Learning Outside the Classroom
Staffordshire register of fieldwork locations for geography
Version 1, March 2009
The information contained in this register is based on a survey of Staffordshire schools made in summer 2008. Schools were invited to
provide details of fieldwork locations they used for geography.
The information is contained in a table, providing the same information, arranged according to geographical themes and topics:Rivers
p. 2
Tourism (including National Parks)
p. 4
Settlement, population, land use, urban
p. 6
Resources, including water and power
p. 8
Coasts
p. 9
Economic activity, including farming, industry,
p. 10
quarrying, transport
Glacial landscapes
p. 12
Others
p. 12
Overseas visits
p. 15
Please note the context and year group cited are only guidance, as given for the teachers sending in details of the venues – most places will
offer wider facilities and contexts and will be suitable for other age groups.
An index is also provided on page 16 listing locations by county.
In the appendix on page 19 there is a list of other sources of support, publications and organisations relating to fieldwork in geography.
Please use the form at the back of this booklet to send in your suggestions of places to visit for learning outside the classroom.
This is a printed version; an up to date version will be maintained on www.sln.org.uk/geography (GeoExcellence) until the site is moved and
then on GeoExcellence on the new site.
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Rivers
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year
group
Contact details
Betws-y-Coed, Conwy
River study and rural
depopulation
Y12
FSC, Rhyd-y-creuau, The Drapers' Field
Centre, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, LL24 0HB
Tel: 01690 710494
Fax: 01690 710458
enquiries.rc
@field-studies-council.org
www.field-studies-council.org/rhydycreuau/
Daniel Moncrieff
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
River flooding
Y10
Symonds Yat, Forest of Dean,
Glos
River landscapes, awe and
wonder!
Y8
Dovedale, Derbyshire
River study
Landuse
River study
River study
Environmental
River study
Y8
Y11
Y8
Y5/6
Y3/4
Y8
Y10
River Lea, Madeley, Staffs
Washlands, Burton on Trent,
Staffs
Aber River and Aber
waterfall, nr. Bangor,
Gwynedd
Dean Field Studies Centre
Parkend, Nr Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 4JA
Tel: 01594 562444
Fax: 01594 564994
dfsc@bristol.gov.uk
www.derbyshireuk.net/dovedale.html
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Other information
Information on
www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/
yourcouncilatwork/emergencyplanning
/flooding/default.htm
Also cross curricular with History
and Art
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Preston Montford Field
Studies Centre, Shrewsbury,
Shropshire
Rivers
Y13
Staffs Wildlife Trust
Wolseley Centre
Wolseley Bridge
Stafford, ST17 0WT
River Trent
River study
Y5
Hands on programmes and tailor
made activities for KS1, 2 and 3.
Carding Mill Valley
Ashes Hollow, Church
Stretton, Shropshire
River and valley study,
ecosystems and human impact
Y12
Preston Montford Field Centre
Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire,
SY4 1DX
01743 852040 / 0845 330 7378
Fax: 01743 851066
Email: enquiries.pm@field-studies-council.org
Head of Centre: Sue Townsend
www.field-studiescouncil.org/prestonmontford/
Wolseley Education Centre
01889 880100
Graham Peake and Jo Perry.
www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk
education@staffs-wildlife.org.uk
Shropshire Hills
The Chalet Pavilion, Carding Mill Valley,
Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 6JG,
01694 724536
www.cardingmillvalley.org
chris.stratton@nationaltrust.or.uk
Sherbrook, Cannock Chase,
Staffs
York
Stafford
Downs Banks, Barlaston, near
Stone
River study
Y8
Flooding management
River flooding – management
Stream study
Y12
Y6
Y6
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Tourism including National Parks
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Castleton and Treak Cliff
Cavern, Derbyshire
Tourism, honeypot, impacts of
tourism and NP
Castleton Youth Hostel, Castleton, Hope Valley
Derbyshire, S33 8WG
0845 371 9628 castleton@yha.org.uk
Walk from Mam Tor –
Covedale – Castleton – Treak
Cliff.
Betws-y-Coed, Conwy
Impact of Tourism
Y7
Y8
Y9
Y10
Y10
Self catering for 31 max.
From £4.35 per person per
night.
Stratford upon Avon,
Warwickshire
Llandudno, Conwy
Impact of tourism
Y10 / 11
Woodlands Outdoor Centre, Vicarage Road
Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, LL24 0AD
0870 787 3326 www.woodlandscentre.co.uk
www.stratford.gov.uk/leisure/tourism.cfm
Impact of tourism
Y8
Y10
Ludlow
Tourist honeypots / fair-trade
/ farmers’ markets /
rebranding
Tourism impacts
Y8
Y12
Electric Mountain (visitors
centre for Dinorwig Power
Station)
National Parks management
and conflict
Y7
Chester
Tourism
Y8
Y13
Malham, N.Yorks
Y10
Tourist Information - Library Building
Mostyn Street, Llandudno, 01492 577577
llandudnotic@conwy.gov.uk
www.visitllandudno.org.uk/
Visitor information 01584 875053
www.ludlow.org.uk/
Malham Youth Hostel, Skipton
North Yorkshire BD23 4DE
0845 371 9529 malham@yha.org.uk
Electric Mountain, Llanberis, Gwynedd, LL55 4UR
01286 870636
info@electricmountain.co.uk
www.fhc.co.uk
Chester Tourist Information Centre Town Hall,
Chester 01244 351609.
www.visitchester.co.uk/
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Fair Trade town, Cittaslow
town.
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Peak District National Park,
Dovedale, Manifold Valley
White Peak / Dark Peak:
What is a National Park?
National Park tourist impact
Tourism
Tourism
Y8
Y9
www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.info/index.html
Y7 / 8
Peak District, Morridge,
Longnor, Ballidon Quarry,
Ramshaw Rocks, Manifold
Valley
Church Stretton, Shropshire
National Parks and impact of
quarrying
Y11
The Trentham Estate, Stone Road, Trentham
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8AX
01782 646 646. enquiry@trentham.co.uk
Tarmac Ltd, PO Box 6, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
DE6 1GU
01335 390301
Tourism
Y10
London, Olympic site for 2012
Redevelopment, Sport,
rebranding
Y 9 /10
Padstow, Cornwall
Eden Project
Padstow – coastal processes,
tourism
Eden Project
Impact of leisure and tourism
Y8
Y10 / 11
Y9
Y9
Trentham Gardens, Stoke on
Trent
Kingsbury Water Park,
Warwickshire
National Trust 01694 723068
cardingmill@nationaltrust.org.uk
www.churchstretton.co.uk/
London 2012, One Churchill Place
Canary Wharf, London E14 5LN
020 3 2012 000
www.london2012.com/index.php
Treyarnon Youth Hostel, Tregonnan
Treyarnon, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8JR
0870 770 6076 treyarnon@yha.org.uk
Kingsbury Water Park, Bodymoor Heath Lane
Bodymoor Heath, Sutton Coldfield, West
Midlands., B76 0DY
Cwm (Llyn) Idwal, Pont pen-ygenglog, Betswy Coed, Gwynedd
Losehill Hall, Castleton
Albert Docks, Liverpool
Other information
Impacts of tourism
Y10
Y7
01827 872660
www.snowdoniaguide.com/cwm_idwal.html
01433 622457 www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/losehill
Liverpool Tourist Information Centre The 08
Place, Whitechapel, City Centre 0151 233 2459
www.albertdock.com/ www.visitliverpool.com/
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Settlement / population / land use / urban
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd
Rural depopulation
Y 12
Salcombe and Kingsbridge.
North Devon
Settlement
Y10
Birmingham City centre,
Bullring and Castle Vale
jewellery quarter,
Atwood Green, Millennium
Point, Bindley Place, Mailbox
Urban areas, re-branding of
city centres, regeneration,
Redevelopment
Urban transect, environmental
quality and ethnic diversity
Contrasting locality
Settlement
Y12 / Y13 A
level
www.betws-y-coed.co.uk/
www.betws-y-coed.com/
Mountain Water Experience, Courtlands Centre,
Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4BN 01548 550675
www.mountainwaterexperience.co.uk/
mwe@mountainwaterexp.demon.co.uk
Bullring www.bullring.co.uk
Castle Vale website
www.cvhat.org.uk
Brewood village, Staffs
Contrasting locality Settlement
study
Y4
Y7
Stoke on Trent
Settlement
Regeneration, Land use
Y7
Y10
Y10
Urban / suburban
Traffic survey
Land use
Y10
Y8
Y10
Pembrokeshire
Chester
Eccleshall, Staffs
Meir A50 / A520
Leek town centre, Staffs
Y4 /5
Y12
Dale Fort Field Studies Centre
www.field-studies-council.org/dalefort/
0845 330 7365
Broadhaven Youth Hostel, Broad Haven,
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire , SA62 3JH
0870 770 5728 broadhaven@yha.org.uk
http://home.btconnect.com/brewoodparish/
brewood/index.htm
www.perton-first.staffs.sch.uk/brewood/
Tourist Information Centre
01782 236000.www.visitstoke.co.uk/
Chester Tourist Information Centre Town Hall,
Chester 01244 351609. www.visitchester.co.uk/
www.eccleshallguide.com/
www.leekonline.co.uk/
www.leektowncentre.com/
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Other information
www.renewnorthstaffs.gov.uk/
Ideal for “walking” transect of
3 main roads from CBD - rural
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Manchester / Salford Quay
Manchester – City of
Manchester Stadium and
Trafford Centre
Urban regeneration
Transport
CBD, urban land use
Rebranding places
Y9, Y10
Train tickets bought ahead of
travel
Lichfield, Staffs
Settlement
Traffic calming measures
Sphere of influence, shopping
Y7
Y12
Y10
Solihull, Touchwood Centre
Distinct shopping areas
Sphere of influence
Y10
Walsall Town centre
Sphere of influence
Manchester City Football Club,
City of Manchester Stadium, SportCity,
Manchester M11 3FF 0870 062 1894
Trafford Centre 0161 749 1717
www.traffordcentre.co.uk/
www.lichfield.gov.uk/
www.visitlichfield.co.uk/
Staffs Road Safety for speed gun
01785 854035
Management Office
The Hub, Touchwood, Solihull, B91 3GJ
0121 709 6900 www.touchwoodsolihull.co.uk/
Regeneration , 2nd Floor, Civic Centre, Darwall
Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP
www.walsall.gov.uk/index.htm
Walsall Regeneration Company
65/66 Ablewell Street, Walsall, WS1 2EU
01922 659 500 www.walsall-regeneration.co.uk/
Rugeley town centre
Stafford, Staffs
Kinver village, south Staffs
Urban land use
Urban land use
Land use survey, shopping
survey
Land use, shopping patterns
Y10
Y12
Y7
Suitability of town for
different groups of people
Rebranding cities
Y7
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Kenilworth town centre
London East End
Y10
Y11
Y12
Y12
Book speed gun
Inform local police of visit
Inform Touchwood and local
police of visit
www.staffordtown.co.uk/
www.stourbridge.co.uk/htm/kinver.htm
Shrewsbury Borough Council, The Guildhall,
Frankwell Quay,, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3
8HQ 01743 281000 www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/
www.shrewsburyguide.info/
www.kenilworthweb.co.uk/
www.london.gov.uk/
www.londontown.com/London/The_East_End
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Follow yup hypothesis testing,
sustainable town plan models
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Burton on Trent CBD, Staffs
Urban transect
Y10
Llandudno
Transport, land use, contrasting
locality coasts,
Y1
Y5 residential
www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/
www.locateeaststaffs.co.uk/
www.llandudno.gov.uk/
www.llandudno.com/
www.greatorme.org.uk/
Other information
Resources: Water supply and management, Power generation
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Carsington reservoir,
Derbyshire
Water: Use and conflicts of
interest in reservoir
construction
Y9
Y11
Needs 1:10 adult:pupil ratio
Free but needs booking
Discovery packs available for all
key stages
Excellent tour guides
www.fhc.co.uk
Water, water supply, habitats,
environmental.
Y4
All ages
Severn Trent Visitors Centre and Education
and pupil centre 01629 540696
www.cressbrook.co.uk/visits/carsington.php
www.carsingtonwater.com/
01286 870166
www.fhc.co.uk/dinorwig.htm
Electric Mountain, Llanberis, Gwynedd, LL55
4UR
01286 870636
info@electricmountain.co.uk
Chris Watson
Blithfield Education Centre, Dapple Heath,
Admaston, Rugeley, Staffs. WS15 3PH.
01889 500541 / 07817 721755
chriswatson@south-staffs-water.co.uk
Dinorwig Power Station,
Llanberis, Gwynedd, N.
Wales
Electric Mountain visitors
centre
Blithfield reservoir, Rugeley,
Staffs
8
Useful website
www.blithfieldeducationcentre.
co.uk
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Coasts
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Mid Wales
Crowded coasts and
rebranding
Coastal Management (A
level), erosion
Crowded coasts
Rebranding places
Coastal defences
Psammosere succession
Y12
Y10 and Y11
Y13
Liverpool council www.liverpool.gov.uk/index.asp
www.visitsouthport.com/
Halosere succession
Y12
Slapton Sands, North Devon
Coasts
Y10
Abergele to Colwyn Bay
North Wales
Denbigh coast, Denbighshire
North Wales Coast, Towyn,
Conwy and Anglesey
Swanage, Dorset
Coastal management
Y10
Dale Fort Field Studies Centre
www.field-studies-council.org/dalefort/
0845 330 7365
Broadhaven Youth Hostel, Broad Haven,
Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire , SA62 3JH
0870 770 5728 broadhaven@yha.org.uk
Mountain Water Experience, Courtlands
Centre, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4BN 01548
550675
www.mountainwaterexperience.co.uk/
mwe@mountainwaterexp.demon.co.uk
www.colwyn.org.uk/
Coastal processes and
management
Coastal land forms, dune
ecosystems
Y9
Y10
Y10
Holderness Coast,
Scarborough, East Yorkshire
Ainsdale Sand Dunes and
Nature Reserve, Southport,
Merseyside
Pembrokeshire
Contact details
Y12
Other information
Good support website
www.hull.ac.uk/erosion
Managed by Natural England
www.naturalengland.org.uk/
5 contrasting beaches
between Abergele and Colwyn
Bay
www.denbigh.com/
Studland National Trust
Study Centre has facilities for schools.
Purbeck Estate Office, Studland, Swanage,
Dorset BH19 3AX 01929 450259
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www.nationaltrust.org.uk
www.swanage.gov.uk/
www.virtual-swanage.co.uk/
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Cornwall
Y10 /11
Overstrand, Norfolk
Eden project, coastal
landforms and management
Coastal issues
Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion
Coastal Management
Y12
Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG
www.edenproject.com/ 01726 811913
www.tournorfolk.co.uk/overstrand.html
www.a2znorfolk.com/towns/185.html
www.visitcardigan.com/
www.cardiganbaysac.org.uk/
Y12
Other information
Economic activity: farming, industry, quarrying, transport
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Beaudesert Park Farm,
Horsey Lane, Upper Longdon,
Rugeley
Park Hill Farm, Hales,
Mixed farming, rare breeds.
Y5
On Cannock Chase.
Free visits
Beef farming, environment and
conservation, diversification,
KS1 and KSC
Dorrington Hall Farm,
Woore, Shropshire
Etruria Valley, Stoke on
Trent Canal walk (Stoke)
Hanley CBD / Meir / Festival
Park
Shugborough Hall Farm
Shugborough Hall, Staffs
Bull Farm, Kenley,
Shropshire
Farm visit, farming, problems
Y8
Mary Cope
01543 425210 or 07984 716494
d.w.copepartners@uwclub.net
John and Pat Pimlott
Park Hill Farm, Hales, Market Drayton,
Shropshire, TF9 2QA
www.parkhillfarm.co.uk
beef@parkhillfarm.co.uk
01630 652178 or 07966 460312
Jane Ellsmoor
01630 647202
Industrial change
Shopping patterns
Y7
Y9
Y10
Farm visit
Y2
Farm visit
Y3
Shugborough, Milford, Stafford ST17 0XB
01889 881 388 www.shugborough.org.uk/
Bull Farm, Kenley, Nr Much Wenlock,
Shropshire, SY5 6NN 01694 731676 / 07802
511581
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Visits are free; Classroom
with projector and screen;
hand washing facilities;
farm walks and talks;
CEVAS; good visitor
information pack.
Steve Wild,
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Cadbury World, Birmingham
Economic activity
Y8
City of Manchester Stadium
World Sport
Workbooks available to
download from website
Tours from £100 for 25
pupils
Tamworth town centre /
Ventura Park
Lichfield, Staffs
Shopping survey
Y7
0121 486 4678 / 0845 450 3599
www.cadbury.co.uk
0161 438 7821 or tours@mcfc.co.uk
www.cityofmanchesterstadium.co.uk/
www.tamworth.gov.uk
DME, locating a new shop in
CBD
Y7
Hanson quarry, Walton on
Trent
Impact of industry ion the
environment
Y7
Rease Heath Agricultural
College
Farming
Environment
All catered
for
Rodbaston College Farm
Farm visit, animal handling
Sustainable development
R
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Farm visit, animal handling
Y1 and 2
Let’s Fly, RAF Museum,
Cosford
Mini airport, with conveyor belt,
security gates, check in,
passport control and boarding a
Jumbo!
Foundation
stage and KS1
www.lichfield.gov.uk/
www.visitlichfield.co.uk/
www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/site/index.php
Barton Pit Walton Lane, Barton Under Needwood
Burton on Trent, Staffordshire DE13 8EJ
01283 712141
Reaseheath College, Nantwich, Cheshire
CW5 6DF. 01270 613224 or 01270 625131
www.reaseheath.ac.uk/
Rodbaston College Farm, Penkridge, Staffs,
ST19 5PH 01785 712209
Visitor Centre 01785 710560
www.rodbaston.ac.uk/
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Preston on the Weald
Moors, Telford, Shropshire TF6 6DJ
01952 677917 www.hoofarm.com/
01902 376241
www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Phillip Clayton, Claire Eccleston
Manchester Airport
Terminal 1 M90 1QX, 0161 489 2442
www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf
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The college has school
liaison officers and
welcomes school visits
Visitor centre used as a
classroom
Visits are charged for.
Variety of specialised
packages available. Open
March – November.
Supporting materials
available on website. £10
per session (maximum 30
per group) Approximately 1
hour.
Tours for pupils from
reception to post 16.
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Glacial landscapes
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Cwm (Llyn) Idwal, Pont pen-ygenglog, Betswy Coed,
Gwynedd
Nant Ffrancon valley
Glacial landscapes
Y10
www.snowdoniaguide.com/cwm_idwal.html
Glaciation
Y10
www.slideshare.net/RCha/glaciation-in-thenant-ffrancon-valley
Lake District
Glaciation
Y10
www.lake-district.gov.uk/
Other information
www.ngflcymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/geog
raphy/photoair/
Nant_ffrancon_valley_e.sw
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Other
Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Other information
Shugborough Outdoor
Education Centre
Mapwork and orienteering
Y7
Bookings for Outdoor Ed
Centres 01902 790388
Forest of Mercia,
Chasewater Innovation
Centre
Environment, ecology, habitats
Tropical World, Leeds
Climate / adaptation
Y9
Preston Montford Field
Studies Centre, Shrewsbury,
Shropshire
Map skills, weather
measurement
Y7
Manchester – Trafford
Centre and Old Trafford
Globalisation
Sport
Y8
Y9
Shugborough Outdoor Education Centre
http://education.staffordshire.gov.uk/Curricul
um/OutdoorEducation/
Rebecca Banks, Community Forest Manager,
Chasewater Innovation Centre, Pool Road,
Brownhills, WS8 7NL 01543 370737
rebecca.banks@staffordshire.gov.uk
Princes' Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 1DF
www.roundhaypark.org.uk/tropical-world-leeds/
Jane Johnson, Field Studies Council
Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, SY4 1DX 01743
852040 www.field-studiescouncil.org/prestonmontford/
MUFC, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford,
Manchester M16 0RA, 0161 868 8000
www.traffordcentre.co.uk/ 0161 749 1717
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Long day out
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Nantwich, Cheshire
Lake District
Rural areas
Rural areas / synoptic
Y12
Y13
Mam Tor Ridge, Castleton
OS mapwork interpretation
Y11
Chestnut Centre
Animal conservation
Y1
RSPB Reserve at Coombes
Valley, Staffs
Habitats
Reception
Forestry Commission
Cannock Chase
Woodland walk, Teddy Bears
picnic
Woodland management
Land use, physical features
Y1
Woodland nature trail
Reception
Management of Ecosystems
Y7
www.crewe-nantwich.gov.uk/
www.lake-district.gov.uk/
www.golakes.co.uk/
www.cumbria-the-lake-district.co.uk/
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ and search for Mam
Tor
www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/castleton.php
Chestnut Centre, Chapel-en-le-Frith
Derbyshire 01298 814099
www.chestnutcentre.co.uk/
Ros Sleigh (Field teacher), Six Oaks Farm,
Bradnop Leek, Staffs, ST13 7EU 07921
740679 rosalind.sleigh@rspb.org.uk
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/c/coombeschu
rnet/index.asp
Lady Hill, Birches Valley, Rugeley, Staffs.
WS15 2UQ 01889 586593
www.forestry.gov.uk/cannockforest
01538 306280
www.rudyardlake.com/
Wonderland, Telford Town Park, Telford,
TF3 4AY
01952 591633 / 01952 243359
www.wonderlandtelford.com/
www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/ccm/portal/
http://wyreforest.co.uk/
Rudyard to Leek disused
railway
Wonderland, Telford
Wyre Forest,
Worcestershire
High Ercall, Telford,
Shropshire
Botanical Gardens,
Birmingham
Y7
Reception
Soils
Ecosystems
Rainforest adaptation
Y8
Study Centre 0121 450 5093
www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/
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Place for visits
Context for visit
Year group
Contact details
Castleton, Derbyshire
Limestone landscapes
www.derbyshireuk.net/castleton.html
Kinver Edge, Staffs
Ecosystems, conservation and
planning
Y7
Y9
Y9
Chester Zoo
Tropical Rainforests
Y6
Palms Tropical House,
Stapeley, Nantwich, Cheshire
Rainforests
Y5
Churnet Valley Geotrail
Starts at Froghall Wharf,
Whiston.
Geology, industrial heritage
Hamps and Manifold Geotrail
Wetton Mill to Waterhouses.
Geology, rivers
National Trust Warden The Warden's Lodge,
Comber Road, Kinver, Staffs, DY7 6HU
01384 872553 (Holy Austin Rock Houses)
01384 872418 (Kinver Edge)
kinveredge@nationaltrust.org
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/wkinveredgerockhouses
01244 650205/389444 www.chesterzoo.org/
Stapeley Water Gardens, London Road
Nantwich, Cheshire , CW5 7LH 01270 628628
palms@stapeleywg.com
www.stapeleywg.com/department/palms_tropic
al_oasis/
Staffordshire RIGS group. www.staffsrigs.org.uk
Staffordshire RIGS group. www.staffsrigs.org.uk
Follows Manifold Track, part of former Leek
and Manifold Light railway.
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Other information
Discovery and Learning
Division support school
visits
Free educational packs
for KS1 and 2
Geotrail gives an insight
into the rocks, minerals,
fossils and industrial
heritage of the area
linked to geology. 25km in
total, can be broken into
sections.
Trail shows areas rocks,
minerals, fossils, how the
river has shaped the
scenery.
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Overseas visits
Provence, France
Chamonix, France
Sorrento, Italy
Leysin, Switzerland
Iceland, curriculum enhancement, living with natural hazards, coasts, rivers, energy, Discover the World or Rayburn Tours
Sicily, curriculum enhancement, Discover the World or Rayburn Tours
French Alps – Tectonics and Tourism
Paris – transect and EuroDisney, tourism and land use models, Y10 and 11, Galina Travel,
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – Tourism, rivers, coasts, coastal defences, urban, volcanoes, 10 -13, NST
Costa del Sol, El Puerto Hotel, Fuenginola, Spain, Y12 Individual study
Namibia, curriculum enhancement, Y9/10, Discover the World.
Rayburn Tours; Rayburn Tours Ltd, Rayburn House, Parcel Terrace, Derby, DE1 1LY 01332 347 828 www.rayburntours.com/
Living Planet, Discover the Living World, Arctic House, 8 Bolters Lane, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2AR, 01737 218 800 www.discoverthe-world.co.uk/en/index.html
Equity School Travel, One Jubilee Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE, 01273 648 248, www.equityschooltravel.co.uk
Galina International Study Tours, 16 Bridge Street Row, Chester, CH1 1NQ, 0800 801 560 http://www.schooltours.co.uk/
NST, Discovery House, Brooklands Way, Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 5LW 01253 833 833
www.nstgroup.co.uk/
STS, School Travel Service Limited, 1 Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE, 08702 406828 www.ststravel.co.uk/
Discover Ltd, centres in France and Morocco, Timbers, Oxted Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8AD, 01883 744392 info@discover.ltd.uk
www.discover.ltd.uk www.kasbahdutoubkal.com
Barcelona Field Studies Centre Apartado 30161, Barcelona 08080, Spain info@geographyfieldwork.com 0034 679 579178
http://geographyfieldwork.com/
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Index
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
Beaudesert Park Farm, Upper Longdon
10
Lichfield
7, 11
Blithfield reservoir
8
Meir
6
Brewood
6
Park Hill Farm, Hales
10
Burton on Trent
8
River Lea, Madeley
2
Cannock Chase Forestry Commission
13
Rodbaston College
11
Churnet Valley Geo Trail
14
RSPB Reserve, near Leek
13
Downs Banks, Barlaston
3
Rudyard Lake
13
Eccleshall
6
Rugeley
7
Etruria Valley
10
Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase
3
Festival Park
10
Shugborough Hall and Farm
10
Forest of Mercia
12
Shugborough Outdoor Education Centre
12
Hamps and Manifold GeoTrail
14
Stafford
Hanley
10
Staffs Wildlife Trust, Wolseley Bridge
3
Hanson Quarry, Walton on Trent
11
Stoke on Trent
6
Kinver
7
Trentham Gardens
5
Kinver Edge
14
Washlands, Burton on Trent
3
Leek
6
3, 7
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Kenilworth
7
Birmingham City Centre
6
Kingsbury Water Park
5
Botanical Gardens
13
Stratford
4
Cadbury World
11
Touchwood Centre, Solihull
7
Walsall
7
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Wales
Aber river and waterfall, nr Bangor
Shropshire
2
Betws-y-Coed
2,4,6,12
Cardigan Bay
10
Cwm Idwal
Denbigh Coast
5, 12
9
Bull Farm, Kenley
10
Carding Mill Valley
3
Church Stretton
5
Cosford RAF Museum
11
Dorrington Hall Farm, Woore
10
Dinorwig Power Station
4, 8
High Ercall
13
Electric Mountain
4, 8
Hoo Farm
11
Llandudno
4, 8
Ludlow
4
Mid Wales
9
Preston Montford FSC
3, 12
Nant Ffrancon Valley
12
Shrewsbury
2, 7
North Wales
9
Wonderland, Telford
Pembrokeshire
13
6, 9
Yorkshire and Leeds
Derbyshire
Cranedale centre
19
Ballidon Quarry
5
Holderness Coast
9
Carsington Water
8
Malham
4
Tropical World,, Leeds
12
York
3
Castleton
Chestnut Centre, nr Chapel en le Frith
Dovedale
4,13, 14
13
2, 5
Losehill Hall
5
London
Mam Tor
13
East End London
7
Manifold Valley
5
Olympic 2012 site
5
Treak Cliff Cavern
4
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Gloucestershire
Symonds Yat
Manchester
2
City of Manchester Stadium
Cheshire
Chester
4, 6
Chester Zoo
14
Nantwich
13
Palms Topical House, Stapeley Water Gardens
14
Rease Heath College
11
7, 11
Manchester Airport
11
Old Trafford
12
Salford Quay
7
Trafford Centre
7, 12
Lake District
12, 13
Merseyside
Cornwall
Eden Project
5, 10
Devon
Albert docks Liverpool
5
Ainsdale Nature Reserve
9
Dorset
Salcombe and Kingsbridge
6
Alnatt Centre
19
Slapton Sands
9
Swanage
9
Norfolk
Overstrand
Worcestershire
10
Wyre Forest
18
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Appendix
Other sources of support – publications and organisations
Staffordshire Outdoor Education Centres – Standon Bowers, Shugborough, Laches Wood, Chasewater
http://education.staffordshire.gov.uk/Curriculum/OutdoorEducation/
Staffordshire Educational Visits Adviser, Robert Griffiths, Laches Wood Outdoor Centre, Laches Lane, Slade Heath, Wolverhampton
WV10 7PA, 01902 790388, Robert.Griffiths@staffordshire.gov.uk
http://education.staffordshire.gov.uk/SchoolAdministration/HS/Procedures/ActivitiesandEvents/EducationalVisits.htm
Educational Visits, Policy, Procedures and Guidance for Headteachers, Teachers and Governing Bodies, Staffordshire County Council,
Learning Outside the Classroom www.Lotc.org.uk The LOTC Manifesto can be downloaded from here
Geographical Association (GA), 160 Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BF, 0114 296 0088 www.geography.org.uk/
Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Fieldwork & expeditions training and advice from Geography Outdoors www.rgs.org/fieldcentres
Field Studies Council (FSC), Head Office, Preston Montford, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HW
0845 3454071 0r 01743 852100 www.field-studies-council.org/
Cranedale Centre, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8DB 01944 738687 admin@cranedale.com www.cranedale.com
Allnatt Centres in Dorset and Isle of Wight, 01929 421075, bookings@allnatt.co.uk www.allnatt.co.uk
Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites in Staffordshire (RIGS group), Various Geotrails available, including
Hamps and Manifold, Churnet Valley, Sue Lawley, 01889 8801000 info@staffs-rigs.org.uk http://staffs-rigs.org.uk
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Fieldwork file: for the primary years, Geographical Association,
Fieldwork file: Managing Safe and Successful fieldwork, all KS, Geographical Association
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