History Trips to Liverpool

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  • Secondary School

Curriculum Included

Key Highlights

  • Walking tour of the city visiting key sites linked to Liverpool’s role in the Transatlantic Traffic in Enslaved Africans
  • Take a River Explorer Cruise on the Mersey Ferry
  • Free time exploring the Royal Albert Dock
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The iconic city of Liverpool offers a great opportunity for students to explore history.

Our bespoke history tours to Liverpool feature a whole host of activities, including expert workshops, that relate to your learning objectives, while helping your students to create exciting case studies for upcoming examinations.

If you're studying one of the GCSE Thematic Studies which focus on Migration in Britain over the past 1000 years, we've just launched a brand new tour which will pick up on many of the key themes of this module. Why not take a look at the itineraries for our 1 and 2 day tours.

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Sample itinerary for a 1 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Depart for Liverpool. Visit the International Slavery Museum for a guided tour and workshops

Afternoon

Meet your local guide for a walking tour of the city and key sites linked to Liverpool’s role in the Transatlantic Traffic in Enslaved Africans

Evening

Depart for school

Sample itinerary for a 2 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Depart for Liverpool

Afternoon

Meet your local guide for a walking tour of the city and key sites linked to Liverpool’s role in the Transatlantic Traffic in Enslaved Africans

Evening

Check in to accommodation. Evening meal in the city

Day 2
Morning

Visit the International Slavery Museum for a guided tour and workshops

Afternoon

Check in for your River Explorer Cruise - Mersey Ferry. Enjoy some free time exploring the Royal Albert Dock

Evening

Depart for school

Trip Details

Educational Visits In Liverpool

Other Study Visits

  • Old Dock Experience
    The Old Dock was constructed in 1715 at the mouth of the Pool but, with increasing numbers of ships using the port, it was struggling to cope. In 1708 the merchants who controlled Liverpool Corporation employed Thomas Steers, one of Britain's leading canal engineers, to find a solution.
  • Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered’ Gallery
    Located in the basement of the Merseyside Maritime Museum the gallery allows you to enter the world of the Customs officer – a dark and unseen world of smuggling, intrigue and danger. One of the key themes is anti-smuggling. This includes detective work, crime fighting, patrolling frontiers and investigation. In uncovering this story you will reveal some of the clever tactics of the criminal, and discover some of the methods to catch them.
  • Museum of Liverpool
    The world’s first national museum devoted to the history of a regional city and the largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century. Exhibits showcase popular culture and tackle social, historical and contemporary issues of Liverpool’s region in an accessible, engaging manner. More than 6,000 objects bring Liverpool’s incredible heritage to life, celebrating thousands of years of the city’s achievements.

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Other Cultural Visits

  • The British Music Experience
    The newest addition to Liverpool's colourful music offering, moving to its permanent home in the first-class passenger lounge of the iconic Cunard Building. This is a fun-packed interactive journey through popular music from the end of the second world to the present day charting musical milestones from the birth of rock and roll to the punk revolution to pop icons.
  • The Liverpool FC Story
    At Liverpool Football Club's interactive museum, The Liverpool FC Story, visitors can discover over 120 years of LFC history and explore football, past and present, with the help of state of the art technology and never seen before displays. Also at the museum, visitors can take a tour through the Halls of Fame.
  • Liverpool ONE
    A spectacular shopping destination near the waterfront, where you’ll find the biggest and best range of Liverpool shops. Located at the heart of the city centre. Liverpool ONE is a shopping experience that has something for everyone.

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