TIPTOP EDUCATIONAL TOURS AND HOST FAMILIES
EXCURSIONS
CAMBRIDGE
LONDON
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LISTED BELOW ARE SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR EXCURSIONS THAT WE CAN BOOK ON YOUR BEHALF. PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THIRD PARTY PRICES. ALL PRICES WILL BE CONFIRMED BEFORE BOOKING TO ALLOW US TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER IN YOUR GROUP.
A full day excursion including a guided tour of Kings College, the Chapel, and grounds followed by Punting on the River Cam.
Enjoy a day in historic Cambridge visit Kings College, the Chapel and grounds with your own guide .
Then wander through the ancient cobbled streets and enjoy lunch by the River.
Fully refreshed you can then try your hand at punting, whether you chose to relax and enjoy a relaxing River cruise in the hands of a skilled punter or for the more andventurous try your own hand at punting. This is a firm favourite with students.
The Palace of Westminster
Visit the home of the British Parliament since the 13th Century.
Tours can be arranged but cannot be guaranteed due to the working nature of the building.
Close to Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, this makes a great stepping off point to visit other sites.
Duck Tours
Enjoy a guided road trip around London before plunging into the River Thames where the tour continues.
Travelling aboard an historic World War II amphibious DUKW this is a unique way to see London.
Windsor Castle
Situated to the West of London, Windsor Castle was built in the 11th century Originally designed to protect Norman dominance around the outskirts of London. Since the time of Henry 1, it has been used by succeeding monarchs and it is the longest-occupied palace in Europe.
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds opened in London in 1834 and moved to it's present location in 1884. It has been the premier wax works and is world renound.
The Green Britain Centre
Experience wind power from the top of a modern windmill, the only one in the world open for the public to climb.
Take a look at our giant ‘solar tracker’ and discover how it makes electricity as it follows the Sun.
Get a good look at the Greenbird, while it’s parked. It’s the planet's fastest wind powered vehicle.
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London is a full day excursion that many groups do more than once sometimes stopping on their way from the ferry or on their return as well as a day designated for the trip.
There is so much to do in London here are a few ideas.
The Green Britain Centre is a popular destination for school and college trips. Take the opportunity to find out about renewable forms of energy, new forms of transport and sustainable food, through hands (and feet) on displays - around which we’ve based our program of educational activities - for people of all ages and abilities.
THE GREEN BRITAIN CENTRE, SWAFFHAM, NORFOLK
The Mast is the only thing visible from the air that would have been a clue to a hidden bunker deep beneath the Essex countryside.
Just inside the bungalow is a 120m long tunnel which leads into the main bunker. To the left of the bungalow are the standby generators with enough fuel to run continuously for 3 months. The bungalow and tunnel are heavily reinforced, and serve mainly as protection from the blast and radiation of a nuclear bomb.
Come and explore this relic of the cold war, a memory still fresh in the minds of the students
parents and grand parents.
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THE SECRET NUCLEAR BUNKER
KELVEDON, ESSEX
Come and witness the three lives of the bunker starting with its role as an RAF ROTOR Station, then a brief period as a civil defence centre through to its most recent life as a Regional Government HQ. Designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister, their collective task being to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war.
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"VICTOR" HISTORIC THAMES SAILING BARGE
"VICTOR" was built in 1895 and is one of the oldest remaining Thames sailing barges.
Originaly commissioned to transport linseed oil, she would have plied her trade from London, along the Thames and around the coast of East Anglia.
VICTOR
experience at first hand a 19th century sailing
vessel that were once a once a familiar part of the landscape of the Thames and East Coast rivers.
Sail up the River Stour and see the ancient port of Harwich and the modern ferry port at Parkeston Quay in addition to the container port of Felixstowe one of the largest in Europe.
This Excursion is often linked with a guided tour of Olde Harwich. (see 6 below)
Whether you choose to take the guided tour of Olde Harwich, follow the heritage trail, or visit specific points of interest, students will be absorbed by the history of this ancient port.
Visit the now restored light vessel moored alongside the town quay. Harwich has long been a major port used by Trinity House in the provission of buoyage marking safe chanels.
Visit the Harwich redoubt, built in 1808, this fort is now restored and opened to the public.
Watch a film at the "Electric Palace Cinema" the oldest purpose-built cinema to survive complete with its silent screen, and original projection room.
This option is often linked with a half day trip on the sailing barge "VICTOR" (see 3 above).
The ancient port of Harwich is often overlooked by historians, but is significant as the point of depature for the "Mayflower" in 1620 filled with those seeking to escape religious persecution (Pilgrims) and make a new life in the "New World". The Master of the "Mayflower" Christopher Jones was born in Harwich.
Harwich has always been an important part of British Maritime Heritage and has many interesting places to visit.
THE ANCIENT PORT OF HARWICH
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