School Trips |

Waterhall

Wilding Waterhall is working to ‘wild’ a former Brighton & Hove City Council Golf Course, to restore fragile chalk grassland and improve habitats for multiple species whilst offering a unique opportunity for local residents and visitors to learn more about our internationally important local environment.

School visits can include: Guided safaris, pond-dipping, bug-hunting, wild-flower and bird identification, exploring habitats & micro-habitats, orienteering, monitoring biodiversity with quadrats and transects. Contact wildingwaterhall@brighton-hove.gov.uk to arrange a visit.

Photo from www.brighton-hove.gov.uk

Lewes Railway Land

Situated in the Ouse Valley bordered by the river, the Railway Land Nature Reserve in Lewes has all the ingredients for a truly enthralling school visit. We have a wonderful mosaic of habitats including woodlands often full of birdsong, water meadows brimming with invertebrates, and ponds with frogs, newts and dragonflies. You may see a heron or egret, or even a peregrine falcon which nest nearby. We have a purpose built environmental education centre, the Linklater Pavilion, and the use of advanced technology such as digital microscopes and webcams.

https://www.railwaylandproject.org/educational-school-trips

Southern Water

Dive into the world of wastewater with this free, behind-the-scenes tour of the important work that goes on at our Peacehaven Wastewater Treatment Works.

https://www.southernwater.co.uk/about-us/education/beyond-the-drain

Farm twinning

Your students can learn more about what goes on at a farm by twinning with a farm close to your school.

Contact Helen Graham at the Wealden Food Partnership – Helen.Graham@communityactioneastsussex.org.uk

Windmill Herstmonceux

Visit a fully renovated windmill.

Open from Easter until September for visits https://windmillhillwindmill.org/visiting/schoolvisits/

Veolia Recycling Centres

See what happens to your waste

School children can now find out about waste and all sorts of materials that end up in the bin that could be recycled, thanks to Veolia’s new ‘Schools Pack’. The aim is to get kids thinking about where things need to go to be recycled or reused instead of throwing it away. With the real challenge being how to reduce your waste, the ‘lets go shopping’ game shows children how to buy things with less packaging. Getting kids ‘Waste Wise’ helps us all recycle and of course they will be our recyclers of the future!

Anyone interested in a school visit to one of their facilities please contact: 01273 511324 or email: info.southdowns@veolia.co.uk.

View other opportunities at https://www.southdowns.veolia.co.uk/community

The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Visitor Centre

Now open in the newly refurbished Kings Road arches, just to the east of the i360 in Brighton, East Sussex.

With engaging and interactive displays, the Visitor Centre is an exciting and educational resource which school groups can utilise.

https://www.rampionoffshore.com/visitor-centre/school-visits/

The Earthship, Stanmer Park

Earthship Brighton is an off-grid building that heats, cools, powers itself from the sun, harvests it’s water from the sky and treats its wastewater onsite using plants.

https://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/earthship-brighton

Find out about their eco education days: https://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/education

Forest activities in Wilderness Wood

Explore, Appreciate and Learn at the beautiful Wilderness Wood – An immersive outdoor programme of experiential learning activities.

Our Schools Without Walls programme of activities will strengthen access, connection and confidence in the outdoors and develop an appreciation and respect for nature and all that is living and promote an understanding of how we can look after our environment.

https://schoolswithoutwalls.co.uk/what-we-offer/wilderness-wood/

Visit a nature reserve

The Sussex Wildlife Trust manage over 30 nature reserves across Sussex that people can explore and enjoy.

https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit