York City Overnight History Trip with Equity School Trip
Equity – The School Travel People
Residential Trip Residentials Yorkshire
York is a fantastic destination for a school trip as it's a compact city that's filled with educational opportunities. From the towering York Minster to the underground Jorvik Centre, students will love the wide range of fun and exciting excursions.
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What activities are available during educational visits in 2026?
Jorvik Viking Centre
Descend beneath the streets to ride through a bustling Viking marketplace. Hear the sounds, experience the smells and feel the atmosphere of life in York 1000 years ago. Use historical evidence to compare how Viking people lived with our modern way of life.
York Castle and Prison
William the Conqueror’s castle is long gone, but the elegant mansion housing the museum is ideal for developing chronological understanding of York’s past. Explore a 19th century street, handle artefacts in a Victorian classroom, and experience life in the Swinging Sixties!
National Railway Museum
Peek into Queen Victoria’s carriage; watch engineering in the workshops and climb aboard a futuristic Japanese bullet train. Get hands-on investigating how Newton’s Laws of Motion apply to trains, and watch a demonstration of the forces in action.
National Coal Mining Museum
Put on a miner's helmet, collect a battery lamp, then step into a cage and descend deep underground. An ex-miner will lead your tour recalling stories of the men, women and children who worked here. Get to grips with the science of mining back at the surface.
The Shambles
One of the best preserved and most recognisable Medieval shopping streets in Europe, the Shambles is a must see for any visitor to York. The cobbled pathway and slanting buildings are believed to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley from the movie adaptation of the Harry Potter series. Students can pick up Hogwards related memorabilia at the many quirky gift shops on offer.
The York Dungeon
With the help of incredible actors, scenes and special effects, the York Dungeon provides students with a unique look at the city's dark history over more than 2000 years.
Limestone Rock Study
Located near the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, this beautiful part of the country and it's underlying Limestone bedrock tell the story of millions of years of deposition, uplift, weathering, erosion, and glacial processes from the last ice age. All of which culminate in the formation of a beautiful landscape and a building material that gives York it's unique aesthetic.
Descend beneath the streets to ride through a bustling Viking marketplace. Hear the sounds, experience the smells and feel the atmosphere of life in York 1000 years ago. Use historical evidence to compare how Viking people lived with our modern way of life.
York Castle and Prison
William the Conqueror’s castle is long gone, but the elegant mansion housing the museum is ideal for developing chronological understanding of York’s past. Explore a 19th century street, handle artefacts in a Victorian classroom, and experience life in the Swinging Sixties!
National Railway Museum
Peek into Queen Victoria’s carriage; watch engineering in the workshops and climb aboard a futuristic Japanese bullet train. Get hands-on investigating how Newton’s Laws of Motion apply to trains, and watch a demonstration of the forces in action.
National Coal Mining Museum
Put on a miner's helmet, collect a battery lamp, then step into a cage and descend deep underground. An ex-miner will lead your tour recalling stories of the men, women and children who worked here. Get to grips with the science of mining back at the surface.
The Shambles
One of the best preserved and most recognisable Medieval shopping streets in Europe, the Shambles is a must see for any visitor to York. The cobbled pathway and slanting buildings are believed to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley from the movie adaptation of the Harry Potter series. Students can pick up Hogwards related memorabilia at the many quirky gift shops on offer.
The York Dungeon
With the help of incredible actors, scenes and special effects, the York Dungeon provides students with a unique look at the city's dark history over more than 2000 years.
Limestone Rock Study
Located near the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, this beautiful part of the country and it's underlying Limestone bedrock tell the story of millions of years of deposition, uplift, weathering, erosion, and glacial processes from the last ice age. All of which culminate in the formation of a beautiful landscape and a building material that gives York it's unique aesthetic.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Romans School Trip
York's history begins with the Romans. There are many Roman era activities in York to take part in, including a guided walk around the city which educates students about the history of the Romans in Britain and how they founded Eboracum, as York was known.
Vikings School Trip
Invaders and Settlers
York is the best place in the UK to learn about the Viking invasion. Jorvik, as the Vikings called it, was a thriving centre of commerce in Northern England and the Jorvik Centre is a fantastic experience for students to learn more about this period.
Industrial School Trip
Energy Transportation
York is a fantastic place to learn about England's Industrial Revolution. Visit The National Railway Museum and the National Coal Mining Museum to learn more about this era.
Victorian School Trip
There are many attractions in York where students can learn about the Victorians. At York Castle Museum and Prison students will learn about Victorians and their attitudes to crime and punishment. The National Railway Museum and the National Coal Mining Museum also give invaluable insights into this period of Britain's history.
Saxons School Trip
Our history school trips to York will offer your students the best opportunity to learn about the Anglo Saxons. Whether it's visiting famous locations across the city centre, discovering artefacts and depictions in museum collections, or recounting famous stories from that period, this trip will be sure to excite and engage your students.
Medieval School Trip
Norman Conquest
Whether it's walking the old city walls, exploring the well-preserved Medieval shopping streets of the Shambles, or taking your students down into the York Dungeon, there are plenty of opportunities to engage their interest in all things Medieval.
Physical Geography School Trip
Water cycles Rivers Map and atlas Glaciers
Our geography school trips to York will offer your students the best opportunity to learn about physical geography. Whether it's visiting famous locations across the city centre that use limestone in their construction, discovering Jurassic era fossils and conducting field or stream studies, or venturing out to the impressive Malham Cove to discover how the ice age shaped the Yorkshire Dales, this trip will be sure to excite and engage your students.
Fieldstudies School Trip
Using your adventurous skills, your students can engage in fun field studies, geocaching, a limestone rock study, stream studies, map reading skills, fossil casting, and citizen science workshops.
What size groups do we cater for?
A minimum of 10 paying passengers but no upper limit, and we can split large groups across multiple coaches and hotels as required. For larger groups, we can offer additional free supervisory places.
Is there first aid on site?
Our health and safety policy lays out our commitment to safety when organising our operations. This is achieved in part through our supplier audits, which are regularly completed to School Travel Forum guidelines, to make sure that our transport, hotel and excursion suppliers are in line with national safety standards and are appropriately documented. We also believe the travel insurance policy we offer is one of the best available.
Access for visitors with disabilities
With prior knowledge to booking we can arrange a tour that takes into consideration any students with disabilities.
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
With prior knowledge to booking we can arrange a tour that takes into consideration any students with Special Educational Needs.
Anything else?
Whether it's Geography, History, culture, or anything else, all of our trips can be customised and tailored to meet specific curriculum requirements. So be sure to let your Account Manager know what aspects of the curriculum your students are focussing on and we can work to suggest the most appropriate excursions across the city to provide your students with the most engaging and interactive activities.
Who are Equity – The School Travel People?
Learn about York's Roman roots and Viking past on a school trip with Equity.
Equity have been taking young people around the world since 1933, making us one of the longest running tour operators in the school travel market. We take pride in delivering an exceptional customer experience and sharing our expertise in education and travel.
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