School Trips in Kent - School and Group Visits at Penshurst Place

With a history spanning nearly 700 years, Penshurst Place can provide a valuable resource to explore history through the ages. To ensure that you have a productive day out of the classroom, there are also plenty of opportunities for cross-curricular work, all in one place, including aspects of Learning for Life, Geography, Science and PE. For overseas and foreign language students wanting to learn more about British history and culture, Penshurst Place is also a valuable historical and cultural resource.

Teachers’ Open Evening at Penshurst Place

We would like to invite you to our first ever Teachers’ Open Evening at Penshurst Place on Tuesday 13^th October.

Pop in for a chat with our Learning Team, visit the gardens or explore the house if time allows and see our reimagined Toy Museum.

Enjoy tea/coffee and cake in the Garden Room and find out more about our curriculum-led Education Programme.

Booking required | to book or for more information, please email contactus@penshurstplace.com or call 01892 870307 and speak to our Learning Team.

Order of Events:

3pm - 4pm | Register and wander the Gardens, House and Toy Museum at your leisure.

Please note the Toy Museum will be open to 6pm, we suggest exploring the House first.

4.15pm | Tea/coffee and refreshments in the Garden Room

4.30pm | Introduction to our programme, followed by a chance to talk to our learning team and see how we can accommodate your learning objectives.

The team will be available until 6pm so feel free to pop in when you can or make an appointment to come and see our facilities at a later date.

We look forward to seeing you then!

Toy Workshops

Designed for KS1 and KS2, enjoy learning through Toys as we discover a range of topics to align with the curriculum, including "Toys Through Time" and "Change and Materials".

KS3/KS4 theatre workshop

KS3/KS4 English and Drama Workshop

Explore the world of theatre and literature at Penshurst Place through a catered workshop designed specifically for KS3/KS4 English and Drama students.

Gardens Only

The Gardens & Grounds of Penshurst Place provide a perfect place to study the Natural Sciences with a wide variety of plants including an ancient ginkgo biloba tree, orchards and signs of much biodiversity. Tours are available, with outdoors learning facilities including the Woodland Trail.

House Only

Penshurst Place offers a number of specialised private House tours for schools. Take a tour behind the scenes and learn how the State Rooms are cleaned and conserved or choose to tailor your House tour; our guides, many of whom were teachers, will tailor the tour to suit the age and curriculum interest of the school group.

House & Gardens

Take a day trip to almost 700 years ago and experience both the medieval manor House and Elizabethan Gardens with a combined guided school tour.

Bushcraft Courses

With a woodland base for school courses on the Penshurst Place Estate, have a real outdoor adventure with The Bushcraft Company from February to July.