Historic House Hotels Heritage Tour | Itinerary

CLASSIC CULTURE

Designed for those who want to visit and enjoy Britain's unique heritage of beautiful country houses.

HISTORIC HOUSES

Experience the art of quintessential country house living at its best, with award- winning restaurants, health and beauty spas, all situated in beautifully landscaped gardens.

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In 2008 Bodysgallen Hall North , Hartwell House Vale of Aylesbury and Middlethorpe Hall York were given to the to ensure their long-term protection. BODYSGALLEN HALL & SPA H I S T O R I C

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ways of the best of grand domestic N YOUR TRIP architecture, from the Jacobean and Georgian splendour of Hartwell House to the crisp WWW.HISTORICHOUSEHOTELS.COM precision of brick and stone of Middlethorpe Hall or the Welsh vernacular charm of These sample tour itineraries have been Bodysgallen Hall set on its wooded hill-side designed for the pleasure of those who enjoy both staying in and visiting part of Britain's unique heritage of beautiful TRAVEL country houses. SUGGESTIONS You will stay in the order of your choice in three carefully restored Historic House For your journey between our houses, we have Hotels, each an important building in its made recommendations for visits to properties own right, all with a splendid garden and that are en-route. We suggest that you allow park for you to explore during your stay. the best part of a day for your journey from one hotel to another so you have time to explore these exceptional houses during your tour. H I S T O R I C

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VALE OF AYLESBURY LL14 5AF (NT) A medieval castle O continuously occupied and on a spectacular N TO BODYSGALLEN site. With a fine collection of portraits and HALL - tapestries and topiary in the extensive gardens. NORTH WALES WWW.HISTORICHOUSEHOTELS.COM Erddig, Wrexham LL13 0YT (NT) This is a fascinating house, so complete it gives a Your route from : M40, M5, M6, remarkable insight into the life of a country M54, A5, A483, A55, A470 (all the houses house and how these complicated groups of suggested are just off the main travel buildings worked. route)

Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4TP (NT) Large classical NATIONAL TRUST house with fine interior decoration, picture gallery and a park designed by Humphrey For your guidance, properties marked with Repton (NT) are owned by the National Trust.

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HARTWELL HOUSE - Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire I DE45 1PP. The hereditary seat of the Dukes O N VALE OF AYLESBURY of Devonshire, and one of the most famous TO MIDDLETHORPE treasure houses of Britain. Incomparable collections and furniture, elaborate gardens HALL - YORK with fountains, in the middle of a very large park. WWW.HISTORICHOUSEHOTELS.COM

Your route from London: Ml, Ml8, Al, A64

Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire S44 5QJ (NT). (Junction 28 off Ml) "Hardwick Hall, more glass than INSIDER TIP wall"; a spectacular, well-lit Elizabethan house with fine furniture, tapestries and Allow 3-4 hours for your visit to Chatsworth as gardens on a dramatic hilltop site. there is so much to see at this most famous of houses. H I S T O R I C

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MIDDLETHORPE HALL - Belton House, , O YORK TO HARTWELL NG32 2LW (NT) Three miles northeast of N Grantham on A607. Outstanding Restoration HOUSE - VALE OF of a country house and one of the most AYLESBURY important acquisitions by the National Trust in recent years. You will find memorabilia of WWW.HISTORICHOUSEHOTELS.COM the Duke of Windsor as well as fine collections. Your route: A64, Al (southbound) for the houses and eventually to London. For Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire Hartwell, take the A428 south of St Neot's PE9 3JY One mile southeast of Stamford. to Bedford, then the A421 and A4012 to The finest example of late Elizabethan Leighton Buzzard, then A418 to and architecture in , and probably the around Aylesbury to Hartwell House largest. Incomparable collections of (allow time for your journey Bedford to furniture, porcelain, silver and Italian art. Hartwell). Beautifully and imaginatively run.

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BODYSGALLEN HALL - much more to see besides. A tour of the five I O LLANDUDNO, NORTH Shakespeare’s family homes gives a unique N insight into the life and works of the world’s WALES TO HARTWELL greatest playwright.

HOUSE Park, CV35 9EW (NT). Five miles east of Stratford-on-Avon WWW.HISTORICHOUSEHOTELS.COM on the B4086, a typically English Elizabethan house, set in a 'Capability' Your route: A55, A483, A5, M54, M5, Brown . M40 (Junction 8) A418.

Your choice here is of famous landmarks at the heart of England and at the heart of INSIDER TIP its heritage. Stratford-upon-Avon is steeped in culture Warwick Castle, CV34 and history. Set in the beautiful rural 3QU. A medieval building on the banks of Warwickshire countryside, on the banks of the River Avon, containing fine the river Avon, it is one of the most collections and an exhibit of waxworks by important tourist destinations in the UK. Madame Tussauds.

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MIDDLETHORPE HALL & SPA D I S T I BODYSGALLEN HALL N Dunham Massey, , C WA14 (NT). An 18th Century house with T TO MIDDLETHORPE I Georgian and Edwardian interiors with a fine O HALL OR collection, all set in large gardens in N MIDDLETHORPE HALL a deer park.

TO BODYSGALLEN Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire SK9 4LA (NT). Exit 5, M56. This is a unique HALL historical factory set in a park! A working museum of the cotton industry in a 200 year WWW.HISTORICHOUSEHOTELS.COM old mill. This fascinating place in an idyllic Your route from Bodysgallen Hall: A470, setting shows how the industrial revolution A55, M56, M6, M62 (Junction 33), Al made Britain rich in the 18th and 19th (northbound), A64 to York, follow signs centuries. to Bishopthorpe and Middlethorpe.

MORE CHOICE

For those travelling from Middlethorpe Hall to Bodysgallen Hall, a visit to Erddig is an additional choice for your tour.

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Hartwell House to Bodysgallen Hall, 3hours 45mins (223.4 miles) Hartwell House to Attingham Park, 2hours 13mins (129 miles) Attingham Park to Bodysgallen Hall, 1hour 41mins (89 miles) Attingham Park to , 47mins (30 miles) Chirk Castle to Bodysgallen Hall, 1hour 13mins (63 miles) Chirk Castle to Erddig, 21mins (9.4 miles) Erddig to Bodysgallen Hall, 1hour 4mins (56.3 miles)

Hartwell House to Middlethorpe Hall, 3hours 25mins (177.3 miles) Hartwell House to Hardwick Hall, 2hours 12mins (113.6 miles) Hardwick Hall to Middlethorpe Hall, 1hour 9mins (65.5 miles) Hardwick Hall to Chatsworth, 32mins (16.7 miles) Hartwell House to Chatsworth, 2hours 43mins (128.7 miles) Chatsworth to Middlethorpe Hall, 1hour 37mins (76.1 miles)

Middlethorpe Hall to Belton House, 1hour 38mins (92.4 miles) Middlethorpe Hall to Burghley House, 2hours (113.6 miles) Belton House to Burghley House, 38mins (31.3 miles) Burghley House to Hartwell House, 1hr 42mins (80.3 miles) Belton House to Hartwell House, 2hours 8mins (108.7 miles)

Bodysgallen Hall to Warwick Castle, 2hours 48mins (168.2 miles) Bodysgallen Hall to Stratford-upon-Avon, 2hours 55mins (171.1 miles) Bodysgallen Hall to Charlecote Park, 2hours 48mins (168.1 miles) Warwick Castle to Stratford-upon-Avon, 19mins (10.7 miles) Stratford-upon-Avon to Charlecote Park, 13mins (5.4 miles) Warwick Castle to Charlecote Park, 11mins (5.8 miles) Stratford-upon-Avon to Hartwell House, 1hour 13mins (65.6 miles)

Bodysgallen Hall to Middlethorpe Hall, 2hours 35mins (149.8 miles) Bodysgallen Hall to Dunham Massey, 1hour 17mins (71.6 miles) Dunham Massey to Quarry Bank Mill, 20mins (7.6 miles) Dunham Massey to Middlethorpe Hall, 1hour 35mins (80.7 miles)

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HISTORIC HOUSE HOTELS

Step into a time of elegance and charm at the three Historic House Hotels of the National Trust where a warm welcome awaits you.

Experience the art of quintessential country house living at its best, with award-winning restaurants, health and beauty spas, all situated in beautifully landscaped gardens.

Three remarkable hotels once homes with a distinguished heritage.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Not every property en route is open every day. Please check before leaving the hotel, that the house you wish to visit will be open.

The Guest Services team at each hotel will provide full information about your route and places to visit. www.historichousehotels.com

We look forward to welcoming you.

MIDDLETHORPE HARTWELL BODYSGALLEN HALL & SPA HOUSE & SPA HALL & SPA

The only Country The Hotel with Royal “O’r Môr I’r Mynydd” House Hotel in York History "From Mountains to Sea"