Adventure Island School Trips
Just £15 per student!
A memorable, easy and great-value experience for every school.
From thrilling rollercoasters to themed rides and classic seaside arcades, there’s so much to explore at the UK’s Best Value theme park, set on the stunning Southend-on-Sea seafront. With on-site security, a dedicated team, excellent facilities and plenty of dining options, you can be confident your students will enjoy a safe, well-organised and unforgettable day out.
Easy Online Booking
Our online booking system makes arranging your visit quick and simple. Choose your date, enter your student numbers (minimum 20) and your trip will be instantly confirmed once payment has been made.
If you have booked, and wish to add more students, you can do so by making another online booking.
However, if you are adding fewer than 20 students, this can be arranged on the day through our Customer Services Team, with payment taken on the day.
If you book, what next?
Every student receives a wristband giving them access to all rides (height restrictions apply). Students must wear their wristbands on the right wrist.
Wristbands are posted to your school ahead of your trip for a smooth arrival. However, if your booking is confirmed within 15 days of your intended school trip date, you will need to collect the wristbands from Customer Services on the morning of your visit.
Adventure Island is a free-entry park, so teachers don’t need wristbands to enter.
You’ll only need a wristband if you want to go on the rides yourself!
For teachers who wish to ride, please head to customer services on the day where you can collect your bands.
You can have up to:
Primary schools: 1 free teacher wristband for every 4 students.
Secondary schools: 1 free teacher wristband for every 8 students.
Please note: Amendments to school trip booking dates are permitted up to 16 days prior to the visit. After this deadline, the booking date is non-transferable.
Key Stage Activity Booklets
Get ready to make the most of your school trip to Adventure Island! Our Educational Activity Booklets are packed with fun learning activities you can enjoy before, during and after your visit.
Click below to download the booklet that’s just right for your key stage!
Our Key Stage 1 Activity Pack is a fun, curriculum-linked resource designed to support school visits to Adventure Island. Pupils explore basic science concepts such as push, pull and gravity, practise descriptive vocabulary, and complete simple maths activities involving counting, time and money, helping them learn both before and during their visit to the park.
Lower Key Stage 2 Activity Pack
Our Lower Key Stage 2 Activity Pack encourages pupils to explore Adventure Island through reading, observation and problem-solving activities. The pack includes tasks focused on forces, materials, descriptive writing, data handling and money calculations, helping children develop their maths, science and literacy skills while engaging with the park environment.
Upper Key Stage 2 Activity Pack
Our Upper Key Stage 2 Activity Pack is a curriculum-linked resource designed to support school visits to Adventure Island. It includes engaging maths, English and science activities, covering topics such as forces, persuasive writing, observation tasks, graphs, fractions and time calculations to help pupils learn before, during and after their trip.
Key Stage 3 Activity Pack – English
Our Key Stage 3 English Activity Pack is a fun, curriculum-linked resource designed to enhance school visits to Adventure Island. The pack focuses on reading comprehension, persuasive writing and descriptive writing, using the park as inspiration to help pupils analyse language, apply persuasive techniques and create vivid, engaging descriptions.
Key Stage 3 Activity Pack – Maths
Our Key Stage 3 Maths Activity Pack is a hands-on, curriculum-linked resource designed to bring maths to life during school visits to Adventure Island. The pack covers percentages, money and data handling through real park scenarios, with pupils working with visitor numbers, ticket pricing and graphs to apply maths in a practical, real-world context.
Key Stage 3 Activity Pack – Science
The Need-to-Knows
Adventure Island opens at 11:00am. Closing times vary throughout the year.
Yes. Students with an active Annual Pass do not need to be included in your booking numbers. They must bring either their physical pass or a photo of the Annual Pass barcode to gain entry. Please ensure all passes are activated and in date so students can receive their wristband and go on the rides.
Leftover wristbands can be exchanged at Customer Services for a voucher valid until the end of the year. Please note: If this exchange is not completed on the day of your visit, any remaining wristbands will not be redeemable later.
- If you need to add 20 or more students, please repeat the online booking process and create a separate booking.
- If you need to add fewer than 20 students, please visit Customer Services on the day of your trip and they will assist you.
Customer Services is inside Adventure Island, next to the American Whip and Crooked House rides. If you need to visit upon arrival, the easiest entrance is the slope next to Sands by the Sea restaurant.
Coaches may drop off passengers directly outside Adventure Island (look for the Axis ride!). Coach parking is available in the Eastern Esplanade car park, approximately a 10-minute walk from the park.
Wristbands will grant you access to any of the rides in Adventure Island and Funtopia Indoor Amusement Park – as long as you reach each ride’s individual height requirements.
Click here to view our rides and their varying height restrictions.
Absolutely! If you’re over 14 years of age (and mature enough to look after another person), you can accompany a child under 120cm in height on any of our rides for free. It’s part of our Go On Together promise.
Guests over 120cm in height will not be permitted to bring on an accompanying person free of charge. (Nice try!)
At the time of writing, Adventure Island has over 40 rides suitable for all ages and thrill levels. We also have a multi-storey soft-play area, which is suitable for children up to 10 years old and can be accessed using our standard wristband or the Playstack wristband.
Our site is packed full of amazing things to see and do, but unlike many other UK theme parks, it’s not huge – you can stroll from one end to the other in just a few minutes. Less walking equals more ride time!
We make every effort to ensure our guests don’t need to wait for hours to hop aboard the rides they enjoy. Our average queuing time, even during peak hours, is only 20 minutes.
If the weather takes a turn, we may need to close some of our rides and attractions temporarily. However, there are plenty of undercover rides and arcades to keep you entertained until things brighten up again. Our Funtopia Indoor Amusement Park is always open alongside Adventure Island, find out more here.
Adventure Island is easily accessible by train, bus, coach, car, and even by air! Click here for more information on how to reach us.
We do not have a designated car park for our guests, but there’s plenty of space in the council-led car parks nearby, not to mention lots of bays along the seafront and around the town centre.
At Adventure Island, we believe that everyone should be able to experience the highest level of happiness with us and so we have tried to accommodate to all of our visitors as much as possible.
For further information into our accessibility, please visit Accessibility Policy – Adventure Island
The menus at Adventure Island’s food outlets are very accommodating to dietary requirements. We offer different options for guests who prefer Halal, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options.
Please ask a member of staff at the restaurant or outlet for further information.
Lost property is held securely onsite for 7 days. To claim lost items, fill out the form here.
You are welcome to take personal videos of your day. However, for YouTube vlogs, large cameras, POVs etc you will need to have permission from our team. Pop to Customer Services upon your arrival to seek approval from our team.
If you feel your experience hasn’t been up to our usual standards, please visit our Customer Services desk to voice your concerns, or send us an email at [email protected] . You can also view our complaints policy here.
Contact Us
Have a question? Our friendly team is happy to help. Call 01702 443400 or email [email protected]
