School Visits
Depicting rural England in the 1930s, Bekonscot is an ideal place to combine education with fun; more than 100 schools visit annually. Bekonscot offers a unique and stimulating teaching aid for nursery, infant and junior children with wide application to the curriculum. The students will find every detail fascinating — even down to the mortar-boards on our own period model teachers.
We aim to give a fun and stimulating educational visit, whilst giving you the resources and peace of mind for a safe and interactive trip which will give you much to talk about in the classroom (and staffroom too).
Education packs are designed to give an insight to life in the 1930s and to fire the children’s imagination. The packs include work sheets with ideas for lesson plans including preview and follow-up work to be done in the classroom, and a comprehensive Health and Safety Risk Assessment.
A quiz is also included in the pack, which can be downloaded from the link below. Our souvenir shop has numerous items under £1.00; you can download a price list to enable pre-ordering for your group below too.
School Resources
For our School Pack containing risk assessment, activity pack, shop price list and lesson plans, please contact us on 01494 672919. Our 2010 pack will be online shortly.
There is also a picnic storage shed, play area, toilet facilities, refreshment kiosk, covered and open picnic areas, as well as free coach parking nearby. More details are on our Group visits and Facilities pages.
School party rates
- Child: £4.50
- Teachers: FREE (ratio 1 - 5)
- Additional Teachers at cost
History Gallery
Bekonscot is 81 years old this year – see spiffing archive videos and photos of the changes since 1929.
Village Tour
Explore our six super miniature towns, lakes, railways, castles and more.
Times & Prices
Opening hours, entrance prices and essential info. And more besides.
Virtual Village
Build your own model town in the world-famous Virtual Village simulation game!
