Educational Attractions for Schools

Educational Attractions provide school groups with fun learning experiences that are both academically focussed and highly enjoyable. By applying an engaging learning approach, Educational Attractions inspire and motivate students to take a greater interest in their studies. Whether your class is studying history, STEM, conservation, drama, or even science, there is an Educational Attraction for all areas of the National Curriculum.

Educational Attractions serve pupils of all ages, from nursery to university. For younger classes, we have a great variety of age-suitable School Trips listed on our website. From the Pierrepont Farm in Surrey and the Legoland Discovery Centres, to the RSPB Nature Reserves and Blue Reef Aquariums, there are numerous Educational Attractions listed on UK School Trips that are designed to engage and academically stimulate younger audiences. But younger pupils are not the only age group Educational Attractions are catered for. There are plenty of Educational Attractions designed for older students to enjoy. There is the Bioasis, the Imperial War Museums, the National Science and Media Museum Bradford, and many Residential Centres that deliver physically challenging school trip attraction experiences.

With hundreds of Educational Attractions listed on our website, UK School Trips can help you find the perfect School Trip experience for your age group, location, and budget requirements - so that you can plan and book your educational attraction experience!

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Primary Educational Attractions for 5 to 7 year olds

The School Journey Association School Trips Nationwide

Inspiring and exciting educational trips designed to bring subjects to life, extend students’ learning and develop their appreciation of local and international cultures outside the classroom. There is simply nothing like an SJA Trip!

English Heritage South West

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and place to visiting schools.

Imperial War Museum London

The IWM London provides students with an historical experience that cannot be found anywhere else. From exploring the causes of war to understanding the impact conflict has had on individual lives, this museum will offer students a unique insight.

First Education and School Travel: All-Inclusive Residential Visits

First Education & School Travel is the UK’s leading school tour operator, providing all-inclusive residential school trip packages, including coach travel, accommodation, full board meals & activity programme from outdoor to educational.

Imperial War Museum North

If you're searching for an immersive School Trip experience, look no further. IWM North has a variety of historically engaging exhibitions, which will further your students' knowledge & understanding of past conflicts, from First World War to the present.

Pooles Cavern & Country Park

Discover the largest stalactite and stalagmite in the Peak District and learn how water has eroded this vast series of chambers over millions of years, which then lined the cavern with incredible calcite crystal formations.

Skern Lodge Outdoor Learning and Development Residential Centre North Devon

Skern Lodge is one of the leading providers of outdoor learning and development in the UK. Offering a wide range of adventurous outdoor activities and geography fieldwork opportunities from its Centre on the North Devon coast.

School Trips at Bristol Museums

Bristol Museums offer a wide range of school trips, where subjects such as history, literature, science and art are brought to life! Students will have the opportunity to explore their creativity and imagination in a unique learning environment.

The Wizard Walk - A Magical Walking Tour Around Historical York

The only walking tour in York specifically aimed at school groups, and winner of many awards including Best Tour 2023 and 2024. Fun and a dash of York's history will create a truly unforgettable wizard experience on your school days out.

English Heritage South East

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and place to visiting schools.

English Heritage East Midlands

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and place to visiting schools.

The National Justice Museum Nottingham

At the The National Justice Museum Nottingham our inspirational educational visits use authentic courtrooms, museum spaces, objects and archives to help pupils gain a practical understanding of the law and justice system.

The Matthew of Bristol

All trips are designed to fit in with the national history KS1 and 2 curriculum. It highlights Bristol's local history, John Cabot and the discovery of Newfoundland, the famous Bristol pirate Blackbeard, and life on board a Tudor ship.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Enjoy a thrilling educational or end of term treat day out at one of the UK's favourite theme parks, Blackpool Pleasure Beach has its own dedicated Education Academy.

Churchill War Rooms London

In the Churchill War Rooms London students can discover what life would have been like during the tense days and nights of the Second World War. This unique, historic underground bunker provides an exciting school day trip.

Fairytale Farm Visitor Attraction Oxfordshire

Fairytale Farms provides Primary School Students with an outdoor learning wonderland experience, where they can enjoy magical fairytales, farm animals, adventure play, waterplay, activity panels, sensory garden and so much more!

Adaptable Travel UK and Worldwide Tour Operator

Adaptable Travel is the UKs most innovative school trips operator offering unique, safe and low-cost school trips and educational tours to destinations across the UK, Europe and worldwide.

Canterbury Guided Tours - City walking tours for schools

Canterbury Guided Tours provide entertaining 90-minute interactive educational city walking tours for groups; an ideal opportunity to experience outdoor learning whilst enjoying the rich history of life past and present in the historic city of Canterbury.

Kingswood Residential Centre North Devon

Kingswood North Devon is the perfect Residential School Trip for any classes looking to take part in some adventurous activities! The surrounding environment and friendly staff ensure that every student thoroughly enjoys their experience.

The Lincolnsfields Childrens Centre

The Children at War experience offers a unique hands-on insight into life in wartime Britain. We encourage each group to get into role and if they come dressed as an evacuee it can really add a whole new dimension to the experience.

Outward Bound Ullswater Lake District England

Outward Bound utilises the power of learning and adventure to unleash a students true potential; with a large range of thrilling activities, the pupils will be constantly engaged and excited, making Outward Bound the perfect destination for school trips

Accommodation YHA South West

Much of the YHA hostel network is available for use by groups and schools. We offer both group accommodation that's great for teacher-led residentials as well as complete packages. Unless stated the hostel is bed and board only.

English Heritage West Midlands

English Heritage should be applauded for their development of the Discovery Visit, which interprets the story of a site, giving a sense of time and place to visiting schools.

Immersive Experiences Mobile Planetarium School Workshops Nationwide

Immersive Experiences is the UK's multi-award-winning immersive learning/entertainment outreach provider, reaching a record breaking 200,000 people a year.

Southchurch Hall Museum Essex

Southchurch Hall museum is housed in the half-timbered medieval manor house, which dates to the early 14th century.

The National Justice Museum North

At The National Justice Museum North our inspirational educational visits use authentic courtrooms, museum spaces, objects and archives to help pupils gain a practical understanding of the law and justice system.

Cadbury World Birmingham

Cadbury World in the West Midlands offers a unique experience that gives a fascinating insight into the rich heritage of the nation’s favourite chocolate. Your visit will take around 4.5 hours. This includes an educational talk or workshop (optional).

Prison & Police Museum Ripon North Yorkshire

At the Prison & Police Museum Ripon discover the history of crime & punishment in the Victorian prison, learn the history of policing in Yorkshire from the Anglo-Saxons to the formation of professional policing, perfect historical interactive experience.

Bath Open Top Bus Tours

Bath Bus Company provide an efficient and informative way to explore the city of Bath, offering customers recorded commentary in a variety of languages.

Heights of Abraham Cable Cars, Caverns & Hilltop Park Derbyshire

Heights of Abraham Derbyshire provide schools and educational groups with a unique memorable outdoor experience from cable car journeys to historical hilltop guided tours to underground caverns and hands on workshops in the woodland corner.

Secondary Educational Attractions for 11 to 13 year olds

Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre

The Adventure Centre is a stunning watersports & visitor centre located in Crosby Coastal Park, Waterloo. The facilities include water sports, fitness suite, bistro & 4 high-quality fully accessible bedrooms & bunkrooms which sleep up to 48.

Howletts Wild Animal Park Kent

Howletts Wild Animal Park, Kent's wildlife and animal park, houses some of the world's most endangered animals. A school trip here in Kent with your students guarantees exciting outdoor education for the whole class on an animal park school trip.

Rush Trampoline Park Birmingham

Rush Trampoline Park Birmingham is a unique, purpose-built trampoline park for the perfect reward trip! Book now and give your students the chance to jump, climb and challenge the ultimate battle beam!

Zip World Llechwedd North Wales

Zip World escape your classroom, packed with thrilling adventures for all ages & abilities with a wide range of fun activities where pupils can zip, bounce, swing, & slide in a safe environment. Try our schools programme covering many curriculum topics.

Jump in Aberdeen Trampoline & Adventure Park

Jump in Aberdeen is a fantastic purpose-built adventure and trampoline park perfect for reward trips. Your students will jump, dodge, climb and have the chance to challenge the ultimate wipeout course!

Game Over Escape Rooms Derby

At Game Over Escape Rooms Derby you are trapped in a room for one hour with your school mates It’s full of riddles, hidden mysteries and forgotten stories. Can you find the clues and escape the room on your school day out?

Reel Cinemas Widnes

We offer our cinemas out for school or group bookings to show current releases, a requested film or as a space to use as a presentation area. We can source most films whether the visit is a treat or for educational purposes. We also cater for SEN schools.

High Ashurst Outdoor Education Centre Surrey

High Ashurst Outdoor Education Centre is set in 56 acres of woodland on Box Hill, near Dorking, in the tranquil Surrey Hills 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'.

Gulliver’s Land Resort Buckinghamshire

Gulliver’s Land Resort provides an enjoyable learning environment for students, where they can discover various attractions and animals such as, dinosaurs, reptiles and farm animals.

The School Journey Association School Trips Nationwide

Kingswood Dukeshouse Wood Activity Centre Northumberland

Set on a beautiful fellside, this 18-acre park offers a wonderful rural environment where young people feel instantly at home, so they are free to enjoy the best of the countryside and all the opportunities available here.

Rock Up Sheffield Fun Climbing & Soft Play Centre

Rock Up provides students with endless fun, exciting interactive activities to experience that will test their mental & physical abilities in a team building environment with dozens of climbing walls at different levels of challenge like Clip 'n Climb.

SEA LIFE Scarborough

Sea Life Centre Scarborough provides educational groups and schools with hands on aquarium experiences and fits with KS1 & KS2 curriculum. Workshops include learning about sea creature habitats and understanding marine conservation and plastic pollution.

Jump Inc Liverpool Inflatable and Ninja Indoor Activity Park

Experience the ultimate thrill at Jump Inc Liverpool Inflatable and Ninja Indoor Activity Park. Whether you’re an adrenaline junkie or just looking for a fun-filled day out with your school group, we have something for everyone.

AirHop Trampoline Park Guildford Surrey

Airhop Guildford, Surrey is a unique, purpose-built trampoline park for the perfect reward trip! Book now and give your students the chance to jump, climb and challenge the ultimate wipeout course!

Gravity Active Northampton Trampoline Adventure Park

Gravity Active Northampton Trampoline Adventure Park in the middle of Northampton understands teachers' needs as well as students', delivering an easy-to-follow lesson plan that is fun and safe.

Mission Out Adventure Playground Leeds

At Mission Out Adventure Playground Leeds, school students can experience epic challenges and exhilarating fun in the great outdoors of Yorkshire. We can provide bespoke packages for educational and recreational learning objectives.

Willen Lake Day Trips Milton Keynes

Located within the vibrant and colourful city of Milton Keynes, Willen Lake provides educational groups with safe, fun, and memorable School Trip experiences - where students can take part in both land and water-based activities.

The London Bridge Experience History Themed Attraction

Looking for an immersive, history reward trip? Discover London’s gruesome history and a time that was an age of adventure, uncovering the dark secrets that lie beneath the world’s most famous haunted bridge at the London Bridge Experience!

Jump Inc Sheffield Inflatable and Ninja Indoor Activity Park

Jump Inc Sheffield Inflatable and Ninja Indoor Activity Parkis one of the largest dedicated trampoline parks in the UK, with over 36,000 square feet of spring-loaded fun under one roof, offering a great day for school groups in Yorkshire.

The MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) Museum Warwickshire

The MAD Museum is based in the center of Stratford upon Avon, this attraction displays interactive pieces of mechanical art. “MAD” stands for Mechanical Art and Design.

Port Lympne Safari Park Kent

Port Lympne Safari Park is Kent's biggest wildlife and animal park and a breeding sanctuary. Experience a school trip in Kent with your students by visiting this award winning safari park on a lovely animal park school trip.

Kingswood Green Park Activity Centre Buckinghamshire

Kingswood Green Park provides outdoor activity pursuits for educational groups with some fun and engaging challenges and a range of programmes that can be tailored to your needs.

Carlisle Castle Cumbria

An impressive frontier fortress with 900 years of history – excellent for Medieval, Tudor and Civil War topics. Carlisle Castle provides students with a sense of how the site has changed over time and what life was like for the people who lived here.

London Stadium Tours (Former Olympic Stadium)

The former Olympic Stadium in London that inspired world class athletes is now transformed into a fantastic multi-use venue. Pupils can tour the home team's changing room; the dugout; race on the indoor running track; and much more!

Amersham Field Studies Activity Environment Centre Field Studies Council

The Field Studies Council, Amersham Centre offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages. Students experience stunning locations, curriculum focused work, high quality teaching that inspires everyone about the environment of today.

Challenge Academy Adventure Hub and High Ropes West Midlands

Challenge Academy delivers adventurous outdoor education experiences, in which your students will not only learn a range of life skills but will also have the chance to take part in numerous thrilling and fun activities!

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Derby

At Paradise Island Adventure Golf Derby, your class will have the chance to explore an abandoned shipwreck, navigate through sea caves, and even trek along a jungle path filled with bamboo and tropical plants.

RSPB Fairhaven Lake Lancashire

Situated on the edge of Fairhaven Lake, RSPB Fairhaven provides your school trip or educational group with a fun, interactive hands-on learning experience for students of all ages and abilities interlinked to the national curriculum.

The York Dungeon

York dungeons offers the experience to see the past and learn all its horrible history on a school trip. A unique walk through experience for students that includes special effects, hilarious fun and excitement.

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SandboxVR Reward Trip Birmingham Midlands

SandboxVR Birmingham is the world's most advanced free-roam virtual reality venue where students come together and explore 8 different worlds. It is a mind-bending VR adventure for school kids on a school day trip.

SandboxVR Reward Trip Central London

SandboxVR London will provide immersive experiences for school groups that feel like the future. Sandbox is a VR experience for students who will share a totally unique experience with each other, creating unforgettable memories on a school triip.

Mead Open Farm Activity Farm Bedfordshire

Enjoy a great school day day out at Mead Open Farm Activity Farm Bedfordshire. It is open in all seasons for all weather fun, offering many outdoor play activities for your students, such as Go Karts, Crazy Golf and animal experiences.

Bubble Planet Immersive Experience London

Bubble Planet is London's newest multi-sensory world where your school group can step into a world beyond your imagination with VR technology, themed rooms. This place is provides an immersive experience for students on a school day trip.

Van Gogh Immersive Experience London

The Van Gogh Immersive Experience London is a 360º digital art exhibition in London that invites your students to step into the universe of van Gogh on a school day trip. This immersive experience will take you on a ride through art and technology.

Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World Shropshire

With over 100 species of animals, over 30 animatronic dinosaurs and activities taking place all day, Hoo Zoo really is a fun day out whatever the age. Come see and learn about our exotic animals everyday on your school day trip.

Volcano Falls Xscape Adventure Golf Milton Keynes

Volcano Falls Xscape Adventure Golf in Milton Keynes is great fun for all school ages. If you're looking to play some fun and entertaining golf and have a bite to eat then look no further. Let's make school day trips exciting again!

The Ice Cream Farm Tattenhall Play Attraction Cheshire

The Ice Cream Farm is one of Cheshire's main and the UK’s only ice cream-themed attraction, bringing together the world's largest ice cream shop and indoor and outdoor play attractions for your school students.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a fantastic place to experience a truly breathtaking scenery while on an educational experience with students of all ages. Explore, learn and have fun while learning about animals.

Smugglers Adventure Day Trip Museum Hastings East Sussex

Smugglers Adventure in Hastings provides an opportunity for your students to take a journey back in time to uncover the deep and dark secrets of the smugglers. A school day trip like it can provide educational material for pupils of all key stages.

Game Over Escape Rooms Liverpool

If you dare, come to Game Over Escape Rooms Liverpool and take on the challenge with your school mates. Every clue is crucial, every second counts, so this will be one exciting school day out!

Game Over Escape Rooms Derby

Break Free Escape Room Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria

Break Free Escape Room Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria offers a premium escape room experience for school students with 4 great scenarios to choose from, resulting in a truly unforgettable experience on your school day trip.

Break Free Escape Room Stoke Newcastle-under-Lyme

At Break Free Escape Room Stoke Newcastle-under-Lyme students can work together and test their logic and deduction skills by trying to escape from a themed room in under 60 minutes. Make your school trips exciting and reward your students.

Escape Reality Escape Rooms Leeds

Students can apply problem-solving, critical thinking, and teamwork skills in a real-world context in Escape Reality Escape Rooms Leeds Yorkshire. What a fun day for your school trip!

Escape Reality Escape Rooms Preston Lancashire

Experience the thrill of Preston's best escape room game at Escape Reality Escape Rooms. A perfect and exciting reward trip for your school group.

Stockeld Park Storyworld of Adventure North Yorkshire

Stockeld Park is the perfect place for school days out in Yorkshire. Visit and experience the adventure playgrounds and magical forest events in this unique, all-weather attraction located near Wetherby in West Yorkshire.

Escape Hunt Immersive Escape Room Leeds

Escape Hunt Immersive Escape Room Leeds features 5-star rated escape rooms, a luxury lounge and VIP amenities for your students. The most exciting escape experience is now open for your school day trips.

Escape Hunt Immersive Escape Room London Oxford Street

Work as a team with your school mates in Escape Hunt, in London to find clues, solve puzzles and complete challenges before the time runs out. This isn’t something you watch, it’s something you experience. A perfect place for a school day trip.

Escape Hunt Immersive Escape Room Bristol

Think of Escape Hunt Immersive Escape Room Bristol as the closest students are likely to get to starring in a brilliantly plotted escape movie. Your students can get locked in a themed room and have to find and solve a series of clues in order to escape.

Escape Hunt Immersive Escape Room Birmingham

Escape Hunt Birmingham is packed with excitement, where students will leap into new worlds to complete ground-breaking missions. They have to work as a team to find clues, solve puzzles and complete challenges. What a great way to spend a school day trip.

Lower Drayton Farm Park Learning Outdoor Education Staffordshire

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.

The Bear Grylls Adventure Reward Trips Birmingham NEC

The Bear Grylls Adventure, Birmingham, offers a plethora of activities, including a Royal Marines-inspired assault course that will thrill and excite your students, creating the perfect reward trip for you pupils.

The Escapologist STEM engaging Escape Room Castleford

Escapologist's escape rooms present your students with both physical and psychological puzzles, creating a thrilling and enticing experience that also tests a pupils cognitive ability and team work. A fun Escape Game learning experience for schools.

The Escapologist Immersive Rewards Trip Leeds

Drayton Manor Resort

Drayton Manor Resort is the perfect option for a fun day out, with a theme park and zoo, students will not run out of attractions to visit, making it the ideal choice for a rewarding trip.

Zip World Tower South Wales

Zip World Llechwedd North Wales

Zip World Penrhyn Quarry North Wales

Ninja Warrior Adventure Activity Centre Guildford South East

Ninja Warrior UK Guildford is a unique purpose-built indoor obstacle course inspired by the famous ITV hit show, students will climb, balance, jump and swing across different obstacles via inflatables including jelly mountain, drop tower, moon bounce.

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