York Primary School Trips

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Bespoke School Trips to 

York

Adaptable Travel can tailor-make the perfect primary school trip to York for your group, including accommodation, transport, food and visits.York is a quirky and quaint historical hub, and the perfect destination for inspiring primary school trips.

The former Roman Capital of England it is bursting with history dating back to this time, with Roman Ruins hiding beneath the city’s most iconic landmark; The York Minster. Although the Roman Empire undeniably left its mark on York, the city’s history offers so much more than this period alone. Strong ties and influence from Viking and Anglo-Saxon settlers are present throughout the city, making your rich in some 2000 years of historical identity. York as a city is very accessible for primary groups, with many of the key visits within walking distance from each other making the city itself great for exploring. The cobbled streets of the centre and traditional shop fronts are reminiscent of its history and will make your students feel like they’re walking through time. Why not take a stroll down The Shambles while you’re there? These adorably crooked and wonky buildings are rumoured to have inspired the one stop destination for all your wizarding needs; Harry Potter’s own Diagon Alley!

Primary groups visiting York will be able to explore a number of topics in the history curriculum in and around York including:

  • The Romans
  • Vikings
  • Normans
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Victorian Britain to name a few.

The engaging and unique history visits in York include Yorvik, an immersive recreation of a Viking settlement and the York Castle Museum and its Victorian High Street complete with a replica of the Original Terry’s Sweetshop, the home of the Chocolate Orange!

Contact Adaptable Travel today to request a quote and start planning your next primary trip to the fantastic city of York!

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Our Expert Battlefield Guides

You can enhance your tour with our expert battlefield gudes to guide you on your tour to the Battlefields.

Meet some of our expert guides below. All of the battlefields guides we use for our tours are Guild of Battle Guides registered meaning you will always get the best possible experience.
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Suggested Itinerary

York and the surrounding areas offer a great selection of activities for students to enjoy, both subject related, educational and leisure based! Bursting with history the city has been shaped by Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans giving school groups plenty to do. Although our trips are tailored to your group, below is a sample itinerary which is a popular choice for primary groups.

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Depart from your school in the morning and head towards York by coach. En route your group will stop off to stretch your legs in the coastal town of Whitby where you can explore the harbour and enjoy some world-famous Whitby fish and chips! Board the coach after your seaside stop off and continue on to York. Arrive at your accommodation and check into your rooms, depending on the time you may also have some free time before your evening meal.

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Enjoy breakfast at your accommodation and collect your groups packed lunches for the day ahead. Travel over to Jorvik Viking Centre and DIG York, where your group can step back in time to see one of York’s many historic forms. Break for a spot of lunch and enjoy some free time to explore York’s cobbled streets. Following this you will have two afternoon visits to Clifford’s Tower and York Dungeon, followed by an evening meal at your accommodation. Why not explore York’s ghostly goings on with an evening Ghost walk?

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Breakfast will be served in your accommodation and you will once again collect your groups packed lunches. Today your morning will consist of two fantastic visits, The York Minster and York Castle Museum. After exploring these two fantastic sites your group will break for some lunch and one last explore of the beautiful city before boarding the coach for your return journey to school.

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Depart from your school in the morning and head towards York by coach. En route your group will stop off to stretch your legs in the coastal town of Whitby where you can explore the harbour and enjoy some world-famous Whitby fish and chips! Board the coach after your seaside stop off and continue on to York. Arrive at your accommodation and check into your rooms, depending on the time you may also have some free time before your evening meal.

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Enjoy breakfast at your accommodation and collect your groups packed lunches for the day ahead. Travel over to Jorvik Viking Centre and DIG York, where your group can step back in time to see one of York’s many historic forms. Break for a spot of lunch and enjoy some free time to explore York’s cobbled streets. Following this you will have two afternoon visits to Clifford’s Tower and York Dungeon, followed by an evening meal at your accommodation. Why not explore York’s ghostly goings on with an evening Ghost walk?

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Breakfast will be served in your accommodation and you will once again collect your groups packed lunches. Today your morning will consist of two fantastic visits, The York Minster and York Castle Museum. After exploring these two fantastic sites your group will break for some lunch and one last explore of the beautiful city before boarding the coach for your return journey to school.

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If you want to squeeze all you can into your itinerary or simply tailor your trip to a certain topic or subject, we can tailor make your itinerary around your group requirements. Contact us today and let us take the stress out of organising a primary school trip to York!

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York

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Class Teacher
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EVC
"Adaptable have been endlessly helpful throughout this entire process from quotation stage to our journeys to and from the airport. Their organisation allowed us to be able to rest in the knowledge that there was a highly knowledgeable team at our disposal any time we needed it who had a rep in the city should anything go wrong."
Educational Visit Co-ordinator
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Science teacher
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Computing Teacher
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Primary teacher
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PE Teacher
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RE Teacher
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MFL Teacher
"The children always enjoy this trip. We have been several times before and would definitely go again"
Deputy Head Teacher
"It is always a pleasure to book our trips with you. They are well organised and all of the paper work is sent through on time. It makes it much easier than organising this type of trip independently."
History Teacher
"Thank you for your hard work and efforts in making our trip a success! All went well and Adaptable Travel was very helpful. The trip was well organised and AT was on top of everything"
English Teacher
"From start to finish it was an excellent experience booking through Adaptable Travel. Catherine and Andrea were extremely helpful and supportive and answered all of my questions quickly with no query an issue. I will definitely recommend them to other staff members"
Primary School Teacher
"Fantastic trip - well organised, everything went to plan"
English Teacher
"Friendly staff. Always helpful ready to answer all questions"
Primary school teacher
"Adaptable travel (especially Catherine and Andrea) were just incredible. The organisation of the trip was incredibly smooth, the choices of activities were brilliant and they were incredibly helpful every single step of the way. The sudden closure of our second restaurant choice was dealt with so professionally and effectively. I honestly cannot thank them enough. The trip ran exceptionally smoothly and the whole process was a joy."
Primary School Teacher
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Art & Design Teacher
"I love working with Debbie. She is so helpful and nothing is too much to sort for us. She gave her personal number to ensure that things ran smoothly whilst in New York. She is an absolute superhero!"
English Teacher
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Languages Teacher
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PE Teacher
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MFL Teacher
"Nothing was ever too much to ask and always fast turn around on emails"
RE Teacher
"Overall we had a fantastic time. The pupils loved the whole experience"
History Teacher
"Thank you so much to all the staff involved in the organisation of our trip. For their patience and help along the way; was much appreciated by a first time trip organiser!"
Head of Music
"It was a lovely trip, thank you for all your help."
Business & Management
Quick effective responses. Flexibility is greatly appreciated when working with a large number of families. Thank you.
EVC
"Thank you very much to everybody and especially to Andrea who found us some great eating venues and set us up with a perfect itinerary- and for not complaining about all the name changes! We would definitely choose Adaptable again"
Spanish Teacher
"Super easy and extremely helpful. The trip was extremely good value for money and logistically was planned down to a fine art so the timings of the day ran smoothly."
Geography Teacher
"Alexandra was great throughout. Well organised, all information sent through in timely manner"
Head Teacher
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Head of Modern Languages
"Throughout the process, staff at Adaptable travel have been really helpful and adapted things to suit our needs"
EVC
"Jack and Alexandra and the team were brilliant with getting back to me on many questions via email. Some mistakes on paperwork with dates and costings etc but all sorted out quickly."
English Teacher
"Catherine and Andrea were great at ornganising the tour and answering any questions. They were very patient and couldn't have done more to make this a successful trip, thank you so much"
History Teacher
"I have used Adaptable for a number of years organising school trips and I find everyone involved to be extremely friendly and efficient. Nothing is ever too much trouble and I will definitely continue to use for future enrichment activities"
Maths Teacher
"keeps getting better every time!"
Trip Organiser
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RE Teacher
"I would like to thank Holly and Andrea for their support with organising this trip. Their customer service has been excellent throughout!"
Beauty Lecturer
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Science Teacher
"Overall this was a really informative trip which allowed the students to see the knowledge they have developed in class via a real life perspective"
Geography Teacher
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Languages Teacher
"This is the third time we've used Adaptable and have been generally very pleased with the organisation and support. Alexandra was very helpful when, on the morning of the departure, we realised there was an issue with one of the tickets which she rectified quickly. We had a really successful trip and Adaptable made organising it relatively easy. We are looking to use Adaptable again for this trip next year"
Science Teacher
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RE Teacher
"Debbie Catling has been utterly brilliant every step of the way - so helpful and has always responded to queries at the first available opportunity,"
Safeguarding Lead
"I just wanted to say an absolutely enormous thank you to you and your colleagues for the trip. It was my first experience of leading an international trip and so I apologies for the many mistakes I have undoubtedly made and for any work this has created. From your end you have been amazing, from dealing with late requests and changes, to support whilst we were away. I am very grateful"
Head of Physics
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Art & Design Teacher
"Drivers were friendly and on time for collection and drop off. Hotel was lovely and we will use again"
Head of History
"Excellent I would use again and recommend to others"
Art & Design Teacher

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