United Kingdom

The UK offers a great combination of history and culture along with a wide variety of sport at all sorts of different levels.

Taking a tour to the Rugby Museum at Rugby School or a visit to the Long Room at Lords is a sight to behold – many teachers and pupils realising a lifetime ambition! Apart from these sporting icons, there are the more traditional tourist sights such as Big Ben, the Tower of London, Giant’s Causeway, Edinburgh Castle, the Roman Baths at Bath, Stonehenge or punting on the River Cam in Cambridge – that ensure the UK is a regular on the international tourists map!

Combined trips to the Republic of Ireland can also offer some great sporting opposition, not to mention a very warm welcome. Other additions can include Belgium, Holland or France – all easily accessible from London by train or ferry links. Billeting in the UK and Ireland is a great way of helping to reduce the tour price as well as offering great chance to spend time with local families.

The United Kingdom has cultural links with a large proportion of the globe. Whilst in the UK, schools can incorporate all kinds of educational visits and perhaps link up with sister schools where appropriate.