School Visits

King Arthur’s Labyrinth is able to provide educational group trips for visiting schools which are also great fun. The content of the visit meets the requirements of Key Stages 2 and 3 and the stories told in the Labyrinth are designed to stimulate discussion and to promote follow-up work.

The stories of King Arthur in Wales are based on traditional legends from original sources including the Mabinogion and the Tales of Taliesin. As in these source documents, the tales include both historical references and imagined or literary tradition. The narrator (who eventually turns out to be Taliesin himself) introduces the stories of Merlin at Dinas Emrys and the battle between the white and the red dragon, the battle with the giant Rhitta, the legend of Bran’s head, the battle of Camlan and the voyage to Avalon. There are also references to the lost land of Cantre’r Gwaelod and the legend that Arthur still sleeps in a cave in the Welsh hills waiting for the call to rescue the Cymru when in danger again. The dramatic setting of a former Corris Slate Mine is used within which to retell the ancient legends.

The presentation, which is available in English or Welsh, offers something for all age groups from primary aged children to secondary and college students and can be understood on every level from simple story-telling to the interpretation of myth and legend in cultural history. It is also great fun!

Back above ground is a further attraction, Bards’ Quest, which pursues the Myths and Legends theme.