Geography Field Trips

We offer Geography fieldwork at Primary, Secondary and Tertiary level. The field centre is within easy walking distance of the attractive, tourist town of Lyme Regis, the river Lyme and the coast. Within driving distance, are the coastal features of Chesil beach, Durdle Door, Lulworth cove, Studland and West Bay.

 

Primary Geography

We can offer river, tourism and coastal geography studies. This can be combined with biology studies based on the river, woodland and rockyshore or our activities programme including forest school style activities.

 

GCSE Geography Controlled Assessment

Our short courses help students to plan and prepare for their controlled assessment covering all aspects of fieldwork data collection and presentation and can include: Water on Land, The Coastal Zone, Tourism and Settlements.

 

Common Entrance Exam

Our short course help students plan and prepare for their common entrance exam covering all aspects of fieldwork data collection and presentation and can include: Rivers, Coast, Tourism and Woodland studies.

  

AS Level Geography

We undertake case studies based on coast, rivers and tourism.

 

A2 Level Geography

We offer courses covering coast, river, tourism, managing rural change in settlements and succession field studies.

 

River LymRiver processes and features:

 The river Lym is ideal to study river processes and features. It is a short walk from the Field Study Centre and easily accessible for most of its length.

  

 


lyme seaCoastal processes and features:

Lyme Regis is a prime area in which to study and observe the processes that shape our coast. A new £21m coastal protection scheme is now in its 5th phase and has been designed to retain Lyme regis' unique harbour structure - the Cobb. The Cobb is the oldest working breakwater of its type in the country.

 A bus may be hired to visit the classic textbook sites further down the Jurassic Coast at Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door and Chesil beach. 

Chesil BeachLithoseral succession:

Chesil Beach is also an excellent place to demonstrate standard techniques in investigating beach structure.

 

main streetTourism:

Investigate the effects of tourism on Lyme Regis – a small rural town whose population vastly increases each summer. The town's economy relies heavily on tourists who are attracted by its beaches, spectacular coastal scenery and the unique harbour structure, the Cobb.