Weston-super-MareWeston-super-Mare • • Ilfracombe • • Newquay • St. Ives • St.• Falmouth Ives • Falmouth • Torquay • Torquay • • Exmouth • Bournemouth BournemouthSandown • Shanklin • Sandown • Bognor • Shanklin Regis • BognorEastbourne Regis • Great• Eastbourne Yarmouth • Great • Cromer Yarmouth • Scarborough • Cromer ScarboroughBlackpool • Blackpool • Llandudno • Llandudno • Criccieth • Criccieth • • Porthcawl • Dunoon • Dunoon • Fort William • Fort William

2015 The Best of the British Seaside

Leisureplex Hotels offer quality accommodation and prime locations in the best British seaside resorts; from St. Ives in Cornwall to Fort William in Northern Scotland Leisureplex can ensure you see the UK in comfort and style. Take Celebrating 30 Years of Leisureplex a look at the map on page 3 to view the locations of our From the purchase of our 1st hotel, Hydro Hotel, Llandudno in 1984, to our 21st hotel, Shanklin Hotel, Isle of Wight in Summer 2014, 21 Leisureplex hotels. Leisureplex have a unique portfolio of hotels in the UK that are as characterful and charming as the resorts in which they are situated. Leisureplex have built up an enviable reputation over the past 30 years and we do our very best to provide you with a personal service that meets your individual needs, which is what keeps our Great location, customers returning time and time again. “ Don’t just take out word for it: take a look at our reviews on Trip tasty food and Advisor – Leisureplex Hotels come highly recommended! Our careful quality control ensures a consistent and reliable standard across the Leisureplex Hotel Group but it is the feedback from very enjoyable our guests that really matters.

CALL GROUPS ONLINE entertainment. RESERVATIONS 08451 305666 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 2 ” Booking is Easy Welcome to the World of For individual bookings, please visit our Leisureplex website www.leisureplex.co.uk, call your chosen hotel or call our Leisureplex Hotels Central Reservations office on 08451 305888 (local call Where prime locations and premium service come at a very affordable price. charge only).

Contents Page Package Deals Booking 3 Discounted dinner, room and breakfast rates for 3 night Accommodation 4 Dining & Entertainment 5 weekend, 4, 6 or 7 night stays are available through our Hotels 6-47 associated ABTA bonded tour operator, Alfa Travel. To Tariffs 48 book your Alfa self drive hotel break, please visit the Alfa web site www.alfatravel.co.uk or call Alfa Reservations on 08451 305666 or call your chosen hotel. Fort William Group Bookings Croit Anna Hotel 46 From 20 to 250 people, Leisureplex are adept at accommodating large groups. Contact our Leisureplex Group Sales Department on 08451 305888 or visit our web site www.leisureplex.co.uk. 44 Our dedicated and experienced team will be able to help you every step of the way, as well as keeping you up to date with Dunoon special offers and late availability for groups. Selborne Hotel Not only can we arrange the accommodation in your chosen Leisureplex hotel but we can also suggest suitable excursions and advise on any itineraries you are considering. For clients who need an overnight stay en route to their Leisureplex hotel (for example travelling from Southern to Fort William), Scarborough Blackpool Cumberland Hotel we can also make arrangements for the overnight stay. Queens Hotel Llandudno Hydro Hotel 34 Many of the most reputable coach holiday operators use 36 our hotels or if you are looking to hire a coach to transport 38 your group, we can put you in touch with a suitable coach Cromer Hotel de Paris company. Our sister company, Alfa Travel, has a large fleet of 40 modern coaches and we can quote prices inclusive of all travel Criccieth 32 George IV Hotel arrangements to our hotels from most parts of the UK. 30 Weston-super-Mare Porthcawl Anchor Head Hotel Seabank Hotel New Beach Hotel Ilfracombe Imperial Hotel 6 42 Newquay 8 NEW Eliot Hotel Sandown Shanklin Eastbourne St. Ives Bayshore Hotel Shanklin Hotel Cottage Hotel Queens Hotel 10 18 20 22 24 26 12 28 14 16 Bournemouth Bognor Regis Towers Hotel Royal Norfolk Hotel Falmouth Torquay Madeira Hotel Regina Hotel Exmouth Cavendish Hotel

3 Be Our Guest... Where Your Comfort is Paramount

Be Our Guest From a warm welcome on arrival to the very last minute of your stay, our helpful staff will be on hand to make your stay pleasurable. Our quality hotels are matched by professional, efficient staff who represent the very best of the UK hospitality industry. Accommodation We pride ourselves on delivering consistently high standards throughout our hotels: clean rooms, good quality décor, bright modern bathrooms and attention to the small details that make all the difference to your stay. All hotels have a ballroom or large area for dancing and most have comfortable lounges, sun lounges or games areas where you’re free to while away the hours. Many guest rooms boast fabulous sea views, and all are immaculately presented and provided with an en suite bath or shower & WC, central heating, hair dryer, tea/coffee making facilities and television with radio channels. Most also have internal telephones to take incoming calls, contact Reception or call other rooms. Location, Location, Location! When you arrive in your chosen resort, you will find our hotels in the very best locations and ideally placed for exploring. The often We were very, spectacular views from your hotel only add to the enjoyment of your “ holiday and the beauty and architecture of man y of the Leisureplex very impressed hotels gives you a sense of the prominence of these buildings within the resort. by the high To help you make the most of your time in your chosen resort we have listed some of the best things to see and do on each hotel standards of the page, as well as exciting local events that take place throughout the year. When you tire of exploring, we offer welcoming bars and comfortable lounges in which to staff, and the relax with a drink while you mull over the events of the day or just watch the world go by.

CALL GROUPS ONLINE hotel. RESERVATIONS 08451 305666 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 4 ” Accessibility and Clients Great Dining and with Special Requirements We pride ourselves on our service for clients with special Great Entertainment needs and we can usually find a suitable solution. Extensive information is available on our website regarding the accessibility of both hotels and resorts and we advise clients to Fabulous Dining with Leisureplex consult that information. Good food is at the heart of a Leisureplex break. Well appointed dining The key to success is tailoring our service to your exact needs. rooms are the perfect backdrop for pleasurable meal times. For a more So if members of your party have a special requirement, relaxed dining experience, all guests are allocated individual times and all whether it be a mobility impairment or some other need, please meals are waiter service, leaving you to sit back and leisurely choose your contact our Customer Care team before you make your booking next course from our extensive set menus. on 01257 248134 or email [email protected]. We serve a traditional British breakfast each morning and light snacks and bar meals are available at lunch times (packed lunches are also available on No Smoking Policy request). In the evening, enjoy our substantial menus which offer plenty of choice and a selection of wines. Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside our hotels (including all hotel bedrooms) and smokers are only able to smoke outside If you have a special dietary request then we can cater for most needs. the buildings. Here to Entertain You Child Reductions Leisureplex hotels have entertainment at least four evenings and up to six We offer substantial reductions for children at all hotels (please evenings per week. All our hotels are large enough to provide both cosy see back cover), so all the family can enjoy a seaside holiday at relaxing lounge areas where you can enjoy a tranquil glass of wine and affordable prices. fabulous entertainment rooms where you can take a spin around the dance floor or enjoy the cabaret.

Breakfast Menu Dinner Menu GOOD MORNING! TO START Tea or Coffee Chilled Orange, Apple or Cranberry Juice Chilled Orange, Apple or Cranberry Juice Crispy Fish Goujons White or Wholemeal Toast with Preserves Mango & Grape Salad ••••••••••••••••• Tomato & Basil Soup STARTERS ••••••••••••••••• Grapefruit segments, Flavoured Yoghurts, Prunes, MAIN COURSES Wheat Biscuits, Museli, Cornflakes, Fruit & Fibre Traditional Roast Beef with a Yorkshire Scottish Porridge Oats Pudding & Pan Gravy ••••••••••••••••• Fillet of Plaice with a creamy Tarragon Sauce MAIN COURSES Freshly Prepared Seasonal Salad Traditional British Breakfast with Fried or Vegetarian Option Scrambled Eggs & Grilled Bacon, Pork Sausage, Chef’s Special Dish of the Day Black Pudding, Fried Bread, Baked Beans & Tomato ••••••••••••••••• Vegetarian Breakfast with Fried or Scrambled Eggs, Served with Roasted Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetarian Sausage, Tomato, Fried Bread & Baked Cabbage & Mixed Roast Vegetables Beans ••••••••••••••••• Lightly Poached Smoked Haddock with Scrambled PUDDINGS Eggs Scottish Kipper Fillet, Cold Ham & Fried Eggs Apple Pie, Sherry Trifle, British & Continental ••••••••••••••••• Cheeses, Ice Cream Selection, Fruit Salad Cold Ham and Cheeses ••••••••••••••••• Freshly Prepared Fruit Salad Tea or Coffee 5 WESTON-SUPER-MARE AVON

 Divine, food and my room “ all excellent. What a good Anchor Head Hotel position your hotel has. Weston-super-Mare • Avon ”D. BRENT Splendidly situated overlooking Weston Bay and close to the boating slipway and a small beach; the promenade walk starts right next to the hotel. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Delightful Anchor Bar with dance floor • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Entertainment provided most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • TV lounge • Lift to all floors (2 stairs between lift • Superb views from all public rooms and restaurant) • Ground floor rooms available Bedrooms • Limited free on street parking • All 52 bedrooms have central heating and bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, internal telephones, hair dryer and TV with Anchor Head Hotel radio channels Claremont Crescent, Weston-super-Mare, Avon BS23 2ED T 01934 620880 F 01934 621767 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01934 620880 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 6 WESTON-SUPER-MARE ’s best known holiday resort AVON

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Weston-super-Mare is situated in a sheltered The town centre has a pedestrianised High • Grand Pier bay at the foot of the Mendip Hills with views Street and indoor Sovereign Shopping Centre. • Playhouse Theatre across the Channel to South . Intriguing antiques, books and craftworks are • Weston Heritage Centre There are many Victorian and Edwardian amongst Weston’s narrow side streets. Bristol • Court Farm Country Park • Weston Helicopter Museum terraces interspersed with colourful parks and city centre is just half an hour away. • Bishop’s Palace - Wells gardens. Attractions include the magnificent • Bristol Historic Docks Grand Pier (which was completely rebuilt Beach & Gardens in 2010), a Sea Life centre, dancing at The resort’s beach and gardens provide an Events the famous Winter Gardens and top class excellent environment for relaxation with Apr-Oct Sand Sculpture Festival cabaret and big star names performing at deckchairs, bowling lawns and music from Jun Men’s Open Bowling the Playhouse theatre. Weston is close to the bandstands. Weston’s clean, sandy Tournament the historic cities of Bath and Bristol and the beaches stretch over a mile along the recently Jun Somerset Sounds resort’s position, nestling between the Mendip remodelled seafront. Its gardens are well kept Jun Weston Air Day Hills and the Bristol Channel, means there is and are frequent contenders in the Britain in Jul Helicopter Show Jul Frome Festival some lovely scenery and many opportunities Bloom contest. Aug Women’s Open Bowling for rambling and water sports. Tournament Oct Weston Arts Festival Oct Bike Beach Race Nov Weston Carnival Nearby • Bath • Wells • Cheddar Gorge • Street • Taunton • Minehead • Bristol

Weston-super-Mare

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 My second time at the Imperial; “ everything was perfect, the room Imperial Hotel was lovely, clean and comfy, Ilfracombe • Devon food varied and tasty. The staff Situated in one of the best positions in Ilfracombe, opposite the splendid make you feel very welcome. Landmark Theatre and Conference Centre, close to the Tunnels Beaches and Entertainment is good too. shops and only a short almost level walk from the harbour. JW, SHEFFIELD” Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Dance floor • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Entertainment most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Attractive cocktail bar • Lift to all floors (stairs to some rooms on • TV lounge split level floors) • Sun lounge • Limited on site car parking • Coach parking is available a short walk away Bedrooms (500 yards) • 104 rooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC Imperial Hotel • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 9AL internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with T 01271 862536 radio channels F 01271 862571 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01271 862536 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 8 ILFRACOMBE A coast of contrasts and beautiful moorland DEVON

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Ilfracombe is the premier resort in North The town centre provides excellent shopping • Landmark Theatre Devon, situated between the breath opportunities with its blend of well-known high • Tunnels Beaches taking scenery of to the east street retailers and antique and gift shops. • Chambercombe Manor and the spectacular beaches of Croyde • Heritage Centre • Ilfracombe Aquarium and Woolacombe to the west. The town Beach & Gardens • Watermouth Castle nestles amongst the hills of Capstone and Near to the hotel are the famous Tunnels • Exmoor Zoo Hillsborough which overlook the picture Beaches and the shingle and pebble beach perfect harbour. There are plenty of local at Wildersmouth. Further afield we find Events shops and the regional centre, Barnstaple, the breath taking beaches of Woolacombe May Ilfracombe Beer Festival with its remarkable Pannier Market, is a short and Croyde. Ilfracombe has some delightful May Walking Festival drive away. Boat trips operate to magical gardens, including Runnymede and Jubilee Jun Victorian Week Lundy Island and a trip to nearby and Gardens, as well as fabulous walks along the Jul Bird Man Competition Lynmouth - the ‘Little Switzerland’ of England coastal path. Jul-Aug Ilfra-Expo Art Festival - with their unique connecting water operated Sep Sea Ilfracombe Festival Oct Folk Festival cliff railway is a “must” during your stay. Nearby • Lynton and Lynmouth • • Lundy Island • Barnstaple • Exmoor Steam Railway • Exmoor Zoo •

Ilfracombe

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 The hotel was very good, very “ clean, staff very helpful and Eliot Hotel friendly. I would go back again. Newquay • Cornwall SL, LEYLAND” Very well situated close to Great Western and Tolcarne beaches only a few yards from the sea front and within easy walking distance of the shops and harbour. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Bar and ballroom with entertainment • Free Wi-Fi in public areas provided most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Extensive lounge areas • Lift serves most rooms although all floors • Games room (inc. ground floor) are split level with some • Outdoor swimming pool intermediate stairs (heated May-September) • Large car park • Coach parking on site Bedrooms • 76 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC Eliot Hotel • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Edgcumbe Avenue, Newquay, Cornwall TR7 2NH hair dryer and TV with radio channels T 01637 878177 F 01637 852053 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01637 878177 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 10 NEWQUAY The finest beaches in Europe CORNWALL

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Newquay is Cornwall’s premier holiday resort Newquay has a good selection of both high • Newquay Zoo boasting some of the finest coastline in street and local stores. Bank Street, Newquay’s • Lappa Valley Steam Railway Europe with no less than eleven beaches! main high street, is mostly pedestrianised, • Cornish Birds of Prey Centre The town is an ancient one - the ‘new quay’ with interesting alleyways housing little craft • Trerice • Trewithen House & Gardens from which it takes its name dates back and antique shops. There is also a great • Lanhydrock House to the fifteenth century, when it was known variety of tea shops and cafés for a refreshing as ‘Towan Blystra’. As well as being Britain’s break. Events surfing capital, it offers wonderful cliff and Beaches May Padstow Spring Festival beach walks, a picturesque harbour and a May Helston’s Flora Day variety of activities including golf, squash, Newquay beaches are numerous and varied. May Run to the Sun Festival tennis, putting, bowls, surfing and even Tolcarne and Great Western are the most Jun Royal Cornwall Show shark fishing! There are also hidden coves popular, with safe bathing and golden sand. Jul Newquay Lions Carnival and atmospheric smugglers’ pubs which are Fistral beach is a surfer’s paradise and hosts Aug Fowey Regatta a living reminder of the more colourful side of many national and international competitions Sep Newquay Fish Festival Cornwall’s history. each year. Nearby • Eden Project • St. Ives • Penzance and Land’s End • Bodmin • Tintagel • Padstow

Newquay

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 The hotel was welcoming, “ comfortable and clean. The ­Cottage Hotel staff friendly and helpful and St. Ives • Cornwall the food excellent. Situated in extensive grounds overlooking Carbis Bay, 300 yards from the ” J. WEBSTER beach and two minutes’ walk from Carbis Bay railway station which is a delightful 5 minute journey from St. Ives. Dining & Entertainment • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, • Large ballroom with entertainment internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with most evenings radio channel • Two bars, snooker table and TV lounge Additional Information • Outdoor swimming pool • Free Wi-Fi in public areas (heated May-September) • No smoking throughout the hotel • Restaurant and sun lounge have lovely • 2 lifts serve most bedrooms (although views of the bay entertainment room is only accessible via stairs) Cottage Hotel Bedrooms • 80 rooms with central heating and bath or • Large car park Boskerris Road, Carbis Bay, St. Ives, • Coach parking on site Cornwall TR26 2PE shower & WC T 01736 795252 F 01736 798636 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01736 795252 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 12 ST. IVES Quaint cobbled streets and breathtaking bays CORNWALL

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About St. Ives is a strikingly picturesque town with The streets of St. Ives are steep, narrow and • St. Ives Leisure Centre three glorious beaches close to town plus winding, with a wealth of quaint shops and • Tate Gallery the spectacular beach at Carbis Bay. Its cosy tea-rooms. St. Ives is a magnet for artists, • Flambards Village - Helston rocky headlands, bustling harbour and the who flock here to catch the town’s unique • Paradise Park • Barbara Hepworth Museum remarkable quality of its light have made it light and there are several galleries dotted • Trengwainton Gardens a haven for artists and there are numerous around town. • Heligan Gardens exhibitions and a spectacular branch of the Beach & Gardens Tate Gallery overlooking Porthmeor beach. Events With exclusive boutiques and restaurants, The town’s beaches are extensive and varied May Helston’s Flora Day St. Ives is a very fashionable , with Porthmeor beach providing the surf May St. Ives Mayday Festival visited by royalty and celebrities. Despite its and excitement whilst the quieter beaches Jun Royal Cornwall Show popularity it still retains its old-world charm at the Harbour, Porthminster and Carbis Aug End of the Road Show with innumerable antique and craft shops. In Bay provide sheltered bathing. Located just Aug Newlyn Fish Festival short, St. Ives is the perfect mixture of culture outside the heart of the town, Trewyn Gardens Sep St. Ives September Festival and outstanding natural beauty. regularly win awards for their Nearby incredible floral displays. • Land’s End • Eden Project • St. Michael’s Mount • Penzance • Scilly Isles • Newquay • The Lizard

St. Ives

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 The hotel was very good, as was “ the food and the staff were very Madeira Hotel helpful and friendly. Falmouth • Cornwall ”MP, DEWSBURY Beautifully situated on the sea front with attractive gardens and splendid views to Pendennis Castle and across Falmouth Bay. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Restaurant with large dance floor and • Free Wi-Fi in public areas entertainment most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Delightful cocktail bar • Lift to all floors • Sun lounges with large picture windows • Large car park overlooking the sea • Coach parking on site • Ground floor rooms available Bedrooms • 51 rooms with individual heating and bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer and TV with radio channels Madeira Hotel Cliff Road, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4NY T 01326 313531 F 01326 319143 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01326 313531 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 14 FALMOUTH Cornwall’s sailing capital, awash with Atlantic light CORNWALL

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Falmouth boasts one of the highest average Falmouth is well-known for its fascinating • Falmouth Art Gallery sunshine records in Britain and in winter mixture of buildings and shops which vary • Pendennis Castle has a climate comparable to that of the from modern stores to much older listed • National Maritime Museum Mediterranean. Located at the southern end buildings, often occupied by antique and craft • Glendurgan Gardens • Trebah Gardens of the Fal estuary, it has beautifully laid out shops, which lie in picturesque alleyways • National Seal Sanctuary exotic gardens, a large vibrant harbour and leading down to the harbour. • Trevarno Estate Gardens a Tudor castle overlooking the bay. Other Beach & Gardens attractions include a growing arts centre Events and the state-of-the-art National Maritime Castle Beach lies directly in front of the hotel Mar Falmouth Spring Festival Museum, which documents Falmouth’s historic and Gyllyngvase Beach is a five minute walk May Fal River Festival Cornish past and plays host to the town’s away. Falmouth’s gardens, which are dotted May Helston’s Flora Day cultural events. Further up the Fal estuary, the around the town include a sprinkling of Jun International Sea Shanty riverside is interspersed with tiny villages and sub-tropical plants and provide an excellent Festival hamlets, creeks and coves which may be seen backdrop for reflection and relaxation. Aug Falmouth Week Sep Falmouth Splash Festival by taking a cruise on the River Fal. Sep Truro Carnival Oct Falmouth Oyster week Nearby • St. Mawes • Fowey • Eden Project • Heligan Gardens • Roseland Peninsula • Newquay • St. Austell

Falmouth

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 The hotel is located with a “ great view of the marina, near Regina Hotel to all shops and restaurants. Torquay • South Devon Very friendly staff, we’ll be Wonderfully situated on the harbour-side, with the principal shops and theatre back again. a gentle stroll away. Part of the Regina is particularly interesting as the home ” ML, CARDIFF for three years of the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Bar lounge with dance floor and • Free Wi-Fi in public areas entertainment most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Lounge bar looking out on to the lively • Lift serves most rooms (except Barrett harbour Browning’s former house) • Air conditioned restaurant • Limited car parking with public car park across the road Bedrooms • 68 bedrooms with central heating and bath Regina Hotel or shower & WC Victoria Parade, Torquay, • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, South Devon TQ1 2BE internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with T 01803 292904 radio channels F 01803 290270 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01803 292904 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 16 TORQUAY Queen of the English Riviera SOUTH DEVON

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Torquay is one of Britain’s most famous The heart of the town is the harbour which •  Model Village resorts, situated at the heart of 22 miles has many shops along its edges. The town • Torquay Museum of unspoilt coastline known as the ‘English is hilly but the location of the Regina Hotel • Bygones Victorian Museum Riviera’ because of its mild climate, sparkling is on the flat harbourside and the shops, • Oldway Mansion Gardens •  blue waters, blue-flag beaches, attractive promenade and Pavilion Theatre are all a level • Living Coasts gardens and palm tree lined seafront. walk from here. Torquay has been fashionable since Victorian Events Beaches & Gardens times and is the former home of Elizabeth May Heritage Festival Barrett Browning as well as crime author has excellent bathing beaches at Jun All Saints’ Festival of the Sea . It offers variety, day and Babbacombe, and . Torre Jul Torbay Carnival night, from its bustling harbour and marina to Abbey Gardens make a pleasant walk along Aug Torbay Week its exclusive shops, sophisticated restaurants the sea front from the hotel. Aug Torbay Steam Fair and bars. Torquay’s spectacular modernised Sep Agatha Christie Festival waterfront provides a continental atmosphere Sep Fishstock Sea Food & Music Festival with its attractive cafes and shops, luxury yachts and beautiful footbridge across the Nearby inner harbour. •  •  • South Devon Railway • Paignton •  • 

Torquay

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 Everything: food, cleanliness and “ location was best. Cavendish Hotel ” CI, KIDLINGTON Exmouth • Devon This delightful hotel is wonderfully situated on the level seafront next to Exmouth’s fine golden sands, a few minutes’ walk from the shops. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Bar lounge with dance floor and • Free Wi-Fi in public areas entertainment most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Games room with snooker, darts and large • Lift serves most rooms (a few stairs to some screen TV rooms on split level floors. 4th floor not • Quiet lounge with sea views served) • Ground floor rooms available Bedrooms • Extensive car parking • 78 rooms with central heating and bath or shower and WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with Cavendish Hotel The Esplanade, Exmouth, Devon EX8 1BE radio channels T 01395 272528 F 01395 269361 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01395 272528 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 18 EXMOUTH Two miles of golden sands and a World Heritage Coast DEVON

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Exmouth developed as a resort in Georgian Exmouth has good shopping with an indoor • The World of Country Life times and was once probably the most select market and a pedestrianised high street, • Exmouth Museum resort in Britain. Today it offers golden sands, as well as Georgian pubs and high quality • Beer Quarry Caves colourful gardens and a bustling harbour side. restaurants serving a variety of local and • Knightshayes Court Its two mile long promenade provides a range international dishes. The newly developed • Bicton Gardens of activities from boating, amusements and yacht harbour and railway station are both • Exmouth model railway crazy golf to dancing and entertainment at within a few minutes’ walk of the Cavendish the Exmouth Pavilion. There are boat trips Hotel. Events along the estuary and riverside pubs, as well May Exmouth Festival as a miniature railway and Country Life centre. Beach & Gardens May Exmouth Kite Festival The coast from Exmouth to Dorset has been Exmouth’s sandy beach is directly across the Aug Folk Week officially ranked alongside the Grand Canyon road from the Cavendish Hotel. There are well Oct Exmouth Winter Parade and Great Barrier Reef as one of the natural kept parks just a short walk away, including Dec New Year’s Eve Fancy wonders of the world. the Strand Gardens and Manor Gardens, both Dec Dress Parade well-known for their beautiful floral displays. Nearby • Sidmouth • Seaton • Exeter • Torquay • Lyme Regis • Teignmouth &

Exmouth

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 Excellent. Worthy of more than a “ two star rating. The whole staff Devon Towers from top to bottom are most Bournemouth • Dorset helpful and obliging – nothing Ideally situated on the West Cliff, a short walk from the sea front, International is too much trouble. Centre, shops and pier. ” DT, CONWY Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Spacious entertainment room with dance • Free Wi-Fi in public areas floor where entertainment is provided • No smoking throughout the hotel most evenings • Lift to all floors • Attractive entrance lounge • Limited car parking • Delightful bar lounge with TV • Coach parking available nearby Bedrooms • 60 bedrooms with individual heating and bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Devon Towers Hotel hair dryer and TV with radio channels 58-62 St.Michael’s Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 5ED T 01202 553863 F 01202 315265 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01202 553863 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 20 BOURNEMOUTH England’s most international resort DORSET

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Bournemouth is superbly situated on the The Avenue shopping centre has a number • Oceanarium sunny south coast on top of spectacular chalk of department stores and High Street names, • Bournemouth Eye cliffs which overlook its golden sands. It is whilst Westover Road, known as the ‘Bond • Bournemouth International Centre probably Britain’s most international resort Street of Bournemouth’, has a selection of • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra • Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum with a cosmopolitan atmosphere, attractive boutiques and smaller retailers along a stylish • Compton Acres boulevards and lively street cafés. A recent tree-lined boulevard. addition is the ‘Bournemouth Eye’, a tethered Events Beach & Gardens balloon which rises to 160 metres over the May Bournemouth Wheels Festival magnificent Gardens, giving a bird’s eye view Bournemouth offers seven miles of clean, safe Jun Bournemouth Live of the town. There are many outstanding Blue Flag bathing beaches. Bournemouth’s Jun Wimborne Folk Festival attractions including museums, an art award-winning gardens include the Lower Jun Bournemouth Food and Drink gallery, two piers and a wealth of evening Gardens, Boscombe’s Italianate Gardens, with Festival entertainment ranging from world class Roman-style colonnades, and the Alum Chine Jul Bournemouth Carnival classical music to top name summer shows. gardens, which occupy a superb cliff-top Aug Flowers by Candlelight position. Aug Bournemouth Air Festival Sep Great Dorset Steam Fair Sep-Oct Arts by The Sea Festival Nearby • Weymouth • Poole • Salisbury • Wimborne Minster • New Forest & Beaulieu • Stonehenge

Bournemouth

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 I just cannot praise the staff “ enough for their hard work – from Bayshore Hotel the Manager down to the bar Sandown • Isle of Wight staff, dining room staff and the Situated in a magnificent position on the seafront, opposite the beach and pier bedroom cleaners – they were all and close to the shopping centre. so lovely! The entertainment was first class too!” Dining & Entertainment Additional Information MT, CHORLEY • Large dance floor where entertainment is • Free Wi-Fi in public areas provided most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Cocktail bar and restaurant overlooking • Lift serves most rooms although all floors the sea are split level • TV lounge and sun lounge overlooking • Parking available nearby the sea • Games room including table tennis and pool Bedrooms • 80 bedrooms with central heating and bath Bayshore Hotel or shower & WC 12-16 Pier Street, Sandown, Isle Of Wight PO36 8JX • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, T 01983 403154 hair dryer and TV with radio channels F 01983 406574 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01983 403154 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 22 SANDOWN Magnificent seaside and unspoilt countryside ISLE OF WIGHT

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About The Isle of Wight has superb sandy beaches, Regular markets take place on Sunday and • Amazon World stunning countryside and exhilarating coastal Monday in summer to supplement Sandown’s • Isle of Wight Natural History Centre walks. Sandown became fashionable in the shops, cafés and restaurants. • Tiger & Big Cat Sanctuary Victorian period and today remains the • Dinosaur Isle • Heights Leisure Centre island’s principal resort offering a wealth of Beach & Gardens • Alum Bay entertainment. It has an excellent beach and Sandown boasts a clean, safe and • Osborne House is surrounded by a varied landscape of gentle extensive beach with miles of golden sands. downs and majestic cliffs. Other attractions Its esplanades and seawall walks stretch Events include the pier, which is right in front of our from Yaverland southwards through Lake to May Isle of Wight Walking Festival hotel, Brown’s Pleasure Park, the award- Shanklin Chine. Its gardens include Los Altos, Jun Isle of Wight Festival winning Big Cat Sanctuary and the Museum of Sandham Grounds and the delightful clifftop Jun Round the Island Race Geology. Dinosaur Isle offers life-like dinosaur garden at Ferncliff. Jul Sandown Carnival models and skeletons and is popular with all Aug Cowes Week ages. Nearby Brading has a Doll Museum and Aug Garlic Festival Aug Isle of Wight Scooter Rally a Roman Villa complete with mosaic floors. Sep Isle of Wight Bestival Nearby • Ryde • Shanklin Chine • Isle of Wight Steam Railway • Carisbrooke Castle • Brading Roman Villa • Ventnor

Sandown

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 We thoroughly enjoyed our “ stay here recently. The staff Shanklin Hotel were friendly and very efficient. Shanklin • Isle of Wight The food was excellent, served One of the best known hotels on the island, the Shanklin is situated in Shanklin promptly and on hot plates. Would town with superb views from its magnificent Starlite Restaurant and many certainly stay here again. ” bedrooms. Shanklin Old Village is a few minutes’ walk away and the beach is MH, NORWICH accessible via the nearby cliff lift. Dining & Entertainment Bedrooms • Splendid bar • All 89 bedrooms have central heating and • Spectacular Starlite Restaurant with bath or shower & WC dance floor • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, • Entertainment most evenings in the telephones, hair dryer and TV bar lounge • Indoor swimming pool, whirlpool and sauna Additional Information • Games room and indoor bowls area • Free Wi-Fi in public areas Shanklin Hotel • No smoking throughout the hotel Clarendon Road, Shanklin, • Lift serves almost all bedrooms Isle of Wight PO37 6DP • Car and coach parking available T 01983 862286 F 01983 865533 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01983 862286 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 24 SHANKLIN Stunning cliff top views and sheltered sandy beaches ISLE OF WIGHT

Your Resort Shanklin Old Village is a perennial attraction Out & About Shanklin is beautifully situated on the cliffs where most of the picturesque cottages are • Godshill Model Village bordering the South East coast of the Isle clustered around the thatched Crab Inn. • Nynwell House and Gardens of Wight and is sheltered to the west by Within walking distance is Shanklin’s famous • Shipwreck & Maritime Museum high-lying downs. The town is split with the Chine, a dramatic fissure in the rock where • Arreton Barns Craft Village • Osborne House old village lying on the cliff top and the new a 45ft waterfall cascades through boulders • Alum Bay village nestled close to the sea. The two are and ferns to the shore. The Chine’s Heritage • Amazon World Zoo Park connected by a cliff lift. Centre features an exhibition about PLUTO Further afield is the island’s stunning - the Pipeline Under the Ocean, which was Events laid to pump fuel across the Channel for the countryside which offers a fantastic range of May Isle of Wight Walking Festival hill walks. Visit Keats Green, a section of the Normandy invasion forces. Jun Isle of Wight Festival coastal path where the poet Keats is supposed Beach & Gardens Jun Round the Island Race to have began his epic work ‘Endymion’ with Aug Cowes Week Shanklin’s beach, which is surrounded by the immortal line, ‘A thing of beauty is a joy Aug Garlic Festival cliffs and is a natural suntrap, is safe for forever...’ Aug Shanklin Carnival bathing and boasts cleanliness awards for Aug Isle of Wight Scooter Rally Town Centre both its sand and waters. There are many Sep Isle of Wight Bestival amusements, restaurants and pubs, as well Shanklin is a town of great character and Nearby charm, with many interesting small shops as water sports facilities to be found in the • Shanklin Chine and a variety of Victorian architecture. The immediate vicinity. Gardens in Shanklin are a delight to visit. Tower Gardens and Rylstone • Godshill surrounding cliffs provide an ideal suntrap • Isle of Wight Steam Railway Gardens run alongside the Chine, or take a position for the seafront Esplanade, where • Wroxall stroll in the Big Mead, adjacent to historic there is safe bathing on a sandy beach, water • Ventnor sports, amusements and a host of pubs and St. Blasius Church, or along the spectacular restaurants. coastal paths to Sandown or Bonchurch.

Shanklin

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 We had a super time here – we “ use this hotel several times a year Royal Norfolk Hotel and it seems to get better each Bognor Regis • West Sussex time. All the staff are so helpful – This magnificent Georgian hotel is situated on the sea front, very close to the nothing is too much trouble. pier and a short walk from the shops. V. BLUNDEN” Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Nelson’s Restaurant looks out across the • Free Wi-Fi in public areas hotel’s gardens to the sea • No Smoking throughout the hotel • Cocktail bar • Lift serves most rooms (although there are • Goodwood Suite also has a bar where stairs between some rooms and the lift) entertainment is provided • Extensive car & coach parking • Flexible function and meeting rooms • Coach parking on site • Ground floor rooms available Bedrooms • 61 bedrooms with central heating & bath or shower & WC Royal Norfolk Hotel • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, The Esplanade, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 2LH internal telephone, hair dryer & TV T 01243 826222 • Most rooms have trouser press F 01243 826325 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01243 826222 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 26 BOGNOR REGIS Quintessential English landscapes and brilliant seascapes WEST SUSSEX

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Bognor Regis is one of England’s oldest The town centre shops are approximately 10 • Bentley Motor Museum resorts having begun its transformation from minutes’ walk from the hotel and the pier is • Portsmouth Historic Dockyard fishing village to seaside resort in the 1780s. just 250 metres away. The famous Butlins • Arundel Castle & Gardens Its long flat sea front is perfect for that Resort is the largest holiday centre in the • Amberley Heritage Museum • Chichester Cathedral most traditional of seaside occupations – south of England and welcomes day visitors. • Goodwood House strolling along the prom! There are traditional • Sheffield Park Gardens rides and amusements and some delightful Beach & Gardens parks and gardens. There are many lively The hotel looks over its own extensive gardens Events sea front cafes, bars and pubs which give it on to the beach which is predominantly pebbly Apr-Dec Chichester Festival Theatre a very relaxed atmosphere. The surrounding with clean and inviting waters. There is an May-Aug Glyndebourne Festival countryside is full of interest – just a few miles attractive promenade separate from the road Jun Goodwood Festival of Speed inland are some of England’s finest stately which makes walking along the prom a real Jul Glorious Goodwood homes and of course the spectacular South pleasure! Nearby Hotham Park provides lots of Jul Festival of Chichester Downs – England’s newest National Park. amenities and is a delightful spot to spend an Aug Arundel Festival afternoon. Sep Goodwood Revival Nearby • Worthing • Brighton • Portsmouth • Arundel • Chichester • Isle of Wight • 

Bognor Regis

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 We had a wonderful stay at your “ hotel in Eastbourne. The staff Queens Hotel were 101%, anything you needed Eastbourne • East Sussex or wanted it was there. We hope This magnificent Victorian hotel is situated in an outstanding position to return to this hotel again, later overlooking the pier. in the year, it will be something to look forward to.” Dining & Entertainment Additional Information NH, SURREY • Princes Suite with its own bar where • Free Wi-Fi in public areas entertainment is provided most evenings­ • No smoking throughout the hotel • Cocktail bar, snooker room, sun lounge and • Two lifts serve all floors (although the ground two restaurants and lower ground floors are split level and • Excellent function facilities some stairs are unavoidable) • Extensive car parking Bedrooms • Coach parking on site • 125 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Queens Hotel internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with Marine Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3DY radio channels T 01323 722822 F 01323 731056 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01323 722822 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 28 EASTBOURNE Elegant gardens and a wealth of excursions EAST SUSSEX

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Eastbourne is one of Britain’s more elegant Shoppers find high street names amongst the • Allchorn Pleasure Boats resorts, enjoying a glorious sunny location town’s flower-lined pedestrianised streets and • Sovereign Harbour Marina on the south coast in the shelter of Beachy its main indoor centre, the Arndale Centre. • Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway Head. It has five miles of promenade and the Little Chelsea Quarter sells antiques, hand- • ‘How We Lived Then’ Shop Museum • Observatory Science Centre - Hailsham famous Carpet Gardens line the seafront. made furniture, jewellery and ceramics. Activities include bowls, museums, cinemas Beach & Gardens Events and dancing at the Winter Gardens. Beachy Bandstand Events throughout the season Eastbourne has clean, inviting beaches, Head has panoramic views, from Brighton in May Folk Dance Festival the west to Dungeness in Kent in the east. This predominantly of shingle leading to sand May Magnificent Motors Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is close at low tide, which offer excellent bathing. Jun Aegon Ladies Tennis Week to the historical sites of Hastings and Battle Its award-winning gardens range from the Jul-Aug Lammas Festival and a short drive from lively Brighton. There’s striking Carpet Gardens along the sea-front, to Aug Eastbourne Air Show plenty to do with excellent shops, museums, the rockery of Helen Gardens and the shingle Aug Medieval Festival shows, concerts, cinema and dancing as well based Sovereign Park with its 130 different Oct Eastbourne Beer Festival as outstanding sports facilities. species of wild flowers. Nearby • Hever Castle • Brighton • Kent and East Sussex Railway • Leeds Castle • Hastings & Battle • Sheffield Park Gardens

Eastbourne

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 The hotel/staff at the New “ Beach worked very hard, caring New Beach Hotel and looking after both of us in Great Yarmouth • Norfolk every way. Situated in Great Yarmouth’s most central and lively location, on the sea front ” I&MW, BURNLEY opposite Britannia Pier and adjacent to the shops and resort amenities. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Entertainment most evenings • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Spacious cocktail bar/lounge • No smoking throughout the hotel • Magnificent restaurant with large dance floor • Small lift serves most rooms • On street car parking can be arranged at no Bedrooms extra charge if booked in advance • 75 bedrooms with central heating and bath • Please note that it can be noisy in the street or shower & WC outside the sea facing rooms • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with radio channels New Beach Hotel 67 Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2EJ T 01493 332300 F 01493 331880 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01493 332300 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 30 GREAT YARMOUTH East Anglia’s liveliest resort NORFOLK

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Described by as “...the The main shopping streets, found just off the • Thrigby Wildlife Gardens finest place in the universe” today Great ancient harbour, offer high street stores and • Merrivale Model Village Yarmouth is East Anglia’s top seaside venue. traditional seaside shops; there is excellent • Great Yarmouth Pottery Set on 15 miles of wide, flat golden sand with variety and quality to keep shoppers happy. • Sea Life Centre • Race Course sunny dry weather and a lively promenade, There is a large open air market on Fridays. • Greyhound Stadium it offers a huge range of entertainment, Beach & Gardens sports and shopping. There are two piers, a Events Great Yarmouth boasts 15 miles of safe golden Model Village, Butterfly Centre and a ’Sea May Great Yarmouth Beer & Cider Life Centre’. Stroll along the prom or catch sands which have won several awards for Festival the unique horse-drawn landaus. At night the cleanliness. The attractive Anchor Garden, Jul Royal Norfolk Show resort is illuminated and renowned for its live so called because of its huge anchor shaped Aug Great Yarmouth Maritime entertainment with a wide variety of shows flowerbed, and St. Georges Park both provide Festival and concerts. seating for a quiet moment of rest and Sep Great Yarmouth Carnival relaxation. Procession Aug-Sep Festival of Bowls Nearby • Norwich • Suffolk Villages • Norfolk Broads • Lowestoft • Caister • Cromer

Great Yarmouth

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 May I take this opportunity to “ thank the hotel staff for the Hotel De Paris care and consideration taken to Cromer • Norfolk make our stay at your hotel such A delightful and unusual hotel, occupying the finest position in Cromer, close a comfortable and enjoyable to the shops and historic parish church and directly overlooking the pier experience. and beach. ” MF, WREXHAM Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Delightful restaurant with small dance floor • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Entertainment most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Attractive reception lounge and cocktail bar • Lift (few stairs to some rooms) • Games room and TV room • Limited car parking • Excellent views from most bedrooms Bedrooms • 61 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC Hotel De Paris • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, High Street, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9HG hair dryer and TV with radio channels T 01263 513141 F 01263 515217 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01263 513141 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 32 CROMER Victorian charm amid flint cottages and unspoilt beaches NORFOLK

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Cromer was once a small fishing village (it is The quaint narrow streets are home to • The Pavilion Theatre & Cromer Pier still famous for its crabs) but in the Victorian some delightfully atmospheric pubs and the • Cromer Museum period it was patronised by royalty and many shops sell all manner of goods, from • Felbrigg Hall became a distinctly upper class holiday resort. household items to the delicious Cromer crabs • Hillside Horse and Pony Sanctuary • Lifeboat Museum Today, it is full of character with narrow, for which the town is well known. • Royal Cromer Golf Club twisting streets and a lovely promenade Beach & Gardens overlooking its predominantly sandy beach. Events Cromer’s sand and shingle beach is popular Colourful gardens offer quiet relaxation but May Folk on the Pier if you are feeling energetic there are leisure with both bathers and surfers and offers clean May Cromer and Sheringham Crab facilities including bowling greens, tennis waters and safe bathing. The pretty gardens and Lobster Festival courts, squash and golf. The famous Pier along the cliff are well stocked and also Jul Royal Norfolk Show Pavilion puts on a unique summer show. The feature pitch and putt and the bowling green. Jul Sheringham Beer Festival Norfolk countryside with its leafy lanes and Aug Cromer Carnival Week flint cottages is a delight and you are never far Sep Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival away from the remarkable Norfolk Broads. Nearby • Great Yarmouth • Norwich • Bure Valley Railway • Blickling Hall • Thursford Collection • Sheringham

Cromer

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 We had a great time at the “ Cumberland and enjoyed the Cumberland Hotel location, rooms and friendly Scarborough • North Yorkshire and helpful staff. Very well situated on the South Cliff a few minutes walk from the Spa ” D&M, DUDLEY complex, beach and town centre with excellent views of the town from the north facing rooms. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Bar lounge with dance floor where • Free Wi-Fi in public areas entertainment is provided most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Attractive restaurant • Lift (few stairs to some rooms) • Quiet lounge • On street car parking using complimentary permit available at reception Bedrooms • 86 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC Cumberland Hotel • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Belmont Road, Scarborough, hair dryer and TV North Yorkshire YO11 2AB T 01723 361826 F 01723 500081 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01723 361826 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 34 SCARBOROUGH Britain’s oldest resort, the gem of the Yorkshire coast NORTH YORKSHIRE

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Scarborough is arguably Britain’s oldest Scarborough offers a very wide range of • Eden Camp seaside resort - it was a resort more than shops of all shapes and sizes. The Brunswick • Sea Life Centre and Marine Sanctuary a century before Regency Brighton. It has Shopping Centre has a great selection of high • Scarborough Bowls Centre two bays divided by a rugged headland on street names. Bar Street, a charming cobbled • Stephen Joseph Theatre • Market Hall & Vaults which sit the remains of a medieval castle. The area, is traffic-free and offers a selection of • Scarborough Millenium busy harbour is home to a welter of fishing smaller shops. boats and there are the usual seaside pursuits Events Beach & Gardens a-plenty on the South Bay promenade which Jul Scarborough’s Seafest Maritime leads to the Spa Complex, close to our hotel. Scarborough offers two sheltered bays of Festival The steep hillsides are beautifully landscaped golden sand which are ideal for safe bathing. Aug Whitby Regatta and there are many attractive parks and This premier floral resort has a number of Sep Scarborough Jazz Festival gardens. There are lots of shops, restaurants stunning gardens, in particular South Cliff Nov Scarborough Dance Festival and cafés and of course the famous Stephen and the remarkable Peasholm Park with its Dec Robin Hood’s Bay Victorian Joseph Theatre. oriental influences. Weekend Nearby • Whitby • York • Bridlington • Beverley • Castle Howard • Hull & The Deep Aquarium

Scarborough

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 The Queens Hotel in Blackpool “ was an excellent base with old Queens Hotel world charm. It is clean with Blackpool • Lancashire friendly helpful staff, good quality Perfectly placed on the sea front between Central and South Piers, a short walk food and service and no rip-off in from the Pleasure Beach and the spectacular Sandcastle Water Park. the bar.” JC, CO. LOUTH Dining & Entertainment Bedrooms • Magnificent Theatre Bar with dance floor • 111 bedrooms with central heating and bath and entertainment most evenings or shower & WC • Attractive Foyer Bar • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, • Comfortable Cocktail Bar and relaxing lounge hair dryer and TV, internal telephone • Games room with pool tables • Many rooms have sea views • Large restaurant • Fitness centre with gym, sauna, solarium and Additional Information indoor pool • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • No smoking throughout the hotel • 2 lifts serve all floors (although several stairs Queens Hotel to some rooms) 467-469 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 1AY • Extensive free car and coach parking T 01253 336980 F 01253 407196 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01253 336980 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 36 BLACKPOOL Britain’s capital of fun LANCASHIRE

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Few resorts anywhere in the world can rival Blackpool has a wide selection of shops and an • Grand Theatre the popularity of Blackpool - Britain’s capital indoor mall in the famous Houndshill shopping • Blackpool Tower of fun! The world famous Tower, three piers, centre. Its splendid theatres include the Grand • Tower Festival Headland miles of golden sands, the spectacular Theatre, the Winter Gardens and the Tower • Blackpool Zoo • Pleasure Beach Pleasure Beach with its breath taking “white Ballroom which host major international • Sandcastle Water Park knuckle” rides, atmospheric trams, horse artists, dance festivals and national events. drawn carriages, Punch and Judy shows, There are cinemas, a Sea Life Centre, the Events Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks, a Zoo Park, an Tower Circus and of course, the Tower. May Blackpool Dance Festival Art Gallery - Blackpool has them all. Make sure Jun Totally Transport Classic Car to save some of your energy for the evening Beach & Gardens Event and sample the terrific summer shows, lively Blackpool has miles of golden sands, broken Jul Town Criers’ Championship bars and pubs, for it is at night that Blackpool only by its three piers. Splendid Stanley Park Aug Blackpool Triathlon really stands out as the most exciting of all offers numerous sporting facilities, extensive Aug Blackpool Air Show Britain’s resorts. gardens and a bandstand hosting musical Sept-Oct Illuminations events. Blackpool’s rapidly developing zoo is Sep Firework Championships also well worth a visit. Nearby • Ribble Valley & Pendle Witch Country • Trough of Bowland • Southport • Lake District • Yorkshire Dales • Lancaster • Fleetwood • Lytham St. Annes

Blackpool

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 What a lovely clean place, the “ staff were fantastic and the Hydro Hotel food was great. Couldn’t fault Llandudno • Gwynedd a thing. We were there 3 years Ideally placed on the sea front, close to the Aberconwy Centre and a short walk ago and it was the same. from Llandudno’s wonderful shops, the Pier and Happy Valley gardens. BM,” LEYLAND Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Large entertainment suite with dance floor • Free Wi-Fi in public areas and entertainment most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Superb “Looking Glass” bar with views over • Lift serves most floors (split level floors the bay mean some stairs to most rooms) • Sun lounges and games room with snooker • Some ground floor rooms • Limited car & coach parking Bedrooms • 120 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Hydro Hotel internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with Neville Crescent, Llandudno, Gwynedd LL30 1AS radio channels T 01492 870101 F 01492 870992 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01492 870101 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 38 LLANDUDNO Elegant boulevards between mountains and sea GWYNEDD

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Lying on a peninsula between the Great The town centre consists of carefully • Great Orme Bronze Age Copper Mines Orme and Little Orme Heads, Llandudno has preserved architecture within a superb natural • Alice in Wonderland Centre two great beaches. The shingly North Shore setting. The Victorian Shopping Centre is • Welsh Mountain Zoo (outside our hotel) is the busier of the two one of the largest indoor shopping centres in • Great Orme Tramway • Bodnant Gardens with its Victorian Pier, boat trips, donkey Wales, offers quality, value and award-winning rides and much more. The sandy west shore restaurants. Events is quieter with spectacular views of nearby Beach & Gardens May Llandudno Transport Festival Snowdonia. A Victorian tramway and cable May Llandudno Victorian car offer routes to the summit of Great Orme The resort has two superb bathing beaches Extravaganza with its fabulous views and fascinating wildlife. and spectacular gardens. The lively north Jun Pirate Festival Conwy Llandudno is Wales’ largest and most elegant shore has a shingle beach and Victorian pier Jul Llangollen International resort offering tree lined streets and elegant whilst the west shore boasts golden sands and Eisteddfod shops. There are two golf courses, bowling panoramic views. Jul Llangollen Fringe Festival greens, art galleries, exhibitions and theatre Aug Conwy River Festival Nov Llandudno Christmas Fayre at Venue Cymru. Nearby • Llangollen • Caernarfon • Betws-y-Coed • Conwy Castle • Anglesey • Bangor

Llandudno

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 Thank you for the lovely holiday. “ George IV where the staff and George IV Hotel conditions were excellent. Criccieth • Gwynedd Thank you so much. This atmospheric hotel is situated on the High Street in the centre of Criccieth ”MS, COLCHESTER with magnificent views towards the sea and castle from many bedrooms. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Attractive restaurant • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Delightful cocktail bar • No smoking throughout the hotel • Entertainment room with additional bar • Large lift serves all floors • Comfortable lounges • Ample car parking • Coach parking available nearby Bedrooms • 79 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC (most have bath & shower) • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with George IV Hotel radio channels 21-25 High Street, Criccieth, Gwynedd LL52 0BS T 01766 522168 F 01766 523340 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01766 522168 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 40 CRICCIETH The Pearl of Wales on the shores of Snowdonia GWYNEDD

Your Resort to explore the world famous Ffestiniog and the Out & About Criccieth lies on the south coast of the Llyn recently completed Welsh Highland Railway. • Criccieth Castle Peninsula, where the edge of Snowdonia Town Centre • The Lloyd George Museum National Park meets the sea, with spectacular • Brynkir Woollen Mill Criccieth has a selection of family run shops views over Cardigan Bay. The medieval castle, • Porthmadog Maritime Museum and some good pubs and restaurants. There • Welsh Highland Railway originally Welsh but later taken and reinforced is plenty of parking and some pleasant walks by the Normans, dominates the town. The around town. Events castle headland divides the seafront into two Mar Bangor Music Festival with a pebbly bay to the west and a sheltered Beach & Gardens Apr Academi ty Newydd Festival mainly sandy bay to the east. This area of Criccieth boasts two Blue Flag beaches which May-Jun Criccieth Fair Days Wales is ideal for walking, from the gentle are clean and safe for families. There is a Jun Criccieth Festival rolling hills of the Llyn Peninsula in the west range of watersports such as sailing and Aug Anglesey County Show to the soaring majesty of Snowdonia in the fishing and the area is also renowned for its Sep Barmouth Walking Festival east with delightful gardens and castles at spectacular sunsets. Due to its temperate Nearby every turn. climate, the town is awash with floral colour • Snowdonia National Park Criccieth railway station provides a great almost all year round. • Portmeirion Village way to visit Porthmadog or Pwllheli on the • Porthmadog Cambrian line as well as giving an easy route • Llechwedd Slate Caverns • Harleach • Dolgellau

Criccieth

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 The well-run Seabank Hotel with “ a spotless room, very pleasant Seabank Hotel and helpful staff, could not Porthcawl • Glamorgan be faulted. This landmark building commands coastal views to the east, south and west, ” CC, CHORLEY yet is only a short walk from the centre of Porthcawl. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Attractive restaurant • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Spacious split level cocktail bar lounge • No smoking throughout the hotel • Large entertainment room • Lift serves most rooms (few stairs to some with additional bar front rooms) • Two small lounges with sea views • Extensive car and coach parking Bedrooms • 89 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Seabank Hotel internal telephone, hair dryer and TV Esplanade, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan CF36 3LU • Most rooms have trouser press T 01656 782261 F 01656 785363 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01656 782261 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 42 PORTHCAWL The heart of the South Wales Heritage Coast GLAMORGAN

Your Resort Town Centre Out & About Porthcawl lies on a beautiful stretch of coast The town centre is just a short walk from the • Swansea National Waterfront Museum with sandy beaches and rocky cliffs, yet hotel and has a variety of attractive shops. • Kenfig National Nature Reserve is only a short drive from the fascinating Nearby offers a wide selection of • Numerous golf courses cities of Cardiff and Swansea. It is famous shops and a designer outlet shopping mall. • Kidwelly Industrial Museum • National Botanic Gardens for its many golf courses including the world The striking Grand Pavilion was originally • Gower Peninsula famous Royal Porthcawl. A rocky promontory designed as a Palm Court but today offers a with spectacular sea views separates the wide variety of top class entertainment Events golf course from the main part of the town including theatre, comedy, variety Mar Cwlwm Celtaidd Interceltic including the harbour and the expansive and musicals. Festival sandy beach to the east behind which lies Apr Porthcawl Jazz Festival a fairground with a variety of rides and Beach & Gardens Jul Porthcawl Carnival amusements. There is an attractive high street Porthcawl has several beaches and some Jul Bridgend County Show with numerous shops and the fascinating lovely countryside walks. The town is well kept Aug Porthcawl Sea Festival Grand Pavilion offers theatre and a pleasant and there is a small harbour. Sep Porthcawl Elvis Festival bar. There is good bathing from several Nearby beaches and the Atlantic swell ensures there • Tenby is often excellent surfing. • Swansea • Cardiff • Barry Island • Laugharne • St. Fagan’s National History Museum • Brecon Beacons • Blaenavon World Heritage Site

Porthcawl

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 Thank you all for your hospitality “ and kindness to us whilst we Selborne Hotel were with you. Your food was Dunoon • Argyll excellent and we all had a most Superbly situated looking south across the Clyde with pleasant lawns reaching down enjoyable visit. to the promenade and water’s edge. All the public rooms and many of the bedrooms ” M. DENNEHY offer uninterrupted views of the river which is a constant source of interest. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Bar lounge with dance floor where • Free Wi-Fi in public areas entertainment is provided most evenings • No smoking throughout the hotel • Ground floor areas include a TV lounge, bar • Lift serves almost all rooms lounge, quiet lounge and games room • Car parking available • Coach parking on site Bedrooms • 98 bedrooms with central heating & bath or shower & WC • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Selborne Hotel internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with Clyde Street, Dunoon, Argyll PA23 7HT radio channels T 01369 702761 • Some ground floor rooms F 01369 704032 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01369 702761 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 44 DUNOON A window on the outstanding scenery of the Highlands ARGYLL

Your Resort include an indoor swimming pool, bowling Out & About Set in Scotland’s first National Park, Dunoon is greens, tennis courts and golf courses. There • Benmore Botanic Gardens two great resorts in one: a traditional seaside is a cinema and in the season, a range of • Queen’s Halls resort with marvellous sea views and plenty entertainment at the Queens Hall. The resort • The Castle House Museum of amenities and a base from which to explore stages international jazz and dance festivals • Cowal Golf Club • Ardkinglas Woodland Garden the rugged mountains of Argyll - some of the and hosts the Cowal Highland Gathering, • Bishop’s Seat and Fairy Glen most spectacular scenery in Scotland. It has the biggest highland games festival. lovely gardens, the remains of a castle, a four Town Centre Events mile promenade and a 19th Century pier with Dunoon has one of the largest town centres May Bute Jazz Festival panoramic views across the Clyde. Pleasure in the area. Its main street is partially May Loch Fyne Food Festival cruises run throughout the summer months Jul Tarbert Seafood Festival pedestrianised and is filled with shops selling sailing to destinations ranging from Loch Goil Aug Cowal Highland Gathering an array of goods, from fresh bakery items to to Largs and Rothesay. You may even catch Oct Cowal Fest Walking & Arts outdoor clothing. the last sea-going paddle steamer in the Extravaganza world, the Waverley, which is still a regular Nov Country & Western Extravaganza visitor to Dunoon. Nearby sports facilities Nearby • Inveraray Castle & Jail • Helensburgh • Oban • Bute • Loch Lomond • Trossachs

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 The Croit Anna was busy with “ friendly staff and excellent Croit Anna Hotel service and delicious choice Fort William • Inverness-shire­­ of meals. Situated in an isolated position on the shores of Loch Linnhe with spectacular ” MS, PRESTON views across the loch from all of the public rooms and most of the bedrooms, the Croit Anna offers a comfortable and friendly base in which to relax. Dining & Entertainment Additional Information • Entertainment most evenings • Free Wi-Fi in public areas • Panoramic lounge and two bars • No smoking throughout the hotel • Lovely loch views from the restaurant • No lift but many ground floor rooms are and lounge available • Extensive car parking Bedrooms • Coach parking on site • 92 bedrooms with central heating and bath or shower & WC Croit Anna Hotel • All rooms have tea/coffee making facilities, Achintore Road, Fort William, internal telephone, hair dryer and TV with Inverness-shire PH33 6RR radio channels T 01397 702268 F 01397 704099 HOTEL GROUPS ONLINE E [email protected] RESERVATIONS 01397 702268 08451 305888 www.leisureplex.co.uk 46 FORT WILLIAM Outdoor Capital of the UK INVERNESS-SHIRE­­

Your Resort half an hour’s drive including Glenfinnan and, Out & About Fort William, the “Outdoor Capital of the UK” of course, breathtaking Glencoe. • West Highland Museum is the largest town in the western Highlands. Town Centre • Lochaber Leisure Centre It is situated at the southern end of the Great • Fort William Cruises Fort William is a busy market town. It boasts Glen, on the shores of crystal clear Loch • Aonach Mor Cable Car a fine array of shops and an interesting • Jacobite Steam Train Linnhe beneath towering Ben Nevis, Britain’s selection of bars and restaurants catering for • Clan Cameron Museum highest mountain. Nearby Aonach Mor ski- most tastes. At its centre, Cameron Square is resort offers Britain’s only alpine cable car, the focus of entertainment and is the venue Events rising over 2000 feet with superb views of for many live concerts. Feb Fort William Mountain Festival the Great Glen. The surrounding countryside The Nevis Centre hosts shows and also has a May Scottish Six Day Motorcycle has some of Britain’s most spectacular and Trials ten pin bowling alley. romantic scenery and its torrid history has Jun Road to the Isles Agricultural produced more than 30 battlefields in the Show Lochaber area alone. As a touring centre, it Jun Mountain Bike World Cup is simply unparalleled: Inverness, Oban, Skye, Jul Lochaber Highland Games Aug Glenfinnan Gathering & Games Iona and Speyside all make superb full day Sep Ben Nevis Race excursions and there are lots of places within Nearby • Loch Ness • Mallaig • Oban • Isle of Skye • Inverness • Speyside

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NIGHTLY TERMS FOR ROOM AND FULL BRITISH BREAKFAST PER PERSON

Jan 1 - Good Fri - May 23 - Aug 29 - Oct 1 - Nov 1 - Period: Apr 2 May 22 Aug 28 Sept 30 Oct 31 Dec 31

ENGLAND - SOUTH WEST Weston-super-Mare Anchor Head £28 £32 £41 £37 £30 £30 Ilfracombe Imperial £28 £31 £39 £37 £30 £30 Newquay Eliot £28 £32 £41 £37 £30 £30 St. Ives Cottage £29 £34 £44 £40 £32 £32 Falmouth Madeira £31 £36 £46 £42 £34 £34 Table d’hote Dinner: £15 (reduced to £11 per night if booked prior to arrival) Torquay Regina £29 £33 £41 £38 £30 £30 Single Supplement: £8 per night Exmouth Cavendish £31 £35 £44 £41 £34 £34 Double/Twin rooms used as singles are charged a supplement of £16 per night ENGLAND - SOUTH COAST during October-April but incur the full charge for two persons in May-September, Bournemouth Devon Towers £29 £34 £42 £39 £33 £33 during Festivals and at Christmas and Sandown Bayshore £28 £32 £41 £38 £31 £31 New Year. Sea/Castle View Supplement: £6 per Shanklin Shanklin £31 £36 £46 £42 £34 £34 person per night (May-Sept) £4 per person per night (Oct-Apr) Bognor Regis Royal Norfolk £31 £36 £46 £42 £34 £34 (All hotels have sea view rooms except Eastbourne Queens £31 £36 £46 £42 £34 £34 Newquay, Bournemouth, Scarborough and Criccieth; Castle View Supplement applies at ENGLAND - EAST COAST Criccieth only.) Great Yarmouth New Beach £28 £31 £40 £37 £30 £30 CHILD DISCOUNTS Cromer De Paris £31 £36 £46 £42 £35 £35 (sharing room with one or more adults): Age 0-2 years: ENGLAND - NORTH *Deduct £30 per night from above tariffs Scarborough Cumberland £31 £36 £43 £40 £33 £33 (*minimum charge zero) Age 3-11 years: Blackpool Queens £29 £34 £40 £44 £44 £33 Deduct £20 per night from above tariffs WALES These tariffs are valid for stays of any Llandudno Hydro £30 £34 £44 £41 £33 £33 duration. Special rates apply during Festivals and at Christmas and New Year. Bookings Criccieth George IV £30 £35 £44 £41 £33 £33 can be made directly with your chosen hotel or via our Central Reservations on Porthcawl Seabank £30 £35 £44 £41 £34 £34 08451 305888. SCOTLAND Tariffs are inclusive of VAT at 20% Special package prices for stays of 3, 4, Dunoon Selborne £28 £31 £39 £37 £30 £30 6 and 7 nights are available through our ABTA bonded tour operation - see www. Fort William Croit Anna £30 £35 £42 £42 £33 £33 alfatravel.co.uk

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