Education
Our free education ticket offer is bigger and better in 2025!
Take advantage of our free talks offer which continues at the Spring Weekend and Autumn Festival which also includes the 2025 Schools History Afternoon.
Teaching staff, lecturers, school and university students and home educators are all included in the offer.
Free tickets for schools and teachers at the Spring Festival!
Redeem your free ticket to these talks with the offer code below.
Free tickets available for school groups, individual learners, university students and teachers (teachers can book a free ticket as individuals or with a school group) and home educators. Use the code EDUCATION at checkout.
A maximum of 10 free tickets are available to each school.
Age range: Years 12 and 13.
Ticket numbers are limited.*
Free tickets for schools and teachers at the Spring Festival!
The Festival will be once again offering free tickets to students and teachers to the following 4 events over the Spring Weekend.
1. Fri 25 April, 2pm: James I: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King with Lucy Hughes-Hallett & Gareth Russell
2. Fri 25 April, 4pm: Story of A Murder with Hallie Rubenhold
3. Sun 27 April, 10am: Palestinians & Israelis: From The Balfour Declaration to Gaza with Michael Scott-Baumann
4. Sun 27 April, 6pm: Motherland: A Journey Through 500,000 Years of African History with Luke Pepera. Introduced by Rebecca Rose.
We will also be offering free tickets to 6 talks at the Autumn Festival from Friday 13 to Sunday 21 September.
Details of the talks on offer will be available in July.
For any queries please contact: Vicki Hopson on
Save the date!
Gloucester History Festival Schools History Afternoon
Friday 19th September 2025
Y10-13
On the afternoon of Friday 19th September the Gloucester History Festival will be holding a special free Schools History Afternoon at Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester for Years 10 to 13
The afternoon will focus on the American Civil Rights Movement marking the 60th anniversary of the death of Malcolm X and will include some the country’s leading experts on this period.
Bookings open in May 2025.
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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