School Trips and Visits in Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire in the South West of England is a largely rural county, with a wealth of outdoor learning opportunities. Schools in the built-up areas of Gloucester and Cheltnam, or indeed in smaller towns like Cirencester, Stroud and Tewkesbury, have access to a wide range of places to visit on a school trip.

From English Heritage properties offering workshops for topics including Medieval history of the monasteries, and human geography, to residential and day visit outdoor education centres where your class can try their hand at a wide range of team building activities. Use YHA St Briavels Castle as a base for exploring Gloucestershire, or visit The Bushcraft Company where you can learn skills like Fire lighting and Shelter building. Whether your classroom topic relates to art, drama, English language or history, we can help you find a fantastic trip.

To get more information about school trips in Gloucester and surrounding counties, take a look at the visit options below, or use the purple form to make an enquiry for more information.

Want to know where to take your school group in Gloucestershire? Here are some fun educational trips from venues such as The Bushcraft Company - Badminton Woods, YHA St Briavels Castle, and more.

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

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Popular Gloucestershire school trip April 2026 !

YHA St Briavels Castle

location icon School Trip West Midlands
apple icon Subjects: Accommodation Only, History, Physical Education, Team Building


Over 800 years old, YHA St Briavels Castle is a Grade I listed ancient monument with a real wow factor, bags of character and a magical charm perfect for a school residential.

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Residential Trips Gloucestershire

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

school group learning fire lighting bushcraft skills
The Bushcraft Company - Badminton Woods
map pin Badminton GL9 1BW
Gloucestershire

Great things happen in the great outdoors! Taking place in the tranquillity of the woods, students will engage and connect with the natural world in a way that possibly they have never done so before....
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YHA St Briavels Castle
YHA St Briavels Castle
map pin St Briavels GL15 6SB
Gloucestershire

Over 800 years old, YHA St Briavels Castle is a Grade I listed ancient monument with a real wow factor, bags of character and a magical charm perfect for a school residential.
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Cheddar Gorge
Cheddar Gorge
map pin Cheddar BS27 3QF
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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Adventure Bristol Residential
map pin Bristol BS10 7TP
Bristol

We provide a large range of outdoor physical activities, based around climbing and adventurous pursuits.
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Frank Chapman Outdoor Education Centre
Frank Chapman Outdoor Education Centre
map pin Bewdley DY12 2TY
Worcestershire

A reflective approach to activity sessions enables young people to become confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. They'll develop relationships, make decisions and...
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Ackers Adventure Day Trips
map pin Birmingham B11 2PY
West Midlands

Ackers Adventure offers a variety of outdoor activities that can be customised to meet your specific needs. Whether you're interested in a GCSE course in Climbing or looking to obtain National...
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Braeside Residential Adventure Centre
map pin Devizes SN10 2AP
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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Oaker Wood Leisure
Oaker Wood Leisure
map pin Leominster HR6 9PT
Herefordshire

We offer tailor made itineraries from our diverse range of adventurous activities including High Ropes, Low Ropes, Rafting, Pizza Making, Den Building, Target Shooting, It's a Knock Out, Quad Bike...
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Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace
map pin Woodstock OX20 1UL
Oxfordshire

Our KS1 Maths workshops involve your pupils taking a close look at the palace and examining different shapes, along with integrating aspects of addition and subtraction too.
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National Coal Museum Wales
National Coal Museum Wales
map pin Pontypool NP4 9XP
Gwent

Big Pit explores all aspects of mining, from strikes to disasters, from women in mining communities to the children forced to work underground in the nineteenth century.
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Culmington Manor
Culmington Manor
map pin Craven Arms SY7 9BY
Shropshire

Culmington Manor is Manor Adventure's flagship outdoor pursuits centre, based in the heart of the South Shropshire countryside. Experience and enjoy more than 35 adventurous activities on our 100 acre estate. Click to find out why we are so popular
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group canoeing with one child running across the front of each boat
Mendip Activity Centre
map pin Cheddar BS27 3LF
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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At-Bristol
At-Bristol
map pin Bristol

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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School Day Trips
map pin Bristol BS10 7TP
Bristol

We provide a large range of outdoor physical activities, based around climbing and adventurous pursuits.
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Grittleton Manor House
map pin Grittleton SN14 6AP
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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Team Building Outdoor Adventures
map pin Leominster HR6 9PT
Herefordshire

Children are encouraged to work as a team, co-operation, communication and leadership are key in all the activities we offer. Our aim is for children to leave Oaker Wood with an understanding of the importance of team cohesion, working together and communicating with each other.
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The MAD Museum
The MAD Museum
map pin Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6PT
Warwickshire

Covering Year 1-11. The MAD Museum is a very visual place. Learners are encouraged to see how an exhibit is functioning and then to use persuasive writing techniques to describe what they see and...
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abseil tower
Ackers Adventure Residential centre
map pin Birmingham B11 2PY
West Midlands

If you would like to include Maths as an outcome then why not Measure and calculate the length of our Ski slope or Zip wire then calculate the speed of descent, Alternatively collect the scores from an Archery session and then manipulate the data back in the class room.
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a view of the river at Bewdley
Rivers Day at Bewdley Museum
map pin Bewdley DY12 2AE
Worcestershire

The impact of climate change and local flooding is a key focus of the River Day programme. We use data to illustrate changes in the frequency of flooding over time. We ask children to consider the...
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YHA Stratford-upon-Avon
map pin Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BR
Warwickshire

There's more to Stratford-upon-Avon than Shakespeare - theatre, history and culture buffs of every language love this world-famous location. A superb base for groups and school trips in the West Midlands.
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Gloucestershire School Workshops

Is your school located in Gloucestershire? 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

Discover lots more school workshops in Gloucestershire 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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