Our 2004 Day Tour and Excursion Brochure
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We would like to invite you to come aboard and join us on our 2016 day excursion programme, visiting seaside resorts, castles, houses, river trips, shopping experiences plus much more. Let our professional drivers chauffeur you to your selected venue in style and comfort. Just sit back and enjoy the views and scenery while travelling to your chosen destination. Included in this years programme are many of your popular destinations along with some new and exciting places to visit. Booking is easy, you can call into one of our agents as listed on the back page for your brochure or call us direct on our free phone number 0800 0965650, where one of our members of staff will be there to assist with your booking enquiry. Looking forward to being of service to you, your friends and family during 2016. Beverly & Terry Hunt Directors …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Looking for a Coach? Look No Further Reg’s Coaches Limited offers Quality Coach Hire at affordable prices. 29-57 seater coaches for Private and Contract Hire, Excursions and Tour Programmes. For your free quotation call 01438 822000 Freefone 08000965650 www.regscoaches.com E-mail: [email protected] 1 Air Shows Clacton Airshow 25 August - Admission Free Eastbourne Airbourne International Airshow 12 August - Admission Free Southend Airshow 30 May - Admission Free Arts & Crafts Alexandra Palace - Knitting & Stitching Show 08 October – Admission Included Castles, Houses & Gardens BEAULIEU MOTOR MUSEUM, PALACE HOUSE & GARDENS RHS GARDEN WISLEY 31 July 08 September A visit to Beaulieu is a great day for all the family Undoubtedly one of the great gardens of the world, this historic estate offers a viewing of the RHS Garden Wisley is home to some of the largest Montagu family home, which has been owned by plant collections anywhere in the globe. Looked after the family since 1538, the ruins of the Abbey that by 90 staff, the garden aims to inspire and educate. Henry V111 had destroyed and of course the Planting varies enormously, from the mingling of National Motor Museum. Over 250 vehicles tell herbaceous perennials and shrubs in the famous Mixed the story of motoring on the roads and circuits of Borders to the lower-maintenance, prairie-style planting Britain, from pioneering origins to the present in the Glasshouse Borders. Our visit is on the day of day. The stylish, the elegant, the fast, the famous the Flower Show and the plain functional are all on show at what is Admission: Entrance Fee Included the most well renowned motor museum in the UK. Our visit coincides with ‘Simply Japanese’ RHS HYDE HALL day. 06 August Admission Fees: Included Dr and Mrs Robinson started the gardens in the 1950’s LULWORH CASTLE & COVE on land that was cold and windy with poor clay soil. 09 August The story of the development of this inspiring garden with its extraordinary diversity of plants is a fascinating Lulworth Castle was built in the early 17th century one, a triumph over conditions that would have daunted as a hunting lodge. The exterior has changed less keen and dedicated gardeners. Our visit is on the little over the years but the interior was gutted by day of the Flower Show a disastrous fire in 1929. Work has been carried Admission: Ent Fees included out to consolidate the interior and the public can now visit the Castle, climb the tower, visit the stunning C18th Roman Catholic Chapel of St Mary and C15th Church of St Andrew before visiting the Jurassic Coast’s beautiful Lulworth Cove. Admission Fee: Included. 2 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS & PALACE SAVILL GARDEN KEW 21 August 29 May, 14 August Britain's finest ornamental garden, The Savill Garden is Historically significant for its association with the a true wonder. It's a garden for all seasons and a place Royal family, Kew Palace (formerly known as of beauty and colour that's loved by horticulturalists the Dutch House) is the earliest surviving and enthusiasts alike. Visitors can journey through 35 building in the Gardens. Built around 1631 by acres of interconnecting gardens and exotic woodland. Samuel Fortrey, a merchant of Dutch origin, it is Every garden has its own unique attraction, featuring a noted for its decorative carved brickwork and distinctive group of plants that introduce a fresh burst rounded gables. Kew Palace is in the trust of of vibrant colour throughout the seasons. Historic Royal Palaces. The ground and first floor Admission Fee: Included rooms have been lovingly restored to their opulent Georgian splendour, while the second WOBURN ABBEY floor has remained in an untouched state for 26 June centuries. Kew Gardens, three hundred acres of magnificent Woburn Abbey first opened to the public in 1955 and gardens and 6 acres of exotic glasshouses, offer has welcomed visitors from all over the globe. There plenty to see whatever the weather. are 22 rooms that you can experience, which house one Admission Fee: Included of the most significant private art collections in the world. As you explore the many individual rooms of Woburn Abbey, you will also discover 18th Century French and English furniture, magnificent silver and gold collections, in the underground vaults, and a marvellous range of porcelain and many privately collected items treasured by generations of the Russell family. Special Event: The Gardener’s Garden Show Admission Fee: Included Coastal Resorts Bournemouth 02 July, 26 August Brighton 11 June, 09 July, 5, 27 August, 15 October Broadstairs 04 August Clacton 28 May, 25 June, 28 July, 13, 25 August Cromer 26 July Eastbourne 21 May, 10 July, 12 August Felixstowe 05 June Great Yarmouth 16 July, 19 August Hastings 18 June, 30 July Hunstanton 28 August Margate 04 August Poole 03 August Ramsgate 04 August Rye 24 August Southend 30 May, 24 July, 20 August, 29 October Southsea 04 June, 10 August Southwold 27 May, 29 August Walton on Naze 28 May, 25 June, 28 July, 13 August Westcliff 24 July, 20 August Whitstable 23 July 3 Cruises WINDSOR TEA CRUISE BURE VALLEY RAILWAY & NORFOLK 31 August BROADS CRUISE 17 August Take our coach on a familiar journey to Windsor, The Bure Valley Railway is East Anglia’s premier spend the rest of the morning enjoying Windsor narrow-gauge railway. The trains pass through scenery town then meet the boat at 14:30 for a 2 hour cruise that is as beautiful as any to be found on a railway including a cream tea. Return to Windsor and our journey in England. We offer a nostalgic journey by coach for the journey home. steam combined with a cruise on the beautiful Norfolk Admission Fee: Boat & Cream Tea Included Broads. Admission Fees: Rail & Boat Fare Included MAIDENHEAD TO WINDSOR 02 August This cruise enables you to see the houses of the stars whilst enjoying a river trip of about 1½ hours. Travel through Bray & Boveney Locks, past Monkey Island and Oakley Court the location of many Hammer Horror films. The boat also passes Windsor Racecourse and has spectacular views of Windsor Castle. Your afternoon is then spent leisurely enjoying Windsor Admission Fees: Boat Fare Included Festivals & Special Events Dickensian Christmas – Rochester 03 December Admission Free Knitting & Stitching Show – Alexandra Palace 08 October Admission Included Oyster Festival – Whitstable 23 July Admission Free Salute to the 40’s – Dockyard Chatham 17 September Admission Included Swindon Railway Festival, Steam Museum – Swindon 10 September Admission NOT Included Flower Shows RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 03 July Admission NOT Included RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show 06 August Admission Included RHS Garden Wisley– Flower Show 08 September Admission Included The Gardener’s Garden Show – Woburn Abbey 26 June Admission Included Garden Centre Huntingdon Garden Centre 17 July, 05 December Admission Free 4 Markets Ely Market 09 June, 22 September, 27 October Admission Free Milton Keynes 15 November Admission Free Romford Market 25 May, 28 September, 12 October, 30 November Admission Free CHRISTMAS MARKETS Bath 01 December Admission Free Bury St Edmunds 25, 26 November Admission Free Rochester Dickension Christmas 03 December Admission Free Oxford 04 December Admission Free Salisbury 16 December Admission Not Included Winchester 10 December Admission Free Museums Beaulieu Motor Museum 31 July Admission Included Natural History Museum – London 16 August Admission Free RAF Hendon Museum 30 August Admission Free Steam Museum 10 September Admission Not Included Places of Interest ARUNDEL BURY ST EDMUNDS 24 September 25, 26 November Arundel is a market town and civil parish in a steep vale of the South Downs, West Sussex. Bury St Edmunds is a market town that grew up Arundel captures the essence of heritage, urban around the Abbey founded on the site of King chic and country pursuits, all within a stone’s Edmund’s burial place. Among the six acres of throw of London. Experience Arundel and you gardens on Angel Hill behind the gate house is will discover more than you’d expect, most of the Appleby Rose Garden a monument to the all it’s a place to return to and tell others about. USAAF men who served in the second world Combining one thousand years of history with war. Two of the old monastic churches remain, independent shops, contemporary art galleries, St James’s (now the cathedral) and St Mary’s restaurants, cafes, delightful drinking spots and Church where you can find the grave of Mary great attractions. Tudor, sister of Henry VIII. Special Events: 25, 26 November, - Christmas BATH Fayre 18 August CAMBRIDGE Bath is a town set in the rolling countryside of 09 June, 22 September southwest England, known for its natural hot springs and 18th-century Georgian architecture. The University City of Cambridge with its historic The museum at the site of its original Roman buildings and museums is a great place to shop.