Educational Experiences

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At Cragg House Farm in beautiful Buttermere, we provide inspiring, hands-on educational experiences that bring learning to life. Our working hill farm offers a unique setting for curriculum-linked school trips, outdoor learning, and environmental education — all designed to engage and excite pupils of all ages.

We can:

  • 🏠 Use our farm buildings as a safe, engaging base for outdoor learning and classroom activities.

  • 📚 Link directly to the National Curriculum across multiple subjects — thanks to Rach’s experience as a qualified primary school teacher — through topics such as:

  • 📝 Provide ready-made risk assessments for all activities and facilities.

  • 🏞️ Offer the John Muir Award, helping students discover, explore, conserve and share their experience of a wild place.

  • 💷 Signpost schools to available grants and funding, making visits more affordable.

Each visit provides a cross-curricular, practical learning experience that supports teamwork, curiosity, and environmental awareness — a true once-in-a-lifetime educational adventure.

Workshops

We provide a cross-curricular, practical once in a lifetime experience that appeals to all ages.

🐑 Wonderful Wool — A Hands-On Learning Experience

Ideal for Key Stages from Foundation Upwards

Celebrate the heritage and creativity of farming in the Lake District while keeping traditional skills alive.
Your day begins with an interactive farm tour, meeting our animals and exploring how we work alongside nature to care for the land. Pupils will discover:

  • Animal habitats, life cycles, and adaptations

  • Food chains and food webs

  • Geography and land use

  • Sustainable farming practices

Then, experience the journey of wool — from sheep to finished product. Learn to spin yarn, weave on a loom, or wet-felt a piece of art inspired by the Buttermere landscape. Every child will take home their own age-appropriate handmade wool craft, a meaningful reminder of their day on the farm.

🍎 Fell to Fork — From Farm to Plate (AVAILABLE FROM JUNE 2026)

Ideal for Key Stage 1 and above

Discover where our food really comes from with this hands-on farm learning experience set in the heart of the Buttermere valley.

Your pupils will meet our animals and explore how food is produced on a working Lake District hill farm. As we walk through the farm pupils will learn about:

  • Where our food comes from

  • Seasonal farming and local food production

  • Animal welfare and responsible farming

  • The journey of ingredients from field to plate

  • The role farms play in caring for the landscape and supporting wildlife.

Children will take part in a guided cooking activity, preparing a traditional meal for their lunch using simple, wholesome ingredients inspired by the farm. Together they will make:

  • Shepherd’s Pie, using lamb raised on the farm (with a vegetarian option available)

  • Apple Crumble, using apples grown in our orchard

Working in small groups, pupils will learn basic food preparation skills while exploring how fresh ingredients are transformed into a meal.

At the end of the session, children will enjoy the food they have made together — a memorable way to experience the full journey from fell to fork.

Ingredient/Allergen Information

Full Day Trip Itinerary

Wonderful Wool Itinerary

Fell To Fork Itinerary

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Prices

£360 Full Day led by Rach for a group of up to 30.

£200 Morning session led by Rach (10-12) and hire of the Byre classroom to lead your own activities for the remainder of the day. Maximum number of children: 30.

We currently have funding from FIPL (Farming In Protected Landscapes) in place so that we can offer up to 15 Free School Visits until 31st July 2026 - use the following voucher code to receive 100% discount on your trip:

FIPLFELLTOFORK

Please contact to discuss bookings for smaller groups, parties, corporate events, stag & hen parties.

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Already Booked In?

If you have already booked in with us you need to download our Information Packs:

Welcome Powerpoint for Children

Teacher Information Pack (Includes General Risk Assessment)

Cookery Workshop Risk Assessment

Ingredient/Allergen Information

Please complete a feedback form after your trip to receive early access to the code for the next round of funding that we are applying for:
Funded Trip Feedback Form

To ensure we have the support to continue to apply for funding, schools who have not visited us yet but would like to can complete the following survey. Each completed survey will receive early access to the code for the next round of funding that we are applying for:

Register of Interest Survey

Plate of spiced meat stew garnished with herbs, served with white rice and flatbread.