History Trips To London

Who's it for?

  • Secondary School, Sixth Form & FE College

Key Highlights

  • Visit the Imperial War Museum then board the HMS Belfast
  • Go on a Jack the Ripper Walking tour
  • Participate in expert-led workshops
  • Visit the Jewish Museum
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About this trip

With its rich and lengthy past, GCSE and A-Level history trips to London can expertly cover a range of study themes, such as: Britain in WWI and WWII; The Holocaust; Migration; Medicine Through Time; Crime and Punishment; and Elizabethan England.

Our bespoke history tours to London 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, this new tour which will pick up on many of the key themes of this module. We also provide you with free resources to support your studies before, during and after your visit. 

If you're studying AQA's British Depth Study on Elizabethan England c1568-1603 and in particular the Historic Environment of Kenilworth Castle take a look at our itinerary to support your learning objectives. 

Sample Itinerary

Use our sample itinerary to help picture what your trip could look like. Our itineraries are flexible, visits and timings will be planned based on your needs.

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Sample itinerary for a 2 day history trip with the theme of Britain in WW1 & WW2

Day 1
Morning

Depart school early morning to arrive in London midday

Afternoon

Check in to your accommodation. Visit to the Churchill War Rooms followed by the Museum of London to see the People's City : 1850's - 1940's gallery

Evening

Early evening meal at a restaurant

Day 2
Morning

Visit to the Imperial War Museum followed by a tour around the HMS Belfast

Afternoon

Depart London for our return journey to school

Sample itinerary for a 2 day history trip with the theme of the Holocaust

Day 1
Morning

Depart school early morning to arrive in London midday

Afternoon

Check in to your accommodation. Visit the Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum

Evening

Early evening meal at a restaurant

Day 2
Morning

Visit the Jewish Museum to see the exhibition and take part in a half day workshop

Afternoon

Depart London for our return journey to school

Sample itinerary for a 2 day history trip with the theme of Migration in Britain

Day 1
Morning

Visit the Migration Museum. Take a tour of the exhibition. Enjoy an Educational workshop

Afternoon

Join a guided walking tour exploring the hidden histories of London from the East End to Notting Hill and everything in between

Evening

Early evening meal at a restaurant

Day 2
Morning

Visit the Jewish Museum, London: Choose for one of the workshops which looks a Jewish migration to Britain

Afternoon

Enjoy some free time in London before your return to school.

Sample itinerary for a 2 day history trip with the theme of Medicine Through Time

Day 1
Morning

Depart school early morning to arrive in London midday

Afternoon

Check in to your accommodation. Visit the exhibition at the Florence Nightingale Museum

Evening

Early evening meal at your hotel followed by a Jack the Ripper Walking tour

Day 2
Morning

Guided tour of the Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garett

Afternoon

Free time at the Imperial War Museum or on the South Bank before departing London for our return journey to school

Sample itinerary for a 2 day history trip with the theme of Crime & Punishment

Day 1
Morning

Depart school early morning to arrive in London midday.

Afternoon

Check in to your accommodation. Visit the Tower of London

Evening

Early evening meal at a restaurant before a Jack the Ripper Walking tour

Day 2
Morning

Choose from a visit to: The Postal Museum: The Great Train Robbery: Crime and The Post exhibition (open until April 2020). Or the City of London Police Museum - guided tour of the museum to explore how policing has changed over the centuries

Afternoon

Depart London for your return journey to school

Sample itinerary for a 3 day history trip with the theme of Elizabethan England

Day 1
Morning

Depart from School and arrive at Kenilworth Castle where you will enjoy lunch in the grounds.

Afternoon

Depart for London

Evening

Introductory sight seeing tour of London and check into hotel along with dinner at a local London restaurant

Day 2
Morning

After breakfast visit to the Houses of Parliament with the Story of Parliament Tour

Afternoon

Free time for lunch then a guided tour at Westminster Abbey.

Evening

Evening options can include: London Eye & circular sightseeing cruise features a West End theatre performance. If you are studying Elizabethan England Six the Musical is highly recommended.

Day 3
Morning

Visit to the Tower of London

Afternoon

Free time for lunch

Evening

Depart back to school

Trip Details

Educational Visits In London

Migration

  • Migration Museum
    The Migration Museum explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has made us who we are today, both as individuals and as a nation. Migration is a pressing contemporary issue and is at the centre of polarised political and online debate. But there’s an underlying story of comings and goings stretching back many centuries.
  • Jewish Museum
    The Jewish Museum offers a wide range of workshops which can be tailored to your needs and include resource materials and activities. Migration workshops available are themed around the Jewish East End and Migration.
  • Museum of London Docklands
    The ‘London, Sugar and Slavery’ Exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands will help your students discover how the trade in enslaved Africans and sugar shaped London. The museum’s building is central to this story. It was built at the time of the transatlantic slave trade, to store the sugar from the West Indian plantations where enslaved men, women and children worked.

Medicine Through Time

  • Florence Nightingale Museum
    Through artefacts and pictures the collection here spans the life of Florence Nightingale. School groups can have a guided tour around the museum to support the Medicine Through Time syllabus.
  • Hunterian Museum
    This museum at the Royal College of Surgeons has renowned collections of human anatomy and pathology, natural history and works of art from the last 200 years. Visitors can discover how these diverse objects have informed the medical world.
  • Old Operating Theatre Museum; Herb Garret
    A museum of surgical history and one of the oldest operating theatres. This visit gives a great insight into operating conditions before the introduction of antiseptic surgery. Along with viewing the operating theatre itself and the herb garret used by the hospital apothecary, a collection of artefacts revealing the horrors of surgery is exhibited.
  • Science Museum
    The Science Museum has 3 exhibitions that support KS4 study of Medicine Through Time: Glimpses of Medical History, Health Matters and The Science and Art of Medicine.

Crime & Punishment

  • The Postal Museum
    The Great Train Robbery: Crime and The Post exhibition, open until April 2020, examines the role of the Post Office’s own investigation department. Led by the Schools team, take an interactive tour of the exhibition to examine this famous robbery and other crimes through human stories, personal accounts and never before seen artefacts and objects. Explore the museum and take an underground ride on London's hidden postal railway’
  • City of London Police Museum
    For London history trips, the museum offers a schools programme which focusses on KS4 Policing from 1000 to the present day. Over 90 minutes students will handle museum objects and get a guided tour of the museum to explore how policing has changed over the centuries. Learn more about the last hours of Catherine Eddowes, one of Jack the Ripper’s victims; bomb damage during the Blitz; being at the forefront of technology to counter terrorism and the current work against economic crime and cybercrime.
  • Walking Tours
    A Blue Badge Guide will take you around Westminster to see the iconic government buildings and political sites past and present. This is a perfect overview to start your visit to London.
  • Houses Of Parliament
    The Houses of Parliament free guided tours are available throughout the year by requesting a place through your MP or applying directly. Please note that tours are very popular and places are limited so generally have to be booked about six months in advance.
  • Jack The Ripper Walking Tour
    Always in the evening and at its best when London is cold and misty, this eerie tour takes students back in time to follow in the footsteps of the London Metropolitan Police as they try to catch a killer.
  • Royal Courts Of Justice
    For London history tours, education sessions developed by the National Centre for Citizenship & The Law are available here, which focus on educating young people to be responsible citizens. Sessions include Courtroom workshops, Post Courtroom Debates and a guided tour of the Royal Courts of Justice.
  • Tower Of London
    See where numerous individuals lost their heads and visit the Prisoners exhibition which looks at some of the Towers more notorious convicts including Anne Boleyn, Edward V, Guy Fawkes and Sir Thomas More.
  • Many More
    See our location guide for the full list of visits available.

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Other Cultural Visits

  • Highlights of London Guided Tour
    A half day guided tour of the city on board your coach is a perfect way to see all the major sites. Highly recommended if this is a first time visit to London for many of your students.
  • Museum Of London
    Step inside Museum of London for a memorable journey through London’s unsettled history. Telling London's story students can enjoy the prehistoric, Roman and medieval London galleries through to the present day.
  • Madame Tussauds
    A thrilling and exciting visit containing inspiring wax works of some of the world’s most influential and famous people. Galleries include Sport, World Leaders, The Royal Family and Music along with the Spirit of London ride and Marvel Super Heroes 4D experience.
  • Thames River Cruise
    This cruise along the Thames is a great way to see some of the major sites of the city. We recommend groups take the 40 minute cruise from Westminster to Tower which takes in Westminster, Big Ben, Somerset House, London Eye, Oxo Tower, The Tate Modern, St Paul’s Cathedral, London Bridge, Tower Bridge and the Tower.
  • Restaurants
    Make your evening meal a night out with a restaurant visit. We can book tables at an exciting range of restaurants offering pre-theatre dinner packages to suit all budgets.

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