Build your perfect outdoor learning trip with us!Using activities in the natural environment we support personal development and highlight the many benefits of spending time outdoors.
Programmes can be tailored to your exam board specifications covering the relevant content you require.
Our residential trips are designed to build resilience, boost confidence, and strengthen communication skills.
Outdoor Learning courses are created to complement the curriculum, and engage pupils with subjects in fresh, hands-on ways.
Adventure learning encourages children to push beyond their comfort zones and discover what they're capable of. With carefully tailored, age-appropriate challenges, every child is supported to grow their knowledge and learn in new and exciting ways.
All our residential centres will provide you with:
· A qualified tutor to oversee your trip
· Pre-trip planning including itinerary, kit lists, and risk assessments
· The centre offers flexible rooming options and all bedding is included
· Healthy filling meals from dinner on your first day to a packed lunch on your last day
· We hold Learning Outside the Classroom's Quality Badge so there is less paperwork for you
· Free use of waterproofs and wellies
Different price bands are offered throughout the year to offer value for money.
Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity with 80 years' experience of providing fieldwork and outdoor learning and a network of UK centres offering day and residential fieldwork opportunities.
We work in many other ways to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment including through projects working in local communities and lobbying government to include fieldwork in the curriculum.
Current special offers for school groups
*25% off school residential trips with an arrival date during the next three months.
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
15% off for new residential customers
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
We have special rates for schools in quieter months
Off-peak pricing available
Different price bands are offered throughout the year to offer value for money.Talk to our team about the best options for your group.
What activities are available during educational visits in 2027?
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. A day filled with team building, navigation skills and problem solving activities.
We offer a range of sessions and courses on bushcraft including den building, fire-lighting foraging and more, delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
We offer a range of sessions and courses on bushcraft including den building, fire-lighting foraging and more, delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Bushcraft School Trip
Our centres offer a range of bushcraft activities such as shelter building, fire lighting, navigation and learning about wildlife. These activities can be done standalone or as part of our other field trip opportunities. 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.
A day filled with team building and problem-solving activities.
We offer a range of sessions and courses on bushcraft including den building, fire lighting foraging and more, delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors.
Fieldstudies
>Wildlife
>Outdoor Learning
What size groups do we cater for?
Residential centres vary in size but can accommodate from 80-140 students. We can cater for groups of any size. Courses usually have a minimum group size of 10.
On-site classroom facilities?
There is a range of classroom, workshop and laboratory spaces at each Centre.
Is there first aid on site?
Yes, all our field teachers are trained in first aid and group management. A qualified first aider is available at residential field centres 24 hours a day.
Groups with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
Some centres have purpose-built accessible rooms.
Teacher Checklist
Get Risk Assessments
Free Places for Teachers Bursaries or Funded Places Available
LOtC Quality Badge
AALA Licence
Institute of Outdoor Learning
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Who are Field Studies Council?
Field Studies Council have a number of UK locations offering a wide range of fieldwork and outdoor learning courses. Bushcraft activities such as fire lighting, foraging and shelter building are available at many of our Centres.
Each location is in lovely surroundings with a wide range of habitats to explore. Many have on-site or nearby woodland sites which are ideal for bushcraft.
Day or residential courses can be tailored to suit your requirements, or incorporate elements of bushcraft within existing geography, science and cross curricular courses at all ages.
Every enquiry gives you a chance to win trips and workshops for your school - We are giving away a free trip for every week of the Autumn term!
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+Adventure: Going beyond the expected - Q&A
We talk to Matt Healey, Adventure Growth Lead at Field Studies Council about their new +Adventure residential trips.
2 minsWhy outdoor education is an essential part of every childhood.
outdoor experiences provide opportunities for development and growth, including exploration, hands-on learning and risk-taking.
