Our award-winning educational visits offer a range of curriculum-linked and bespoke programmes to suit the needs of your group.
We are committed to providing a safe environment for schools to enjoy our unique historic setting, exciting learning activities and stimulating outdoor spaces.
Our carefully designed educational visits are planned to meet the needs of the National Curriculum whilst being fun and inspiring. We cover a range of subjects including History, English and Science as well as offering cross-curricular opportunities.
"The turrets of Knebworth House will capture the imagination of any pupil and the extensive grounds are a pleasure. The education service introduces and explains the history of the house using National Curriculum links...Knebworth offers something for all."
The Judge of the Sandford Award
Our educational programmes cover subjects across the curriculum. All of our educational programmes are guided by our highly-regarded team with an emphasis on hands-on activities. View our programmes below.
| Ticket Types | Open Day | Bespoke Day (Closed to public) |
|---|---|---|
| Child / Student (2 - 18) | £14 | £14 |
| Additional Adults | £14 | £14 |
| Play Day | £13 | £13.50 |
KS1
KS2
Develop your students’ understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world as they step back in time and explore life as a Tudor. Our costumed guides will lead you on an exciting journey through the House in the morning, focusing on the preparations for Queen Elizabeth I’s visit to Knebworth in 1571.
KS1
KS2
Discover Knebworth House and Gardens through the eyes of Victor, who grew up in Knebworth House. The servants of the house (our costumed guides) will help develop your students’ understanding of British, local and world history and what life was like locally in Victorian times for the rich and poor.
KS2
KS3
Enhance your students’ learning about the fight for votes for women with a programme which can take place either at your school or at the family home of Knebworth’s own suffragette, Lady Constance Lytton. Students will explore source material from the Knebworth House archives.
KS2
KS3
Let your students be inspired by the rich details of the gothic exterior of the House and key areas of the gardens with this self-guided trail. Students are given the opportunity to draw or photograph patterns, textures and shapes and to consider some of the uses of the gardens in Victorian times.
KS1
KS2
Our new units of work for local history are available now (see our Teaching Resources). Let us know if you are studying them and your visit can include the Watchman’s Tower and the use of our ‘Knebworth Watch’ app, which shows the views from the tower at different times in history.
EY
Get your early years students inspired and motivated to write with the Storysaurus! Meet our friendly dinosaur character, who loves to read and write, during our interactive story sack session. Then explore the ever-popular Dinosaur Trail complete with life-size pre-historic creatures.
KS1
KS2
Imagine that Knebworth House, Gardens and Park were to enter a competition to be the best historic house in the country! Your students will take a tour of the house in the morning, finding out about the historical features, taking a quiz as they go around and discussing exciting, appropriate vocabulary to describe what they see.
KS2
This exciting programme will help students to develop positive attitudes and stamina for writing. You will hear about the writers who have lived and worked here, including its most famous writer Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, and feel how this fantastic setting inspired them.
KS3
Discover the conventions of Gothic Literature with a tour of the house where our guides will discuss what the Gothic is and introduce some of the hallmarks of the genre. Your students will find out about the Victorian novelist (and resident of Knebworth House) Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and other Victorian authors such as Charles Dickens.
KS1
‘Monsters and Mazes’ offers a fun, cross-curricular guided tour of the formal gardens, wilderness area and Dinosaur Trail, while learning about the natural world, numeracy, shape and colour. There’s also time to find out about prehistoric life with a visit to our much-loved Dinosaur Trail.
KS1
KS2
Let your children see the topic of ‘Green Plants’ come to life as they explore our Formal Gardens and Walled Kitchen Garden with our guides. This is a wonderful way for children to explore the world around them and develop their understanding of scientific ideas as they discover how plants grow in the context of a beautiful, established, working garden.
EY
KS1
KS2
Why not bring the whole school for an educational visit? Our group bookings team will work with you to create a bespoke workshop day with a combination of our educational programmes, or you can treat your students to a well-earned play day.
KS1
KS2
Bring the Tudors into your classroom with our ‘Tudor Loan Box’. It is now possible to borrow a box of replica artefacts for a four week period to enhance your students’ learning about life in the Tudor Period. The artefacts are supplied together with an information book and a booklet of suggested activities. Please contact the Group Bookings coordinators for more information and prices.
KS1
KS2
Learn more about life in Victorian times by handling the objects in our ‘Victorian Loan Box’. For four weeks, you can borrow a box containing everyday Victorian objects, including a slate and pencil, glass baby’s bottle, framed Victorian photographs, a booklet of suggested activities and an information book to explain the contents. Please contact the Group Bookings coordinators for more information and prices.
