Self-Led Visits

Organise your own self-led visit to suit your needs and bring your teaching to life. A school trip can help you kick-start a topic, cover cross-curricular learning and support student wellbeing. Inspire your class and stand in the places where history happened.

UK schools and eligible learning groups can visit for free to support your teaching. Find out more about our offer for international education groups.

What's included?

When booking a self-led visit you’ll get:

Free downloadable resources designed by teachers, historians and site experts to help bring your area of study to life
Free on-site resources such as handling boxes and Discovery Chests.
Free planning trip to help you prepare for your visit and familiarise yourself with the site - see our terms and conditions
Itineraries and visit planning support from our Learning Participation Officers across the country
20% off guidebooks
Delve deeper into the history of our sites with our expert-led Discovery Visit workshops at selected sites. These great value award-winning sessions are available from £100 per group per session.

Choose your site

With over 400 places across England to choose from, you’re never far away from one of our sites. Discover iconic castles, world famous Roman frontiers or explore the local treasure on your doorstep, our self-led visits provide a great way for you to create memorable and unique experiences for your learners.

Find a site

Planning your visit

Planning a trip to an English Heritage site is easy. Not only are visits a brilliant way to give your students immersive, hands-on experiences that complement the curriculum, they can also be organised on a budget.

Follow our 5 easy steps to create a day you and your students will never forget!

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