Stratford Butterfly Farm
Stratford Butterfly Farm
Whatever the weather stroll through the wonderful world of an exotic rainforest: a lush landscape of tropical blossom surrounding splashing waterfalls and fish-filled pools.
Enjoy the unique pleasure of watching hundreds of the world's most spectacular and colourful butterflies flying all around. You can see them feeding and flying in a wonderful tropical environment.
See their amazing lifecycles in the Caterpillar Room. Observe the fascinating and strange in Insect City, where Stick Insects, Beetles, Leaf-cutting ants and many more remarkable creatures are to be found. For the bolder, get close to the deadly and dangerous in perfect safety in Arachnoland; home of the worlds largest spider, a scorpion colony and other spinners of webs and dealers of death. Afterwards take a look at the many gifts available in the Papillon Gift shop
We are five minutes walk from the town centre, just over the river Avon foot bridge, opposite the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Our signs will take you from the foot bridge to our entrance.
Schools
Bring your class to Stratford Butterfly Farm for a lesson they will never forget!
A visit to Stratford Butterfly Farm offers an excellent opportunity for children of all ages to learn about tropical rainforest environments and the plants and animals that live within these habitats.
All pre booked groups of 10+ receive a guided tour at no extra cost. The tour lasts for one hour and is lead by an experienced member of staff who is able to present all aspects of the butterfly farm in an entertaining and educational manner. For those who arestudying a particular topic in class, we can tailor the tour to the needs of your group. Just let us know and we will do our very best to incorporate this into your tour.
Meet the Mini-beasts
Our popular meet the Mini-beasts tour begins with a brief introduction to the Butterfly farm, its' inhabitants and the tropical rainforest environment. The tour then moves into the Rainforest flight area with hundreds of tropical butterflies flying around. We look at butterfly anatomy, feeding and introduce the butterfly lifecycle here. Children will be able to view all stages of the life cycle, including a range of caterpillars in the Caterpillar room. We touch on food webs, predator defence and metamorphosis using different caterpillars to introduce the children to these concepts.
We then watch butterflies emerging form their chrysalides. With our tour half way through there is a chance for the group to have a short break and wander in the Rainforest flight area looking at some of the other inhabitants of the butterfly farm such as Iguana lizards, birds and fish. The tour then reconvenes and enters Insect City where the guide will get a range of fascinating animals out for your group to view closely and (for those who want to) hold. These include Stick insects, Millipedes and Giant African Land Snails. Finally the tour enters Arachnoland where your group will learn all about Spiders and Scorpions and have a chance to ask any questions they may have.
With plenty of hands on, close observation and activity in an authentic rainforest environment, we believe Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm offers the perfect place for a magical and educational day out with your class.
School visits should be booked well in advance. We are very busy in the spring and summer months and if you have a specific date in mind you will need to book it early. The school group rate is £4.25 per child or teacher with one free teacher for every 10 children.
Call today to book your class trip!
- Free teachers familiarisation visit.
- Downloadable Risk assessment.
- Education Pack.
- Free Guided Tour to pre booked groups of 10+.
- Key stage 1 and 2 National Curriculum subjects.
- Tours tailored to the needs of your group.
- Expert Staff.
- One teacher free with every 10 children.