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Dark Age Village

Making oil lamps in the pottery workshop The longhouse at the centre of village life

Danelaw Dark Age Village is a unique educational environment that is designed to allow children to become Vikings or Saxons for a day.

Costumes are provided and children carry out activities as the villagers of a Dark Ages Settlement. Grinding wheat, weapons training (with blunt, dummy weapons), guard duty, pottery, field and house work are  some of the tasks children will undertake. Various visitors arrive to create role play scenarios and on a full day a banquet lunch is included.

The Village can accommodate 65 children and Educational Visits can be booked for a full day (5 hours) or a half day (2.5 hours).

A full day in the village costs £12 per child (lunch included)
A half day per child costs £8.00
A minimum of 4 adults is required for both full and half days.

For school parties of 40 pupils or more it becomes 1 adult free for every 10 children
Maximum 65 pupils

Follow the contact us link or click here for more information

All of the above prices are plus VAT. This should be reclaimable through your LEA

Gathering & transporting firewood Working the land
Grinding wheat for daily bread
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