Animal Experiences

Want to get up close and personal with animals! Or ever wondered what a zoo/ animal keeper does? Well you can we have many great options for a school trip animal experience where your class or educational group can be hands on with animals of all shapes and sizes.  It’s an amazing fantastic experience you will never forget, learn all about their habitat, country of origin, animal behaviour and special abilities in the wild, but best of all their feeding habits which in your educational group and under supervision feed the animal (hope it’s not you!).

So, whether you are looking for your interactive animal experience at a Zoo, Working Farm, Wildlife Park or Safari you will never forget that amazing hands on experience of a living breathing animal up close. All of these fantastic animal experiences can be designed around your school group and cover subjects such as biology from KS1 to A level and university which are interlinked to the national curriculum.

So, what are you waiting for check UK School Trips Directory below for great ideas and educational animal experiences below:


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Lower Drayton Farm offers schools/student groups an interactive fun learning experience where pupils will become enthralled in the 750-acre working farm that boasts a plethora of themed activities, animals encounters designed to educate and inspire.
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Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a fantastic theme park for school trips and educational groups to experience outside of the classroom. Students can also cover topics such as, science and animal welfare.
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West Midlands Safari and Leisure Park Bewdley offers curriculum-linked hands-on activities in a purpose-built Safari Academy for schools. The education team has 40 years’ experience of many species of animals welfare and conservation issues.
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Cotswold Farms Park offers students hands on fun educational outdoor learning experiences from pre-school, to university. Activities can be tailored to cover topics such as conservation, bushcraft, rare breed animals to farm safari and Jurassic digs

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Set in the peaceful grounds of Tiggywinkles the worlds largest wildlife hospital and Europes first teaching hospital we have developed a very popular educational trail with the chance of meeting some of our permanent residents.
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Sea Life Centre Brighton provides educational groups and schools with hands on aquarium experiences. Workshops include learning about sea creature habitats and understanding marine conservation due to issues such as plastic pollution.
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Explore four themed villages in acres of beautiful woodland and meadow. Climb towers, crawl through tunnels, step inside one of the largest indoor play arenas in London. And all while coming face-to-face with many exotic and traditional farm animals.
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Sea Life Centre Hunstanton provides educational groups and schools with hands on aquarium experiences. Workshops include learning about sea creature habitats and understanding marine conservation due to issues such as plastic pollution.
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National Forest Adventure Farm provides adventurous school trips that are aimed at younger students. Here, your pupils will enjoy an inspirational experience which is not only educational but also fun!
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Stonehenge Hostel at Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm is a 14 room, 70 bed hostel; we host vast and expansive rooms, with some ensuite options, as well as being 10 minutes from UNESCO World Heritage Site Stonehenge
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The Rein and Shine Equestrian Centre and riding school is set in the rolling slopes of North Wiltshire and offers sessions for your students with high quality horses. It is a perfect day out with your school group.
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The Countryside Education Trust has helped people connect with nature since 1975, offering catered and self-catered accommodation, supporting the studies of students from primary to A-level with an expert teaching team
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