Connecting the cities of Liverpool and Leeds together, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is the longest canal in Britain built as a single waterway, and the Burnley Trail is a three-mile walk alongside it. The trail travels from Gannow Tunnel to Bank Hall Colliery, taking in historical sites and discovering more about the fascinating canal, […]

The Field Studies Council has learning centres all over the UK. It offers science school trips for students from primary through to university ages, with sites set against beautiful natural reserves that offer the ideal place to undertake fieldwork. Nettlecombe Court is an FSC site based in a secluded valley on the edge of Exmoor […]

Stephenson Steam Railway is a museum in North Shields that enables visitors to re-live the glorious days of the steam railway. It celebrates the pioneers of railways, George and Robert Stephenson, who spent 20 years in North Tyneside developing their ideas on railways and locomotives, which helped spread their use around the world. There are […]

West View Project was founded in 1980 by several Hartlepool residents. It was established to offer somewhere safe and enjoyable for children to explore. The organisation now welcomes schools to visit. Children will have a chance to learn outside the classroom, meet personal development goals, and have fun while doing it! West View Project offers […]

Discovery Museum is a science and local history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. It encourages visitors to immerse themselves in the history of Newcastle, focusing on the area’s maritime, scientific and technological importance to Britain and the rest of the world. Groups entering the museum will immediately come face to face with Turbinia, Charles Parsons’ […]

Murton Park is an open-air museum experience like no other and the perfect fusion of history, education and fun for every age. On-site you’ll be able to experience Yorkshire Museum of Farming – a museum established to collect, document, display, research and preserve material relating to farming – as well as Derwent Valley Light Railway. […]