A Welsh Coal Mining Experience The Black Gold Experience Underground Guided Tour Workshop

Suitable for ages 5+
At Venue
A highlight from A Welsh Coal Mining Experience for students to learn what it's like to be a miner.

Key Info

The highlight of every visit to the Welsh Mining Experience, this award-winning tour is led by former miners who love to share their personal
memories & stories.

Get fitted with your miner’s helmet and start the tour in their restored engine houses. Meet the characters who shaped the coal industry, then journey “underground” to experience the dark, dangerous conditions in which men and boys worked. Discover how the “black gold” cultivated from our landscape powered the world’s ships and industries before hopping aboard DRAM! A cinematic experience in which you ride the last dram of coal to the surface of the mine – hold on tight!

A Welsh Coal Mining Experience would be delighted to work with you to tailor your visit around the needs of your group. Mix and match activities to suit and do as many as you like!

Curriculum Links
Subjects
Citizenship, History, Science
Age suitability
Ages
Suitable for ages 5+
Key Stages
Higher, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Curriculum Levels
First Level, Second Level, Senior Phase, Third/Fourth Level
Things to know
Type
At Venue
Location
A Welsh Coal Mining Experience, South Wales
Dates
Ongoing
Price
from £4.50 per student
SEND
Yes - suitable for students with SEND

About A Welsh Coal Mining Experience

What better place to inspire learning than an iconic location where the brave efforts of miners powered global industry? A Welsh Coal Mining Experience practical and interactive sessions follow the National Curriculum and can be adapted to suit all ages and learning needs. Sessions can be mixed and matched to guarantee a fascinating, educational and fun day out.

They would be delighted to work with you to tailor your visit around the needs of your group. Mix and match activities to suit and do as many as you like! If you need help to get the best out of your visit, please contact us and they can create a bespoke itinerary for you.

They offer free preview visits for teachers and can deliver any of their facilitated workshops (with the exception of the tour, and craft) in your classroom.

Fancy a chat?
We’re here to help!

Send us an email or give us a call if you have any questions or would like more information.

Email

hello@theschooltrip.co.uk

Or Call

020 8064 0974

Prices are correct at the time of publication. All costs, unless otherwise specified, include VAT.