Education at Hexham Abbey

Bringing Learning to Life!

For hundreds of years Hexham Abbey was a place of education as well of daily worship. Today we continue the tradition established by the monks of Hexham Abbey by encouraging schools and other groups of young people to visit the Abbey as part of their exploration of our community, our country and our world.

We offer exciting, hands-on, activity visits. You can come for half or a full day, eating your picnic lunch on the cloister lawn or in the medieval workshop which was used by the monks.

Alternatively, you could just pop in for a shorter time as part of a visit to Hexham or Hadrian’s Wall. You are of course welcome to visit with your group independently but we would still ask you to book your visit in to the Abbey’s diary and invite a donation for the visit.

Education visits to the Abbey are lead by the Education Officer, Toni Bush, an experienced teacher, and a team of education volunteers.

What do teachers and pupils say?

‘Fantastic – all the children were engaged fully and loved every moment’

‘I cannot praise the content, format and delivery enough…I would recommend Hexham Abbey without hesitation to any other schools wishing to visit.’

‘The variety of learning experiences ensured that all children were motivated and engaged – they haven’t stopped talking about it since.’

‘We really enjoyed the day and came away full of ideas!’

‘I had so much fun at Hexham Abbey but my favourite is the stained glass windows and the brilliant book stand but my really favourite is the Night Stair and the soft mats and I like the trumpet song…’

‘My favourite of the day was the Night Stairs because I like the wibble wobble bits.’

‘I liked finding the teddies.’

‘Going down the crypt was amazing and interesting to know about. I couldn’t stop telling my dad about it when he got home.’

‘This has been the best trip ever!’