The Schedule

 The following is a tentative itinerary that could change based on availabilty.

Meals that are included in the program cost are shown as italicized.

Sunday

June 1st 2025

Day 0

Stay in downtown Manchester

Land into Manchester Airport (Airport code: MAN)

You will be met at the airport by a faculty member then we'll take a train into Manchester

If you are already going to be in the UK then please let us know so we can coordinate your arrival into Manchester by train.

Dinner at Pieminister

Monday

June 2nd 2025  

Day 1 

Llandudno


Train from Manchester to Llandudno, North Wales.

Grab and go lunch purchased at Manchester Piccadilly station

Woosh down a toboggan run as we study conservation of energy.

Start discovering plant life in a botanical garden.

Dinner at Barnacles Fish & Chip

Tuesday

June 3rd 2025

Day 2 

Llandudno

Create an Energy, Botany, and Conservation timeline on the beach.

Grab-and-go lunch

Ride the Bus from Llandudno to Deganwy and then walk to Conwy discussing plants and conservation as well as the science of tides.

Optional: we'll finish early enough for you to tour Conwy Castle.

Wednesday

June 4th 2025

Day 3

Llandudno

Breakfast in the car

Discover the majestic Cwm Idwal valley and lake.

Grab-and-go lunch

Optional: Zip World

Thursday

June 5th 2025

Day 4

Llandudno

Carry out experiments at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) site in Conwy

Explore the connection between chocolate and the topics in the courses at the Llandudno Chocolate Experience.

Walk along the sand dunes and up the Great Orme.

Friday

June 6th 2025

Day 5

Llandudno

Breakfast in the car

Drive to Anglesey with a brief stop at Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

Packed lunch provided

Find creatures and plants in the rockpools

Dinner included in Treaddur Bay

Visit South Stack for spectacular views and Newborough Forest red squirrel reserve.

Travel back to Llandudno

Saturday

June 7th 2025

Day 6

Llandudno

FREE DAY

Sunday

June 8th 2025

Day 7

Llandudno

Car breakfast

Explore Celtic Rainforests!

Determine the age of ancient Yew trees.

Grab-and-go lunch provided

Take a train up a mountain to a cafe on the summit... that's the way to by a mountaineer.

Monday

June 9th 2025

Day 8

Llandudno

Study how Sun light can be used to produce electricity and used to heat water.

Grab-and-go lunch

Make your own electricity generator then take it to the beach and connect it into a wind turbine and produce you're own electricity.

Tuesday

June 10th 2026

Day 9

Llandudno

Car breakfast

Visit the wonderful Center for Alternative Technology in mid-Wales.

Lunch on site

How does the movement of water produce electricity in a hydroelectric plant? We'll discover that with an experiment on a small scale. Then we'll tour a commercial scale hydroelectric plant.

Learn about Britain's Zero-Carbon effort.

Dinner included.

Wednesday 

June 11th 2025

Day 10

Llandudno > Chester

Go underground into copper mines that are thousands of years old.

Grab-and-go lunch provided

Take the train to Chester.

Observe pollinators in a city park and take a conservation walk around the Roman city.

Thursday

June 12th 2025

Day 11

Chester

Car breakfast

Visit the birth place of the Industrial Revolution in the English countryside; Ironbridge.

Lunch at the Corn Mill, Llangollen

Experience the pace of life on the canals.

Friday

June 13th 2025

Day 12

Chester

Car breakfast

What does Nuclear Power Station make you think of? We'll be able to see one up close as we tour Heysham Power Station.

Packed lunch provided

Tea at Quarry Bank Mill and see how the slave trade impacted British life.

Saturday

June 14th 2025

Day 13

Chester

FREE DAY

Sunday

June 15th 2025

Day 14

Chester

FREE DAY

Monday

June 16th 2025

Day 15

Chester

Train into Liverpool

Continue to learn the British perspective of the slave trade and how it relates to the course themes by visiting the International Slavery Museum at the magnificent Albert Dock.

Discuss city planning and it's impact on the environment.

Tuesday

June 17th 2025

Day 16

Chester > London

Train to London

Grab-and-go lunch purchased at Chester station

How were plants used in medicine during the time of Florence Nightingale? We'll visit the Old Operating Theater to find out.

You'll have a chance to delve into the bustling Borough Market

Wednesday

June 18th 2025

Day 17

London

Underground train to Kew Gardens

The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew are the largest botanical gardens in the world and is an amazing place to discover plant life.

Lunch provided in Kew Gardens

Train back into town.

Thursday

June 19th 2025

Day 18

London

London has some incredible museums. Explore the topics we've covered in the program at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Wrap up dinner at Wagamma's near the Tower of London

Friday

June 20th 2025

Day 19

London

End of the program...

We'll help you get to any London airport to get back to the USA, or will help you get to where you need to go to continue your travels around the UK or Europe.