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:

The Hive Environmental Centre Essex

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The Hive Environmental Centre provides students of all ages with environmental education interlinked to the National Curriculum to support classroom-based learning through practical real-word outdoor experiences in nature, science and climate change.

SEA LIFE Hunstanton

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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.

Knowsley Safari Park Prescot Merseyside

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Knowsley Safari Park offers interactive school trip tours, where students can experience animals from all over the world and learn about their environment and conservation issues, plus why not try the amusements on offer.

SEA LIFE Birmingham

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Sea Life Birmingham offers school trips a unique aquarium experience, students will gain hands on interactive workshop and tour sessions by getting up close to fascinating marine life. All sessions can be interlinked with the national curriculum.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

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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.

Mead Open Farm Activity Farm Bedfordshire

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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.

Stonehenge Hostel at Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm Youth Hostel Wiltshire

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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

Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park Cheltenham

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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

Nature Centre at Habitat Survival Trust Wildlife and Nature Environment Warwickshire

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Visits embrace a short educational talk &video; guided observation walks around the grounds with plenty of wildlife info, plus a talk & demonstration by an animal handler. There is a modern classroom facility, toilets, changing rooms & picnic area.

West Midland Safari Park School Trip

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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.

Crocodiles of the World Zoo Oxfordshire

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Crocodiles of the World are the UK’s only crocodile zoo, with its largest crocodile collection and one of the best collections in Europe they provide excellent workshops for school trips and educational groups.

Battersea Park Childrens Zoo London

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Our guided tours teach children in an educational but fun way about animals and birds. We cover habitats, baby animals, colours, caring for animals, eating habits and much more. Tours can be tailored to suit subjects related to the National Curriculum.
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