Rhyd-y-creuau Field Centre School Trip
Field Studies Council
Field Studies Council
Betws-y-Coed Clwyd LL24 0HB
Residential Trip Residentials Wales
The centre is close to wooded valleys, rocky shores, beaches and traditional seaside resorts. The 2.2 hectare estate includes a football pitch, woodland, biodiversity garden, campfire area, teambuilding challenges, stream and ponds.
Our late availability offer is available for our full range of courses for visits with an arrival date during the next three months, for customers visiting one of our listed centres*
If you are interested in booking at the discounted rate, please fill in the form on the web site, stating any dates you are able to consider. Or get in touch with our team for an no-obligation quote and to check which centres currently have space.
Standard 2026 price examples:
Book a Primary 2-night stay for just £174 per student per student (normally £231 per pupil).
Book a GCSE 2-night stay for just £193 per student (normally £257 per student).
Book an A Level 2-night stay for just £201 per student per student (normally £268 per student).
Please get in touch for current pricing
valid until: January 2028
We are currently offering 15% off for new residential customers. Enter the code NEW15 on any of our enquiry forms across the website to take up our special offer, or contact our team for a no-obligation quote.
Standard 2026 price examples:
Book a Primary 2-night stay for just £174 per student per student (normally £231 per pupil).
Book a GCSE 2-night stay for just £193 per student (normally £257 per student).
Book an A Level 2-night stay for just £201 per student per student (normally £268 per student).
Please get in touch for current pricing
valid until: January 2027
Different price bands are offered throughout the year to offer value for money.Talk to our team about the best options for your group.
Get Risk Assessments
Inspection Visits
Free Places for Teachers
Bursaries or Funded Places Available
Resource Packs
LOtC Quality Badge
AALA Licence
Institute of Outdoor Learning
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Rhyd-y-Creuau has an abundance of wildlife, and we offer a range of sessions and courses all about our natural environmant and the wildife within it.
Students will look at a variety of plants and common animals using age appropriate classification keys to identify living things we find in our woodland and in our pond habitats. From mammals, invertebrates and bird life, to the native plants and flowers found in North Wales - we have an amazing array of wildlife to study!
Most sessions have introductory and concluding classroom sessions. They are delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs, and spend a day filled with team building and problem solving activities.
We offer a range of sessions and courses on bushcraft, which can include;
- Orienteering and Navigation
- Mammal tracks and signs
- Camp fire building and lighting
- Den building
- Foraging
, Courses are delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
We offer a range of sessions and courses covering human geography through fieldwork. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after.
Human Geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. Depending on the level and course you follow, this may include;
- Discovering the impact of people on the habitat using a range of fieldwork techniques
- Economic Growth and functions
- Regeneration and Placemaking
- Investigate the impact of counter-urbanisation in two contrasting settlements
- A qualitative and a quantitative fieldwork method
- develop an understanding of questions that can be investigated through fieldwork
- data presentation and analysis
Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
Geography courses cover KS2 to A level groups. KS2 pupils can use maps, stories and games to explore the woods. Discover the plants and animals that live here and design and build dens.
Our geography fieldwork trips and courses are carefully designed to cover all essential content from the curriculum. We ensure the maximum time outdoors possible, allowing students to take advantage of all benefits resulting from outdoor learning.
The geography fieldwork courses are tailored to curriculum requirements for GCSE, A Level, National, Higher, IB and lower secondary specifications and packed with relevant fieldwork content.
A selection of our popular residential visits to give an idea of what we can offer, Include;:
Coastal - Where the land meets the sea, the UK's coastline is over 7500 miles in length, and it's a place that's always changing through erosion, transportation and deposition. Coastlines are influenced by many physical and human forces, with dramatic consequences for the people who live there.
Rivers - constantly changing, water levels rise and fall after rain and with the seasons. Erosion, transportation and deposition can all alter the characteristics of the channel and the regime of the river
Regeneration - a complex process aiming to turn areas into sustainable, desirable and effective spaces for us to use and enjoy.
Investigations - at a local scale to consider place meaning and representation changing economic function and socio-demographic characteristics of places.
But we can also create a trip that is totally bespoke to your needs.
Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors, to create and deliver geography experiences to suit your requirements. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after.
Environmental geography can be covered through fieldwork in a range of sessions and courses. Primary courses see children using maps, stories and games to explore the area. Discover the plants and animals that live here and spend the day engaged in a number of activities, games and investigations.
For KS4 and A level students all of our courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and the course can be tailored to your specific needs.
We offer a range of sessions and courses covering environmental geography through fieldwork. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
Students can cover a range of environmental geography topics looking at different plants and animals.
Dependant on the course you choose, students could have the opportunity to;
- take first hand measurements, make observations of distinctive river land forms found at the fieldwork sites along the river.
- make a comparison of two different areas used to observe the contrasting abundance of plants associated with varying management regimes.
- Investigate how human activity affects biodiversity, local flows, cycles and processes.
- take primary measurements of the coastal landscape in order to interpret the impact of key coastal processes and management on the landscape.
Delivered by expert, passionate tutors at the forefront of fieldwork tuition with a wide range of contrasting locations available.
Field Studies Council offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages at centres across the UK. Trips use our stunning locations to teach curriculum focused work and inspire everyone about the environment.
Our primary field trips enable you to pick and choose from a range of exciting adventure or curriculum sessions to build your own trip. Our visits will immerse primary school children in the natural world, taking in its sights, sounds and smells.
For secondary and A level groups we offer geography, biology and environmental science courses. We can tailor them to your own requirements to ensure you get the most from your visit and trips utilise our local environment to fully engage students.
Bring your subject to life in the outdoor classroom!
Fully funded two-night residentials and day courses for eligible schools and for larger groups from eligible schools at a heavily discounted rate. The school must have 30% or higher pupil premium.
Get Risk Assessments
Inspection Visits
Free Places for Teachers
Bursaries or Funded Places Available
Resource Packs
LOtC Quality Badge
AALA Licence
Institute of Outdoor Learning
Duke of Edinburgh Award
We talk to Matt Healey, Adventure Growth Lead at Field Studies Council about their new +Adventure residential trips.
2 mins
Top 5 ways The Field Studies Council are supporting teachers, schools, parents and children to benefit from fieldwork and outdoor learning.
outdoor experiences provide opportunities for development and growth, including exploration, hands-on learning and risk-taking.
Teachers interested in this Field Studies Council trip also viewed the learning experiences below.
We are bursting with school trip ideas on places that deliver first class teaching both outside the classroom and as in-school workshops. Feel free to use our tailor-made trip form and we can help you find the perfect experience for your class!