Discovery Visits New : Education : Learning & Resources : English Heritage

English Heritage now offers Discovery Visits for schools – an exciting range of site-based workshops and interactive tours that look at history and reveal the cross-curricular promise of our sites. Enjoy seesions led by specialist educators and site staff, that bring our buildings and landscapes to life.

Covering the breadth of English history, our exciting menu of vibrant encounters is tailored to meet the learning needs of groups across all Key Stages. Some sessions also link to other subjects including literacy, science, drama, PSHE, citizenship, art and music.

These webpages list the properties where you can experience the added fascination of Discovery Visits, in addition to your usual free educational visit.

Involve different teaching and learning approaches, including storytelling, construction, problem-solving, role-play, games, handling objects and much more. Pupils can meet characters from the past, make a medieval tile or crack secret codes with equipment used during World War II.

Offer rich, fun and interactive learning experiences which are led by site staff who know their sites inside out! Pupils can get involved in looking, questioning, and discussion, artefact-handling or role-play to discover the hidden histories of our properties.