HOLIDAYS 2021
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DATE HOLIDAY PAGE 12 Feb Valentine’s Weekend in London 5 14 Feb Valentine’s in Cheltenham 6 15 Feb Eastbourne Winter Saver 7 15 Feb Warner’s Alvaston Hall, Cheshire 8 14 Mar Cornwall Spring Tour 9 21 Mar North Devon 10 22 Mar Warner’s Bembridge, Isle of Wight 11 24 Mar Kent Spring Gardens 12 2 Apr Easter in North Wales 13 2 Apr Easter in the Peaks 14 5 Apr Torquay & the English Riviera 15 9 Apr Keukenhof Dutch Bulb Gardens 16 12 Apr Warner’s Littlecote House, Berkshire 17 16 Apr Bath & Bristol Weekend 18 21 Apr Harrogate Spring Flower Show 19 2 May Isle of Man 20 3 May Warner’s Holme Lacy, Herefordshire 21 4 May Cornwall 22 9 May Ireland: Killarney & the Ring of Kerry 23 10 May Royal Historic South Coast 24 14 May Liverpool Weekend City Break 25 24 May Bournemouth 26 24 May Sidmouth & South Devon 27 5 Jun Majestic Isles of Skye, Harris & Lewis 28 7 Jun Warner’s Cricket St Thomas, Somerset 32 14 Jun Italian Lakes: Lake Garda 30 17 Jun Yorkshire Explorer 33 25 Jun Isle of Wight 34 28 Jun Warner’s Studley Castle, Warwickshire 35 5 Jul Warner’s Bodelwyddan Castle, North Wales 36 5 Jul Eastbourne at Leisure 37 12 Jul Historical Northumbria 38 12 Jul Torquay & the English Riviera 39
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DATE HOLIDAY PAGE 15 Jul The Peak District 40 23 Jul Durham Historic Weekend 41 24 Jul Tatton Park Flower Show 42 30 Jul Settle to Carlisle Railway 43 7 Aug Isle of Wight 44 8 Aug North Devon 45 9 Aug Welsh Borders World Heritage Sites 46 14 Aug Isle of Man 47 16 Aug Heart of Lancashire 48 23 Aug Warner’s Nidd Hall, Harrogate 49 27 Aug Sidmouth & South Devon 50 29 Aug Northern Ireland 51 4 Sep Austria: Majestic Mayrhofen & the Ziller Valley 52 13 Sep Wye Valley 54 13 Sep Devon Rail & Sail 55 17 Sep Orkney’s Ancient Secrets 56 20 Sep Sunny South Coast 57 27 Sep Warner’s Holme Lacy, Herefordshire 58 28 Sep Cornwall 59 4 Oct Eastbourne at Leisure 60 10 Oct Cardigan Bay & Pembrokeshire 61 17 Oct Autumn Colours in the Lake District 62 17 Oct Autumn Colours in the New Forest 63 25 Oct Eastbourne & the Bluebell Railway 64 1 Nov Warner’s Cricket St Thomas Turkey & Tinsel 65 15 Nov Torquay Turkey & Tinsel 66 28 Nov York & Castle Howard at Christmas 67 2 Dec Sidmouth Festive Break 68 9 Dec Thursford Christmas Spectacular 69 10 Dec Longleat Festival of Light 70 13 Dec Warner’s Littlecote House Turkey & Tinsel 71
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Welcome to our 2021 coach holiday brochure. 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of Richmonds, in the early years H V Richmond himself drove tours across the continent and we are delighted to include breaks to Lake Garda in Italy and Mayrhofen in Austria in 2021. We are returning to perennial favourites in the UK as well as adding new destinations such as the Orkneys and Northern Ireland. We strive to offer an interesting tour itinerary with a carefully chosen hotel, known for its quality accommodation and cuisine. Our holiday itineraries include a full programme of excursions on most days of your holiday, with all admissions included to the places we visit so there are no hidden costs. However if you prefer a more relaxed pace you can choose not to join the coach on the days out. We have increased our single room allocations wherever possible, as we have many solo travellers, however once this allocation is sold further single rooms may incur a higher supplement. Our coaches offer a high seating position for great views, are fully air- conditioned and come with individually adjustable seating with spacious leg room to allow you to enjoy the spectacular scenery in comfort. All of our holidays can be booked via our website at any time, or by telephone during our office hours (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm). A non-refundable deposit of £50 per person secures your booking with the balance due 6 weeks prior to departure. At the time of printing, we are still operating under certain restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We would like to assure you that we will be operating all tours in accordance with Government guidance at the time of travel, and if we are unable to operate due to Covid-19 restrictions we will refund holiday monies paid (including deposit). We hope you enjoy browsing our brochure and find something of interest, and we look forward to welcoming you aboard very soon! RICHMONDS COACHES
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H V Richmond Ltd trading as Richmond’s Coaches is a member of the Bonded Coach Holiday Group of the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK Ltd. This is a government approved consumer protection scheme. This ensures that in relation to the coach package holidays described in this brochure that the clients’ monies are protected by a Bond in the unlikely event of the Member’s Insolvency. Clients are recommended to inspect the current membership certificate at our registered office or alternatively go to www. bch-uk.org or telephone 0207 240 3131 to confirm current membership.
Please note all itineraries are written many months in advance and some variations may occur.
4 VALENTINE’S WEEKEND IN LONDON
THE TOWER HOTEL, LONDON HHHH
FRI 12 FEBRUARY SUN 14 FEBRUARY FRI 12 With a morning departure, After breakfast we depart FEBRUARY once arriving in London we for Kew Gardens to enjoy 3 DAYS drop off our bags at the 4* their Orchid Festival. Tower Hotel before heading The festival celebrates £225 to Covent Garden where the diversity or orchids Per person sharing a you will be dropped off for from a chosen country twin/double room time at leisure. Return to the with an array of beautiful hotel at your leisure after a and colourful displays in £120 single supplement day enjoying the capital. their Princess of Wales Home to home pick up/ Conservatory. After set down from £25 SAT 13 FEBRUARY visiting Kew we arrive Today is a day at leisure. home mid-afternoon. INCLUDES: Spend time sightseeing, go Please note hotel is bed shopping, visit museums and breakfast only. All coach travel or just relax at the hotel. 2 nights bed & breakfast Admission to Kew Gardens Orchid Festival Big Ben and Houses of Parliament
The Tower Hotel Terrace
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5 VALENTINE’S IN CHELTENHAM
QUEEN’S HOTEL, CHELTENHAM HHHH
Blenheim Palace Bladon Bridge © Blenheim Palace 2020
SUN 14 SUN 14 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY We depart the local area 3 DAYS and travel to Stow-on-the- Wold in time for lunch. £285 Famous for England’s oldest Inn, St Edwards church with Per person sharing a its ‘Tolkienesque’ North Blenheim Palace Cascade twin/double room Door flanked by ancient yew © Blenheim Palace 2020 £70 single supplement trees and the tombstone Home to home pick up/ of Captain Hastings Keyte TUE 16 FEBRUARY set down from £25 who died at the battle of Today we visit Blenheim Stow. On our way to the Palace. The 300-year-old hotel we stop at the village palace is a UNESCO World INCLUDES: of Bourton-on-the-Water. Heritage site. Home to the This popular village is often All coach travel 12th Duke of Marlborough referred to as the ‘Venice of and the birthplace of Sir Porterage the Cotswolds’ because of Winston Churchill. Explore 2 nights dinner, bed & the attractive little bridges the Palace with an Audio breakfast that cross the gently flowing Guide Tour, enjoy the River Windrush, which runs 2000-acre Capability Admission to Painswick through the centre of the Brown landscaped parkland Rococo Gardens village. We arrive at the 4* and gardens. We depart Admission to Blenheim Queen’s Hotel, Cheltenham Blenheim and arrive Palace in time for dinner. home late afternoon. MON 15 FEBRUARY This morning we visit Painswick Rococo Gardens. The snowdrops are at their best, carpeting steep banks and woodland glades in pure white and fresh green. Also in bloom are the wonderfully long- Queen’s Hotel Restaurant lasting Cyclamen Coum and an array of Hellebores, from the deepest purple BOOK NOW! to the softest cream. We return to Cheltenham 01763 848226 for an afternoon at leisure. richmonds-coaches.co.uk Charming Cotswolds 6 EASTBOURNE WINTER SAVER
LANGHAM HOTEL, EASTBOURNE HHHH
Bluebell Railway
MON 15 FEBRUARY shops in “The Lanes”. MON 15 Departing the local area On our return we enjoy FEBRUARY a gentle journey back we make our way to 5 DAYS Eastbourne with a lunch across the South Downs. break on route. We arrive £375 at the 4* Langham Hotel in WED 17 FEBRUARY Per person sharing a Blenheim Palace Cascade Eastbourne mid-afternoon This morning we head twin/double room © Blenheim Palace 2020 with plenty of time to to the Bluebell Railway settle in and maybe take a to enjoy a return journey Single rooms at no stroll along the promenade through the beautiful supplement Sussex countryside, with before dinner. The Langham Home to home pick up/ time for refreshments Hotel is situated along Royal set down from £25 Parade on Eastbourne’s before boarding the coach magnificent seafront with again to return home spectacular views across in the late afternoon. INCLUDES: the bay towards the pier. All coach travel THU 18 FEBRUARY TUE 16 FEBRUARY Today is a day at leisure. Porterage Today we drive up over Relax at the hotel or 4 nights dinner, bed & the famous cliffs which explore Eastbourne. breakfast form “Beachy Head” and continue along the coast FRI 19 FEBRUARY Bluebell Railway Ride road to Brighton with time We depart The Langham to explore the Regency Hotel after a leisurely town at leisure, famous for breakfast and return home the Brighton Pavilion and with a lunch stop on route, the labyrinth of antiques arriving back late afternoon.
Eastbourne Pier
Langham Hotel
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ALVASTON HALL, CHESHIRE HHH
River Dee Chester
MON 15 Warners Leisure Breaks and production in the FEBRUARY are known for their “Just museum and discover for Grown-Ups” historic Josiah Wedgwood’s 5 DAYS hotels. Alvaston Hall lasting influence on £385 Hotel is a beautiful half- industry and society. timbered Victorian gem, Per person sharing a amongst the leafy lanes WED 17 FEBRUARY twin/double room of Cheshire. Alvaston Hall Enjoy some time at leisure Limited single rooms at offers: table tennis, rifle in Chester to explore the no supplement shooting, outdoor bowls streets of black-and-white and archery, why not try timbered houses and almost Upgrade to Signature something new? With the complete medieval city Room from £40 per gorgeous heated swimming walls with goblin towers. person (twin/double pool and sauna you’ll have rooms) plenty of time to relax too. THU 18 FEBRUARY Home to home pick up/ Today we travel through MON 15 FEBRUARY set down from £25 the Peak District to the We depart the local area historic thermal spa town of INCLUDES: and arrive at Alvaston Hall Buxton. Enjoy time at leisure mid-afternoon ready to to explore the Georgian All coach travel settle in and get acquainted and Victorian architecture. with all the facilities on Porterage Buxton is steeped in site. A full programme history from Mary Queen 4 nights dinner, bed & of entertainment every of Scots regular visits breakfast evening is included. during her imprisonment Wedgwood Factory Tour to the beautiful Buxton TUE 16 FEBRUARY Crescent, the Grade I Daytime activities at Today we will discover the listed Hotel and Spa. Alvaston Hall World of Wedgwood. Watch Evening Entertainment the craftsmen at work on FRI 19 FEBRUARY a self-guided tour of the We depart Alvaston after factory as they practise a leisurely breakfast and unique artisan skills and return home with a lunch techniques honed over 250 stop on route, arriving years. The award-winning back late afternoon. Factory Tour offers an in- depth view of all aspects of BOOK NOW! quality ceramic production including casting, figure 01763 848226 making, pattern decorating and hand painting, richmonds-coaches.co.uk ornamentation and gilding. Trace over 250 years of 8 ground-breaking design Alvaston Hall CORNWALL SPRING TOUR
THE LANHYDROCK HOTEL, BODMIN HHH
Looe
SUN 14 MARCH SUN 14 MARCH We depart the local 6 DAYS area with stops on route £545 for coffee and lunch before arriving at the Per person sharing a 3* Lanhydrock Hotel twin/double room in time for dinner. £100 single supplement MON 15 MARCH Eden Project Canopy Rope £12 National Trust Bridge © Eden Project This morning visit The member discount Eden Project. With three the exotic plants and Home to home pick up/ climatic zones and over a set down from £25 million plants, Eden never herbaceous borders fails to provide anything bursting with colour. This less than a jaw-dropping afternoon we take a short INCLUDES: horticultural extravaganza. drive into the cathedral All coach travel In the afternoon we city of Truro with time to travel to the delightful explore at your own leisure. Porterage harbour town of Fowey. THU 18 MARCH 5 nights dinner, bed & breakfast TUE 16 MARCH Today we visit The Lost Today we visit the seaside Gardens of Heligan, which Admission to the Eden town of Looe, the town just 25 years ago were Project has a collection of narrow unknown and unseen; lost Admission to Trelissick streets lined with shops, under a tangle of weeds. Gardens (NT) cafes and pubs that lead A chance discovery of a through to the town’s main door in the ruins led to the Admission to the Lost beach. Over the years, the restoration of what is now Gardens of Heligan town has retained its small considered to be one of the fishing fleet, which off-load finest gardens in Cornwall. their catch at the busy fish We return to the hotel via market, which dominates Mevagissey an attractive old the town’s east Quay. town which was once the centre of Cornwall’s pilchard WED 17 MARCH fishery and which still boasts a working harbour. This morning we visit Trelissick Gardens (NT), FRI 19 MARCH which is set on its own BOOK NOW! peninsula, with panoramic After breakfast we will start views over the Fal estuary. the journey home, with 01763 848226 breaks on route for coffee You can explore the richmonds-coaches.co.uk meandering paths through and lunch, arriving back in the local area early evening. the garden, leading to 9 NORTH DEVON
THE PARK HOTEL, BARNSTAPLE HHHH
Lynmouth
SUN 21 MARCH SUN 21 MARCH elegantly connected by the 6 DAYS Departing the local area, Cliff Railway, the highest and steepest fully water £545 we have a lunch stop on route before arriving at our powered Victorian railway in the World! This afternoon Per person sharing a 4* Park Hotel, Barnstaple in time for dinner. we travel to Ilfracombe, the twin/double room picturesque seaside town £50 single supplement MON 22 MARCH is famous for the tunnels carved by hand in the 1820’s £12 National Trust This morning we visit RHS which were used by the member discount Garden Rosemoor. Nestled Victorians to segregate £7 RHS member in the Torridge Valley, men, women, girls and boys discount Rosemoor is an enchanting on their way to the beach. place to visit. This afternoon With the afternoon at your Home to home pick up/ we visit Dartington Crystal, leisure you can visit the set down from £25 the UK’s only remaining aquarium or browse the art glass factory. Discover their galleries, shops and cafes. INCLUDES: story and development in the exhibition centre THU 25 MARCH All coach travel and then watch skilled Today we visit Knightshayes Porterage glass makers in action on the factory floor. (NT) with acres of 5 nights dinner, bed & glorious garden and breakfast TUE 23 MARCH park, surrounding a spectacular Gothic Revival Admission to RHS We spend today at leisure House, Knightshayes is Rosemoor in Barnstaple. Perhaps you the complete country will choose to visit Pannier gentleman’s dream. The Dartington Crystal Market which is situated Factory Tour house is a rare example of in one of Barnstaple’s the work of William Burges, Admission to most iconic buildings, with whose lavish designs have Knightshayes (NT) antiques and collectables always inspired extremes on offer, or take a stroll of opinion. Full of quirks around the town or a walk and curiosities, it is a on the South West Coast house of many faces. Path by the River Taw. FRI 26 MARCH WED 24 MARCH We depart The Park Hotel BOOK NOW! This morning we visit after a leisurely breakfast the Cliff side towns of and return home with a 01763 848226 Lynton & Lynmouth. These stop on route, arriving picturesque villages are back late afternoon. richmonds-coaches.co.uk situated on the spectacular North Devon coast and are 10 WARNER LEISURE BREAK BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT
BEMBRIDGE COAST HOTEL, BEMBRIDGE HHH
The Needles © Visit Isle of Wight
Warners Leisure Breaks are WED 24 MARCH MON 22 MARCH known for their “Just for Today is an optional visit to 5 DAYS Grown-Ups” historic hotels. Osborne House (entrance £395 Once owned by George V’s at own cost, English Lord in Waiting, Bembridge Heritage members free). Per person sharing a Coast Hotel overlooks the Osborne reflects Queen twin/double room Victoria and Prince Albert’s Solent. The late Queen £40 single supplement Mother came here to watch passions, tastes and style. the yachts racing during Ornate furnishings and Upgrade to Signature Cowes Week. The hotel artefacts from The Royal Room from £40 per has a wonderful beach, Collection fill rooms and person (twin/double and is an ideal base for corridors where Victoria rooms) touring the Isle of Wight. entertained heads of state, inventors, princes Home to home pick up/ set down from £25 MON 22 MARCH and princesses and ruled the vast British Empire. We depart the local area INCLUDES: and catch the ferry to the THU 25 MARCH Isle of Wight arriving at All coach travel our hotel in Bembridge Today we board the Isle of late afternoon. Wight Steam Railway for a Porterage nostalgic trip through the 4 nights dinner, bed & TUE 23 MARCH countryside, followed by breakfast time at leisure in Cowes. We begin with a visit Admission to Ventnor to Ventnor Botanical FRI 26 MARCH Gardens Gardens with its exotic plant collection. We We catch the morning Isle of Wight Steam spend free time this ferry, and arrive home Railway Ride late afternoon. afternoon in Godshill. Daytime activities at Bembridge Evening Entertainment
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11 Isle of Wight Steam Railway © John Faulkner KENT SPRING GARDENS
BRIDGEWOOD MANOR, CHATHAM HHHH
Hever Castle
WED 24 MARCH WED 24 MARCH 3 DAYS We depart the local area £285 and travel to Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, near Per person sharing a Haywards Heath. Their twin/double room primrose meadow is a delicate yellow carpet, £25 single supplement whilst the daffodils £15 National Trust are a welcome sight member discount after the winter. Home to home pick up/ We then travel to the set down from £25 National Trust Igtham Mote, a romantic moated Hole Park Bluebells manor house, described INCLUDES: by David Starkey as ‘one set within the gardens and All coach travel of the most beautiful and framed by the moat, which interesting English country Porterage will be brimming with houses’. We arrive at the 4* daffodils and crocuses. 2 nights dinner, bed & Bridgewood Manor Hotel breakfast & Spa in time for dinner. FRI 26 MARCH Admission to Riverhill Today we visit Hever castle. THU 25 MARCH Himalayan Gardens Dating back to the 13th This morning we visit Hole century, Hever Castle was Admission to Igtham Park which is set in over once the childhood home Mote (NT) 200 acres of superb classic of Anne Boleyn, second Admission to Hole Park parkland. The colourful wife of Henry VIII and gardens enjoy far reaching Admission to Mother of Elizabeth I. The views over the hills, Castle is a romantic double Sissinghurst Castle woods and fields of the Gardens (NT) moated 13th century castle picturesque Kentish Weald. which houses historic 16th Admission to Hever Enjoy the wonderful carpet century portraits, paintings, Castle & Gardens of bluebells, daffodils, furniture, tapestries and camellias, wisteria, magnolia treasures. Spring is a and other spring delights. wonderful time to view This afternoon we visit the gardens as spectacular Sissinghurst Castle Gardens. carpets of snowdrops, BOOK NOW! Heralded for its beauty crocus and daffodils and diversity, the garden at welcome visitors. Camellias 01763 848226 Sissinghurst is among the and tulips are in full bloom, most famous gardens in as are the rhododendrons, richmonds-coaches.co.uk England and is well worth a azaleas and wisteria. We visit. Don’t miss the orchard, return home late afternoon. 12 EASTER IN NORTH WALES
CELTIC ROYAL HOTEL, CAERNARFON HHH
Caernarfon Castle
FRI 2 APRIL FRI 2 APRIL (GOOD FRIDAY) 4 DAYS We depart the local £395 area and with a lunch stop on route arriving Per person sharing a at the 3* Celtic Royal twin/double room Hotel, Caernarfon in time for dinner. North Shore £50 single supplement Promenade Llandudno Home to home pick up/ SAT 3 APRIL set down from £25 years, with plants collected This morning we visit and brought to Britain from Conway Castle & Town far afield, and the incredible INCLUDES: Walls. Gritty, dark-stoned vision of the McLaren family Conway has the rare ability All coach travel and Puddle head gardeners, to evoke an authentic this haven of rarity and Porterage medieval atmosphere. The beauty with a stunning views from the battlements 3 nights dinner, bed & backdrop of Carneddau are breath-taking, looking breakfast mounting of Snowdonia out across mountains is a delight for the senses. Easter Sunday lunch and sea and down to the We head back to the hotel roofless shell of the castle’s Admission to Conway for a 3 course Easter lunch. 125ft Great Hall. Conway’s Castle After lunch enjoy time at other great medieval glory leisure in Caernarfon. Admission to Bodnant is its ring of town walls. This Gardens afternoon we travel onwards MON 5 APRIL to the famous Welsh Admission to Blists Hill seaside town of Llandudno. After breakfast we travel Uniquely situated between to Blists Hill, which is set in the Great and Little the age of Queen Victoria. Ormes with two wonderful Here you’ll experience what beaches, the iconic North life was like when Britain Shore, with its sweeping bay ruled the world. Meet some and the quiet, sand duned (almost) real Victorians West Shore. Take a stroll in their authentic shops Blists Hill © Ironbridge along its famous beachfront and cottages, buy curious Gorge Museums promenade and pier or goods from a bygone era explore the shops and cafes. and watch tradespeople in action in their BOOK NOW! SUN 4 APRIL atmospheric workshops (EASTER SUNDAY) and factories. We return home late afternoon. 01763 848226 This morning we visit the world famous Bodnant richmonds-coaches.co.uk Gardens. Created over 150 13 EASTER IN THE PEAKS
BEST WESTERN MICKLEOVER COURT HOTEL DERBY HHHH
Cromford Mill
FRI 2 APRIL FRI 2 APRIL 4 DAYS (GOOD FRIDAY) £350 We make our journey north for a morning stop at the Per person sharing a Denby Pottery Village, twin/double room Derby. Wander around the beautiful shops, café and £50 single supplement experience the 200 years Home to home pick up/ of craftsmanship in action set down from £25 during a tour of the factory. We arrive at our hotel, the TramTilt Mickleover Court, in time INCLUDES: to settle in before dinner. SUN 4 APRIL All coach travel (EASTER SUNDAY) SAT 3 APRIL On Easter Sunday we will Porterage This morning we will visit be taking a morning trip 3 nights dinner, bed & Cromford Mills, home to Sir to Matlock Bath, where we breakfast Richard Arkwright’s first take the cable car for a ride across the Heights of Easter Sunday lunch mill complex and birthplace of the modern factory Abraham with lovely views Denby Pottery Village system, built in 1771. Step across the deep valley. We Factory Tour back in time this afternoon return to the hotel for a delicious Sunday roast and Admission to Crich into the world of the Crich time to relax or make use Tramway Village Tramway Village, home of the National Tramway of the hotel leisure facilities. Admission to the Museum. Ride on the This evening a light buffet Heights of Abraham world renowned vintage supper will be served. Cable Car Ride trams through the unique Admission to Boughton period streets and out into MON 5 APRIL House the open countryside for Experience ‘The English spectacular views, explore Versailles’ at Boughton fascinating exhibitions and House. Discover one of watch as trams are restored Britain’s grandest and best- from the Workshop Viewing preserved stately homes. Gallery. This captivating As well as the splendours journey into history is made of the House, you can also complete with a stroll on the enjoy the 18th-century BOOK NOW! fascinating Woodland Walk landscaped gardens, and Sculpture Trail and a woodlands and a grand 01763 848226 trip to the unique Red Lion country park. We then Pub, tearooms and shops. make our way back home, richmonds-coaches.co.uk arriving late afternoon. 14 TORQUAY & THE ENGLISH RIVIERA
THE HEADLAND HOTEL, TORQUAY HHH
Dartmouth © VisitDevon
MON 5 APRIL THU 8 APRIL MON 5 APRIL Departing the local area Today we travel by coach 5 DAYS we will make suitable to Paignton where we £375 stops on route arriving board the Dartmouth Steam at The Headland Hotel, Railway to Kingswear. Per person sharing a a highly rated 3* hotel Crossing the River Dart by twin/double room situated above Torquay, passenger ferry we board with views out across the a boat in Dartmouth to Limited single rooms at sea and private gardens. enjoy a relaxing cruise no supplement through the picturesque Home to home pick up/ TramTilt TUE 6 APRIL Dart Valley. Wildlife set down from £25 Today we take a scenic abounds in the estuary and you may be lucky enough coach tour across Dartmoor, INCLUDES: enjoying stunning views to see dolphins, seals, and visiting Princetown for herons, egrets, buzzards All coach travel a refreshment break. We and kingfishers if you’re Porterage include a visit to Buckfast quick enough! Our cruise Abbey, this peaceful and concludes at Totnes where 4 nights dinner, bed & inspirational place is still our coach will meet us breakfast home to a community for the return to Torquay (all fares included). Dartmouth Railway and of Benedictine Monks. Boat Cruise WED 7 APRIL FRI 9 APRIL Enjoy a free morning in After breakfast we Torquay at your leisure commence our journey and this afternoon we home with suitable stops have time to explore the on route arriving back late fishing village of Brixham. afternoon/early evening.
Dartmouth Railway
Torquay © English Riviera Tourism Company
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15 KEUKENHOF DUTCH BULB GARDENS
VAN DER VALK HOTEL, DE BILT, UTRECHT HHHH
Keukenhof
FRI 9 APRIL FRI 9 APRIL participating companies to 4 DAYS We depart the local area show their living catalogue. 500 flower growers present £465 and take the Channel crossing continuing into an enormous variety of Holland with a stop on cut flowers and pot plants Per person sharing a at over 20 flower shows. twin/double room route and arrive at our hotel the 4* Van Der Valk Hotel, £100 single supplement De Bilt, late afternoon. SUN 11 APRIL Home to home pick up/ We drive into the centre set down from £25 SAT 10 APRIL of Amsterdam and take Today we visit Keukenhof a guided boat cruise around the canals of the INCLUDES: which is the international and independent showcase city centre. This afternoon All coach travel for the Dutch floricultural we visit the picturesque sector, with a special port of Volendam Porterage emphasis on flower bulbs. where colourful local 3 nights dinner, bed & In the space of eight weeks costumes are still worn. breakfast Keukenhof shows what MON 12 APRIL Channel crossings the Dutch floricultural sector has to offer. The We leave our hotel and head Admission to Keukenhof park’s focus is on the 7 for our Channel crossing Guided Boat Cruise million spring-flowering with stops on route, arriving bulbs, which allow the 100 back home early evening.
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16 WARNER LEISURE BREAK LITTLECOTE HOUSE
LITTLECOTE HOUSE HOTEL, HUNGERFORD HHHH
Highclere Castle © Highclere Castle LLP 2014
Warners Leisure Breaks are MON 12 APRIL known for their “Just for 5 DAYS Grown-Ups” historic hotels. £485 Built in the mid-1500s, Littlecote house is a Per person sharing a beautiful Grade I listed twin/double room Tudor manor with a truly £40 single supplement unique story. History is literally on your doorstep: Littlecote House Upgrade to Signature the stunning location has Room from £40 per played host to occupying a setting for many period person (twin/double Romans, a Tudor tryst and film and TV shows, this rooms) even a Civil War army. unspoilt village is a delight to wander around. Lacock £13 National Trust The grounds contain an member discount ornate Roman mosaic floor is the birthplace of British and settlement remains. photography, and the Fox Home to home pick up/ Henry VIII courted Jane Talbot museum houses set down from £25 Seymour here, and the a collection spanning photographic developments D-Day landings were INCLUDES: planned within the house. up to the present day. All coach travel WED 14 APRIL MON 12 APRIL Porterage We depart the local area Enjoy a day at leisure arriving at our hotel in to enjoy the hotel 4 nights dinner, bed & Berkshire early afternoon. and its activities. breakfast Admission to Lacock TUE 13 APRIL THU 15 APRIL Abbey (NT) and Fox We visit Lacock village Today we visit Highclere Talbot Museum Castle the home of the Earl and Abbey (NT). Used as Admission to Highclere and Countess of Carnarvon. Castle Highclere shot to fame Highclere Castle Drawing when Julian Fellows used Daytime activities at Room © Highclere the castle to film the hugely Littlecote Castle LLP 2014 successful Downton Abbey. Evening Entertainment FRI 16 APRIL We depart Littlecote after a leisurely breakfast and BOOK NOW! return home with a lunch stop on route, arriving 01763 848226 back late afternoon. richmonds-coaches.co.uk
17 BATH & BRISTOL WEEKEND
MERCURE BRISTOL HOLLAND HOUSE, BRISTOL HHHH Royal Crescent, Bath
FRI 16 APRIL FRI 16 APRIL 4 DAYS We travel to Bristol with £345 a comfort stop on route, arriving for some free time Per person sharing a to explore the city in the twin/double room afternoon before checking into the 4* Mercure £75 single supplement Bristol Holland House Home to home pick up/ Hotel in time for dinner. set down from £25 SAT 17 APRIL INCLUDES: Today is a day at leisure in Bristol, a real melting pot Cheddar Gorge All coach travel of architecture through the ages from the ruins Porterage at the ancient Roman of the Norman Castle in Baths and the thoroughly 3 nights dinner, bed & Castle Park, to the gothic modern Thermal Bath breakfast masterpieces of Bristol Spa, which houses the Cathedral and St Mary only natural thermal hot Redcliffe. Head to the springs in Britain you can Bristol Museum and Art bathe in. Bath’s compact, Gallery for a walk through visitor-friendly centre is natural history. Bristol has overflowing with places to an incredibly rich maritime eat and drink, plus some history, being one of the of the finest independent major ports for trade. A shops in Britain. Bath’s visit to M Shed museum stunning honey-coloured documents the history Georgian architecture of Bristol or go below is straight from a Jane deck on the SS Great Austen novel – highlights Britain, just one of Brunel’s include the iconic Royal magnificent pieces of work. Crescent and the majestic Circus. On our return we SUN 18 APRIL take a gentle drive through Pulteney Bridge and Weir Bath After a leisurely breakfast the Mendip hills and the we travel to the UNESCO spectacular Cheddar Gorge. World Heritage site of BOOK NOW! Bath. Built for pleasure MON 19 APRIL and relaxation, beautiful We depart the hotel and 01763 848226 Bath has been a wellbeing with a lunch break in destination since Roman Marlborough we return richmonds-coaches.co.uk times. The waters are home late afternoon. still a big draw, both 18 HARROGATE SPRING FLOWER SHOW
CEDAR COURT HOTEL, HARROGATE HHHH
Harrogate Flower Show
WED 21 APRIL the biggest exhibition WED 21 APRIL Depart for Harrogate by florists and flower 3 DAYS arrangers in the country. spending the afternoon £280 at RHS Harlow Carr, a FRI 23 APRIL garden with a wide variety Per person sharing a of growing landscapes After breakfast, we depart twin/double room ranging from woodland to Lotherton. This charming to wildflower meadows. country house boasts £25 single supplement Our hotel for the next an extensive collection £9 RHS Member two nights is the 4* Cedar of decorative arts along Discount Court Hotel in Harrogate. with dedicated Fashion Galleries, hosting changing Home to home pick up/ THU 22 APRIL exhibitions. The gardens set down from £25 A full day at Harrogate cover eight acres and were Flower Show. The Show designed as a series of INCLUDES: is the first big event in enclosed gardens by Mrs All coach travel the gardening calendar, Gwendolen Gascoigne welcoming the new between 1893 and 1914, Porterage growing season with a with few changes up to her death in 1949. Today, 2 nights dinner, bed & spectacular celebration of breakfast the very best in horticulture. the gardens are being Featuring beautiful show slowly restored. We depart Admission to RHS gardens, great shopping, after lunch returning Harlow Carr home early evening. live entertainment and Admission to Harrogate Flower Show Admission to Lotherton
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EMPRESS HOTEL, DOUGLAS HHH
Peel
SUN 2 MAY SUN 2 MAY WED 5 MAY 6 DAYS Depart home area for our After breakfast we board £680 journey north to reach the coach to explore our ferry at Heysham for the south of the island. Per person sharing a the afternoon crossing Stopping first at Castletown, twin/double room to Douglas staying at the original capital of the the 3* Empress Hotel, island, here you can choose £65 single supplement situated on the harbour to visit some of the island’s Home to home pick up/ front in Douglas. historical attractions. set down from £25 We then drive on to visit MON 3 MAY the Cregneash National Limited pick up points Today we are joined by a Folk Museum. Cregneash local guide to explore the is a living illustration of INCLUDES: west and north of the island. a farming and crofting We spend the morning community in the 19th and All coach travel in Peel, with free time to early 20th century. We Ferry crossings choose a visit to the Castle, finish in Port Erin where we board the steam railway for Porterage the House of Manannan or just take in the harbour a nostalgic journey back to 5 nights dinner, bed & views with a coffee. In the Douglas (fare included). breakfast afternoon we proceed to THU 6 MAY Guided tour of the Island the north with a break in Ramsey before covering Free day at leisure. Admission to Cregneash some of the famous TT National Folk Museum motorcycle route on our FRI 7 MAY Port Erin to Douglas return to the hotel. After an early breakfast it Train Ride is time to board the ferry TUE 4 MAY for the return crossing Laxey Mountain Railway This morning is free at to Heysham, arriving Ride leisure. In the afternoon home mid evening. we join the coach again to Laxey, in the north of the island. From here we board the electric train to ascend the island’s tallest mountain: Snaefell. At the summit there is time BOOK NOW! for refreshments whilst you admire the views 01763 848226 from all sides, and on a clear day all 4 countries richmonds-coaches.co.uk of the UK can be seen. 20 Isle of Man Steam Railway WARNER LEISURE BREAK HOLME LACY
HOLME LACY HOUSE HOTEL, HEREFORDSHIRE HHHH
Holme Lacy House Hotel
mansion sits within Holme Lacy House Hotel MON 3 MAY ‘Capability’ Brown’s final 5 DAYS garden and landscape. Created as the perfect £495 house in the perfect setting, Berrington Hall has Per person sharing a many secrets for visitors twin/double room to uncover. In this, one £40 single supplement of Henry Holland’s first Warners Leisure Breaks are Upgrade to a Signature houses, you can also explore known for their “Just for room available from £40 the family rooms and see Grown-Ups” historic hotels. per person (double/twin how the servants moved rooms) Naturally, it’s magnificent: around the house unseen beautiful ceilings, ornate by the family and guests. £10 National Trust state rooms and spectacular member discount WED 5 MAY formal gardens, restored Home to home pick up/ to their original design. Today we take a scenic drive set down from £25 Herefordshire’s countryside through the picturesque offers almost as many Wye Valley, an Area of ways to relax as the hotel Outstanding Natural Beauty. INCLUDES: does. Immerse yourself All coach travel in the glorious gardens, THU 6 MAY Porterage historic courtyards and A morning excursion activity lawns. You might to the town of Hay-on- 4 nights dinner, bed & even pick up a few tips Wye on its market day breakfast from the gardener! for time at leisure. Admission to Berrington Hall (NT) MON 3 MAY FRI 7 MAY We depart the local area We depart Holme Lacy Daytime activities at and make a stop for lunch after a leisurely breakfast Holme Lacy Hotel before arriving at Holme and return home with a Evening Entertainment Lacy mid-afternoon ready to lunch stop on route, arriving settle in and get acquainted back late afternoon. with all the facilities on site. A full programme of entertainment every evening is included. BOOK NOW! TUE 4 MAY After a leisurely breakfast 01763 848226 we visit Berrington Hall (NT), standing proud and richmonds-coaches.co.uk strong, this fine Georgian 21 Isle of Man Steam Railway Wye Valley © Linda Wright CORNWALL
ROSEMUNDY HOTEL, ST AGNES HHH
Cornwall © Visit Cornwall
TUE 4 MAY TUE 4 MAY FRI 7 MAY 6 DAYS We depart the local This morning we spend £545 area with stops on route time at leisure at the hotel. for coffee and lunch After lunch we visit Healey’s Per person sharing a before arriving at the Cornish Cyder Farm. With twin/double room 3* Rosemundy House a guided tour you will be Hotel in time for dinner. taken on a journey through Limited single rooms at the press house, jam factory, no supplement WED 5 MAY museum, distillery, and Home to home pick up/ Today we travel to Padstow cellars, before climbing the set down from £25 where we explore the cider vat and enjoying an town which has become aerial view of the modern cider production halls. A INCLUDES: synonymous with Rick Stein. The harbour is the tractor ride will show you All coach travel bustling centre of the town the 20 acres of orchards. and further along the front, The tour will conclude Porterage there is the National Lobster with a sampling session. 5 nights dinner, bed & Hatchery (admission at breakfast own cost), which was SAT 8 MAY Guided Tour of Prideaux set up to conserve the This morning we visit The Place local lobster population Eden Project. With three and preserve marine climatic zones and over a Admission to the Eden biodiversity. We then take million plants, Eden never Project the short drive to Prideaux fails to provide anything Tour of Healey’s Cornish Place. We enjoy a guided less than a jaw-dropping Cyder Farm tour around the house, horticultural extravaganza. then stroll in the tranquil In the afternoon we travel grounds overlooking to Fowey, a delightful the ancient deer park. harbour town which has become popular with THU 6 MAY the rich and famous for Today we drive to the their holiday homes. charming seaside resort of St Ives. Best known for SUN 9 MAY Prideaux Place its artistic connections, After breakfast we will start the Tate St Ives Gallery the journey home, with looks after the Barbara breaks on route for coffee BOOK NOW! Hepworth Museum and lunch, arriving back in and sculpture garden the local area early evening. 01763 848226 (admission at own cost). richmonds-coaches.co.uk
22 IRELAND: KILLARNEY & THE RING OF KERRY
4 NIGHTS KILLARNEY TOWERS HOTEL HHHH Plus 2 overnight stays Killarney
SUN 9 MAY memorable way to view the SUN 9 MAY We make a leisurely journey surrounding mountains. A 7 DAYS return transfer takes you to our overnight stop £745 at the 3* Kinmel Manor back into the centre of Killarney Town for free time. Hotel in North Wales. Per person sharing a twin/double room MON 10 MAY THU 13 MAY £160 single supplement Following an early start Today we are joined by a (double/twin for sole we make the short journey local Irish guide to tour occupancy) to Holyhead for the around the Ring of Kerry morning sailing to Dublin, by coach. Dominated by Home to home pick up/ with breakfast provided MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, set down from £25 on the ferry. Our journey savour the spectacular scenery as you travel along takes us through the INCLUDES: centre of Ireland to Co. the narrow coastal road Kerry with a stop on route of the Iveragh Peninsula. All coach travel & ferry before arriving at the 4* crossings Killarney Towers Hotel. FRI 14 MAY Porterage We leave Killarney and TUE 11 MAY head to Cobh, a tiny fishing 6 nights dinner, bed & The Dingle Peninsula offers village with a big history, breakfast as the last port of call for some of the wildest natural Dolphin Watching Boat the ‘Titanic’ on her fateful scenic beauty in Ireland. Trip in Dingle Bay We follow a circular route maiden voyage in 1912. around the most westerly We visit the ‘Queenstown A jaunting car ride and tip of the peninsula. Our Story’ to learn the story of lake cruise afternoon stop is at the The Titanic as well as the Guided Coach Tour of fishing village of Dingle, history of mass emigration the Ring of Kerry where you’ll enjoy a undergone by over 6 million Dolphin Watching Boat Irish men, women and Admission to the Trip around Dingle Bay. children from this humble Queenstown Story harbour. We have our final WED 12 MAY overnight stay at the 3* Maldron Hotel, Wexford. A full day in Killarney. Begin today with a horse drawn SAT 15 MAY jaunting car ride through the Killarney National Following an early start Park and along the edge we travel to Rosslare port BOOK NOW! of Lough Leane to Ross for your return sailing Castle. From here catch to South Wales with 01763 848226 breakfast provided on the “Lily of Killarney” to richmonds-coaches.co.uk cruise across the lake, a the ferry, returning home in the early evening. 23 ROYAL HISTORIC SOUTH COAST
LANGSTONE QUAYS RESORT, PORTSMOUTH HHHH
HMS Gannet
MON 10 MAY MON 10 MAY 5 DAYS Departing the local area £495 we make our way south with a stop at Birdworld on Per person sharing a route. Birdworld has a whole twin/double room range of different birds from Penguins to Flamingos £60 single supplement to Parrots & Emus. We Home to home pick up/ arrive at 4* Langstone Osborne House © English Heritage set down from £25 Quays, Hayling Island resort in time for dinner. THU 13 MAY INCLUDES: This morning we visit the TUE 11 MAY Weald & Downland Living All coach travel & ferry This morning we board the Museum, home to TV’s crossings ferry and travel to the Isle The Repair Shop. Discover of Wight. We visit Osborne rescued rural homes and Porterage house which was the home buildings set in a beautiful 4 nights dinner, bed & of Queen Victoria & Prince landscape in the South breakfast Albert. Ornate furnishings Downs National Park. This Admission to Birdworld and artefacts from The afternoon we visit West Royal Collection fill rooms Dean Gardens. Nestled Admission to Osborne and corridors where at the foot of the South House Victoria entertained heads Downs, West Dean Gardens Admission to the Weald of state, inventors, princes in West Sussex is one of the & Downland Living and princesses and ruled greatest restored gardens Museum the vast British Empire. open to the public today. Admission to West Dean WED 12 MAY FRI 14 MAY Gardens After breakfast we travel We depart The Langstone Watercress Line Railway to Portsmouth where we Quays Retort and travel Journey spend time at leisure. to Alresford where we You can visit the historic board the Watercress dockyard and explore Henry Line. The railway was built VIII’s favourite ship Mary as a mainline and was Rose, Nelson’s HMS Victory used to connect London and Queen Victoria’s HMS with Southampton and Warrior. Visit Gunwharf the docks, so you will be BOOK NOW! Quay’s legendary shopping experiencing the railway centre and ascend to as most travellers would 01763 848226 the top of the 170 metre have done in the first 70 Emirates Spinnaker Tower or so years of the railway’s richmonds-coaches.co.uk to see the views from existence. We return miles around, and enjoy home late afternoon. 24 a coffee in the clouds. LIVERPOOL WEEKEND CITY BREAK
PULLMAN HOTEL, LIVERPOOL HHHH
Albert Dock
FRI 14 MAY Dock, the Tate Museum and FRI 14 MAY We depart the local area the Merseyside Maritime 4 DAYS Museum all within easy and travel to Liverpool, with £375 a lunch stop on route. This walking distance from afternoon we have a blue the hotel. Why not take a cruise along the river Per person sharing a badge guide join our coach twin/double room as we take a guided tour of Mersey, visit the Liverpool Liverpool. This panoramic One shopping centre or £80 single supplement just relax at the hotel. Osborne House © English Heritage tour takes in all the main Home to home pick up/ sites including Albert set down from £25 Dock, both Cathedrals, SUN 16 MAY Pier Head and more. We Day at leisure in Liverpool. arrive at the waterfront INCLUDES: located 4* Pullman Hotel MON 17 MAY All coach travel in time for dinner. After a leisurely breakfast Porterage we depart the Pullman SAT 15 MAY Hotel, with a lunch stop 3 nights dinner, bed & Spend the day at leisure in on route at Trentham breakfast Gardens we return Liverpool. There is plenty Guided coach tour of home late afternoon. to do with the Royal Albert Liverpool
Liver Building & Canal Link
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25 PierHead, Liverpool at dusk BOURNEMOUTH
THE CHINE HOTEL, BOURNEMOUTH HHH
© Bournemouth Tourism
MON 24 MAY MON 24 MAY 5 DAYS We depart the local area £425 and make a stop for lunch before arriving at Per person sharing a The Chine Hotel mid- twin/double room afternoon ready to settle in and get acquainted Limited single rooms at with the facilities on site. no supplement £14 National Trust TUE 25 MAY member discount Today we travel along the Home to home pick up/ coast to the pretty harbour set down from £25 town of Poole famous for its pottery. We take a boat trip with on-board commentary INCLUDES: included, it’s a truly Bournemouth Gardens wonderful cruise taking All coach travel © Bournemouth Tourism in the south coast’s most Porterage iconic Harbour. We return can discover the largest 4 nights dinner, bed & to Bournemouth for the rest private collection of ancient breakfast of the afternoon at leisure. Egyptian artefacts in the UK. Have a wander around the Poole Boat Cruise WED 26 MAY Japanese Garden, complete Admission to Kingston We have a day at leisure with authentic tea house Lacey (NT) in Bournemouth. or take a sheltered walk through the surrounding THU 27 MAY woodland. You can even Today we explore Kingston learn how to grow your own Lacy (NT), a lavish family food in the ‘Community home built to resemble Growing Spaces’. From an Italian Palace. There’s Iron Age forts, to colourful plenty to see, from grand, heathland, water meadows beautifully detailed and even a Roman road, there’s loads to see on the Chine Hotel carvings, to intimate family souvenirs and even 8,500 acres of estate. strange curiosities such as an ‘I owe you’ note from a FRI 28 MAY BOOK NOW! king. An art lover’s dream, We depart The Chine Hotel the rooms teeming with after a leisurely breakfast 01763 848226 paintings by Rubens, Van and return home with a lunch stop on route, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk Dyck, Titian and Brueghel. In the Egyptian Room you back late afternoon. 26 SIDMOUTH & SOUTH DEVON
THE ROYAL YORK & FAULKNER HOTEL, SIDMOUTH HHH © Sidmouth Town Council
MON 24 MAY MON 24 MAY Depart the local area with a 6 DAYS lunch stop on route, arriving £585 at our hotel in Sidmouth late afternoon. This glorious Per person sharing a regency seaside town is twin/double room nestled into the Jurassic Coast and yet enjoys a Limited single rooms at largely flat town centre. The no supplement highly regarded 3* Royal Home to home pick up/ York & Faulkner Hotel is set down from £25 positioned in the centre of Stuart Line Cruise the elegant Esplanade. INCLUDES: and more recently as the TUE 25 MAY home of the River Cottage All coach travel & ferry Bournemouth Gardens Today we travel along the Kitchen & Deli owned by crossings coast to Abbotsbury. We celebrity Hugh Fearnley- © Bournemouth Tourism Porterage visit the Swannery in time Whittingstall. This afternoon for the morning feed, and we drive to the seaside 5 nights dinner, bed & then visit the Subtropical town of Lyme Regis to breakfast enjoy the beach front and Gardens for the afternoon. Admission to its interesting shops. Abbotsbury Swannery & WED 26 MAY Sub Tropical Gardens A day at leisure in FRI 28 MAY Sidmouth. Visit the Today we travel to the Jurassic Coast Boat magnificent Connaught local town of Exmouth Cruise Gardens for a relaxing sit and board a boat for a amongst the many “rooms” 2.5 hour cruise along the of colourful planting, fascinating Jurassic Coast. enjoy the compact town Your Skipper will give you centre, or while away some a live commentary on the time on the promenade history of the area, the or beach. There is an beautiful sights and the optional visit to The Donkey resident and visiting wildlife. Sanctuary this afternoon. The rest of the afternoon Sidmouth is at leisure in Sidmouth. THU 27 MAY We take a morning visit to SAT 29 MAY BOOK NOW! the town of Axminster on Departing after breakfast Market Day. This historic we travel home with a 01763 848226 lunch stop on route arriving town is renowned for its richmonds-coaches.co.uk years of carpet making, back early evening. 27 MAJESTIC ISLES OF SKYE, HARRIS & LEWIS
Callanis Stones © Jan Schouten
SAT 5 JUNE COLUMBA HOTEL, numerous islands and 8 DAYS perhaps the chance to OBAN spot local wildlife. We £945 HHH travel onwards to our hotel for the night the 3* Per person sharing a CABARFEIDH Columba Hotel, Oban. twin/double room HOTEL, £100 single supplement STORNOWAY MON 7 JUNE Home to home pick up/ HHHH This morning we set off set down from £25 for the islands passing Eilean Donan Castle on FISHERS HOTEL, the way, one of the most INCLUDES: PITLOCHRY recognisable castles in All coach travel and HHH Scotland. After crossing ferry crossings the Skye Bridge we make Plus 2 overnight our way up this famous Porterage stays island to Portree and 7 nights dinner, bed & then onto Uig, where breakfast we catch the afternoon SAT 5 JUNE ferry to Tarbert on Harris. Loch Lomond Cruise Departing the local area On arrival, we make our Admission to the we make our way north way to the 4* Cabarfeidh Blackhouse at Arnol with a lunch stop on route. Hotel in Stornoway. We arrive at The 3* Gretna Admission to Floors Hall Hotel by late afternoon TUE 8 JUNE Castle home of the famous Today we enjoy a scenic Blacksmiths Shop Museum. tour of the Isle of Lewis. The isle is steeped in SUN 6 JUNE history and culture, ranging After a leisurely breakfast back thousands of years. we travel to Loch Lomond, First we visit the Calanais often described as the Visitor Centre and the boundary between the Scottish Highland and Portree, Skye © Laura Harrison Lowlands. A visit to Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park wouldn’t be BOOK NOW! complete without a trip out on the loch. Peacefully 01763 848226 cruising across the waters provides you with unique richmonds-coaches.co.uk views of the surrounding mountains, close-ups of 28 Gearrannan Blackhouses extraordinary Calanais Isle of Harris Standing Stones erected 5,000 years ago, predating the famous Stonehenge monument. Our tour continues with a visit to the Gearrannan Blackhouse Village where we step back in time to experience the way of life in a typical crofting township of the 19th century. Finally we visit the Blackhouse at Arnol. Built in around 1880, No.42 Arnol gives a special insight into island life. It was once the residence of THU 10 JUNE finest Victorian kitchen a Hebridean crafting family Relax in your hotel and gardens in the spectacular and their animals, who enjoy exploring the picture- Walled Garden with the moved out in 1966, and postcard town of Pitlochry. formal Millennium Garden, today it is preserved almost Popular for over 150 years the gardens at Floors are as the family left it. The new as a holiday destination, a showpiece of seasonal visitor centre is contained the town boasts Queen interest and inspired new on one level, where there Victoria as one of its original creations. We continue is a shop, exhibition area visitors. Enjoy a stroll along south crossing over the and an interactive model. Main Street in this charming border to our final hotel resort with many attractive the 4* Mercure Darlington WED 9 JUNE shops, bars and tearooms. Kings Hotel, Darlington. We spend some time SAT 12 JUNE at leisure relaxing this FRI 11 JUNE morning in Stornoway, Today we visit Floors Castle After breakfast we before heading to the & Gardens, home to the commence our journey ferry terminal to board Duke of Roxburghe. The home with a lunch our afternoon ferry to largest inhabited Castle stop on route arriving Ullapool. On arrival, we in Scotland, it contains back late afternoon. make the journey south collections of fine art, again via Inverness to porcelain, newly restored our home for the next tapestries, grand rooms and two nights in Pitlochry. superb views. The gardens BOOK NOW! We arrive at our hotel in and grounds at Floors are 01763 848226 time for a late dinner. a delight to explore with your family and friends. richmonds-coaches.co.uk Combining one of the 29 ITALIAN LAKES: LAKE GARDA
HOTEL SOLE, RIVA DEL GARDA HHHH Plus 2 overnight stays Torbole
MON 14 JUNE MON 14 JUNE 8 DAYS We depart the local area £875 and take the Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais. Per person sharing a Continuing onwards with twin/double room stops on route to our overnight hotel in Germany. £175 single supplement (double/twin for sole TUE 15 JUNE occupancy) After breakfast we spend Upgrade to a lake view the day travelling to Riva, room £100 per person or Lake Garda. We arrive lake view with balcony late afternoon and enjoy a from £125 per person cocktail as we check in to (twin/double rooms) the 4* Hotel Sole, Riva. Malcesine Home to home pick up/ set down from £25 WED 16 JUNE After a leisurely breakfast edge of the blue waters of Limited pick up points we spend the day exploring the Lake. With free time in Lake Garda. This morning the town why not enjoy a cable car ride to the peak INCLUDES: we follow a scenic drive to the pretty town of of Monte Baldo, the highest All coach travel Malcesine. Its maze of mountain in the North of the Lake or explore the Porterage cobbled streets sits on the shops and cafes upon 7 nights dinner, bed & breakfast Channel crossings Boat Cruise from Malcesine to Limone Sul Garda
BOOK NOW! 01763 848226 richmonds-coaches.co.uk Riva del Garda 30 the medieval streets and squares. This afternoon we embark on a boat cruise across the lake to the village of Limone Sul Garda. Spend time exploring the attractive village named after the terraced lemon groves which stretch along the shores of the lake.
THU 17 JUNE Verona Today is spent at leisure in Riva Del Garda. Lovers of exploring the magnificent culture can look forward city; visit Juliet’s house to exploring the historical now a museum dedicated palazzi in the inner city, to the play, view the dating back to a time when famous balcony or leave the Venetians were reigning a love letter on her wall. the area. You can visit Explore the markets, the “Rocca di Riva” castle Duomo Cathedral or visit which originated in the the famous Amphitheatre. year 1124 and is completely surrounded by water, today SAT 19 JUNE it houses the urban museum Today we travel through the and a picture gallery called Dolomites. The Dolomites “Pinacoteca”. You can spend are one of the most scenic time in the various café’s parts of Italy. We stop in and bars or take a 3km the town of Trento the lakeside stroll to Torbole. “City of Wine”, famous for its gothic Cathedral, FRI 18 JUNE Neptune’s fountain and the Today we visit the setting Castle of Buonconsidlio. of Romeo and Juliet. Malcesine Celebrated by Shakespeare, SUN 20 JUNE who made it famous as After breakfast we depart the romantic setting for Riva and travel to our the moving tale of Romeo overnight hotel in Germany. BOOK NOW! and Juliet, Verona is a splendid, ancient corner of MON 21 JUNE 01763 848226 the Veneto region, nestling We depart the hotel and between the river Adige and return home via Eurotunnel. richmonds-coaches.co.uk Riva del Garda Lake Garda. Spend the day 31 WARNER LEISURE BREAK CRICKET ST THOMAS
CRICKET ST THOMAS, SOMERSET HHHH
Cricket St Thomas
MON 7 JUNE Warners Leisure Breaks are surrounds the house, 5 DAYS known for their “Just for constantly changing, filling Grown-Ups” historic hotels. the house with scents. £515 Cricket St Thomas Historic WED 9 JUNE Per person sharing a Hotel is situated in South twin/double room Somerset, surrounded by After a leisurely breakfast we will take a drive to £40 single supplement rolling countryside. This Grade II listed 1820 building the seaside town of Lyme Upgrade to Signature is set in 160 acres of lakes, Regis. Described as the Room from £40 per cascades and gardens, it is ‘Pearl of Dorset’ it boasts person (twin/double just perfect for a relaxing breath-taking scenery, a rooms) break. With peaceful bustling harbour, a world- lakes, secluded woodland class creative and cultural £12 National Trust community and an array of member discount walks and beautiful, vibrant gardens, Cricket shops and cafes to enjoy. Home to home pick up/ St Thomas is now an even set down from £25 better place to unwind. THU 10 JUNE Today spend time at INCLUDES: MON 7 JUNE leisure in Exeter. Exeter is We depart the local area steeped in history, from All coach travel and make a stop for lunch its imposing Roman wall, magnificent Cathedral, Porterage on route before arriving at Cricket St Thomas mid- and unique underground 4 nights dinner, bed & afternoon ready to settle passages. Explore the breakfast in and get acquainted selection of independent Admission to Montacute with all the facilities on shops, boutiques, cafes House (NT) site. A full programme and restaurants. of entertainment every Daytime activities at evening is included. FRI 11 JUNE Cricket St Thomas We depart Cricket St Evening Entertainment TUE 8 JUNE Thomas after a leisurely Today we will visit the breakfast and return home nearby Montacute House with a lunch stop on route, (NT). Montacute is a arriving back late afternoon. masterpiece of Elizabethan Please note the room Renaissance architecture allocation will be in BOOK NOW! and design. With its The Walled Garden towering walls of glass, which requires a short glow of ham stone and walk outside between 01763 848226 surrounding gardens, it the bedrooms and richmonds-coaches.co.uk is a place of beauty and the restaurant and wonder. A beautiful garden entertainment facilities. 32 YORKSHIRE EXPLORER
BEST WESTERN HUMBER VIEW HOTEL, HULL HHHH
Yorkshire Dales
set amidst magnificent THU 17 JUNE pine woods. Regarded 5 DAYS as one of Lincolnshire’s most attractive villages, £425 Woodhall Spa is famous for its peaceful and relaxing Per person sharing a atmosphere. The village is twin/double room at the heart of what is often Single rooms at no referred to as ‘Bomber’ supplement County 617 Squadron (the York River © VisitYork Home to home pick up/ ‘Dambusters’) operated set down from £25 from RAF Woodhall Spa. THU 17 JUNE We depart with a lunch SUN 20 JUNE INCLUDES: break on route. Our 4* hotel After a leisurely breakfast is situated on the north bank All coach travel we take a scenic drive of the Humber with views up Yorkshire’s golden Porterage of the river and bridge. coastline, this morning 4 nights dinner, bed & we stop at Bridlington for FRI 18 JUNE breakfast time at leisure. The town Today you will have free has plenty of history with York City Cruise time in York to explore a pre-roman harbour, Guided tour of RAF the beautiful city and then characterful Old Town, Coningsby board a City Cruise boat the beautiful Augustinian for an entertaining and Priory, Bayle Museum and informative trip down the Harbour Heritage Museum. River Ouse. Relax in the From Bridlington we travel heated saloon and journey onwards to Scarborough past the sights of York home to dramatic cliffs, with commentary from the award-winning beaches, knowledgeable skippers. a historic harbour, and a booming town centre. SAT 19 JUNE This morning we visit RAF MON 21 JUNE Coningsby. The 1 ½ hour We depart after a leisurely Scarborough guided tour will explore the breakfast and return home collection of historic aircraft with a lunch stop on route, used for the Royal Air Force arriving back late afternoon. Battle of Britain Memorial BOOK NOW! Flight. This afternoon we visit Woodhall Spa, a 01763 848226 beautiful inland resort with richmonds-coaches.co.uk an Edwardian character, 33 ISLE OF WIGHT
OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, SHANKLIN HHH
Isle of Wight
Ventnor Gardens FRI 25 JUNE FRI 25 JUNE 7 DAYS We depart the local £625 area and catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight Per person sharing a arriving at our hotel in twin/double room Shanklin late afternoon. Limited single rooms at SAT 26 JUNE no supplement We begin with a visit to Upgrade to a Seaview Ventnor Botanical Gardens Room from £30 per with its exotic plant person (twin/double collection. We continue with rooms) a scenic drive along the Home to home pick up/ coast road to The Needles. set down from £25 SUN 27 JUNE Today we board the Isle of INCLUDES: Collection fill rooms and Wight Steam Railway for a corridors where Victoria All coach travel nostalgic trip through the entertained heads of countryside, followed by Porterage state, inventors, princes time at leisure in Shanklin. and princesses and ruled 6 nights dinner, bed & the vast British Empire. breakfast MON 28 JUNE Admission to Ventnor Today is an optional visit to TUE 29 JUNE Botanical Gardens Osborne House (entrance A day at leisure to at own cost, English relax in Shanklin. Isle of Wight Steam Heritage members free). Railway Train Ride Osborne reflects Queen WED 30 JUNE Victoria and Prince Albert’s passions, tastes and style. Today we visit the yachting Ornate furnishings and town of Cowes to enjoy artefacts from The Royal views of the boats and the bustling harbour. This afternoon we have free The Needles © Visit Isle of Wight Ocean View Hotel time in the picturesque village of Godshill.
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34 WARNER LEISURE BREAK STUDLEY CASTLE
STUDLEY CASTLE, WARWICKSHIRE HHHH Studley Castle
Ventnor Gardens Charlecote Park has been MON 28 JUNE part of this corner of rural 5 DAYS Warwickshire for centuries. Still the Lucy family home £585 after 900 years, you can explore the vision of the Per person sharing a Victorian owners George twin/double room Hammond Lucy and his £40 single supplement wife, the formidable Mary £10 National Trust Elizabeth, who extended member discount Studley Castle their home and filled it with treasures from their Home to home pick up/ Warners Leisure Breaks are European travels. Explore set down from £25 known for their “Just for the central portion of the house, the kitchens, Grown-Ups” historic hotels. INCLUDES: laundry, stables and Warner Leisure Hotels’ gardens set in a magnificent All coach travel newest member of the parkland inspired by Porterage family. A beautiful hotel Capability Brown. curating more than 180 4 nights dinner, bed & years of history, but utterly WED 30 JUNE breakfast modern in outlook. It’s the After a leisurely breakfast perfect setting for a short Admission to Charlecote we head to Stratford-upon- break exploring and relaxing Park Avon for time at leisure. in rural Warwickshire. Famous for being the home Daytime activities at of William Shakespeare, Studley Castle MON 28 JUNE why not visit the birthplace Evening Entertainment We depart the local area of the Bard himself, take and make a stop to explore a cruise along the river or Royal Leamington Spa visit the butterfly farm. before arriving at Studley mid-afternoon ready to THU 1 JULY settle in and get acquainted Today we spend a with all the facilities on day at leisure to enjoy site. A full programme all the facilities the of entertainment every hotel has to offer. evening is included. FRI 2 JULY TUE 29 JUNE BOOK NOW! We depart Studley Castle Today we visit Charlecote after a leisurely breakfast Park (NT), overlooking the 01763 848226 and return home with a river Avon on the edge of lunch stop on route, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk Shakespeare’s Stratford, back late afternoon. 35 WARNER LEISURE BREAK BODELWYDDAN CASTLE
BODELWYDDAN CASTLE, NORTH WALES HHH
Bodelwyddan Castle
MON 5 JULY Warners Leisure Breaks are 5 DAYS known for their “Just for Grown-Ups” historic hotels. £495 Bodelwyddan (pronounced Per person sharing a bod-el-with-an), is a Grade twin/double room II Listed Victorian property £40 single supplement on the North Wales coast, Snowdon © Visit Wales recently the subject of a Upgrade to Signature £6 million renovation. The brought to Britain from far Room from £40 per National Portrait Gallery’s afield, and the incredible person (twin/double Victorian Collection is vision of the McLaren family rooms) situated in the grounds and and Puddle head gardeners, £13 National Trust the famous Bodelwyddan this haven of rarity and member discount marble church is set in the beauty with a stunning valley below. The hotel backdrop of Carneddau Home to home pick up/ offers a superb range of mounting of Snowdonia is set down from £25 leisure facilities, numerous a delight for the senses. daily activities, and nightly INCLUDES: live entertainment. WED 7 JULY Enjoy time at leisure in All coach travel MON 5 JULY Chester to explore the Porterage We depart the local streets of black-and- area and make a stop white timbered houses, 4 nights dinner, bed & for lunch before arriving and almost complete breakfast at Bodelwyddan mid- medieval city walls Admission to Bodnant afternoon ready to settle with goblin towers. Gardens in and get acquainted with all the facilities on THU 8 JULY Daytime activities at site. A full programme Bodelwyddan Castle Today we depart for of entertainment every scenic tour of Snowdonia. Evening Entertainment evening is included. Picturesque Snowdonia is the largest national park TUE 6 JULY in Wales and home to the Today we visit the world tallest mountain in the famous Bodnant Gardens UK, Mount Snowdon. (NT). With intimate corners, sweeping lawns, grand FRI 9 JULY BOOK NOW! terraces and verdant We depart Bodelwyddan woodland, there are many after a leisurely breakfast 01763 848226 gardens in one at Bodnant. and return home with a richmonds-coaches.co.uk Created over 150 years, lunch stop on route, arriving with plants collected and back late afternoon. 36 EASTBOURNE AT LEISURE
LANGHAM HOTEL, EASTBOURNE HHHH
Eastbourne Seafront © VisitEastbourne
MON 5 JULY The coach and driver will MON 5 JULY Departing the local area not be staying. For the next 5 DAYS 3 days you are free to enjoy we make our way to £395 Eastbourne with a lunch Eastbourne as you please. break at Tunbridge Wells Per person sharing a on route. We arrive at TUE 6 JULY - THU 8 JULY twin/double room Snowdon © Visit Wales the Langham Hotel in Eastbourne mid-afternoon Time at leisure in Limited single rooms with plenty of time to Eastbourne. with no supplement settle in and maybe take a Home to home pick up/ stroll along the promenade FRI 9 JULY set down from £25 before dinner. This hotel is The coach will return situated on the seafront to to collect you from the INCLUDES: the east of the band stand. hotel and return you home with a lunch break Return coach transfers at Rochester on route. Porterage 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast
Langham Hotel
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SLALEY HALL HOTEL, HEXHAM HHHH
Hadrian’s Wall
MON 12 JULY MON 12 JULY in the years leading up to 5 DAYS We depart the local area the First World War. Visit the Colliery & Pit village £495 and after refreshment stops on route, arrive at and discover how life was on the home front during Per person sharing a the 4* Slaley Hall Hotel in time for dinner. the Second World War on twin/double room the Farm with Land Girls £90 single supplement TUE 13 JULY and the Home Guard. £11 National Trust Today we take a THU 15 JULY member discount drive through the fabulous scenery of the Today we travel to the Home to home pick up/ extraordinary Victorian set down from £25 Northumbrian countryside, travelling along the house, gardens and Hadrian’s Wall route. We woodland of Cragside INCLUDES: visit Vindolanda, which (NT). Discover the first is deemed to be one of house in the world to be All coach travel Europe’s most important lit by hydroelectricity, it is Porterage Roman archaeological crammed full of ingenious sites. Although first built gadgets – most of them still 4 nights dinner, bed & working. It also houses an breakfast by the Roman army before Hadrian’s Wall eclectic collection of British Admission to Vindolanda Vindolanda became an art, furniture, ceramics important construction and natural history. Home Admission to the to one of the largest rock Beamish Museum and garrison base for the Wall. This afternoon we gardens in Europe which Admission to Cragside visit the market town of leads down to the Iron (NT) Hexham. The town centre Bridge, which in turn leads is filled with winding to the formal garden. cobbled streets with This afternoon we spend Hexham Abbey at its hub. free time in the historic market town of Morpeth. WED 14 JULY FRI 16 JULY Today we visit the open air Beamish Museum, which After breakfast we make Slaley Hall Hotel tells the story of life in our way back, having the North East during the refreshment stops on 1820s, 1900s and 1940s, route, arriving home BOOK NOW! all set within 300 acres mid-afternoon. of beautiful countryside. 01763 848226 Experience life in the 1820s at Pockerley, explore a richmonds-coaches.co.uk 1900s town and see how families lived and worked 38 TORQUAY & THE ENGLISH RIVIERA
THE HEADLAND HOTEL, TORQUAY HHH
Torquay © English Riviera Tourism Company
ride on the steam-hauled MON 12 JULY South Devon Railway along 5 DAYS the valley of the river Dart through some of Devon’s £445 most beautiful countryside. Per person sharing a WED 14 JULY twin/double room A free day to spend in Limited single rooms at Torquay at your leisure. no supplement Home to home pick up/ THU 15 JULY set down from £25 Today we take a scenic drive to the pretty harbour INCLUDES: town of Dartmouth where we enjoy time to visit All coach travel the quaint shops and Porterage then take a river cruise by boat. This afternoon 4 nights dinner, bed & © South Devon Railway we head to Brixham breakfast with time to explore this MON 12 JULY South Devon Railway small fishing village. Departing the local area, Journey we will make suitable stops FRI 16 JULY Dartmouth River cruise on route before arriving After breakfast we at The Headland Hotel, commence our journey a highly rated 3* hotel home with suitable stops situated above Torquay, on route arriving back late with views out across the afternoon/early evening. sea and private gardens.
TUE 13 JULY Today we visit the tranquil haven of Buckfast Abbey. The Abbey is a working monastery where the Dartmouth River Cruise monks live self-sufficiently creating goods for sale, producing their own BOOK NOW! electricity, engaging in various forms of pastoral 01763 848226 work and welcoming visitors from around the world. richmonds-coaches.co.uk This afternoon we take a Dartmouth © VisitDevon 39 THE PEAK DISTRICT
BEST WESTERN MICKLEOVER COURT HOTEL, DERBY HHHH
Chatsworth House
THU 15 JULY THU 15 JULY 5 DAYS We make our journey £445 north with a stop for lunch arriving at the 4* Per person sharing a Best Western Mickleover Biddulph Grange twin/double room Court Hotel in time to settle in before dinner. £60 single supplement Switzerland” by the poet, Lord Byron. You can take £9 National Trust FRI 16 JULY the cable car up to Abraham member discount Today we visit The World of Heights and take in the Home to home pick up/ Wedgwood. On the Factory wonderful views or spend set down from £25 Tour, see up close the the afternoon exploring craftsmanship, artisan skills the number of attractions, and techniques honed over walks, shops and eateries. INCLUDES: 260 years. This afternoon we visit Biddulph Grange All coach travel SUN 18 JULY Garden (NT). This Victorian Porterage garden was created by In the heart of the Peaks James Bateman for his lies Bakewell, enjoy a visit 4 nights dinner, bed & to the original Bakewell breakfast collection of plants from around the world, enjoy Pudding shop, where the Wedgwood Factory Tour a global journey from tart is still made. We travel Italy to the pyramids of on to the nearby “Palace Admission to Biddulph of the Peaks”, Chatsworth Grange (NT) Egypt, a Victorian vision of China and a re-creation house has been home to Rowsley to Matlock of a Himalayan glen. the family of the Dukes Steam Railway Ride of Devonshire since 1549. SAT 17 JULY Explore Chatsworth’s rich Admission to interior, unique treasures Chatsworth House After a leisurely breakfast and interesting history. we set out to discover the Stroll around the 105 acres southern end of the Peak of landscaped gardens District. Sit back and enjoy with sculptures, mazes and a nostalgic 25-minute steam waterfalls. We stop off in train journey between the spa town of Buxton on Rowsley & Matlock, gliding our way back to the hotel. past villages and open countryside. We travel on MON 19 JULY BOOK NOW! to Matlock Bath, a popular tourist destination since After breakfast we 01763 848226 the late 17th Century when make our way home the spa waters were first with a stop on route at richmonds-coaches.co.uk discovered, its’ heyday was the National Memorial in Victorian times when it Arboretum, arriving 40 became known as “Little home mid-afternoon. DURHAM HISTORIC WEEKEND
RADISSON BLU HOTEL, DURHAM HHHH
Durham - Bowes Museum
FRI 23 JULY FRI 23 JULY Departing the local area 4 DAYS we make our way to £395 Beningbrough Hall and Gardens (NT). Surrounded Per person sharing a Biddulph Grange by parkland, with riverside twin/double room and woodland walks on all sides, the view of the £70 single supplement hall as you turn on to the £10 National Trust long drive evokes images member discount of an intriguing past. From the wealthy teenager Home to home pick up/ who inherited it, to the set down from £25 hall’s use as an RAF billet, Beningbrough has been Beamish - The Town INCLUDES: shaped for more than 300 All coach travel years by the people who SUN 25 JULY lived there. We arrive at Porterage the 4* Radisson Blu Hotel After a leisurely breakfast Durham with plenty of time we enjoy a trip through the 3 nights dinner, bed & to settle in before dinner. stunning Durham Dales, breakfast designated as an Area of Admission to Outstanding Natural Beauty, SAT 24 JULY Beningbrough Hall and passing through the pretty Gardens Today we visit the open air village of Blanchland, Beamish Museum, which and across the Pennines Admission to Beamish tells the story of life in to the town of Barnard Museum the North East during the Castle. After lunch we Admission to Bowes 1820s, 1900s and 1940s, visit the renowned Bowes Museum all set within 300 acres Museum, a spectacular of beautiful countryside. French-style Chateau Experience life in the 1820s with ornate gardens at Pockerley, explore a housing internationally 1900s town and see how significant collections of families lived and worked fine and decorative arts. in the years leading up to the First World War. Visit MON 26 JULY the Colliery & Pit village and discover how life was Departing after a leisurely BOOK NOW! on the home front during breakfast we travel home the Second World War on with a stop on route at 01763 848226 the Farm with Land Girls the lovely Yorkshire town and the Home Guard. of Harrogate. We arrive richmonds-coaches.co.uk back early evening. 41 TATTON PARK FLOWER SHOW
MERCURE HAYDOCK HOTEL, HAYDOCK HHHH
Trentham Italian Garden
SAT 24 JULY SAT 24 JULY 4 DAYS Departing the local area, £335 we will visit The Dorothy Clive Garden located in Per person sharing a glorious countryside on twin/double room the North Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire £45 single supplement borders. The garden is £9 RHS member both formal and informal, Trentham discount hosting a network of paths that invite the visitor to TUE 27 JULY Home to home pick up/ explore and discover the After breakfast we set down from £25 intimacy and tranquillity of commence our journey the garden. We will then stopping at The National continue on route arriving INCLUDES: Arboretum on route, at the 4* Mercure Haydock arriving back home All coach travel Hotel before dinner. late afternoon/early Porterage evening. The Arboretum SUN 25 JULY 3 nights dinner, bed & is an evolving, maturing breakfast Today we spend the day woodland landscape at the RHS Flower Show featuring 30,000 trees Admission to Dorothy Tatton Park. Enjoy the and a vast collection of Clive Garden Back to Back Gardens and memorials. The 150-acre Admission to RHS Tatton exhibitions full of spirit, site is a living, growing Park Flower Show colour and all that’s great tribute to those who about gardening. With have served and continue Admission to RHS vibrant floral displays, to serve our country. Bridgewater stunning gardens and have-a-go workshops there’s plenty of take-home © RHS Neil Hepworth inspiration for your garden.
MON 26 JULY Today we visit RHS Garden Bridgewater, a new spectacular 154-acre garden, transforming the BOOK NOW! historic grounds of Worsley New Hall in Salford into a 01763 848226 beautiful green place for the local community and visitors richmonds-coaches.co.uk to enjoy all year-round. 42 SETTLE TO CARLISLE RAILWAY
PRESTON LEYLAND HOTEL HHHH HOLIDAY INN, DUMFRIES HHH
Ribblehead Viaduct
FRI 30 JULY This journey is arguably FRI 30 JULY We make our journey north the most scenic of any 5 DAYS English railway as you pass with a stop for lunch at £475 Trentham Gardens before through 14 tunnels and over arriving at the 4* Preston 20 viaducts including the Ribblehead Viaduct with Per person sharing a Leyland Hotel in time twin/double room for dinner. 24 arches standing 104 feet above the moor. At £90 single supplement Carlisle re-join the coach SAT 31 JULY Home to home pick up/ for our onward journey to set down from £25 Today we take a visit to the our hotel in Dumfries. Victorian seaside resort of Southport. Take a tram ride MON 2 AUGUST INCLUDES: along the Grade II listed iron pier, the second longest After a leisurely breakfast All coach travel in the country to the Pier we visit Drumlanrig Castle, Porterage Pavilion with its antique a fine example of late penny slot machines or 17th century Renaissance 4 nights dinner, bed & visit Lord Street, with architecture, constructed breakfast its Victorian canopies from distinctive pink sandstone. Enjoy a Admission to Trentham over interesting shops, Gardens cafés and restaurants. guided tour of the castle followed by afternoon Single rail journey from SUN 1 AUGUST tea, before exploring Settle – Carlisle the stunning gardens. We travel to Settle to board Guided tour & afternoon the morning departure TUE 3 AUGUST tea at Drumlanrig Castle on the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway line. Travel This morning we depart through 72 miles of unspoilt taking a lunch break on countryside enjoying route, arriving home breath-taking scenery. late afternoon.
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OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, SHANKLIN HHH
Isle of Wight
Ventnor Gardens SAT 7 AUGUST SAT 7 AUGUST 7 DAYS We depart the local £625 area and catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight Per person sharing a arriving at our hotel in twin/double room Shanklin late afternoon. Limited single rooms at SUN 8 AUGUST no supplement We begin with a visit to Upgrade to a Seaview Ventnor Botanical Gardens Room from £30 per with its exotic plant person (twin/double collection. We continue for rooms) a scenic drive along the Home to home pick up/ coast road to The Needles. set down from £25 MON 9 AUGUST Today we board the Isle of INCLUDES: Collection fill rooms and Wight Steam Railway for a corridors where Victoria All coach travel nostalgic trip through the entertained heads of countryside, followed by Porterage state, inventors, princes time at leisure in Shanklin. and princesses and ruled 6 nights dinner, bed & the vast British Empire. breakfast TUE 10 AUGUST Admission to Ventnor Today is an optional visit to WED 11 AUGUST Botanical Gardens Osborne House (entrance A day at leisure to at own cost, English relax in Shanklin. Isle of Wight Steam Heritage members free). Railway Train Ride Osborne reflects Queen THU 12 AUGUST Victoria and Prince Albert’s passions, tastes and style. Today we visit the yachting Ornate furnishings and town of Cowes to enjoy artefacts from The Royal views of the boats and the bustling harbour. This afternoon we have free The Needles © Visit Isle of Wight Ocean View Hotel time in the picturesque village of Godshill.
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44 NORTH DEVON
THE PARK HOTEL, BARNSTAPLE HHHH
Hartland Abbey
Ventnor Gardens SUN 8 AUGUST Mill, the location for many SUN 8 AUGUST Departing the local area, we notable films. On our return 6 DAYS we visit Bideford, where have a lunch stop on route £595 before arriving at the 4* you can browse the many Park Hotel in time for dinner. antique shops with plenty of heirlooms for sale. Per person sharing a twin/double room MON 9 AUGUST WED 11 AUGUST £50 single supplement This morning we visit RHS Garden Rosemoor. Nestled We spend today at leisure £7 RHS member in the Torridge Valley, the in Barnstaple. Perhaps you discount garden is rich in horticultural will choose to visit Pannier Market which is situated Home to home pick up/ heritage. This afternoon we set down from £25 visit Dartington Crystal the in one of Barnstaple’s UK’s only remaining glass most iconic buildings, with factory. Discover their story antiques and collectables INCLUDES: and development in the on offer, or take a stroll All coach travel exhibition centre and then around the town or take watch skilled glass makers in a walk on the South West Porterage Coast Path by the River Taw. action on the factory floor. 5 nights dinner, bed & breakfast TUE 10 AUGUST THU 12 AUGUST Today we visit Hartland This morning we head to Admission to RHS Abbey with its beautiful Quince Honey Farm for Rosemoor gardens and grounds. It a guided tour where we Dartington Crystal is the cherished home of learn about the whole Factory Tour the Stucley family with honey process from hive treasures and memorabilia to jar, how bees create Admission to Hartland collected over many honeycomb and of course Abbey generations. Founded by there will be an opportunity Quince Honey Farm Tour Augustinian monks in 1157 to taste the product! Tiverton Canal Cruise the Abbey was dissolved in This afternoon we take a 1539, surviving longer than leisurely Horse Drawn Barge any monastery in England. along the Tiverton Canal. The beautiful 18th Century Walled and Woodland FRI 13 AUGUST gardens, the walks and the We depart The Park Hotel parkland provide visitors after a leisurely breakfast with extensive grounds and return home with a BOOK NOW! through which to wander stop on route, arriving and enjoy the stunning back late afternoon. 01763 848226 valley leading down to the rugged Atlantic cove richmonds-coaches.co.uk and cottage at Blackpool 45 WELSH BORDERS WORLD HERITAGE SITES MERCURE ALBRIGHTON HALL, SHREWSBURY HHHH Llangollen River Dee © Visit Wales
MON 9 AUGUST MON 9 AUGUST 5 DAYS We depart the local area £485 and make a stop for lunch before arriving at Albrighton Per person sharing a Hall mid-afternoon ready to twin/double room settle in and get acquainted with the facilities on site. £60 single supplement TUE 10 AUGUST Home to home pick up/ Llangollen Railway © David Wilcock set down from £25 Today will theme around the World Heritage site of This afternoon we join the INCLUDES: Ironbridge and its many Llangollen Steam Railway attractions. We will start for a return trip along 10 All coach travel with a visit to the Museum miles of the line beside of the Gorge to learn more Porterage the River Dee through about the landscape of countryside classified as 4 nights dinner, bed & the valley and Ironbridge’s Site of Special Scientific breakfast history. We will then visit Interest (SSSI) and an Ironbridge 3 Museums the Coalport China Museum Area of Outstanding and discover spectacular Natural Beauty (AONB). Llangollen Boat Cruise treasures made within its Llangollen Railway Ride quirky buildings including THU 12 AUGUST statuesque vases and Enjoy a unique and leisurely Shrewsbury Boat Cruise hand painted miniatures. cruise in Shrewsbury Lastly we will visit the along the famous and Blists Hill Victorian Town very picturesque River Museum where you will Severn loop. Shrewsbury, experience what life was the birthplace of Charles like when Britain ruled Darwin, is arguably the the world. Meet some finest Tudor town in (almost) real Victorians England and is home to in their authentic shops an Abbey, many black and cottages, buy curious & white half-timbered goods from a bygone era Tudor buildings and Horse drawn canal narrowboat and watch tradespeople in an imposing castle. action in their atmospheric workshops and factories. BOOK NOW! FRI 13 AUGUST WED 11 AUGUST We depart Albrighton Hall after a leisurely breakfast This morning we board 01763 848226 and return home with a our comfortable boat for lunch stop on route, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk a cruise along a stretch back late afternoon. of the Llangollen Canal. 46 ISLE OF MAN
EMPRESS HOTEL, DOUGLAS HHH
Llangollen River Dee © Visit Wales Isle of Man Laxey Wheel
SAT 14 AUGUST SAT 14 AUGUST Depart home area for our 6 DAYS journey north to reach £650 our ferry at Heysham for the afternoon crossing Per person sharing a to Douglas staying at twin/double room the 3* Empress Hotel, situated on the harbour £65 single supplement front in Douglas. Llangollen Railway © David Wilcock Home to home pick up/ set down from £25 SUN 15 AUGUST Peel Limited pick up points This morning is free at leisure. In the afternoon TUE 17 AUGUST we join the coach again After breakfast we board INCLUDES: to Laxey, in the north of the coach to explore All coach travel the island. From here we the south of the island. board the electric train to Stopping first at Castletown, Ferry crossings ascend the island’s tallest the original capital of the Porterage mountain: Snaefell. At island, here you can choose the summit there is time to visit some of many 5 nights dinner, bed & for refreshments whilst of the island’s historical breakfast you admire the views attractions. We then drive Guided tour of the Island from all sides, and on a on to visit the Cregneash clear day all 4 countries National Folk Museum. Admission to Cregneash of the UK can be seen. Cregneash is a living National Folk Museum illustration of a farming and Port Erin to Douglas MON 16 AUGUST crofting community in the Train Ride Today we are joined by a 19th and early 20th century. Laxey Mountain Railway local guide to explore the We finish in Port Erin where Ride west and north of the island. we board the steam railway We spend the morning for a nostalgic journey back in Peel, with free time to to Douglas (fare included). choose a visit to the Castle, the House of Manannan WED 18 AUGUST or just take in the harbour Free day at leisure. views with a coffee. In the afternoon we proceed to THU 19 AUGUST the north with a break in After an early breakfast it BOOK NOW! Ramsey before covering is time to board the ferry some of the famous TT for the return crossing 01763 848226 motorcycle route on our to Heysham, arriving richmonds-coaches.co.uk return to the hotel. home mid evening. 47 THE HEART OF LANCASHIRE
LAST DROP VILLAGE HOTEL & SPA, BOLTON HHH
Lancaster Canal Lune Aqueduct
MON 16 AUGUST MON 16 AUGUST 5 DAYS We depart the local £515 area and after a stop on route, we arrive at the 3* Pendle Hill Per person sharing a Last Drop Village hotel twin/double room & Spa mid-afternoon. newly opened garden was designed by world famous £80 single supplement TUE 17 AUGUST landscape designer Tom Home to home pick up/ This morning we head Stuart-Smith. Amongst set down from £25 to Lancaster and enjoy a the highlights you can Lancaster Canal Cruise, enjoy are an oasis of calm in the Paradise Garden, INCLUDES: along the Lune Aqueduct. This afternoon we visit the Chinese inspired four All coach travel Dewlay Cheesemakers, season themed Streamside renowned for being one Garden and the fabulous Porterage of the leading cheeses in Orchard Garden. 4 nights dinner, bed & the UK, today Dewlays is breakfast recognised for producing THU 19 AUGUST Lancaster Canal Cruise the very finest quality This morning we embark on Lancashire cheese, which a spellbinding guided tour Admission to Dewlay we get to taste. Next stop to discover the chilling story Cheese Factory is the multi-award-winning of the infamous Pendle Admission to Lancaster Lancaster Brewery, a Witches, the most famous Brewery leading regional brewer witch trials in English of craft beers. During our history. The Pendle Witch East Lancashire Railway visit and tasting, we gain an Experience brings their Journey insight into the day-to-day history to life as we retrace Admission to RHS inner workings of a brewery. their steps throughout Bridgewater this wild and unspoilt area WED 18 AUGUST which has changed little in Pendle Witch Guided Today, in the beating rural 400 years. This afternoon Tour heart of Lancashire, we step we visit Samlesbury Hall, Guided Tour of back in time for a nostalgic a costumed tour guide Samlesbury Hall trip on a steam train will bring hundreds of along the East Lancashire years of history to life in Railway. Our voyage takes this bewitching visit. us through the beautiful BOOK NOW! Lancashire countryside FRI 20 AUGUST to the market town of After breakfast we make 01763 848226 Bury. This afternoon, we our way back, having enjoy a colourful visit to refreshment stops on richmonds-coaches.co.uk RHS Garden Bridgewater route, arriving home in Salford. This beautiful mid-afternoon. 48 WARNER LEISURE BREAK NIDD HALL
NIDD HALL HOTEL, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE HHHH
RHS Harlow Carr © RHS Lee Beel
Warners Leisure Breaks are MON 23 known for their “Just for AUGUST Grown-Ups” historic hotels. 5 DAYS Built in the 18th century £535 by a wealthy Bradford wool merchant, Nidd is a Per person sharing a potpourri of architectural Nidd Hall Pool twin/double room styles. Rumour has it that £40 single supplement Edward VIII met Wallis and still water, to woodland Simpson at a party here and wildflower meadows. £9 RHS member – and they’ve maintained This afternoon we enjoy discount the tradition by giving their time at leisure in Harrogate. guests a party every night Upgrade to Signature Room from £40 per with first class live music, WED 25 AUGUST comedy and dancing. Nidd person (twin/double Today you will have free rooms) Hall is set in 45 acres with time in York to explore award winning gardens. the beautiful city and then Home to home pick up/ You can cast a rod on the board a City Cruise boat set down from £25 fishing lake or, from some for an entertaining and of the rooms, cast your informative trip down the INCLUDES: eyes over the spectacular River Ouse. Relax in the Yorkshire countryside. heated saloon and journey All coach travel past the sights of York Porterage MON 23 AUGUST with commentary from the We depart the local area knowledgeable skippers. 4 nights dinner, bed & and make a stop for lunch Free time after the cruise breakfast before arriving at Nidd Hall to enjoy the sights of York. Admission to RHS mid-afternoon ready to Harlow Carr Gardens settle in and get acquainted THU 26 AUGUST York City Cruise with all the facilities on After a leisurely breakfast site. A full programme we take a scenic drive Daytime activities at of entertainment every through the breath- Nidd Hall evening is included. taking Yorkshire Dales Evening Entertainment National Park. TUE 24 AUGUST This morning we will be FRI 27 AUGUST visiting the nearby RHS We depart Nidd Hall after BOOK NOW! Harlow Carr Gardens. Sitting a leisurely breakfast and in the beautiful Yorkshire return home with a lunch 01763 848226 countryside, Harlow Carr stop on route, arriving offers a variety of growing back late afternoon. richmonds-coaches.co.uk landscapes, from running 49 SIDMOUTH & SOUTH DEVON
ROYAL YORK & FAULKNER HOTEL, SIDMOUTH HHH
Sidmouth
FRI 27 AUGUST FRI 27 AUGUST spectacular Gothic Revival 6 DAYS Depart the local area with a house, Knightshayes is the complete country £615 lunch stop on route, arriving at our hotel in Sidmouth gentleman’s dream. The late afternoon. This glorious house is a rare example of Per person sharing a the work of William Burges, twin/double room regency seaside town is nestled into the Jurassic whose lavish designs have Limited single rooms at Coast and yet enjoys a always inspired extremes no supplement largely flat town centre. of opinion. Full of quirks and curiosities, it is a £12 National Trust The highly regarded Royal house of many faces. Member Discount York & Faulkner Hotel is positioned in the centre of Home to home pick up/ the elegant Esplanade. MON 30 AUGUST set down from £25 A day at leisure in SAT 28 AUGUST Sidmouth. Visit the INCLUDES: This morning we take magnificent Connaught a relaxing boat cruise Gardens for a relaxing sit All coach travel along the River Exe, with amongst the many “rooms” Porterage live commentary on the of colourful planting, history of the area and enjoy the compact town 5 nights dinner, bed & centre, or while away some breakfast the resident and visiting wildlife. This afternoon we time on the promenade River Exe Boat Cruise visit Bicton Park Botanical or beach. There is an Gardens. Spanning nearly optional visit to The Donkey Admission to Bicton Sanctuary this afternoon. Park Botanical Gardens 300 years of horticultural history, this magnificent Seaton Tram Ride Grade I listed garden is TUE 31 AUGUST Admission to set in the picturesque Today we travel along the Knightshayes (NT) Otter Valley. The superbly coast to Seaton where we landscaped park combines board the tram to Colyton. 18th century tranquillity Time to enjoy a cup of tea with modern amenities and look around the shops to provide all year-round before the return to Seaton. enjoyment including historic This afternoon we visit the glasshouses, a countryside seaside town of Lyme Regis museum and the Bicton Woodland Railway train ride. WED 1 SEPTEMBER BOOK NOW! Departing after breakfast SUN 29 AUGUST we travel home with a 01763 848226 Today we discover lunch stop on route arriving Knightshayes (NT) with back early evening. richmonds-coaches.co.uk acres of glorious garden and park, surrounding a 50 NORTHERN IRELAND
4 NIGHTS STORMONT HOTEL, BELFAST HHHH Plus 2 overnight stays Giant’s Causeway
Queen’s official residence SUN 29 AUGUST in Northern Ireland, 7 DAYS Hillsborough Castle. After a guided tour of this elegant £795 Hillsborough Castle mansion and gardens © Historic Royal Palaces including the majestic Per person sharing a throne room, morning tea twin/double room SUN 29 AUGUST will be served in one of £150 single supplement We make a leisurely journey the staterooms. Explore (double/twin for sole to our overnight stop in Hillsborough town itself with occupancy) North Wales at the 3* Celtic its Georgian architecture Home to home pick up/ Royal Hotel, Caernarfon. and visitor centre with an set down from £25 original courtroom exhibit. MON 30 AUGUST We finish the day with Following an early start we a tour of the Irish Linen INCLUDES: Centre & Lisburn Museum. make the short journey to All coach travel & ferry Holyhead for the morning crossings sailing to Dublin. Our THU 2 SEPTEMBER journey takes us up Ireland’s After breakfast we Porterage east coast with a stop on drive through the Irish 6 nights dinner, bed & route before arriving at the countryside arriving at breakfast 4* Stormont Hotel, Belfast. the Giant’s Causeway, a Guided tour of Belfast UNESCO World Heritage TUE 31 AUGUST Site famous for its Guided tour of Titanic Belfast After breakfast we enjoy a unique volcanic stone guided bus tour through the pillars and shrouded in Guided tour & morning city’s four ‘quarters’, taking folklore and fairy tales. tea at Hillsborough in the many highlights Castle including City Hall, Queens FRI 3 SEPTEMBER Admission to Irish University, the Opera House After a leisurely breakfast Linen Centre & Lisburn and the Botanic Gardens. we board the coach Museum This afternoon we visit the and head back down Admission to Giants Titanic Belfast Museum the coast with free time Causeway Visitor where we explore the in Dublin before a final Experience shipyard, walk the decks, overnight stay at the 4* travel to the depths of the Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan. ocean and uncover the true legend of Titanic in the SAT 4 SEPTEMBER BOOK NOW! city where it all began. Following an early start we travel to Dublin for your 01763 848226 WED 1 SEPTEMBER morning return sailing to There’s a treat in store Holyhead, returning you richmonds-coaches.co.uk today with a rare visit to the home in the early evening. 51 AUSTRIA: MAJESTIC MAYRHOFEN & THE ZILLER VALLEY
Achensee, Pertisau Mountain
SAT 4 NEUE POST MON 6 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER HOTEL, This morning we travel to 8 DAYS Jenback, where we join MAYRHOFEN the Achensee Steam Cog £1045 HHHH Railway for the journey up to Seespitz. This railway Per person sharing a Plus 2 overnight dates back to 1889 and the twin/double room stays steam engines are some £50 single supplement of the oldest in the world. Home to home pick up/ SAT 4 SEPTEMBER The train winds its way up set down from £25 above the Inn Valley to its We depart the local area destination, Lake Achen, Limited pick up points and take the Eurotunnel the largest alpine lake in the from Folkestone to Calais. Tyrol. We then board our Continuing onwards with INCLUDES: coach for the short journey stops on route to our to the lakeside resort of All coach travel overnight hotel in Germany. Pertisau where we enjoy Porterage free time for lunch. After SUN 5 SEPTEMBER lunch we board a boat 7 nights dinner, bed & After breakfast we spend for a scenic cruise to the breakfast the day travelling to north of the lake before Channel Crossings Mayrhofen. We arrive late re-joining our coach for the afternoon and check into return journey to the hotel. Achensee Steam Cog the 4* Neue Post Hotel, Railway journey Mayrhofen with time to TUE 7 SEPTEMBER Lake Achen Cruise refresh before dinner. After a leisurely breakfast we travel to the Tyrol capital Swarovski Crystal Worlds Admission to Krimml Waterfalls Lake Zell Cruise
BOOK NOW! 01763 848226 richmonds-coaches.co.uk Achensee bahn 52 city Innsbruck. You can choose to enjoy a horse and carriage ride through the streets of the old town, discover some of the town’s most important sites; the 15th century Golden roof designed as a royal box for the Emperor, The Hofgarten, The Column of Saint Anne and the Triumphal Arch. Or browse the many shops, cafés and restaurants. This afternoon we visit the Swarovski Crystal Worlds to explore the 17 Chambers Innsbruck of Wonder displaying artwork from around the THU 9 SEPTEMBER on the shores of lovely world inspired by crystals. This morning we travel to lake Zell. Here we enjoy a picturesque boat cruise WED 8 SEPTEMBER the Krimml Waterfalls and marvel at its impressive and admire the beautiful We spend the day natural spectacle. The scenery, before wandering relaxing at the beautiful falls are Europe’s highest, through the medieval centre resort framed by the with a drop of 380 meters, and along the lake shore. majestic Zillertal Alps. and the fifth largest in the You can enjoy the leisure world. Our journey then FRI 10 SEPTEMBER facilities at our hotel and continues to the pretty After breakfast we depart explore the local area. town of Zell am See, nestled Mayrhofen and travel to our overnight hotel in Germany.
SAT 11 SEPTEMBER We depart the hotel and return home via Eurotunnel.
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53 Lake Achensee WYE VALLEY
BELLS HOTEL & GOLF CLUB, COLEFORD HHH
Wye Valley boat cruise
MON 13 MON 13 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER We depart the local 5 DAYS area and head across country, with a break £450 for lunch, arriving at our hotel late afternoon. Per person sharing a twin/double room TUE 14 SEPTEMBER Limited single rooms at This morning we cross the no supplement border into Wales to the Home to home pick up/ Georgian market town of set down from £25 Monmouth, famous for its unique 13th century Monnow Bridge. This INCLUDES: afternoon we take a boat All coach travel trip on the River Wye for a Wye Valley - Symonds Yat cruise through the beautiful Porterage Wye Valley, before heading Abbey, before continuing 4 nights dinner, bed & to the viewing point at to Chepstow, which is breakfast the top of Symonds Yat dominated by the oldest for spectacular views surviving stone castle in River Wye Boat Trip along the valley. Britain, on the banks of the Admission to Dean River Wye. Chepstow was Forest Heritage Centre WED 15 SEPTEMBER a walled town and good Dean Forest Rail Trip Today we have a drive sections can still be seen. through the historic Royal Forest of Dean and visit FRI 17 SEPTEMBER the Dean Heritage Centre After breakfast we to learn more about the commence our journey history of this ancient home with suitable stops woodland. We have a break on route arriving back late for lunch at an artisan craft afternoon/early evening. centre before boarding the Dean Forest Railway Wye Valley for a scenic ride by train.
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BEST WESTERN TIVERTON HOTEL, TIVERTON HHH
© Tiverton Canal Company
gentleman’s dream. After MON 13 lunch we enjoy a peaceful SEPTEMBER horse-drawn barge cruise along the scenic Grand 6 DAYS Western Canal. As we £595 cruise serenely along the water in our fully equipped, Per person sharing a West Somerset Railway traditionally painted barge, twin/double room © Sam Burton we learn about the barge, £50 single supplement the beautiful heavy horses MON 13 SEPTEMBER and the riverside wildlife. £12 National Trust Departing the local area we member discount make our way to Tiverton THU 16 SEPTEMBER Home to home pick up/ with a lunch break on route. This morning, we travel set down from £25 We arrive at the 3* Best to Bishops Lydeard for Western Tiverton Hotel a journey on the West mid-afternoon with a Devon INCLUDES: Somerset Railway. After a cream tea on arrival. visit to the Gauge Museum All coach travel on Platform 1, we embark TUE 14 SEPTEMBER Porterage on a relaxing one way This morning we enjoy a journey through stunning 5 nights dinner, bed & guided tour of Hestercombe countryside to Minehead. breakfast Gardens. The 50 acres of We have free time to stunning gardens feature Guided tour of enjoy lunch in Minehead Hestercombe Gardens lakes, temples, cascades, before we travel to the formal terraces, vivid unique medieval village Guided tour of Sheppy’s colours and magnificent of Dunster. We return to House of Cider views. This afternoon we the hotel via the delightful Tiverton Canal Cruise make our way to Sheppy’s Exmoor National Park. House of Cider, enjoy a The West Somerset 30-minute tutored tasting FRI 17 SEPTEMBER Railway Journey of some of the award- Today we visit the stylish winning ciders followed by Regency resort of Sidmouth a traditional cream tea. situated on the Jurassic Coast, England’s first natural WED 15 SEPTEMBER World Heritage Site. This morning we discover Knightshayes (NT) with SAT 18 SEPTEMBER acres of glorious garden BOOK NOW! Departing after a leisurely and park, surrounding a breakfast we travel home spectacular Gothic Revival 01763 848226 with a lunch stop on route house, Knightshayes is arriving back early evening. richmonds-coaches.co.uk the complete country 55 ORKNEY’S ANCIENT SECRETS WINNOCK HOTEL, DRYMEN HHH STATION HOTEL, THURSO HHH KIRKWALL HOTEL, ORKNEY HHH
Plus 2 overnight stays Orkney Standing Stones © Mark Foster
FRI 17 FRI 17 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER We depart the local area 7 DAYS and make a stop for lunch before arriving in time £850 for dinner at The Holiday Inn Scotch Corner. Per person sharing a twin/double room SAT 18 SEPTEMBER £150 single supplement After breakfast we travel The Italian Chapel Home to home pick up/ to Loch Lomond. Where set down from £25 we board a cruise with TUE 21 SEPTEMBER unique views of the Today we are joined by a surrounding mountains. This local tour guide. The tour INCLUDES: evening we stay at the 3* includes a scenic circular Winnock Hotel, Drymen. All coach travel tour of the Island visiting most of the main sites Porterage SUN 19 SEPTEMBER including 5000-year- 6 nights dinner, bed & Today we take a highland old Skara Brae, Churchill breakfast drive through the mountains Barriers, Ring of Brodgar, Loch Lomond Boat of Glencoe and along Stennes Standing Stones Cruise Loch Ness, stopping for & the Italian Chapel. Along lunch at the Loch Ness the way, listen to the tales Admission to Castle of visitor centre. We stop in of Viking intruders, wartime Mey Inverness, before travelling exploits and immerse Orkney Guided Tour along the coastline to yourself in Orkney’s rich Thurso. Tonight, we stay maritime heritage. at the 3* Station Hotel. WED 22 SEPTEMBER MON 20 SEPTEMBER This morning we catch This morning we visit the morning ferry back the Castle of Mey. This to the mainland where afternoon we board the we head southbound. ferry at Scrabster and Spend time at leisure in Skara Brae ©Annika Banfielda cross the Pentland Firth Aviemore before arriving arriving in Stromness. at our overnight hotel, The The day concludes with a 3* Fishers in Pitlochry. drive along the shoreline BOOK NOW! of Scapa Flow, we spend THU 23 SEPTEMBER the next two nights at After breakfast we depart 01763 848226 the 3* Kirkwall Hotel. with comfort stops on richmonds-coaches.co.uk route arrive back to the local area early evening. 56 SUNNY SOUTH COAST
BEST WESTERN BEACHCROFT HOTEL, BOGNOR REGIS HHH
Arundel Castle
MON 20 SEPTEMBER furniture, tapestries MON 20 We depart the local and rare collection of SEPTEMBER paintings, the castle also area with a lunch stop 5 DAYS on route before arriving has wonderful gardens. at the 3* Best Western £475 Beachcroft mid-afternoon. THU 23 SEPTEMBER Per person sharing a The hotel sits directly Today we visit Parham twin/double room on the promenade of House and Gardens, one The Italian Chapel Felpham beach. of the country’s finest £75 single supplement Elizabethan houses, Home to home pick up/ complete with a Great TUE 21 SEPTEMBER set down from £25 This morning we visit the Hall and Long Gallery. Set Weald & Downland Living in 875 acres in the South Museum, home to the BBC’s Downs, the house is home INCLUDES: to many rare and precious The Repair Shop. Discover All coach travel rescued rural homes and collections of paintings, buildings set in a beautiful furniture, needlework and Porterage antiquities. The spectacular landscape in the South 4 nights dinner, bed & gardens feature pleasure Downs National Park. This breakfast afternoon, we spend time grounds, a four acre at leisure in Chichester with walled garden, stunning Admission to the Weald time to explore this Roman herbaceous borders, a & Downland Museum city and its attractions. glasshouse, vegetable Admission to Arundel garden, orchard and a Castle WED 22 SEPTEMBER 1920’s Wendy House. We return to the hotel to enjoy Admission to Parham After a leisurely breakfast the afternoon at leisure. House & Gardens we visit Arundel Castle, set high on a hill commanding FRI 24 SEPTEMBER superb views across the South Downs and the River After a leisurely breakfast Arun. Famous not only we depart the hotel and for its finely preserved with a lunch stop on route interior, fascinating return home mid-afternoon.
Parham © Trevor Sims
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57 South Downs WARNER LEISURE BREAK HOLME LACY
HOLME LACY HOUSE HOTEL, HEREFORDSHIRE HHHH
Wye Valley - Bigsweir © Linda Wright
MON 27 Warners Leisure Breaks are strong, this fine Georgian SEPTEMBER known for their “Just for mansion sits within Grown-Ups” historic hotels. ‘Capability’ Brown’s final 5 DAYS garden and landscape. £495 Naturally, it’s magnificent: Created as the perfect beautiful ceilings, ornate house in the perfect Per person sharing a state rooms and spectacular setting, Berrington Hall has twin/double room formal gardens, restored many secrets for visitors to their original design. £40 single supplement to uncover. In this, one Herefordshire’s countryside of Henry Holland’s first Upgrade to a Signature offers almost as many houses, you can also explore Room available from ways to relax as the hotel the family rooms and see £40 per person (double/ does. Immerse yourself how the servants moved twin rooms) in the glorious gardens, around the house unseen historic courtyards and by the family and guests. £10 National Trust activity lawns. You might member discount even pick up a few tips WED 29 SEPTEMBER Home to home pick up/ from the gardener! set down from £25 Today we take a scenic drive MON 27 SEPTEMBER through the picturesque Wye Valley, an Area of INCLUDES: We depart the local area Outstanding Natural Beauty. and make a stop for lunch All coach travel before arriving at Holme THU 30 SEPTEMBER Porterage Lacy mid-afternoon ready to settle in and get acquainted A morning excursion 4 nights dinner, bed & with all the facilities on to the town of Hay-on- breakfast site. A full programme Wye on its market day for time at leisure. Admission to Berrington of entertainment every evening is included. Hall FRI 1 OCTOBER Daytime activities at TUE 28 SEPTEMBER We depart Holme Lacy Warners Holme Lacy After a leisurely breakfast after a leisurely breakfast Hotel we visit Berrington Hall and return home with a Evening Entertainment (NT), standing proud and lunch stop on route, arriving back late afternoon.
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ROSEMUNDY HOTEL, ST AGNES HHH
St Ives © Visit Cornwall & Matt Jessop
borders bursting with TUE 28 colour. This afternoon, we SEPTEMBER head towards Gweek to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for 6 DAYS a guided tour. With an array £545 of amazing creatures and helpful and knowledgeable Per person sharing a staff on hand to answer twin/double room questions and offer Limited single rooms at amazing facts about the no supplement creatures that you’ll see. £12 National Trust Heligan Jungle FRI 1 OCTOBER member discount TUE 28 SEPTEMBER This morning we take a Home to home pick up/ drive to Falmouth where set down from £25 We depart the local we join a river cruise to area with stops on enjoy the natural beauty route for coffee and INCLUDES: and wildlife of Falmouth lunch before arriving at Bay. This afternoon is at All coach travel Rosemundy House Hotel leisure in Falmouth. in time for dinner. Porterage SAT 2 OCTOBER 5 nights dinner, bed & WED 29 SEPTEMBER Today we visit The Lost breakfast Today we drive to the Gardens of Heligan, which charming seaside resort Admission to Trelissick just 25 years ago were of St Ives. Best known for Gardens (NT) unknown and unseen; lost its artistic connections, under a tangle of weeds. Guided tour of The the Tate St Ives Gallery A chance discovery of a Cornish Seal Sanctuary looks after the Barbara door in the ruins led to Hepworth Museum Boat trip on River Fal the restoration of what and sculpture garden is now considered to be Admission to the Lost (admission at own cost). one of the finest gardens Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. After lunch THU 30 SEPTEMBER we head back for time This morning we visit at leisure at the hotel. Trelissick Gardens (NT), which is set on its own SUN 3 OCTOBER peninsula, with panoramic After breakfast we will start views over the Fal estuary. BOOK NOW! the journey home, with You can explore the breaks on route for coffee meandering paths through 01763 848226 and lunch, arriving back in the garden, leading to exotic the local area early evening. richmonds-coaches.co.uk plants and herbaceous 59 EASTBOURNE AT LEISURE
LANGHAM HOTEL, EASTBOURNE HHHH
Eastbourne Seafront © VisitEastbourne
MON 4 MON 4 OCTOBER The coach and driver will OCTOBER Departing the local area not be staying. For the next 3 days you are free to enjoy 5 DAYS we make our way to Eastbourne with a lunch Eastbourne as you please. £375 break at Tunbridge Wells on route. We arrive at TUE 5 OCTOBER - Per person sharing a the Langham Hotel in THU 7 OCTOBER twin/double room Eastbourne mid-afternoon Time at leisure in Limited single rooms with plenty of time to Eastbourne. with no supplement settle in and maybe take a FRI 8 OCTOBER Home to home pick up/ stroll along the promenade set down from £25 before dinner. This hotel is The coach will return situated on the seafront to to collect you from the the east of the band stand. hotel and return you INCLUDES: home with a lunch break Return coach transfers at Rochester on route. Porterage 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast
Langham Hotel
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CLIFF HOTEL & SPA, CARDIGAN HHH
Tenby
SUN 10 OCTOBER SUN 10 We depart the local area OCTOBER and make a stop for 6 DAYS lunch before arriving at Cliff Hotel & Spa mid- £525 afternoon ready to settle Per person sharing a in and get acquainted twin/double room with all the facilities on Rheidol Railway site before dinner. £50 single supplement WED 13 OCTOBER Home to home pick up/ MON 11 OCTOBER Excursion through the set down from £25 Today we head to the Pembrokeshire Coast Vale of Rheidol Railway National Park to Tenby, one INCLUDES: where we join the narrow- of the UK’s finest coastal gauge steam train on holiday resorts, which All coach travel a journey through the has retained its natural changing countryside charm, narrow streets, Porterage taking in wide open fields, harbour and beautiful 5 nights dinner, bed & meadows, woodland beaches. Tenby is steeped breakfast and rugged mountain in ancient history and Vale of Rheidol Railway scenery from Aberystwyth surrounded by an imposing Trip to Devil’s Bridge. medieval stone wall. Guided tour Picton TUE 12 OCTOBER THU 14 OCTOBER Castle Surrounded by some of Visit the lovely market the finest coastline in town of Cardigan, with its Europe is St David’s, the unspoilt townscape and rich smallest cathedral city heritage, before continuing in Britain and a popular through the picturesque location for pilgrims and Teifi Valley to the National artists alike. Adjacent to Wool Museum. Enjoy an its 12th century cathedral informative guided tour stand the magnificent ruins and let the story of wool, Cardigan Bay Dolphin of the medieval Bishop’s once the most important Watching © Visit Wales Palace. Enjoy a visit to industry in Wales, weave enchanting Picton Castle, its magic in this unique near Haverfordwest, which working museum. is a half-fortified manor BOOK NOW! house and half-medieval FRI 15 OCTOBER castle, set in 40 acres After breakfast, we head 01763 848226 of stunning gardens. home with suitable richmonds-coaches.co.uk refreshment stops on route. 61 AUTUMN COLOURS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT
SKIDDAW HOTEL, KESWICK HHH
Ullswater Steamer ©Jeff-Ashton
SUN 17 SUN 17 OCTOBER internationally acclaimed OCTOBER Departing the local area we gardens and famous for its World Owl Trust. 6 DAYS make our way north and arrive at The Skiddaw Hotel £650 in the centre of Keswick by WED 20 OCTOBER late afternoon with time Today we visit the renowned Per person sharing a to settle in before dinner. Holker Hall and Gardens, twin/double room home of the Cavendish Limited single rooms at MON 18 OCTOBER family who welcome you to no supplement This morning we drive one of the best-loved stately homes in Britain. Holker Home to home pick up/ through the centre of the Hall is set in exceptionally set down from £25 Lake District National Park, passing Grasmere beautiful countryside and Thirlmere arriving in with gardens that merge INCLUDES: Bowness-on-Windermere into Parkland framed by the Lakeland Hills. All coach travel for some free time for morning coffee. We Porterage board a cruise boat, and THU 21 OCTOBER 5 nights dinner, bed & take a one-way cruise on A leisurely morning in breakfast Windermere to Lakeside Keswick on market day where we enjoy a visit to the before joining the coach Windermere Cruise Lakeland Motor Museum. to drive to Glenridding Admission to Lakeland on the banks of Ullswater. Motor Museum TUE 19 OCTOBER Here we take a boat cruise on one of the heritage Mountain Goat Day Tour Today we join the “Mountain Goat” minibuses to take Ullswater Steamers to Ravenglass & Eskdale us on the minor roads Pooley Bridge, returning to Railway we cannot traverse by the hotel via the Rheged coach. This tour focuses Centre selling a range of Admission to Muncaster local artisan produce. Castle Gardens around the Western Lake District and is certainly an Admission to Holker Hall adventure! We stop for FRI 22 OCTOBER and Gardens lunch in Eskdale before After breakfast we Ullswater Steamer Cruise boarding La’al Ratty on the commence our journey Ravenglass and Eskdale home, arriving back railway. In the afternoon we late afternoon. drive onward to ‘Britain’s BOOK NOW! Favourite View’, Wastwater; Holker Hall Autumn Sundial England’s deepest and most 01763 848226 dramatic lake. Our next destination is the splendid richmonds-coaches.co.uk 14th Century Muncaster Castle surrounded by its 62 AUTUMN COLOURS IN THE NEW FOREST
BEAULIEU HOTEL, NEW FOREST HHH
Beaulieu Hotel
SUN 17 OCTOBER SUN 17 After a leisurely departure OCTOBER with lunch on route, we 5 DAYS arrive at our hotel near the village of Beaulieu with time £550 to settle in and explore the Per person sharing a hotel facilities before dinner. twin/double room MON 18 OCTOBER £50 single supplement Beaulieu Motor Museum Today we visit Beaulieu £10 National Trust National Motor Museum, through stately trees and member discount where over 250 vintage the sound of water never vehicles are exhibited Home to home pick up/ far away. This afternoon set down from £25 depicting the story of we visit Salisbury with time motoring in the UK and to explore this medieval motor racing internationally city with its historic INCLUDES: from its pioneering origins streets and alleyways, All coach travel to the present day. There is half-timbered buildings also the Victorian splendour and magnificent Salisbury Porterage of Palace House, home Cathedral, boasting the 4 nights dinner, bed & to the Montagu family, to tallest spire in the UK. enjoy as well as the tranquil breakfast ruins of the 12th century WED 20 OCTOBER Admission to Beaulieu Cistercian Beaulieu Abbey, We head to Poole this the beautiful grounds and Admission to Bucklers morning for a boat cruise gardens & the home of Hard of the iconic harbour. Top Gear. This afternoon This afternoon we take Admission to Mottisfont we head over to Buckler’s a scenic drive through (NT) Hard, an 18th Century the New Forest spending Poole Boat Cruise shipbuilding village. time in historic Lyndhurst before continuing through TUE 19 OCTOBER the storybook village of This morning we visit Burley on to Brockenhurst Mottisfont (NT), a romantic and back to our hotel. house and gallery set in beautiful riverside gardens. THU 21 OCTOBER With a medieval priory at its After breakfast we have heart, bubbling brooks and a leisurely departure BOOK NOW! rolling lawns frame this 18th- stopping for lunch century house. The gardens on route and arriving 01763 848226 are a feast for the senses home mid-afternoon. with rich autumn leaves, richmonds-coaches.co.uk winding paths meandering 63 EASTBOURNE & THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY
BEST WESTERN YORK HOUSE HOTEL, EASTBOURNE HHH
Bluebell Railway
MON 25 OCTOBER 5 DAYS £399
Per person sharing a twin/double room Eastbourne Seafront © VisitEastbourne Single rooms at no supplement MON 25 OCTOBER enjoy a one way journey Home to home pick up/ Departing the local area through the beautiful Sussex set down from £25 we make our way to countryside, we return Eastbourne with a lunch back to the hotel for time at leisure in Eastbourne. INCLUDES: break on route. We arrive at the 3* York House Hotel in All coach travel Eastbourne mid-afternoon THU 28 OCTOBER with plenty of time to Today is a day at leisure. Porterage settle in and maybe take a Relax at the hotel or 4 nights dinner, bed & stroll along the promenade explore Eastbourne. breakfast before dinner. The York FRI 29 OCTOBER Bluebell Railway Ride House Hotel is situated 400 metres from the pier We depart Eastbourne and Admission to Painshill and is a popular location return home via Painshill Park with everything close by. Park. Painshill is an award- winning 18th century TUE 26 OCTOBER landscape garden. Winding Today we drive up over the paths will take you on a famous cliffs which form journey to discover a living “Beachy Head” and continue canvas with simply stunning along the coast road to views and beautiful garden Brighton with time to buildings. Stroll around the explore the Regency town Serpentine Lake, wander at leisure, famous for the through woodland and promenade past follies, Langham Hotel Brighton Pavilion and the labyrinth of antique shops in including the Ruined “The Lanes”. On our return Abbey, Gothic Temple and we enjoy a gentle ride back Turkish Tent. We arrive BOOK NOW! across the South Downs. back late afternoon.
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CRICKET ST THOMAS, SOMERSET HHHH
Cricket St Thomas
TURKEY & MON 1 TINSEL BREAK NOVEMBER Warners Leisure Breaks are 5 DAYS known for their “Just for £465 Grown-Ups” historic hotels. Per person sharing a Cricket St Thomas Historic twin/double room Hotel is situated in South Somerset, surrounded by £40 single supplement rolling countryside. This Upgrade to Signature Grade II listed 1820 building Room from £40 per is set in 160 acres of lakes, accessories and hemp, person (twin/double cascades and gardens, it is Glastonbury can provide! rooms) just perfect for a relaxing From here we travel to the break. With peaceful city of Wells, with its historic Home to home pick up/ lakes, secluded woodland centre, the magnificent set down from £25 walks and beautiful, cathedral, and the unique vibrant gardens, Cricket moated Bishop’s Palace. INCLUDES: St Thomas is now an even better place to unwind. WED 3 NOVEMBER All coach travel Enjoy today at leisure Porterage MON 1 NOVEMBER and explore the activities 4 nights dinner, bed & the hotel has to offer. We depart the local area breakfast and make a stop for lunch on route before arriving at THU 4 NOVEMBER Daytime activities at Cricket St Thomas mid- After a leisurely breakfast Cricket St Thomas afternoon ready to settle we visit Axminster, with Evening Entertainment in and get acquainted its country market today. with all the facilities on After time browsing we site. A full programme continue to the Ottery of entertainment every St Mary Garden Centre evening is included. to explore their stunning Christmas displays, pick up TUE 2 NOVEMBER the latest ideas and maybe This morning we visit a decoration or two! Glastonbury, loved for its eclectic collection of weird FRI 5 NOVEMBER & wonderful shops. There We depart Cricket St BOOK NOW! is a unique high street full Thomas after a leisurely of colour and quirkiness. breakfast and return home 01763 848226 Crystals, esoteric books, with a lunch stop on route, richmonds-coaches.co.uk witchcraft supplies, faery arriving back late afternoon. 65 TORQUAY TURKEY & TINSEL
THE HEADLAND HOTEL, TORQUAY HHH
Dartmouth © VisitDevon
MON 15 MON 15 NOVEMBER THU 18 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER Departing the local area Today we travel by coach 5 DAYS we will make suitable to Paignton where we stops on route arriving board the Dartmouth Steam £395 at The Headland Hotel, Railway to Kingswear. a highly rated 3* hotel Crossing the River Dart by Per person sharing situated above Torquay, passenger ferry we board a a twin/double room with views out across the boat in Dartmouth to enjoy Limited single rooms sea and private gardens. a relaxing cruise through at no supplement the Dart Estuary & River. Home to home pick up/ TUE 16 NOVEMBER The cruise takes you to the set down from £25 Today we take a scenic mouth of the river passing coach tour across Dartmoor, Kingswear & Dartmouth enjoying stunning views Castles, Dittisham village, INCLUDES: and visiting Princetown for Britannia Royal Naval College and Greenway All coach travel a refreshment break. We include a visit to Buckfast House – home to the late Porterage Abbey, this peaceful and Dame Agatha Christie. Our 4 nights dinner, bed inspirational place is still cruise concludes at Totnes & breakfast home to a community where our coach will meet of Benedictine monks. us for the return to Torquay. Dartmouth Railway & Boat Cruise WED 17 NOVEMBER FRI 19 NOVEMBER This morning we have After breakfast we time to explore the fishing commence our journey village of Brixham after home with suitable stops lunch we return to Torquay on route arriving back late for time at leisure. afternoon/early evening.
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CEDAR COURT HOTEL, HARROGATE HHHH
Castle Howard
SUN 28 NOVEMBER York Christmas Market SUN 28 We depart the local area © VisitYork NOVEMBER with a stop on route before 3 DAYS arriving at the Cedar Court Hotel early afternoon with £260 time to explore Harrogate. Per person sharing a twin/double room MON 29 NOVEMBER We spend a full day in £40 single supplement York where you can soak Home to home pick up/ up the medieval charm of set down from £25 York at Christmas. Enjoy the Christmas spirit as you wander through the St INCLUDES: Nicholas Christmas Fair in All coach travel the centre of Parliament Street before going off Porterage the beaten track to find 2 nights dinner, bed & York’s hidden retail gems. breakfast The Shambles Market has a diverse selection of traders Admission to Castle and unique crafts and along Howard the Shambles itself are shops with souvenirs and wizarding memorabilia.
TUE 30 NOVEMBER This morning we visit Castle Howard a stately home with its rooms beautifully decorated for Christmas.
Cedar Court
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ROYAL YORK & FAULKNER HOTEL, SIDMOUTH HHH
Sidmouth in the Snow
THU 2 Exe is one of the top rivers DECEMBER in the country for wildlife and is a feeding ground 5 DAYS for several seals. (For £395 anybody who would like to visit the Donkey Sanctuary © The Donkey Sanctuary Per person sharing a we will offer an optional twin/double room trip this afternoon). Join us for a Festive Break Limited single rooms at at this superb hotel, with SAT 4 DECEMBER no supplement additional festive fare of Today we visit Axminster Home to home pick up/ Mulled Wine & Mince pies on market day. After time set down from £25 on arrival, a Traditional Christmas dinner with browsing, we continue to crackers, Afternoon Tea the Ottery St Mary Garden INCLUDES: & Christmas Cake. Centre to explore their stunning Christmas displays, All coach travel THU 2 DECEMBER pick up the latest ideas and Porterage maybe a decoration or two! Depart the local area with a 4 nights dinner, bed & lunch stop on route, arriving SUN 5 DECEMBER breakfast at our hotel in Sidmouth late afternoon. This glorious Today we visit Exeter where River Exe Boat Cruise regency seaside town is the Christmas Market takes nestled into the Jurassic place on Cathedral Green. Coast and yet enjoys a Around 90 wooden chalets largely flat town centre. will be selling a wide range The highly regarded Royal of Christmas crafts, gifts, York & Faulkner Hotel is festive food and drink. positioned in the centre of the elegant Esplanade. MON 6 DECEMBER After breakfast we travel FRI 3 DECEMBER to Winchester where We take a drive to Exmouth the Christmas Markets to board one of the large surround the historic heated cruise boats for a Cathedral. Wonderful Royal York & Faulkner trip around the Exe Estuary. Christmas gifts, decorations Your Skipper will give you and festive foods can be a live commentary on the found in abundance, with BOOK NOW! history of the area, the a delightful Food Court, beautiful sights and the British Crafts Village and 01763 848226 resident and visiting winter over 110 chalets to explore. wildlife. As a designated richmonds-coaches.co.uk We arrive back in the RAMSAR site, the River local area early evening. 68 THURSFORD’S CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
BEST WESTERN KNIGHTS HILL HOTEL, KINGS LYNN HHHH
Thursford dancers
THU 9 DECEMBER Christmas Spectacular THU 9 Depart the local area to shows ever. It is the most DECEMBER popular Christmas show of Norwich for some time at 2 DAYS leisure for lunch and a spot all time in England and is a of last minute shopping blend of exciting Christmas £195 before settling in to Knights entertainment, with Per person sharing a Hill Hotel for dinner. This Christmas songs, carols, twin/double room 4* hotel has full leisure dazzling dancers, beautiful facilities to enjoy during costumes, outstanding £25 single supplement your overnight stay. music and singing from the cast of over one hundred. Home to home pick up/ set down from £25 FRI 10 DECEMBER Each show is a pageant of spectacle and colour - the This morning, after a music a seamless transition INCLUDES: leisurely departure, we from an up-beat dance head to the Thursford’s routine to a choral rendition All coach travel Christmas Spectacular of a Christmas carol, a show Porterage matinee show with a stop which would not be out of for lunch in Holt beforehand. place in any London West 1 night dinner, bed & The ultimate Christmas End theatre. After the show breakfast musical experience is simply we return home, arriving one of the most exciting Thursford’s Christmas in the early evening. Spectacular seat
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69 LONGLEAT FESTIVAL OF LIGHT
BEST WESTERN PLUS SWAN HOTEL, WELLS HHHH
Longleat Festival of Light - Safari Animals
FRI 10 FRI 10 DECEMBER festival of light. The park DECEMBER We depart the local area is transformed into a captivating illuminated 3 DAYS and travel to Bath where we visit their annual Christmas winter wonderland. With £295 market. With over 150 a different theme each twinkling chalets spread year, expect astonishing Per person sharing a across Bath’s picturesque characters, magnificent twin/double room Georgian streets, Bath scenery and stunning £30 single supplement Christmas Market is the structures. As well as the perfect place to do a spot impressive illuminated Home to home pick up/ lanterns, the ground floor set down from £25 of Christmas shopping. We arrive at our hotel 4* Best of Longleat House will be Western Plus Swan Hotel, decorated for Christmas INCLUDES: Wells in time for dinner. and there will be attractions in the Main Square, and All coach travel SAT 11 DECEMBER of course the amazing Porterage animals will be waiting to This morning spend time pinch your mince pies! 2 nights dinner, bed & at leisure in Wells. Why breakfast not visit the spectacular SUN 12 DECEMBER Cathedral only a short Admission to Longleat walk from our centrally We depart the hotel after Festival of Light located hotel. breakfast and enjoy a visit to Salisbury Christmas This afternoon we visit market. We arrive Longleat to explore the home late afternoon.
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70 WARNER LEISURE BREAK LITTLECOTE HOUSE
LITTLECOTE HOUSE HOTEL, HUNGERFORD HHHH
Littlecote House
TURKEY & MON 13 TINSEL BREAK DECEMBER Warners Leisure Breaks are 5 DAYS known for their “Just for £395 Grown-Ups” historic hotels. Winchester Cathedral Per person sharing a Built in the mid-1500s, twin/double room Littlecote house is a Christmas Market beautiful Grade I listed © Harvey Mills £40 single supplement Tudor manor with a truly a beautifully restored Upgrade to Signature unique story. History is Room from £40 per literally on your doorstep: Grade II railway building in the heart of the former person (twin/double the stunning location has rooms) played host to occupying Swindon railway works. Romans, a Tudor tryst and The museum tells the story Home to home pick up/ even a Civil War army. of the men and women set down from £25 The grounds contain an who built, operated and travelled on the Railway. ornate Roman mosaic floor INCLUDES: and settlement remains. Henry VIII courted Jane WED 15 DECEMBER All coach travel Seymour here, and the Enjoy a day at leisure Porterage D-Day landings were to enjoy the hotel planned within the house. and its activities. 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast MON 13 DECEMBER THU 16 DECEMBER Daytime activities at We depart the local area Today we travel to Littlecote Winchester where the arriving at our hotel in Evening Entertainment Berkshire early afternoon. Christmas Markets surround the historic Cathedral. TUE 14 DECEMBER Wonderful Christmas Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market After a leisurely breakfast gifts, decorations and © Harvey Mills we travel to Swindon where festive foods can be we have time at leisure. found in abundance, with You can partake in some a delightful Food Court, Christmas shopping at the British Crafts Village, and Swindon Designer Outlet over 110 chalets to explore. Centre. With up to 60% off at over 90 designer FRI 17 DECEMBER BOOK NOW! stores. Or visit STEAM, We depart Littlecote after the Museum of the Great a leisurely breakfast and 01763 848226 return home with a lunch Western Railway (entrance richmonds-coaches.co.uk at own cost), housed in stop on route, arriving back late afternoon. 71 PICK UP POINTS AND JOINING ARRANGEMENTS
All coach holidays (unless otherwise stated) DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE can be joined at any of the pick up points In addition to the pickup points listed we are listed. Travel from your pick up point will be able to offer a door to door service from by the tour coach or by feeder service coach £25 per person. We will arrange a taxi collection or taxi. Pick up times and return set down from your home to join the coach at a times will be notified not later than 7 days convenient point on the route. On the return prior to the commencement of the tour. journey a taxi will meet the coach and take We ask you to keep luggage down to one you back home again. medium sized suitcase per person, but a small holdall can also be taken on board the coach.
BALDOCK LETCHWORTH Bus shelter, Market Place Station Road Bus Stop
BISHOPS STORTFORD NEWPORT Interchange Station Road Station Road Bus Stop
BUNTINGFORD ROYSTON Crown Public House Bus Stop Bus Station
CAMBRIDGE SAFFRON WALDEN Trumpington Park and Ride High Street Bus Stop
GREAT SHELFORD SAWBRIDGEWORTH London Road White Lion Bus Stop
HARLOW SAWSTON Bus Station Stop 14 Memorial Bus Stop
HERTFORD STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET Mill Road Tesco Bus Stop 12 Three Colts Bus Stop
HITCHIN STEVENAGE St. Mary’s Square Bus Stop Danestrete Matalan Bus Stop K
HODDESDON WARE Clock Tower Bus Stop Station Road Bus Stop F
COACH SEATING PLAN
DRIVER 4 8 12 16 20 24 WC /// 32 36 40 44 48 53 Seats are reserved at time of 3 7 11 15 19 23 WC /// 31 35 39 43 47 52 booking, with front seats attracting 51 a supplement depending on the CREW SEAT duration of the tour. Seats are not 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 28 30 34 38 42 46 50 reserved on any feeder service. 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 27 29 33 37 41 45 49
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