The Butterfly Farm is delighted to offer schools exclusive combination visits to enhance value and learning from a visit to historic Stratford-upon-Avon.
Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall
Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall
Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall is a new visitor attraction in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon. Here your class can discover the very classroom where William Shakespeare was educated and inspired to become the worlds' greatest playwright. Immerse your class in 16th century Stratford and participate in a Tudor Schoolroom lesson and even brush up on your Latin!
Bookings for this combination visit can be made Monday-Friday, term time, at 11am and 1pm. Please specify at the time of booking which attraction your class would like to visit first.
Tours at both the Butterfly Farm and Shakespeare's Schoolroom are guided and last approximately 1 hour.
There is coach drop off and pick up outside the Indigo Hotel opposite Shakespeare’s Schoolroom & Guildhall and at the entrance gates of the Butterfly Farm.
There is only a single toilet (it is accessable for those that require it) at the Schoolroom. Schools are recommend to visit the nearby town facilities in Bell Court before or after their visit or the facilities at the Butterfly Farm.
It is an approx. 10 minute walk between the two venues through the Bankcroft Gardens using the pedestrian bridge.
2025 Prices
Price per pupil 3-16 years £14:00
Price per student 17+ years £17.75
Price per teacher £19.45
1 free teacher place for every 10 pupils
To book this very special educational visit please email schools@butterflyfarm.co.uk
For more information on Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall please visit their website:
Shakespeare's Schoolroom-schools
The MAD Museum
The MAD Museum
The Mechanical Art & Design Museum, or 'MAD Museum', opened in 2012 and is the UK's only permanent venue for mechanical art. There are around 70 pieces of mechanical art on display, specifically called Kinetic Art and Automata. Think Heath Robinson mixed with Wallace and Gromit and Scrapheap Challenge. These hands-on exhibits display creative inventiveness, clever design and physics principals that will inspire your class, with plenty of ideas from both venues to take back to the classroom.
2025 Prices
Price per pupil 3-16yrs £12.35
Price per teacher £13.30
1 free teacher place for every 10 pupils
Price per student 17yrs+ £14.50
Price per adult £14.50
1 free supervising adult place for every 10 students
Bookings for this combination visit can be made Monday-Friday, term time only, between 10am and 3pm. Please specify at the time of booking which attraction your class would like to visit first.
Both tours last approximately 1 hour. The Butterfly Farm Tour is guided, the Mad Museum Tour is self-guided.
There are toilet facilities at both the Butterfly Farm and Mad Museum.
Coach drop off and pick up is at the Butterfly Farm.
It is an approx.10 minute walk between the 2 venues using the pedestrian footbridge.
To book this engaging and interactive educational visit please email schools@butterflyfarm.co.uk
For more information on the Mad Museum please visit their website:
Stratford Butterfly Farm, The MAD Museum and Shakespeare's Schoolroom also offer a great value triple combination visit. This is perfect for schools that wish to make the most of their time in Stratford-upon Avon and cover more than one curriculum topic. Each venue is no more than 10 minutes walk from the other.
This offer also works well with larger groups as we can accomodate up to 120 children in classes of 30 on a carousel basis.
2025 Prices
Price per pupil £19.50
Price per teacher £24.90
1 free teacher place for every 10 pupils
Avon Boating
Avon Boating
The Butterfly Farm has been working with our neighbour, Avon Boating, for many years. We offer a 45 Minute River Cruise for visiting schools to complement their visit to the Butterfly Farm. It has a famous fleet of beautifully restored Edwardian vessels, one of which will take your class on a leisurely cruise along the picturesque River Avon.
Price per pupil is available on enquiry*
Price per teacher is available on enquiry*
*This is due to Avon Boating having a minimum charge for their river cruises.
To book this unique and exciting educational visit please email schools@butterflyfarm.co.uk
For more information about Avon Boating please visit their website:
Boat trips are river level dependant, as high river levels will affect the availability of the cruise which may be cancelled at short notice or the time of the cruise reduced.
Mininum of 10 children or students for school group rates and combination bookings.