What you need to know

Essential booking information

Thank you for thinking about making a booking with Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre. Please consider the points below before completing the online School Booking Form.

• We start to check facilitator availability once we have received the online School Booking Form. Please therefore send this through as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Your itinerary will be sent to you approximately 2 weeks before your visit.
• A 15 min slot to drop off bags is built into the itinerary anytime from 9.45am but please be aware that your first school activity cannot start until 10am.

Please ensure that you read the Terms and Conditions (below). These will also be sent with your confirmation letter. 

Terms and conditions

To ensure the smooth running of learning at Bosworth, we request that you read our Terms and Conditions. 

Bosworth Battlefield – School Visit Terms & Conditions

Pre-visit for educators

We encourage all teachers to make a free pre-visit to the site. Please contact us in advance to arrange your visit, by calling 01455 290429 or emailing bosworth@leics.gov.uk. All educators are very welcome to bring up to 3 children and 1 adult for FREE with them as part of the pre-site visit.

Activities before during and after your visit

The sessions on site will engage and educate, but we do recommend you do some pre-visit learning about the relevant topics. 

Please also let us know if there is anything particular that your class would like to cover during your time at Bosworth.

Find out more/make enquiry

Our team is always happy to talk about options for your visit so please call us on  01455 290429 or email bosworth@leics.gov.uk

Health and safety

• Risk assessments

  BBHC Schools Site – Risk Assessment 2023-2024

  Please find individual risk assessments for each session on the session pages. 

  These will also all be sent as part of your confirmation pack.

• Additional needs and health requirements

  Please let us know on the booking form if any of your group, child or adult, has any allergies, additional needs or health issues that we should be aware of. This will be treated confidentially.

Lunch spaces & shopping

• Lunch spaces

  If the weather is fine, we have plenty of outdoor space and tables for picnics. Otherwise we have wooden cabins which can be used for coat and bag storage as well as lunch.

• Shopping and gift packs

  We have an excellent shop on site which offers a wide range of items for all purses. Please ensure shopping is included in your booking form if you wish to do it. The staff are friendly and helpful with young visitors.

  The booking form also has an option for gift bags if you don’t have time to shop..

Practical information

• Access and parking

  Free coach parking for school visits

• Toilets

  Two sets with two accessible toilets.

• Storing bags and coats

  Coats and lunch bags are stored in the cabins and the Bosworth Discovery Zone on arrival. Coats are likely to be needed on the guided walks and some of the Living History activities.

• Photography

  From time to time, we like to update our photographs of learning sessions. We will ask you in advance if we wish to record your session, so you can organise permission forms with parents. 

• Use of the collections

  We ask that you treat all of our artefacts with great care and respect.