Yorkshire’s Railways and Industrial Heritage

Travel The tour starts and finishes at the Best Western Plus Milford Hotel.

GREAT NORTH ROAD PECKFIELD LEEDS LS25 5LQ Tel: (+44) 1977 681800 E-mail: [email protected] Please note that transport to the hotel is not included in the price of the tour.

Transport Travelling by car: A1(M) junction 42 - follow A63 towards Leeds, hotel is 1.5 miles from junction on righthand side. M1 junction 47 (Southbound) - take A656 towards Castleford, at first roundabout take first exit A63 towards Selby. Hotel is on lefthand side (4 miles). M1 junction 46 (Northbound) - follow A63 towards Selby, hotels is on lefthand side. (5 miles). M62 junction 32a - take A1(M) to junction 42, follow A63 Leeds, hotel is on righthand side.

Travelling by train: The nearest station is Micklefield which is 1 mile north of the hotel and has direct links to Leeds, York and Manchester. If you would like the hotel to book a taxi to collect you from Micklefield station please contact us on 01977 681800.

Travelling by bus: There is a direct bus service from Leeds to Selby which stops directly outside the hotel. (For further train and bus information please contact operators directly)

Accommodation

BEST WESTERN PLUS MILFORD HOTEL The hotel is ideally located in between the cultural hubs of Leeds and York, and within easy reach of the country’s best attractions. The contemporary rooms are furnished with modern and high standard amenities to include TV, hairdryer, iron and tea and coffee making facilities. Guests can also enjoy the on-site restaurant and bar, the award winning Watermill Restaurant, serving a wide variety of meals each day, as well as catering for room service

Whilst staying with us why not enjoy a range of excellent dishes in our Watermill Restaurant, which serves fresh local produce from the Yorkshire area.

For more information, additional details can be found on the website: http://www.bw-milfordhotel.co.uk/homepage

Check-in and departure from the hotel You can check-in at the hotel from 13.00. The tour will start in the evening when Tim Bryan, the Tour Host, will meet you in the Milford Suite at 18:30 for the welcome reception.

On the last day of the tour, the tour will not finish until approximately 17.30 – 17.45 so you should check with your tour manager, or the hotel reception, where luggage should be stored until your departure.

Extra nights If you have booked to stay an extra night at the hotel, this is on a bed and breakfast basis and check out from the hotel is at 12:00.

Special requests If you haven’t already done so, please notify Travel Editions of any special requests as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements.

Dining On the first night of your stay, a three-course private dinner with wine is provided. During the second evening of the tour, dinner is provided at the hotel restaurant. Breakfast on both days of your stay is included in the price but meals other than these stated are not included.

Places Visited

National Railway Museum The National Railway Museum in York displays a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 300 other items of rolling stock, virtually all of which either ran on the railways of Great Britain or were built there. Also on the 20 acres site are many hundreds of thousands of other items and records of social, technical, artistic and historical interest, exhibited mostly in three large halls of a former motive power depot next to the , near . It is the largest museum of its type in Britain, attracting 727,000 visitors during the 2014/15 financial year.

The National Railway Museum was established on its present site, the former York North locomotive depot, in 1975, when it took over the former British Railways collection located in Clapham and the York Railway Museum located off Queen Street, immediately to the south east of the railway station; since then, the collection has continued to grow.. http://www.nrm.org.uk/

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a in North Yorkshire, running through the North York Moors National Park. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by George Stephenson as a means of opening up trade routes inland from the then important seaport of Whitby. The line closed in 1965 and was reopened in 1973 by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Ltd. The preserved line is now a significant tourist attraction and has been awarded many industry accolades. https://www.nymr.co.uk/

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway The and Worth Valley Railway is a 5-mile-long branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network at Keighley railway station. http://kwvr.co.uk

Bronte Parsonage Museum One of the oldest literary societies in the world, founded in 1893 and today having a thriving worldwide membership. The Brontë Society is a charity and depends entirely on admissions and the generosity of members for its income. It is responsible for running the famous Brontë Parsonage Museum in the picturesque village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, once the home of the Brontë family and also for promoting the Brontës' literary legacy within contemporary society.

The Brontë collections at the Brontë Parsonage Museum are the largest and most important in the world and continue to inspire scholars, writers and artists. Our Contemporary Arts Programme includes literary events, exhibitions, artistic responses, a competition and festivals, and our lifelong learning programme enables us to reach students of all ages across the country.The Brontë Parsonage Museum is a writer's house museum maintained by the Brontë Society in honour of the Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The museum is in the former Brontë family home, the parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, where the sisters spent most of their lives and wrote their famous novels. https://www.bronte.org.uk/

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England. The museum includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amongst others.

The Grade II listed building housing the museum was once the world's largest woollen mill. The current structures were built in 1805 by Benjamin Gott and closed as a commercial mill in 1969. They were taken over by Leeds City Council and reopened as a museum of industrial heritage in 1982. It is located between the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire and accessed from Canal Road or Milford Place. http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/armleymills.aspx

Your Guide

Tim Bryan, the current Head of Collections at the Swindon’s Heritage Motor Centre, has had an illustrious career as a museum professional working with industrial and transport collections. Having been Museum Keeper at the Great Western Railway Museum and Acting General Manager and Collections and Education Manager at its reincarnation as STEAM: Museum of the GWR, Tim was perfectly poised to write several books on the Great Western Railway as well as one on the great Brunel himself.

Practical Information

Tour manager - Your tour manager will be on hand throughout the tour to ensure that everything operates according to plan. If you have any problems or questions please see him or her immediately – it is often possible to resolve complaints or problems very quickly on the spot, and do everything to help you enjoy your holiday.

Tipping – To keep our tours affordable, we do not increase the tour price by adding in tips. However, in the tourism industry, there is a certain level of expectation that when receiving a good service, one does award with a tip. Tour Managers, Representatives, Guides and Drivers appreciate a tip at the end of their involvement with the tour, but this is entirely at your discretion. We believe in allowing you to tip according to your level of satisfaction with their services, but for your guidance about £2-3 per person per day for the tour manager is the norm. We would like to reiterate that tipping is an entirely optional payment and this information is given purely to answer any questions you may have about it.

Walking Content – This tour has been graded a 3 out of 5 for walking difficulty.

Please see the key below for an explanation of the footprint symbols:

Insurance Although this is a UK holiday please note that, should you cancel your holiday, the amount paid is non-refundable. For this reason you may wish to take out insurance just in case an unforeseen event caused you to have to cancel the tour. As well as covering cancellations, your travel insurance will also cover your baggage and personal belongings in case they are lost or stolen.

Emergencies Should an emergency arise, please call our offices on: 020 7251 0045 Outside office hours (Mon-Fri 0900-1700), telephone our emergency staff on: 07841 023807 or 020 7987 5910 or 07831 133079 or PLEASE USE THESE NUMBERS ONLY IN THE EVENT OF A GENUINE EMERGENCY.

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