School Trips and Visits in Staffordshire
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Why Choose Staffordshire for Your Next School Trip?
Staffordshire is a midlands county, rich in history, natural beauty, and cultural heritage. From creative arts to outdoor adventures, Staffordshire offers diverse educational experiences to inspire and engage your students. Key venues such as Ingestre Hall, Beaudesert Activity Centre, and Peak provide unique opportunities for learning and exploration. In addition, other notable attractions in the area include the Shugborough Estate, a stunning 18th-century mansion and gardens, where your students can learn about British history and heritage. The National Memorial Arboretum, located in Alrewas, provides a unique educational experience centered on remembrance and history. This living memorial honours those who have served and sacrificed, and it offers educational programs that explore themes of history, citizenship, and personal development. For a more hands-on historical experience, students can visit the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. This working museum offers interactive exhibits and workshops that teach students about the region's rich industrial heritage and the art of pottery making.
Start planning your Staffordshire school trip today by browsing the options below, or use the form on this page to tailor your requirements.
Want to know where to take your school group in Staffordshire? Here are some fun educational trips from venues such as Middleport Pottery, Alton Towers, Peak - Chasewater Activity Centre, Peak - Audley Climbing Centre, Trentham Monkey Forest, and more.
Peak - Audley Climbing Centre
School Trip West Midlands
Subjects: Citizenship, Physical Education, PSHE, SEN, Team Building
Audley Climbing Centre is a great indoor centre, packed with routes and challenges for climbers of all ages and abilities. We are proud to have the most top rope routes in all of North Staffordshire. We can cater for school groups.
Peak - Audley Climbing Centre

Peak - Audley Climbing Centre
Audley Stoke-on-Trent ST7 8DH
Audley Climbing Centre is a great indoor centre, packed with routes and challenges for climbers of all ages and abilities. We are proud to have the most top rope routes in all of North Staffordshire. We can cater for school groups.
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Middleport Pottery
Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3PE
History and creativity come to life in the last continuously operating Victorian pottery in the UK. Pottery is still being made in the same factory that was built in 1889. It is the ideal place for curriculum-linked learning and creative workshops.
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Trentham Monkey Forest
Staffordshire
A trip to remember!Bring your little monkeys to see 140 free-roaming Barbary macaques in one of the UK's most unique attractions...
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Beaudesert Activity Centre
Rugeley WS15 4JJ
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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Peak - Chasewater Activity Centre
Burntwood WS7 2JX
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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Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre
Ingestre ST18 9QZ
Ingestre Arts deliver unique, transferable learning experiences through creative & expressive arts such as music, drama, visual art, dance & animation. The UKs only dedicated residential arts centre, a residential with us is unlike any other!
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Alton Towers
Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4DB
Home to Britain’s most-loved theme park with great kids attractions, white-knuckle roller coaster rides, special events and much, much more.
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ElevationX Ltd
Staffordshire & Various Regions
ElevationX is a specialist outreach and in-school interactive workshop provider, facilitating exciting, enriching and ‘elevating’ experiences for young people. We deliver a wide range of workshops for primary and secondary schools across the UK.
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Intermediate OR Advanced STEMbotics Robotics & Coding Y4-Y11
Staffordshire & Various Regions
Our Intermediate OR Advanced STEMbotics workshops challenge students to design, build and code LEGO robots using either Scratch-style programming blocks, or for KS3-KS5 we use Python coding.
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Outdoor & Adventure School Residential Trips
Our Buddens Activity Centre trips benefit from 96 acres of adventure playground and over 32 activities to choose from. Our activities include both land and water based experiences for your pupils to engage with.
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Dorset - The Jurassic Coast
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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Watersports Residential Trips
With 50 years of experience delivering high quality watersports trips, Rockley offers children a safe space to enjoy being on the water. Activities include raft building, sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and much more!
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Discover the Jurassic Coast for Primary and Middle Schools - Curriculum Travel
The Jurassic Coast spans between East Devon and Purbeck with amazing places to visit including Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Weymouth, Portland, Lyme Regis, Chesil Beach, Charmouth and Sidmouth.
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Dorset Adventure Park
Looking for an unforgettable adventure? Dorset Adventure Park is the perfect destination! Spread across 18 acres of stunning woodland, it features a thrilling Waterpark and an exhilarating Mud Trail, offering fun and challenges for all ages.
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Your Dorset Adventure Awaits!
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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Cumulus Outdoors Tented Village - Corfe Castle
Our exciting range of land and water based outdoor adventure activities take place at some of Dorset’s most iconic coastal locations and offer the unique opportunity to explore the stunning Jurassic Coastline whilst trying something new.
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Andrew Simpson Centre Portland - Residential
Introduce your students to the watersports world a World-class venue, where better to learn to sail than the home for the London 2012 Olympic Games!
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Andrew Simpson Centre Portland
We offer sessions in; sailing, kayaking, paddleboarding, marine biology and teambuilding, all tailored to suit your group! From day trips, residential, multi-activity or weekly series expand your horizons with ASC Portland this year!
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Portland Outdoor Centre
A stunning coastal playground, comfortable accommodation and great food. All the ingredients for a great trip!
The Isle of Portland, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site makes us perfect for adventurous and educational residential trips.
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Land & Wave Adventure School Trips in Dorset
We provide exciting adventure school trips, DofE and outdoor training courses. We specialise in authentic adventure, using incredible natural landscapes as the backdrop to our activities: Coasteering, Bushcraft, Beach Kayaking, Climbing, Archery etc
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Cumulus Outdoors Curriculum Day Trips
We run exciting and fun filled Adventure Activity Days on the Jurassic Coast for schools and youth groups. These outdoor activities are designed to improve self esteem, confidence and support learning outside the classroom.
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Cumulus Outdoors Residential Centre - Swanage
Tailored adventure residentials on the Dorset coast at our residential centre in Swanage, can include activities such as Coasteering, Climbing, Mackerel Fishing, Field Studies, and Bushcraft, delivered by our highly qualified instructors.
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Avon Tyrrell
Avon Tyrrell, UK Youth Outdoor Activity Centre is located in the stunning New Forest National Park and offers an extensive range of site activities, all linked to the National Curriculum as well as various accommodation options for organised groups.
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Shepton Mallet Prison - Education Behind Bars
Shepton Mallet Prison puts 'Education Behind Bars' with the launch of a newly created National Education Programme for Schools, Colleges, and Universities, ensuring educational visits are truly educational and a reach beyond the traditional.
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Old Sarum
Book a free school trip to Old Sarum, and explore this mighty Iron Age hill fort, a unique location where Iron Age people, the Romans, Saxons and Normans have all left their mark on an impressive landscape.
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Tile Barn Outdoor Centre
Our 14 acre site located in the heart of the New Forest National Park offers cost-effective residential trips with a variety of accommodation options (including camping for up to 300!). A range of adventurous activities are on-site too.
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Stonehenge
The most outstanding prehistoric monument in the British Isles, Stonehenge is an internationally renowned World Heritage Site and one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Europe.
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Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Book a free school trip to Farleigh Hungerford Castle, and explore the ruins, the chapel and the burial vault to learn about the history of the site and the people who lived there. Enhance your learning with a hands-on workshop led by site experts.
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New Forest Activities
Set in the New Forest, their day or multi-day options, with catered camping, provide a unique setting for self-discovery, skill development and the broadening of horizons. Woodland, water and land-based adventures take learning beyond the classroom.
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Braeside Residential Adventure Centre
Discover an amazing outdoor adventure centre nestled on the edge of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. Perfect for young adventurers seeking thrilling tailor-made educational programmes designed to challenge - in a warm, friendly homely environment.
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Staffordshire School Workshops
Is your school located in Staffordshire? 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..

Mindfulness Series
Everyone is unique, but our many emotions are something we all have in common! Mindfulness techniques can give us a better understanding of our own thoughts and feelings, plus help us develop a greater understanding of the people around us.
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The Coronation of King Charles III
Meet royal enthusiast Sally Spade, who is so excited about the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III. Through drama, explore how the monarchy helps to shape our society and celebrate along with Sally all things British!
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School Of Noise online
Explore the wonderful world of sound with the School of Noise. Our fun and educational workshops are designed to investigate the science of sound and provide pupils with a hands-on opportunity to conduct their own experiments.
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Dinosaurs
Step back in time inside our dinosaur dome and learn about dinosaurs, how they fly and where they were discovered
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In School Workshops
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