Education
Tickets for schools for the Spring Weekend are now available.
Book now as free tickets are limited!
Teaching staff, lecturers, school and university students and home educators are all included in the offer.
The Education Offer is back with 6 fantastic events for you to enjoy this Spring Weekend.
The following talks are included in the Spring 2026 Education Offer with the code EDUCATION*
1. Fri 17 April, 12pm: Radicals: Chartists, Suffragettes and Strikes with Geoff Andrews
2. Sat 18 April, 12pm: The Battle of the Imjin River: 75 Years On with Brigadier James Daniel, Nicola Nash & Robert Dixon
3. Sat 18 April, 2pm: The Cambridge Five: Stalin’s Apostles with Antonia Senior
4. Sat 18 April, 6pm: Cleopatra: Life & Legend with Lucy Hughes-Hallett
5. Sun 19 April, 10am: Muslim Europe: In Search Of A 1400 Year History with Tharik Hussain
6. Sun 19 April, 6pm: The Rise & Fall of Athen’s Greatest Star with Michael Scott
Free tickets are activated by using the code *EDUCATION at checkout.
Gloucestershire Heritage Ambassadors 2026
We’re delighted to be supporting the 2026 Gloucestershire Heritage Ambassadors
Scheme for young historians aged 16-18 organised by Voices Gloucester. This year’s programme will include free tickets to the Spring Weekend 17-19 April and the chance to meet some of Britain’s leading historians and academics.
Find out more by contacting:
Gloucester History Festival
Schools Afternoon
Friday 18 September 2026
4 pm
Save the date!
The History Festival’s Schools Afternoon for Years 10-13 is back this September with top historians appearing in Gloucester and via livestream.
*Spring Weekend Education Offer Terms and Conditions:
Free tickets are available for school groups, individual learners, home educators, university students and teachers (teachers could book a free ticket with or without a school group) for the in person talks. Free tickets are activated by using the code EDUCATION at checkout.
A maximum of 15 free tickets are available to each school per event.
Age range: Age 14+.
Ticket numbers are limited and if you’ve booked using the code EDUCATION you may be asked to show your school/student/university ID at the door.
The full programme is on sale now and students and teachers can claim free access tickets to 6 events.
Email with any questions or queries.
Free tickets offer subject to availability
Resources
Aethelflaed Education Pack
Aimed at upper KS2, the Aethelflaed Education Pack includes resources and activities all about Gloucester’s Anglo-Saxon Warrior Queen. Written by local teacher, Alyson Meredith, and illustrated by Kate Sheppard, the pack was created in 2018 as part of a city-wide programme to celebrate the life of this influential but often overlooked female leader 1,110 years after her death. If you would like to request a hard-copy, please email
Gloucester’s heritage and cultural education brochure
This brochure summarises educational resources and opportunities all within 10 minutes walking distance within Gloucester City Centre. It was launched during the 2019 History Festival, and resulted from a collaboration between Gloucester Culture Trust and Gloucester Heritage Forum. We look forward to welcoming you to Gloucester.
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