School Visits Cheshire

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Where to visit on a school trip in Cheshire?

Even if your school has been visiting the same place in Cheshire year after year, it is always worth checking that you are not missing out on places that were not available for visits in the past, or who have spent considerable sums to increase the quality of their offering since the last time you viewed them.

Throughout Cheshire you will find a large and varied range of outdoor learning options suitable for school trips. These activities are suitable from Early Years through Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4, Further and Higher Education. No matter where your pupils are in their journey through the curriculum, Cheshire is a county bursting with fantastic opportunities to tie in with your Learning Objectives.

To give you a good place to start, we have selected a few of our favourite trips which highlight local history and the environment, plus an internationally famous and cutting edge scientific establishment that is completely open to the general public.

The county of Cheshire is part of the North West of England. Bounded by Chester to the west, Macclesfield to the east, Warrington the north and Crewe towards the south, the area covers almost a thousand square miles.

Want to know where to take your school trip in Cheshire? Here are some fun educational trips: BeWilderwood Cheshire forest adventure park for Early Years to KS2. For outdoor adventure visit Peak - Astbury Watersports Centre and try your hand at sailing, raft building and water activities at Astbury Mere. YHA Chester Trafford Hall is a great residential base for team building, set in a magnificent Victorian mansion with acres of gardens and woodland. Bring history to life at The Iron Age Experience, a reconstructed round house where students can enjoy an immersive prehistoric experience, learning ancient skills and crafts. Beeston Castle and Woodland Park is perched upon a craggy hill with amazing views and lots of nature trails and wildlife to explore. These are just a few of the many incredible venues for school visits in Cheshire.

Able to travel to other counties in North West, have a look at our trip pages for: Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, for more school trip ideas.

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Popular Cheshire school trip April 2026 !

BeWILDerwood Cheshire

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Think of the biggest wonky wooden play structures high up in the trees! Explore giant slippery slides, extra-long zip wires, muddled mazes, arts and crafts, plus lots, lots more!

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school group visiting an iron age roundhouse
The Iron Age Experience
map pin Burwardsley CH3 9PA
Cheshire

Visit our replica Iron Age round house & archaeological dig to learn more about the culture, art and farming from the Iron Age. Pupils will be fully immersed in the era & experience hands on activities and journeys into the ancient hillfort landscape
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trees at bewilderwood in cheshire
BeWILDerwood Cheshire
map pin Whitchurch SY13 4JF
Cheshire

BeWILDerwood is based on the enchanting tale, a Boggle At BeWILDerwood, if you wish to read this before your visit or extend your adventure back in the classroom, it can be purchased from...
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Beeston Castle and Woodland Park
Beeston Castle and Woodland Park
map pin Tarporley CW6 9TX
Cheshire

Learn about Beeston's prehistoric past through interactive activities and a visit to the newly completed Bronze Age roundhouse, in an expert-led PREHISTORIC SETTLERS Discovery Visit workshop.
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Chester Roman Amphitheatre
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
map pin Chester CH1 1RE
Cheshire

Take a Roman school trip to the amphitheatre at Chester - the largest in Britain. Used for entertainment and military training, there have been two stone-built amphitheatres on the site. The first...
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Residential Trips Cheshire

Planning an overnight trip for your school or looking for a tailored educational residential programme? Your students can benefit from an activity week in Cheshire or its neighbouring counties. Discover exciting school residential learning experiences that promote teamwork, and outdoor education.

Conway Centres Burwardsley
Conway Centres Burwardsley
map pin Burwardsley CH3 9PA
Cheshire

Located in the picturesque village of Burwardsley our centre offers opportunities unique to it's location. The surrounding countryside provides further possibilities for historical and environmental studies.
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Conway Centres Beeston
Conway Centres Beeston
map pin Beeston CW6 9TR
Cheshire

Situated less than a mile from Beeston Castle and within very private grounds this cosy and familiar centre lends itself to being used by primary groups. It offers opportunities for a variety of studies within the immediate environment.
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Conway Centres Delamere
Conway Centres Delamere
map pin Frodsham WA6 6PA
Cheshire

Situated in a magical and inspiring forest environment our popular Delamere centre is a fantastic venue for woodland based activities, whether they be of an outdoor an adventurous, Arts or field studies nature.
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Conway Centres Tattenhall
Conway Centres Tattenhall
map pin Chester CH3 9PX
Cheshire

Using the natural beauty of the landscape surrounding in our residential centres, this residential enables learners to understand how human actions have consequences for our planet. Tackling issues...
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YHA trafford hall in chester
YHA Chester Trafford Hall
map pin Chester CH2 4JP
Cheshire

YHA Chester Trafford Hall is a glorious Georgian house with 14 acres of organic grounds complete with nature walks and landscaped gardens to explore.
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aerial view of willersley castle in Derbyshire
Willersley Castle
map pin Matlock DE4 5BW
Derbyshire

Enjoy a range of challenging outdoor pursuits within the 65 acre estate, Willersley Castle - once the home of Industrial Revolution's Richard Arkwright.
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aerial view of st michaels environmental education centre
St Michaels Environmental Education Centre
map pin Thoresby NG22 9AG
Derbyshire

Choose from a selection of Adventure walks, and discover local history and geography: Stanage Edge Padley Chapel Bole Hill Quarry Eyam Castleton Hope Or enjoy a shorter local walk, a favourite is a visit to Thorpe Farm to try the local ice cream!
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Mount Cook
Mount Cook
map pin Matlock DE4 4LS
Derbyshire

Located just outside the Peak District National Park, we have fantastic access into the surrounding countryside which includes woodlands, historical trails, quarries, caves and reservoirs. With the...
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three school children and a teacher at the museum of Liverpool
Museum of Liverpool
map pin Liverpool L3 1DG
Merseyside

Little Liverpool KS1 - Students will listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers, and ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge. Liverpool's Best Buildings...
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Prehistoric Britain
map pin Matlock DE4 4LS
Derbyshire

'Step back in time and imagine you are all part of a Stone Age hunter gatherer tribe living 10,000 years ago. In order to survive this rich yet hostile landscape you must start your journey on...
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school visit to a working roman fort
Working Roman Fort
map pin Wrexham LL12 9HB
Clwyd

At the Roman fort your students will get to see what it was like living in a frontier fort and the daily jobs the soldiers would have to do fromm fire wood collecting, road building to comabt trainign...
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school child at the walker art gallery
Walker Art Gallery
map pin Liverpool L3 8EL
Merseyside

Big Art EYFS - The artwork on display, alongside the act of taking part in a scavenger hunt, invites children to think and say what it is they are seeing and experiencing, boosting their visual...
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Roman Invaders
map pin Matlock DE4 4LS
Derbyshire

Jump 2000 years into the past with your Key Stage 2 students, and learn how the Romans invaded Britain through hands on activities and outdoor learning. With activities designed to supplement the...
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The Stone Age Company
The Stone Age Company
map pin Shifnal TF11 8JW
Shropshire

We can teach Bushcraft and survival skills including skills such as fire lighting, carving, camouflage, cooking on an open fire, shelter building, plant Identification and more.
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Beaudesert Activity Centre
Beaudesert Activity Centre
map pin Rugeley WS15 4JJ
Staffordshire

We can provide a range of levels of Climbing and High Ropes activities, Zip Wire and Via Feratta, Archery, Axe Throwing, sit on kayaks, Coracles, Orienteering and many other fantastic sessions. Our...
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historic armour workshop at the wold museum
World Museum
map pin Liverpool L3 8EN
Merseyside

English (KS2) All workshops support speaking and listening: Speaking clearly in standard english Justifying ideas and opinions Asking questions and debating Group discussion and presentation skills
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Cheshire School Workshops

Is your school located in Cheshire? 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..

Image showing PSHE workshops for KS2 and KS3 for online school workshops
E-Safety Workshops online
map pin In-school Workshop

Cyberbullying & Message Groups - Engaging online workshop.
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children with face paint on a stone age activity in the woods
Stone Age Workshops
map pin In-school Workshop

Our Stone Age programme is a great way to introduce the Stone Age topic. We offer a unique interactive 'show and tell' to really bring the subject alive and pass around the tools and clothes of the past. Touch, taste and smell the Stone Age.
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School art workshop at the Walker Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery - Virtual Classroom
map pin In-school Workshop

Walker Art Gallery's 'Art of Wellbeing' virtual classroom provides a safe and fun environment to introduce students to mental wellbeing and self-care, using its collection of artworks to encourage conversation and show how creativity can support them
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Fab Science Online
map pin In-school Workshop

Zoom into the Fab Science Lab! We have run hundreds of workshops in schools and we've put all of that know-how into our virtual events. Fully interactive, engaging, educational and fun!
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In School Workshops

Discover lots more school workshops in Cheshire who can provide a tailored experience for your pupils.

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Online Workshops

We can offer a wide selection of workshops that can be delivered to your school entirely online.

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