In addition to our Learning Programmes we offer a range of guided tours to help your group explore the site. Each tour is categorised by age range.
Infant
Curriculum links: KS1 History
Children visit the Blacksmith in his forge, learn about canal horses and experience what family life would have been like aboard a narrowboat.
Duration: 45 minutes
Junior
Curriculum links: KS2 History SU3A
Aimed at older primary school children, this tour traces the history of the canals, their economic development and the social history of people who lived and worked on the waterways.
Duration: 45 minutes
Senior Curriculum links: KS3 History
An introduction to the history of the dock complex, the canals and their links with Britain’s industrial past.
Duration: 45 minutes