Excursions and Events in 2024 – all are optional extras and (if there is a cost) are at cost price* to us. Excursions include London days out, theatre and shopping trips.
Below you will find all Trips & Excursions for 2024. Just click on any of the images to view the trip cost and details.
Most ticketed items are now full with waiting lists. We may try to get a few more tickets nearer the start of the Course.
'Stranger Things: The First Shadow'
Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.
Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end.
Critic's Review: 'This astonishing show turns normal expectations of theatre upside down. Director Stephen Daldry has taken the Duffer Brothers' Eighties-set Netflix Sci-Fi hit and magicked it into a spectacular, multimedia prequel, full of enough thrills, scares and knowing nods to please fans and the uninitiated in equal measure.'
IGM Review: 'Wow!'
PSD Review: 'The best play I've seen...'
The Phoenix Theatre 14.00 Friday 12 July.
Sunday 14 July 2024
Visit the famous colleges and museums, the Ashmolean and the Pitt-Rivers - or off to shop with our staff.
The cost is £45 (to be added to pocket money).
Monday afternoon 15 July 2024
In the TV series it's in Yorkshire in the north of England. In reality, it's Highclere Castle in Newbury. This is where the filming for Downton Abbey is done. The visit will take in the rooms the series is filmed in, the grounds and the Egyptology display. Only very small groups are allowed.
The cost is £45.
Go Ape
For those not opting to see 'The Lion King', Go Ape offers exhilarating outdoor adventures set amidst beautiful natural surroundings. This thrilling experience includes two distinct courses tailored to different age groups:
Both challenges contain a mixture of treetop obstacle courses and zip wires.
'The Lion King'
The world-famous West End musical at The Lyceum Theatre. 14.30 Wednesday 17 July.
Saturday 20 July 2024
The visit is with an engaging Blue Badge guide who will tell all sorts of stories that appeal to young people about the Houses of Parliament in central London. The visits are at 14.00 and 14.30.
The cost is £55 (to be added to pocket money).
Thursday 25 July 2024
Choices may include Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, the London Eye – or off to explore and shop with our staff.
The cost is £50 (to be added to pocket money).
Friday 26 July 2024
Harry Potter World at Warner Bros Studios in Hertfordshire with a tour of the sets.
The cost is £70 (to be added to pocket money).
Friday 26 July 2023
One of the best-known prehistoric sites in the world built 5000 years ago. Read the story here.
The cost is £55 (to be added to pocket money).
Sunday 28 July 2024
Our local town is a good shopping centre. We organise a bus there at 10.00, back at 13.00. The cost for both trips is £30 (to be added to pocket money). Prefects, Sub-Prefects and House Captains can go on any Sunday with our permission.
