Useful Links
For your convenience we have supplied a list of links to sites which may be of interest to you in researching your trip.
Either scroll down the page to view ALL the useful links, or choose a category from the menu below to take you directly to the relevant links.
Passports and Visas
www.ukpa.gov.uk – click on Collective passports
www.britishcouncil.org – for advice on non eu citizen visas
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UK Attractions
Thorpe Park – www.thorpepark.co.uk
Chessington Park – www.chessington.co.uk
Legoland – www.lego.com
Magna Centre Rotherham – www.visitmagna.co.uk
York Castle Museum – www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk
National Railway Museum in York – www.nrm.org.uk
www.londoneye.com
www.londonzoo.co.uk
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Paris websites
Disneyland Paris – www.disneylandparis.com
Seine Boat Ride – www.bateauxparisiens.com – included in tour price.
Tour Montparnasse – www.tourmontparnasse56.com
Eiffel Tower (payable by group at tower – no reservations possible) – www.tour-eiffel.fr
Cité des Science et de l’Industrie – www.cite-sciences.fr A huge range of possibilities
Musée du Louvre – www.louvre.fr
Musée d’Orsay – www.musee-orsay.fr
Aquaboulevard – www.aquaboulevard.com
Musée Marmottan – www.marmottan.com
Chateau du Versailles – www.chateauversailles.fr
Stade de France – www.stadefrance.fr 1½ hour visit.
Chateau de Chantilly – www.chateaudechantilly.com An incredible chateau North of Paris.
Paris Tourist Office – www.paris-touristoffice.com
Notre Dame Cathedral – www.cathedraledeparis.com
Arc de Triomphe – www.monuments-france.fr
Paris-Story (Opera) (45 minutes show) – www.paris-story.com
Sacre Coeur, Montmartre – www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com
La Grande Arche, La Defense – www.grandearche.com
Musee de l’Air et de l’Espace – www.mae.org
Sealife Aquarium, Val d’Europe – www.sealifeeurope.com
Zoo du Bois de Vincennes – www.mnhn.fr
Chateau de Fontainebleau – www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr
Chateau Vaux-Le-Vicomte – www.vaux-le-vicomte.com
Les Invalides Museum – www.invalides.org
Rodin Museum – www.musee-rodin.fr
Picasso Museum – www.musee-picasso.fr
Pompidou Centre – Modern Art – www.centrepompidou.fr
Monet Museum, Giverny – www.fondation-monet.fr
Paris general information – www.paris.fr
Museum of Air and Space – www.mae.org (includes a Concorde prototype)
Geode Imax Cinema – www.lageode.fr for list of films
Cinema Rex – www.legrandrex.com tour of a famous 1930’s cinema
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World War 1
www.somme-1916.com
www.visitbelgium.com
battlefields1418.50megs.com
www.inflandersfields.be
www.firstworldwar.com
www.greatwar.co.uk
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World War 2
battlefieldsww2.50megs.com
www.memorial-caen.fr
www.normandy1944.com
perso.wanadoo.fr/stephane.delogu
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Northern France Attractions
Parc Astérix – www.parcasterix.com
Futuroscope – www.futuroscope.com
Boulogne, Nausicaa – www.nausicaa.fr
Bagatelle Theme Park – www.parcbagatelle.com
WW2 Bunker La Coupole – www.lacoupole.com
Vimy Ridge – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimy_Memorial
Vimy Ridge – www.warmuseum.ca
Shopping Centre, Calais – Cité Europe – www.cite-europe.com
Chocolate Factory, Compiègne – www.choco-france.com
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Spain websites
PortAventura – www.portaventura.es
Dali Museum – www.salvador-dali.org
Waterworld, Lloret de Mar – www.waterworld.es
Parc Aquatic Water Park Platja d’Aro – www.aquadiver.com Similar prices to Waterworld.
Marineland, Lloret de Mar Very popular waterpark – www.marineland.es for details
Barcelona general information – www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com
Barcelona Zoo – www.zoobarcelona.com
Barcelona Aquarium – www.aquariumbcn.com
Poble Espanol – www.poble-espanyol.com (village of Spanish architecture)
Picasso Museum – www.museupicasso.bcn.es
Imax Cinema Barcelona – www.imaxintegral.com
National Museum of Catalunya – www.mnac.es
Salvador Dali Museum, Figueres – www.salvador-dali.org
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Germany websites
Phantasia Land – www.phantasialand.de
Chocolate Factory – www.schokoladenmuseum.de
Cruise on River Rhine – www.K-D.com for timetables and prices.
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Bruges websites
www.trabel.com/brugge
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Brussels websites
www.trabel.com/brussels.htm
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Amsterdam websites
www.holland.com/amsterdam/gb/
www.amsterdam.info/museums/
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Cologne websites
www.koeln.de/en/index.html
www.germany-tourism.de/e/dest_cities_koeln_e.html
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Safety & Risk Assessments
Examples of an LEA Risk Assessment Forms – www.eriding.net
Handbook for Group Leaders – www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank
Safety guidelines for trips near water/swimming – www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – www.rospa.com/safetyeducation/schooltrips/part1.htm
www.rospa.com/safetyeducation/schooltrips/part2.htm