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Primary School Trips to Scarborough

5 days from £259pp

Make your pupils more aware of the issues facing our natural environments, through a range of informative yet fun visits. They’ll appreciate nature, and our daily impact upon it, with our fantastic informative educational packs. As Britain’s first seaside resort, Scarborough has been welcoming visitors for over 360 years, offering safe, sandy, and accredited beaches.

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You’ll find our most popular itinerary choice(s) below, but we can tailor-make yours from scratch to meet your exact requirements…

Scarborough - 5 days from £259pp*

Travelling in October 2013. Price includes executive coach transport from & to school & throughout your stay, 4 nights' full board accommodation, group travel insurance and a generous free place ratio of 1 in 8.

And then add our most popular itinerary package below for £30*pp

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Day 1	Morning departure from school	Magna Science Adventure Centre. Check into accommodation	Evening meal. Familiarisation of local area or group quiz in the hotel
Day 2	Sealife Centre & Marine Sanctuary	Scarborough Castle	Evening meal. Free time at leisure
Day 3	1 hour tour around Whitby Abbey. Free time	Captain Cook Museum & exploration in Whitby	Evening meal. Free time at leisure
Day 4	Jorvik Viking Centre	Barley Hall & York Boat Cruise	Evening meal. Farewell disco
Day 5	Departure for return journey to school

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*Price shown based on 35 paying passengers departing from England & Wales & are subject to availability. Entrance fees for some of the visits featured may be payable locally, but are included in the price shown.

Our most popular visits in Scarborough for Primary school trips

Here are some of our most popular visits in Scarborough for Primary school groups. We can tailor-make an itinerary to your exact needs. Call 0845 688 8988 to create your itinerary from scratch today.

Geography Visits

Bridestones Moor

This nature reserve is home to typical moorland vegetation, and an ancient woodland estimated to date from the end of the last Ice Age. Experience the wild, natural, untouched landscape, consider the impact of humanity in the past, present and future, and develop children’s sense of responsibility towards our natural resources.

Robin Hood’s Bay

An ideal and popular destination for group visits, where pupils can enjoy searching the rocky shore for current and Jurassic habitats. There is a wide range of wildlife on show, an exciting exhibition and education centre and pupils can even find and classify a fossil.

History Visits

Scarborough Castle

Scarborough Castle has a 2,500 year history, stunning location and panoramic views over the dramatic Yorkshire coastline. It started life as an Iron Age Fort, was occupied by the Romans, became a Viking settlement and reached its heyday under Henry II. This royal stronghold, built by successive medieval kings over two centuries, has seen more than its fair share of conflict and sieges. Learn how it was fought over in the English Civil War and came under bombardment during WWI.

Captain Cook Themed Visits

Explore Captain Cook country in the Captain Cook Memorial Museum and the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. Here, the story of one of the world’s greatest navigators and mariners can be discovered. Pupils can collect information about the different cultures he encountered, view ship replicas, visit themed display galleries and temporary exhibitions, and use the interactive resources. These visits offer a lively education programme for young children.

Whitby Abbey

Discover how over 1,500 years of history make this abbey one of England’s most important archaeological sites. You’ll find out what life was like through different ages, explore the modern day issues of restoring a ruined property and learn about the troubled history of the Abbey.

A Day in York

Scarborough is an ideal base from which to travel to York as accommodation is cheaper and York is only an hour’s drive away. In York, your pupils could visit the Jorvik Viking Centre, DIG, York Minster & Educational Centre or York Castle Museum. See pages 24-25 for more information.

Science Visits

Sealife Centre

Experience the underwater world first-hand. Learn about marine habitats in the North Sea, and focus on the plight of the seals. Get hands-on with marine animals, see a wide variety of sea animals from all around the world and collect information about the North Sea environment.

Playdale Farm Park

Get close to animals and consider the issues facing 21st century farming at Playdale Farm Park. Pupils will get to interact with a wide range of animals, both farmed and wild, look at how the Farm Park was created and has been developed, and use the educational pack to create their development.

Below, you'll find some of our most popular accommodation options for school groups.

This is just a sample of our full range, so for full details of all properties available, please call 0845 688 8988 to speak to one of our Educational Travel Advisors today.

Green Gables Hotel

A family-owned large Victorian building built in the late 19th century.

Free Educational Resources

When you book with NST, you’ll receive some free educational resources to help your group get the most out of their time away.

Educational Resource Packs for Primary Groups

We offer unique and exclusive educational materials for you to use on your tour, and provide you with resources for pre- and post-tour tasks too. Our Scarborough Educational Pack includes units on Conservation (in association with the National Trust), Farming, Adventurers at Sea, and Safety on Our Coastlines (in association with ROSPA).

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