School Visits

Free Self-Led Visits

Inspire your class this term and stand in the places where history happened, for free! A school trip can support student wellbeing, help you kick-start a topic and cover cross-curricular learning.

Our free, self-led visits are available to all pre-booked learning groups, so you can organise your own visit to suit your needs. We have a wide range of free, downloadable teaching resources, designed by teachers, historians and site experts to help bring your area of study to life.

Have a look at our school visit site pages for full details on available facilities, workshops, free downloadable risk assessments and resources to support your trip planning. You can also use our helpful tips to support your planning.

FIND A FREE VISIT

Search our 400+ sites below to find one near you. From Roman forts and Victorian halls in the north, to cliff top castles and the iconic Stonehenge in the south, you're never far away from one of our sites, which cover a range of historical periods and topics.

If you already know where you’d like to visit, click the enquire now button to book.

 

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Free Planning Visits

We recommend a free planning visit to help you prepare for your trip and familiarise yourself with the site. You can come anytime (excluding event days) and you can bring your colleagues, family or friends with you (maximum 2 adults and 3 children in total).

All you need to do is print out your permit which is attached to your booking confirmation email or show a copy on your phone or tablet to a member of site staff. 

If you’d like to visit any of the sites in the following list, you’ll need to book a planning visit in advance. Please contact us to arrange a convenient date and time.

Aldborough Roman Site, Aydon Castle, Brinkburn Priory, Hailes Abbey, Kirby Muxloe Castle, Lincoln Medieval Bishop's Palace, Lyddington Bede House, Muchelney Abbey, Okehampton Castle, Prudhoe Castle, Ranger's House, Rushton Triangular Lodge, St. Peter's Church, Stott Park Bobbin Mill and Thornton Abbey and Gatehouse.

Your permit also gives you a 20% discount on the official English Heritage guidebook for your place of choice.

 

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  1. Battle Abbey gatehouse, viewed from the grounds

    1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield

    Relive the battle that changed England forever.

    East Sussex, South East
  2. Abbotsbury Abbey Remains

    Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.

    Dorset, South West
  3. Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel

    Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.

    Dorset, South West
  4. Abingdon County Hall Museum

    This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.

    Oxfordshire, South East
  5. Aerial view of Acton Burnell Castle ruins alongside 13th century medieval St Mary's Church set amongst a rich planting of trees

    Acton Burnell Castle

    Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.

    Shropshire, West Midlands
  6. Detail of a Roman mosaic at Aldborough Roman Site

    Aldborough Roman Site

    Roman remains in a Victorian arboretum

    North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
  7. Aerial view of Avebury showing the stone circle, church and neighbouring Alexander Keiller Museum

    Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury

    The Stables Gallery houses one of the most important prehistoric archaeological collections in Britain, including many artefacts from the World Heritage Sites. Find out about Avebury stone circle.

    Wiltshire, South West
  8. Ambleside Roman Fort

    The well-marked remains of a 2nd-century fort with large granaries, built under Hadrian's rule to guard the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass and act as a supply base.

    Cumbria, North West
  9. South facing facade of Jacobean Apethorpe Palace in the sunshine

    Apethorpe Palace

    A stately palace with one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.

    Northamptonshire, East Midlands
  10. Appuldurcombe House

    The shell of Appuldurcombe, once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight and still an important example of English baroque Architecture stands in 'Capability' Brown-designed grounds.

    Isle of Wight, South East

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