Day visits at Minstead Study Centre

Spend the day exploring the natural environment with our day visit package.

How your group can benefit

  • Enhances health and wellbeing.
  • Strengthens social development by fostering teamwork, empathy, and communication.
  • Sparks curiosity and provides hands on learning.
  • Fun science and geographical learning and fieldwork opportunities outside the classroom.
  • Connects children with their environment and sustainable living.
  • Nature based education that equips young people with resilience, environmental awareness and problem-solving skills.

  • A class of children in coats and hats sat outside on benches

  • Two children in a woodland setting marking items off a checklist

  • Three children sitting on rustic wooden bench looking at a map

  • Children inspecting their pond dipping catch with a magnifying glass

The package

  • Standard time: 9:30am-2:30pm.
  • Flexible, curriculum-linked outdoor learning experiences.
  • Ideal for nature connection, climate education, and practical fieldwork.

We tailor every visit to meet the specific needs of your group, ensuring strong links to curriculum topics and key stage outcomes. Our experienced education team works in partnership with school staff to co-design programmes that are engaging, inclusive, and impactful.

From
£11
per person

Things to note

  • Groups will need to bring their own packed lunches.
  • Day visit bookings are adapted around the activities being undertaken by residential groups. As a result, not all types of day visit are available each day.
  • Depending on residential occupancy, we can also occasionally offer extended day visits, which take place until 5pm. The price for these visits is from £17.50 per person.
  • Longer day visits which include an outdoor cooked evening meal, evening activity, and campfire to finish the day take place until 8pm. The price for these visits is from £30 per person.

Why choose us?

  • We’re all about young people growing and gaining life enriching experiences.
  • Our prices are transparent with no hidden extras.
  • We are quality focused, and safety assured.
  • We have experience and have been operating since the 1960s.
  • We offer support to young people who need additional financial assistance.