School & Farm Tours

Deen City Farm and Riding School isn’t just a fun place to visit – it’s also a unique learning resource. We collaborate with many local schools and organisations in offering a range of educational experiences and activities.

The benefits of learning outside the classroom are well documented and widely recognised and local schools and pupils can visit and have both a great time and a valuable learning experience.

Self-Guided Tour

You and your group can explore the farm at your leisure using the animal signs as a teaching aid. When you book to visit the farm with your school, your helpers will be given some animal feed in a bucket to distribute to the children to allow them to have a much closer experience with our animals as well as an activity sheet to help them explore.

Cost: £2 per child

Guided Farm Tours

Why not let one of our experienced farmers guide you and your group around the farm, letting you get up close and personal with our larger animals? You and your group will get a bucket of animal feed as well as an activity sheet.

These tours are for School Groups or Organisations of 10 children or more and are one of the best ways to experience the farm. These tours usually last about 60 minutes. 

Cost: £4 per child (Please note that there is a minimum charge for the guided tours of £40)

Capacity: Minimum booking is for 10 children, maximum 30 children, groups maybe spit into two/three smaller groups.

We also offer a range of additional options to enhance your visit with us. These options are in addition to the tour prices, and are not currently available on their own.

Pony Rides 

Unleash your group’s inner horse riders as they are led around our pony riding track by one of our experienced riding school staff.

Children must between the ages of 2-7 and be able to sit up independently and safely fit into one of our riding hats. 

Duration: 30 minutes
Capacity: 20 - aged between 2-7
Cost: £50
 
Invertebrate Science
Get hands on with some spectacular invertebrate science as your group learns about creepy crawlies in our classroom and take part in some insect experiments.
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £4 per participant (minimum £40)
 
Dinosaur Discoveries
Bring out your group’s inner palaeontologist with a classroom session about dinosaurs, ancient animals and extinction. Comes with a free class fossil for the classroom.
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £4 per participant (minimum: 40)
 
Animal Life Painting
An animal-based art session in our classroom that can be tailored to your group’s needs. Typically features an easel and canvas, but with notice we can be flexible. We can provide an animal as a model on request.
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £8 per participant (minimum: £80)
 
Natural Dye Workshop
Learn about clothes, dyes and how things are made and grown. See dye plants in action as your class dye their own t-shirts to take home.
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £12 per participant (minimum: £120)
 
Behaviour Study
A session based around learning what animals do and why. Do they do the same thing all day long? Do they have favourite activities? Come to the Farm and have a go at some ethology – the study of animal behaviour!
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £8 per participant (minimum: £80)
 
Extra Animal Encounters
If your group loves animals book some extra time with them! Let us know who you’d like to spend more time with and we’ll see what we can do.
Duration: 30 minutes
Capacity: 30
Cost: £50 
 

Build Your Own Enrichment

Help keep our animals happy by building them some fantastic new toys. Learn about what enrichment is, and why it’s so important to keeping animals happy and healthy.

Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £6 per participant (minimum £60)
 

Pizza Garden 

Explore pizza making – starting with seeds! Your group will have a brilliant opportunity to learn about how to grow plants and grind flour. When you’re done you can take your pizza garden away with you and watch the plants grow back in the classroom until they’re ripe. Contains basil, tomatoes, oregano, chives and wheat.

Please note: we are unable to provide cheese as we don’t think you’d really still want to eat it by the time the plants have grown. If you plan to use the garden to make a class pizza we do recommend buying flour due to the amount required – we’re trying to keep this portable!

Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £6 per participant (minimum £60)
 

Bones & Bodies

Exploration session based around bones – and the animals that they once belonged to. Learn about animals’ bodies, and the challenges palaeontologists face trying to work out what ancient animals used to look like as your group tries to work out what our bones are from!

Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 30
Cost: £4 per participant (minimum £40)
 

To book fill in the booking form and send to our Education Officer by emailing education@deencityfarm.co.uk.

To discuss any elements of the farm tours or to book please contact our Education Officer by emailing education@deencityfarm.co.uk

Farm Tour Terms & Conditions

Planning on visiting Morden Hall Park?

We’re very fortunate to be situated next to Morden Hall Park, a brief 10-15 minute walk from the farm. If you’re planning on visiting Morden Hall Park or even passing through with your school group, you may need to book in advance.

Please have a look at their National Trust website for more information on structured and self-led visits to the Park.

Visitors to the Farm can also access us via Windsor Avenue and we have some car and minibus parking just outside the Farm.

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