School Trips and Visits in Dorset

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Where to visit on a school trip in Dorset?

Dorset offers a good selection of engaging and educational school trips and workshops. Learn outside the classroom with a variety of fascinating interactive adventures. Bring your classroom topics to life at one of the following venues.

Explore the wonders of marine life at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, where your students can get close to everything from tropical fish to sharks and big sea turtles! For outdoor adventures and team-building, the Andrew Simpson Centre in Portland offers beginner sailing courses, and a whole host of other fun watersports. Along the world famous Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, pupils can learn about millions of years of the Earth's history as they hunt for fossils, and discover geology and palaeontology activities. Cumulus Outdoors runs lots of activity based trips in the Dorset countryside, covering bushcraft skills, orienteering challenges, and overnight camps that will build children's resilience in the outdoors.

From science and geography to history and physical education, Dorset's many school trip venues offer experiences for every class. Take a look below or let us know what you are looking for.

Want to know where to take your school group in Dorset? Here are some fun educational trips from venues such as Your Dorset Adventure Awaits!, Dorset - The Jurassic Coast, Land & Wave Adventure School Trips in Dorset, Portland Outdoor Centre, Outdoor & Adventure School Residential Trips, and more.

Able to travel to other counties in South West, have a look at our trip pages for: Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, for more school trip ideas.

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Cumulus Outdoors Curriculum Day Trips
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Dorset

In today's world, environmental awareness is an essential topic to help children understand the environments they live in and how these are affected by the actions of the human race. Improve your...
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Discover the Jurassic Coast for Primary and Middle Schools - Curriculum Travel
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Beavers have made a remarkable return to Dorset, enriching the region's biodiversity and offering a unique opportunity for wildlife enthusiasts and researchers alike. Dorset boasts a diverse array of...
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Residential Trips Dorset

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

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Watersports Residential Trips
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Dorset

All our activities promote a healthy lifestyle, from the food we serve to the activities we engage them in. As well as the listed activities, in the evenings we run games from Ultimate Frisbee to Volleyball.
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Outdoor & Adventure School Residential Trips
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Dorset

With over 96 acres at our disposal, we incorporate physical education throughout your stay, including evening entertainments such as organised criekt and football and field games.
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Cumulus Outdoors Residential Centre - Swanage
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Dorset

Explore different habitats and visit sites around the Isle of Purbeck to learn about wildlife; Kimmeridge Bay for zonation, rockpools, fossils and rocks, Studland for habitats, succession and beach...
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Cumulus Outdoors Tented Village - Corfe Castle
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Dorset

We use team challenges, our ethos of 'challenge by choice' and leadership skills in all of our physical activities. The activities can be physically challenging but all students are supported and...
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Land & Wave Adventure School Trips in Dorset
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Dorset

We offer Outdoor Instructor Training for ages 16+. We work with careers advisors to provide engaging Career Development Days to show how exciting and rewarding a career in the outdoors can really be....
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Portland Outdoor Centre
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Dorset

Possibly the prime location on the Jurassic Coast to reach the Dorset locations often visited by field studies groups. - Chesil Beach - Portland Bill - Lulworth and Durdle Door
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Dorset - The Jurassic Coast
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Dorset

Discover the Jurassic Coast: an outdoor classroom brimming with adventure! Uncover millions of years of history, explore stunning cliffs, and engage in hands-on learning. Inspire your students with unforgettable experiences and create lasting memorie
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Your Dorset Adventure Awaits!
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Dorset

We arrange 100% bespoke adventure-based residentials to Dorset and the Jurassic Coast. We can include transport, accommodation, activities, risk assessments and much more, saving you time and stress! Leave the work to us so you can focus on teaching!
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Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey
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Welcome to Glastonbury Abbesy, once the grandest and richest Abbey in England. A great Glastonbury experience awaits you here!
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Shepton Mallet Prison - Education Behind Bars
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Somerset

Curriculum topics available: Crime and punishment, Laws and the justice system, Team building, Alcohol and drugs awareness, Gangs Awareness, Human rights and international law, Criminology. The...
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Braeside Residential Adventure Centre
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Wiltshire

Roundway Down History Walk: A full days walking with a morning focusing on map & compass work and the afternoon looking at the historic 'Mother Anthony's Well'. & 'Oliver's Castle' - the site of a...
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YMCA Fairthorne Manor
YMCA Fairthorne Manor
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Hampshire

Our immersive outdoor Bushcraft sessions and challenges focus on teaching students survival skills. Bushcraft sessions at Fairthorne can cover den building, fire lighting, camouflage and tracking, and...
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New Forest Activities
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Hampshire

As well as offering a wide variety of fun and inclusive challenges, New Forest Activities can provide students with lots of opportunities to learn skills, realise their own limits and how to support...
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Cheddar Gorge
Cheddar Gorge
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Somerset

Explore Cheddar Gorge, a National Nature Reserve and world famous beauty spot where pupils can learn about its Ice Age creation, Stone Age occupation and Victorian exploration
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UKSA
UKSA
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Isle of Wight

Our aim is to encourage, support, and inspire young people by introducing them to the challenges, enjoyment, and rewards of watersports. We are based on the water's edge, facing the navigable River...
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At-Bristol
At-Bristol
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In our Pirate Code workshops your students will use Coding, Programming, Debugging and Logic to work through our Pirate Robot Games. We also have dancing parrots and pirate outfits to top it off
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Grittleton Manor House
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Wiltshire

Grittleton House Adventure Centre is ideal for school groups wanting secure residential accommodation, set in acres of parkland and playing fields, on the edge of the Cotswold National Park. Access to Bath and Bristol is just half an hour away!
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Mendip Activity Centre
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Somerset

Outdoor education allows young people to foster essential team and individual skills that are invaluable for students' personal growth. At Mendip Activity Centre, school residentials are designed...
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Dorset School Workshops

Is your school located in Dorset? 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..

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E-Safety Workshops online
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Cyberbullying & Message Groups - Engaging online workshop.
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Stone Age Workshops
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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
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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
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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

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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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