School and Educational Visits
An exciting farm studies centre at Broom House Farm, 5 miles west of Durham. Here we are passionate about getting children on to the farms so that they can learn about farming in the 21st century, the relationship between the countryside and their food - and have some fresh air and fun!
Our farm is a modern working farm. We grow a range of arable crops to provide feed and straw bedding for our livestock in the winter - Aberdeen Angus cows, sheep and rare breed Saddleback pigs. We also have a small scale poultry enterprise. Broom House Farm is organic and we aim to sustain the beauty of the landscape and to improve the diversity of wildflife through hedgeplanting, pond restoration and other conservation schemes.
Our educational visits are planned to fit around the needs of the group and take into account the seasons and what is going on on the farm at the time of the visit.
Please note that the Woodland Adventure Trail is also available for use for school groups. There are quizzes based around the idea of being nature detectives and the trails can be used for orienteering and team building work.
- Programmes are tailored to the curricula needs of teaching staff.
- We cater for KS1-3, GCSE and A level field trips as well as special needs & individual case studies
- We also offer visits to non school groups eg: Brownies, Holiday Clubs, Home Educating groups
- Groups are welcome morning and afternoon or for full day visits.
- Some visits are funded by the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and these are free of charge.
- Other visits are charged at £4/head, with a minimum group charge of £100
- Wet weather classsroom / lunch space/picnic area.
- Lots of handwashing stations, toilets, kitchen.
- Ample parking for coaches
- Full disabled facilities and access
- Risk assessments and Previsits available
- Visits include free admission to Adventure Nature Trail
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