historical towns, ancient sites that school groups and educational visits can experience. Looking for your school group to experience adventure then try some of the venues listed below that offer so much for your educational needs and soak up the cuture that they provide. See below:
School Trip Somerset
Described by past ancient Tribes such as the Romans and Saxons as the Land of the Summer People, Somerset is a county of captivating contrasts. It provides plenty of beautiful historical buildings in the local cities, villages and bustling market towns with a rich heritage of history and legend which provides so many options for school groups and educational visits to experience.
Roman Baths North Somerset
At the heart of the World Heritage Site is the Roman Baths. On a visit you can see the ruins of the Temple of Minerva, visit the bath-house where people bathed nearly 2000 years ago and see the only hot springs in the UK. You will walk where Romans once walked around the Great Bath and meet Roman characters from the town of Aquae Sulis:
School Trip Cornwall
Cornwall is a county on England’s rugged southwestern tip at the edge of the atlantic coast. The region provides wild moorland and hundreds of sandy beaches and includes the famous promontory Land’s End. The south coast, dubbed the Cornish Riviera, is home to picturesque harbour villages like Cawsand, Kingsand and Polperro which hide a dark secret. The north coast is lined with towering cliffs and seaside resorts like Newquay, surfing paradise. For educational trips it can provide excellent hidden treasures of its smuggling past and much much more.
Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum Devon
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 thruogh the Victorian age. We give an overview of the whole process of the industry, from sheep to finished fabrics.
English Heritage
English Heritage aims to promote greater understanding and enjoyment of the historic environment. This is why we offer learning groups:
* free entry to all 400+ properties plus free planning visits and property information
* useful online resources
* education facilities, resources and activities at selected properties
All we ask is that you book at least 14 days in advance, include planned and structured learning activities (see below) and have someone in charge of leading your group:
School Trip Dorset
Dorset a county offering the very best of countryside, coastline, events and attractions, perfect for school groups and educational visits. Boasting some unique attractions that your school groups will enjoy that you will be spoilt for choice.
Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre Dorset
Monkey World offers Talks and Tours at the park or in the classroom. Talks can be tailored to visit in with the current curriculum or your class topic. The dedicated education team can not only talk about Monkey World itself but a range of topics surrounding primate welfare and conservation. Enrichment days can be organized at the park where groups can help make items used in the enclosures and learn about the importance of primate care and stimulation.
Science Zone Bournemouth
The Science Zone offers interactive educational experiences, where students can explore life-sized dinosaurs and the Solar System. The variety of activities that are available ensures that all students will remain engaged and interested.
School Trip Devon
Fantastic countryside, dramatic coastlines, Medieval towns, and many historical sites and ruins galoure Devon offers so much for any educational groups or school trip to experience in the outdoors or indoors.
Devons Crealy Great Adventure Park Exeter
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is set in the beautiful Devon countryside, making it a desirable place to take the children of a weekend or holiday too. Now the park offers educational workshops based on the attractions at the park – including our ‘Mini Beast Detectives’ workshop which takes place in the Bugz Unlimited of our Animal Kingdom, or the ‘Ordering Nature’ workshop which allows children to explore the great outdoors at Devon’s Crealy including our very own Dragonfly lake.
School Trip Wiltshire
Wiltshire is an enchanted place where you feel close to the earth, renowned for the iconic white horses carved into the rolling downs, almost half of Wiltshire is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty perfect for many different types of experiences that school groups and educational visits can experience.
STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway Wiltshire
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway is housed in a beautifully restored Grade II railway building in the heart of the former Swindon railway works. The museum tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Great Western Railway, often referred to by historians and railway fans as ‘God’s Wonderful Railway’.
School Trip Gloucestershire
A region with so much to offer elegant towns such as Bath and busy bustling city’s such as Bristol full of amazing and interesting venues and places to visit with your school trip or educational group.
Westonbirt The National Arboretum Gloucestershire
Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, is an internationally important tree collection that is managed by the Forestry Commission. Westonbirt is a great place for students of all ages to come to experience the outdoor environment, and learn through exploration, inquiry, investigation and natural play.
The Wilderness Outdoor Residential Centre in Gloucestershire
Set in around 30 acres of beautiful woodland, meadow and pasture land, the Wilderness Centre offers a fantastic venue for your next Residential trip. The Centre itself sleeps up to 54 people in the main house with options for camping in the grounds if your group is larger. Activities are tailored to the requirements of a particular group and we offer a range of activities from bush craft, climbing and field archery through to camping, crate stack, tunnelling, night walks, foraging and outdoor cookery on site. For an extra charge, activities such as canoeing, kayaking, and mountain biking will be offered off site.
School Trip Bristol
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm Bristol
Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in 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.
The Matthew of Bristol
We offer one hour educational trips to primary school children. Our volunteers love to lead children’s groups and really bring what it was like on board to life. All trips are deigned to fit in with the national history KS1 and 2 curriculum – local history, John Cabot and the discovery of Newfoundland, the famous Bristol pirate Blackbeard, and life on board a Tudor ship. If you have any specific areas of study that you’d like us to cover then please call us to discuss.
AirHop Trampoline Parks Bristol
We are the largest trampoline park in the world and we offer pupils the chance to bounce and have fun in a safe environment. We also offer primary schools the chance to take part in our home trampoline safety assemblies where we visit the schools and present a 20 minute assembly on trampoline safety and the do’s and don’ts.