Excursions

Young Learner Programme Excursions

You will enjoy full-day and half-day excursions to places of cultural interest and beauty.

St. Andrew’s College staff will guide you on excursions so that you can enjoy yourself and learn about the the history, culture and customs of the places you visit.

The Student Diary will give you more information about your excursions and will help you with new language. This is available on our bespoke Mobile App, through the Diary area.

Trips and excursions are great opportunities for you to…

…Live the Language and Love the Language!

Edinburgh

Full-day excursions can include:

  • Alnwick Castle
  • Glasgow
  • Stirling & Loch Lomond
  • Glamis Castle & Dundee’s V & A Museum
  • St. Andrew’s and Falkland Palace
  • Scone Palace & Perth

Local visits and half-day excursions can be to:

  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Edinburgh Zoo
  • The National Museum of Scotland
  • The Royal Yacht Britannia
  • The National Gallery of Scotland
  • The Scott Monument
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Calton Hill or Arthur’s Seat
  • Holyrood Palace
  • North Berwick seaside town
  • St. Andrew’s
  • The Royal Botanic Garden
  • The National Portrait Gallery
  • The Writers’ Museum
  • Mary King’s Close
  • Camera Obscura
  • The Royal Mile

Glasgow

Full-day excursions can include:

  • Edinburgh
  • Scone Palace & Perth
  • St. Andrew’s and Falkland Palace

Local visits and half-day excursions can be to:

  • Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
  • The Riverside Museum
  • The University of Glasgow & The Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery
  • Glasgow Cathedral & The Necropolis Cemetery
  • The Gallery of Modern Art
  • The Burrell Collection, Pollok Country Park
  • St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
  • Culzean Castle
  • New Lanark UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  • Loch Lomond
  • Paisley Abbey

Ayr

Full-day excursions can include:

  • Ayr Town
  • Ayr Beach
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Isle of Cumbrae and town of Millport
  • Glasgow
  • Stirling & Loch Lomond

Stirling

Full-day excursions can include:

  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Loch Katrine

Local visits and half-day excursions can be to:

  • Stirling City Centre
  • Stirling Castle
  • The Wallace Monument
  • Bannockburn
  • Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
  • Glasgow’s Riverside Museum
  • The University of Glasgow & The Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery
  • Loch Lomond

Brighton

Full-day excursions can include:

  • London Sightseeing Walking Tour + Piccadilly Circus
  • London British Museum + Oxford Street

Local visits and half-day excursions can be to:

  • Brighton Sightseeing Walking Tour
  • Brighton SEA LIFE
  • Brighton Pavilion
  • Eastbourne
  • Chichester
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells

Bognor Regis

Full-day excursions can include:

  • Stonehenge & Salisbury
  • Oxford
  • Chichester & Bognor Regis
  • London City
  • Portsmouth
  • Brighton

Canterbury, Kent

Full-day excursions can include:

  • London City
  • London Museums

Local visits and half-day excursions can be to:

  • Canterbury City
  • Canterbury Cathedral
  • Canterbury Punting
  • Sandwich
  • Dover
  • Whitstable

Chatham, Kent

Full-day excursions can include:

  • London
  • Brighton
  • Canterbury

Local visits and half-day excursions can be to:

  • The British Museum
  • The London Eye
  • The London Science Museum
  • The Natural History Museum
  • Madame Tussauds

Colchester

Full-day excursions can include:

  • London City Centre
  • London Museums
  • London Camden Town
  • Cambridge
  • Colchester + Clacton-on-Sea

Students at the London Eye

Gloucester

Full day excursions can include:

  • Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Oxford
  • Bath
  • Cardiff
  • Stonehenge & Salisbury
  • Gloucester

Keele

Full day excursions can include:

  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • Chester
  • Liverpool
  • Alton Towers
  • Stratford-upon-avon
  • Manchester

Exeter

Full day excursions can include:

  • Bristol: Walking Tour, Museum & Art Gallery, M-Shed
  • Stonehenge & Salisbury
  • Exeter: Town & Cathedral
  • Torquay & Plymouth
  • Kents Cavern
  • Bath: Roman Baths
  • Cornwall: The Eden Project
  • Durdble Door & Weymouth

London, Greenwich

Full day excursions can include:

  • London Sightseeing Walking Tour + Piccadilly Circus
  • London British Museum + Oxford Street
  • London Natural History Museum + Science Museum + Hyde Park
  • London Greenwich
  • Windsor
  • Brighton
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Alexia Pop, Student (Romania)
"We had a wonderful experience at Merchiston Castle School. Everyone was kind and nice to us. The school was wonderful, the classes were interesting, the activities were fun and the excursions led us to really beautiful places. Thank you!"
Ana Batista, Group Leader (Portugal)
"We had a great time and came back full of wonderful memories. The staff have been professional and at same time friendly. And so the teachers. And perfect was the food and staff at the canteen. Thanks again for making all of this possible."
Anna Mottola (Italy), Merchiston Castle
"The school was very good and the teachers were 10/10. The lessons were fun and the kahoot games at the end were the best. The activities were awesome, to have time to do something with your friends and meet new people. Excursions were good but the best part of it all were the staff."
Ben Lagner & Manon Siguad, Student (Germany, France)
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