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Plan a wild school trip to Marwell Zoo!

Step out of the classroom and immerse yourself in the natural world with a school trip to Marwell Zoo.

Explore at your leisure with a self-guided tour or choose from one of our interactive guided sessions, available for early years to higher education.

With amazing animals and unforgettable encounters, we inspire young people to become guardians of nature, empowered to protect our precious wild world.

NEW: Calling all explorers!

New for 2025/26, early years and primary students are invited to embark on Expedition Marwell. Step into the footsteps of Professor Seymour, an explorer from Marwell’s past, and set off on a hands-on adventure around the zoo – with the option to add on a side quest with one of our most popular animals!

When students visit, they’ll BE MORE connected to nature, DO MORE to protect it, and SEE MORE of what is around them.

Ready to dive in?

A group of school children listen while two Marwell Zoo educators speak to them outside the Tropical House

Guided Sessions

We offer a variety of curriculum-linked sessions, workshops and conferences, from Early Years all the way through to Higher Education.

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A school group look at giraffes at Marwell Zoo

Self-Guided Park Visits

If you just want to book entry to the zoo for your educational group, without any extra workshops or sessions, a self-guided park visit is for you.

Prices & booking info

A skeleton of an anteater in an education classroom at Marwell Zoo

SEND Groups

We embed SEND best practices into all of our education sessions.

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A mother and child look out over the Wild Explorers habitat at Marwell Zoo

Home Education

Take advantage of our home educator ticket rates for self-guided park visits, or join us at one of our special home educator events.

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A magnifying glass and photos of minibeasts in an education classroom at Marwell Zoo

Free Resources

We offer a range of downloadable resources for students from Primary to Post 16.

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Two school children point at a map in Marwell Zoo

Plan your trip

Everything you need to plan your visit – book a free recce visit, download our risk assessment guidelines, maps, and more…

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Awards & Accreditations

Makaton

It is with great pride that Marwell Zoo is the first zoo to become Makaton Friendly and now has an M on the Makaton map! Makaton uses signs (gestures) and symbols (pictures) with speech to help children and adults communicate.