School Visits Birmingham
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Where to visit on a school trip in Birmingham?
Birmingham is a big city and an even bigger region. For school seeking educational trips to stretch and enlighten their pupils you are spoiled for choice. Whether you want to stay in the city centre making use of the city's excellent public transport links, or venture further afield in the West Midlands, we can help.
Birmingham's history is rich and varied. If you have a historical topic in mind, the many stately homes or industrial revolution linked venues can help. Or maybe you are looking to learn more about the city's famous canals and transport history. For those seeking adventure, the region is peppered with some fabulous activity centres for day trips or residential stays.
School Trips near Birmingham
The West Midlands is a large metropolitan area in Central England, including towns and cities like Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Solihull.
Want to know where to take your school group in Birmingham and the West Midlands? Here are a few ideas: For an action packed indoor adventure, Rock Up Birmingham challenges students with graded climbing walls and an assault course. Sandbox VR Birmingham allows you to experience a mind-blowing virtual reality experience, exploring imaginary worlds and taking on a series of challenges - a great team building experience. LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Birmingham has a great offering for school groups with problem-solving using LEGO models. SEA LIFE Birmingham takes your class from the coast to the bottom of the ocean, showing them over 2,000 sea creatures including sharks and giant sea turtles. These are just a few of the many group visit options in Birmingham.
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Houghton Farm
Arundel BN18 9LW
Situated within walking distance of Amberley train station and the River Arun, Houghton Farm is ideally suited to provide an insight into food and farming within the beautiful South Downs National Park. Each visit is bespoke and fully risk assessed.
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Rock Up Birmingham
Birmingham B16 8LP
Looking for the ideal venue for end-of-term trips, PE lessons, or extracurricular learning? Rock Up is your go-to place to meet curriculum PE goals. Our climbing activities provide both intellectual and physical challenges, promoting teamwork & trust
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Sandbox VR - Birmingham
Birmingham B2 4BF
Sandbox VR is the world's most advanced virtual reality venue!
It features 9 exclusive VR experiences to transport students into the most immersive gaming environment imaginable! With groups of up to 200 per trip with 36 students in games at once!
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Ackers Adventure Day Trips
Birmingham B11 2PY
With 40 Years of experience, Ackers Adventure is unlike any other centre within our urban environment we have an unrivalled range of activities from skiing, watersports, climbing and much more.
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Andrew Simpson Centres Birmingham
Birmingham B32 3NU
Close to major transport links and the city centre, our centre at Bartley Reservoir is a safe inland watersports venue - perfect for your next school trip!
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South Downs Bunkhouse
Arundel BN18 9LW
The South Downs Bunkhouse is situated at Houghton Farm, half way along the South Downs Way, close to the River Arun and within walking distance of Amberley train station making it the perfect base for school groups to explore the local area.
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Ackers Adventure Residential centre
Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 2PY
Ackers Adventure is an Adventurous Activity Centre just 2 miles from the centre of Birmingham. A 75 acre site offering many activities such as canoeing, climbing, skiing & residential stays, making Ackers a totally unique venue for a school trip.
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Blackland Farm Outdoor Centre
East Grinstead RH19 4HP
Blackland Farm Outdoor Centre is a 127 acre site set in the Sussex countryside, halfway between London and Brighton. We have over 50 adventurous activities on offer for indoor and outdoor residential and day visits!
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Street & Hip Hop Dance workshops
West Midlands & Various Regions
Street dance is an umbrella term for a range of dance styles that originated in urban environments, such as hip hop, Lockin, breakdance, and house dance. These styles are known for its dynamic, energetic movements and unique, expressive choreography.
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Dinosaurs
West Midlands & Various Regions
Step back in time inside our dinosaur dome and learn about dinosaurs, how they fly and where they were discovered
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Stone Age Workshop
West Midlands & Various Regions
Ever wondered where modern humans came from? Curious of how Homo sapiens and Neanderthals survived? Want some handy tips on creating your own hunting gear?
All of this and more can be explored with our stunning Stone Age sessions.
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Diwali Diya Painting workshops
West Midlands & Various Regions
VG Dance Workshops provides educational workshops in Diwali Diya painting for schools. Diwali Diya painting workshops can be a fun and creative activity for schools, especially during the festive season of Diwali.
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Augmented Reality
West Midlands & Various Regions
Bringing learning to life through a Play To Learn approach
Welcome to the Augmented Reality (AR) app focused solely on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths (STEAM).
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Hands on Space
West Midlands & Various Regions
Immersive Experiences have been developing workshops for years. Our Hands of Space workshops are available both virtually and in-person within schools and private party bookings.
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Volcanoes
West Midlands & Various Regions
Supervolcanoes takes you on a journey into the heart of volcanoes, explaining in detail how they form, along with their deadly power!
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STEMdrones - Drone Coding Y5-Y13
West Midlands & Various Regions
Master drone technology in our STEM Drones Workshop! Dive into coding and flight control, merging tech skills with real-world applications. Elevate students' STEM experience with us!
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Cells and the Human Body
West Midlands & Various Regions
Our award-winning Immersive Education Experiences take you inside the human cell, and around your DNA!
Learn about what makes us human, why we have genes and explore the organelles like never before.
Perfect supplementary curriculum-links too.
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Mobile Planetarium
West Midlands & Various Regions
Immersive Experiences is a multi-award-winning provider of learning experiences across the UK’s largest fleet of mobile planetariums, star domes, immersive theatres, exploration domes. Covering Astronomy and 12 other subjects
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Themed planetarium experiences
West Midlands & Various Regions
Immersive Experiences have been creating memorable events for over a decade, by combining the magic of immersive digital technologies, science and amazing people.
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Hands on Careers
West Midlands & Various Regions
Immersive Experiences have a proud history of supporting students and professionals along with their careers and goals.
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Irish dance workshops
West Midlands & Various Regions
Looking to learn some traditional Irish dance moves? Look no further! Our Irish dance workshops are designed for dancers of all levels, from beginners to advanced. Our experienced 'Vivian Gayle' will guide you through the Irish traditional steps.
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Viking Workshop
West Midlands & Various Regions
Learn all about the ruthless raiders of Lindisfarne, savage seafaring settlers and green fingered farmers with a brutal session on Vikings... Raagh! Beards, axes, pillaging... and growing vegetables.
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STEM Fairs
West Midlands & Various Regions
We offer a range of creative STEM/STEAM educational immersive events, from Early Years/Foundation to Key Stage 5 and Post 16.
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Beginner STEMbotics - Robotics & Coding KS1-KS2
West Midlands & Various Regions
Discover the exciting world of STEM through hands-on robotics! Our Beginner STEMbotics workshop is perfect for young innovators eager to explore, create, and learn essential skills for the future.
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Peak - Chasewater Activity Centre
Chasewater Activity Centre is located near Cannock. We offer various watersports from canoeing to raft-building, and land based activities for school groups, including residentials.
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Beaudesert Activity Centre
Beaudesert Activity Centre located in Staffordshire, offers amazing residential trips for Schools. We've got nice accommodation blocks, we've got great activities, our food is all home cooked, but what really makes us worth a visit is our staff.
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Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden
Kenilworth Castle has been a major medieval military stronghold, a royal palace, and an inspiration to writers and artists. It's the perfect destination to bring learning outside of the classroom and cover a range of curriculum subjects.
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Bishops Wood Field Centre
Surrounded by stunning ancient woodland Bishops Wood has a unique and sustainable centre building. It offers a range of fun and engaging primary or secondary one day outdoor field trips for geography, science and history.
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World War 2 Experience at Bewdley Museum
Explore what life was like on the Home Front for evacuees during World War Two with our jam-packed experience day, full of interactive, immersive activities.
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Rivers Day at Bewdley Museum
Join us as we take an in-depth look at the River Severn. Through practical activities and walks around the town of Bewdley, pupils will find out about its history and geography, including the effects of flooding .
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West Midlands School Workshops
Is your school located in West Midlands? A huge range of workshop providers can bring the learning experience to you! Allow your students to benefit from specialist knowledge about your class subject or topic..

Mayans VR Workshop
Take your class to the ancient city of Chichen-Itza with the UK's no.1 VR workshop company! Our VR workshops immerse pupils in another location, without actually leaving the classroom! Bring the outside world into your classroom with PrimeVR!
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Virtual Reality VR Experience
Immersive Experiences’ VR programs cover the greatest variety of shows – more than any planetarium in the world, with over 200 experiences to enjoy, bringing learning and entertainment together.
Perfect for SEN, SLD, PMLD audiences.
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Rainforests - Above and beyond the Canopy
During this Drama Hut Workshop we meet our enthusiastic scientist, as she explores the Rainforests of South America and how we can protect them! Discover the magnificent canopy of trees that filters the sun, to the dark forest floor, and much more.
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Christianity, Islam, Judaism & Hinduism
Immerse yourself into some of the facinating religions and cultures of the world. Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism. Our stunning 360° experiences will take your students into another world of faiths and religion.
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