Key Facts
12 – 17 years
Learning outside the classroom
Groups
Residential
Highlights
- Full London immersion and cultural experience
- Visit the historical sites of London
- Explore the modern sites for London
About the programme
- Project and interactivity based activities
- Presentation and communication focussed
- Full excursion programme
- Opening ceremony in a prestigious location
- History & Wealth: visits to the British Museum, Natural History Museum and Science Museum
- Tradition & Heritage: exploration of Westminster, Trafalgar Square and the Thames. Entrance to the Tower of London and visit to a West End Musical.
- London Today: a visit to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Camden, Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station and a trip on the London Eye.
- Final project presentations and award ceremony.
London Xpress
FACILITIES
Academic: students develop skills through dynamic and interactive activities
ACCOMMODATION
Stay in a central London hotel
British Museum
British Museum Reading Room, Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London, UK
London Eye
London Eye Waterloo Pier, South Bank, London SE1 7PB, UK
Central London
Charing Cross Underground Station, Charing Cross, London WC2N 5DR, UK
London Heathrow Airport
Condor Way, Longford, Hounslow TW6, UK
London Gatwick
North Terminal, Departures Rd, Horley, Gatwick RH6 0NP, UK
Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport, Bassingbourn Rd, Stansted CM24 1QW, UK
Location Guide
Central London
London Heathrow Airport
London Gatwick
Stansted Airport
Sample Programme
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Arrivals and Registrations | Arrivals and Registrations | Check-in & relax at hotel |
| Day 2 | Politics and Royalty walking tour | Trafalgar Square and the National Portrait Gallery | Ride on the London Eye & dinner at restaurant |
| Day 3 | Guided bicycle tour to Hyde Park | Oxford Street, Regent Street & Piccadilly Circus | Dinner at restaurant |
| Day 4 | Visit Queen Elizabeth Park with entrance to the Orbit and the longest slide in the world! | Covent Garden and Leicester Square | West End Musical |
| Day 5 | Full day to Greenwich with visit to the Royal Observatory | Visit to the O2 with entrance to Freejump Trampoline Park & Outlet Mall | Dinner at restaurant |
| Day 6 | Project Session | South Kensington Museum | Dinner at restaurant |
| Day 7 | Thameside walking tour including the Tate Modern | Entrance to the Tower of London | Dinner at restaurant |
| Day 8 | Full day excursion to Cambridge | Walking tour of the city centre & entrance to King's College | Dinner at restaurant |
| Day 9 | Visit to the British Museum | Closing ceremony in central London | Free time in central London |
| Day 10 | Departures | Departures | Departures |
