Day Trips Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 You'll be spoilt for choice with our great range of day excursions 01425 473188 solentcoaches.co.uk Shopping • Top Attractions • Theatre • Events WE'LL MAKE YOUR DAY! New trip added this year You'll be spoilt for choice with our great range of day excursions departing WE'RE GOOD Shared with sister company this year. Take away the hassle of getting there and enjoy the ease, comfort and convenience of coach travel. TO GO Show / Musical We're pleased to hold 'Good to Go' status to welcome Let us make your day! you safely on board for a great day out. Should we need to cancel a trip due to Covid-19, we will offer Lunch included you a 100% no quibble refund, or a free transfer to another one of our days out, meaning you can book Afternoon or Cream Tea and travel in complete confidence with us. included PICK-UP POINTS STAY IN TOUCH Your passport is required Sign up to our e-newsletter to for this excursion be the first to hear about promotions Eastbound pick-up MAIN COACH ROUTE and the latest holiday and day If the excursion is Route E, the coach will travel in TO BOOK excursion information. Westbound pick-up the order listed below. However, if it is Route W, Visit solentcoaches.co.uk Call us on 01425 473188 or the coach will travel in the reverse order. * Denotes where the coach to sign up today! visit www.solentcoaches.co.uk is a shared destination ROUTE E Eastbound BOURNEMOUTH CASTLEPOINT KINSON LIBRARY BEAR CROSS FERNDOWN WEST MOORS ST LEONARDS ST IVES TRAIN STATION Holdenhurst Road (bus stop Castlepoint Lane (west bus Wimborne Road (bus Bus stop outside Victoria Road (bus 119 Station Road (link road A31 BP Garage (bus stop Ringwood Road 7 outside Dorchester House) stop outside Castlepoint library) stop outside the library) Hamilton Court stop outside library) opposite Tesco Express) just before Woolsbridge RAB) (outside Post Office) ROUTE W Westbound FEEDER SERVICE Pick-ups from the following locations are operated by a feeder service to one of the main coach pick- QUALITY up points. Timings for this service will be advised approximately 5 days prior to departure. COACH HIRE New Milton Christchurch Christchurch Luxury coaches • Osborne Road (opposite community • Purewell Somerford Road (bus stop in • Catherines Hill (Hurn Road bus stop centre) layby just after roundabout opposite in layby just after roundabout) Comfortable and efficient travel Excess) New Milton Ringwood • Wheatsheaf (Old Milton bus stop) Christchurch • Meeting House (Meeting House Experienced, friendly drivers • Bargates (Bargates bus stop just before Lane) Highcliffe the Fountain Roundabout) • Sea Corner (bus stop layby after traffic lights) Contact us to find out more. 2 | INFORMATION To book call 01425 473188 or visit www.solentcoaches.co.uk to book online! INFORMATION | 3 PRIMARK & BULLRING, END OF SPRING SAT 02 MON 08 BRITISH MUSEUM * EASTER HOLIDAY JAN BIRMINGHAM FOR SHOPPING HALF-TERM HOLIDAYS MAR 2ND - 18TH APRIL 2021 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 20:00 THE STITCH FESTIVAL, Adult: £19 Child: £17 Senior: £18 SAT 27 BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE, FEB LONDON (TBC) Visit the world’s largest Primark! Spread over five floors, MON 05 EASTER MONDAY the megastore features three cafes, one of which is 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 20:00 APR MYSTERY DRIVE Disney themed, a Hogwarts Wizarding world section, a recycle scheme, the custom lab, beauty salon and a Adult: £36 Child: £27 Senior: £35 1st pick-up: 08:00 1st drop-off: 18:00 barber shop. Birmingham also offers a range of other ®Visit London attractions such as the museum and art gallery, the Coach Only: £20 Adult: £21 Child: £19 Senior: £20 Science and Pen Museums, the Sea Life Centre, the 1st pick-up: 08:00 1st drop-off: 20:00 Jewellery Quarter and the Coffin Works. The Spring Knitting & Stitching Show moved to The What could be nicer as the Business Design Centre in 2020 allowing the show to be Adult: £15 Child: £13 Senior: £14 Easter weekend draws to a the biggest show yet. With a new name; The Stitch Festival close, than to sit back, relax and it champions creativity with hundreds of workshops, Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable enjoy a leisurely afternoon on our demonstrations, interactive features on offer as well as 200 SPRING HALF-TERM HOLIDAY collection spans over two million years of human history. mystery drive. A refreshment of our most loved exhibitors selling specialist craft supplies. Enjoy a unique comparison of the treasures of world stop (not included) will be made Spend a day re-stocking your yarn stash, learning to knit, cultures under one roof, centred around the magnificent en-route and there is a special 13TH - 21ST FEB 2021 mastering the art of tailoring and more. There has never been Great Court. surprise for everyone! a better excuse to get involved in craft! Tickets are included. SAT 13 SNOWDROPS AT SAT 06 MON 08 LONDON DAY OUT * FEB HEVER CASTLE BRISTOL WED 07 MAR MAR SIDMOUTH WITH LUNCH APR 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 18:30 1st pick-up: 08:00 1st drop-off: 20:00 1st pick-up: 07:30 1st drop-off: 18:30 Adult: £32 Child: £26 Senior: £31 Adult: £15 Child: £13 Senior: £14 Adult: £15 Child: £13 Senior: £14 Follow a trail of thousands of snowdrops starting to From shopping and sightseeing, to theatre and A day of leisure in Bristol. If you're looking to shop, emerge from their winter hibernation on Hever Castle's museums, there is so much to see and do in London. Bristol has nearly 500 stores between its two separate Snowdrops trail - the first sign that spring is just around Head to the Capital for a day out to spend as you wish. the corner. With over 7,000 snowdrop bulbs planted in covered shopping centres. Alternatively, if you're just the Gardens over six years, Snowdrop Walk will provide looking to relax and take in the city you can choose from a welcome boost to flagging winter spirits. over 50 cafes and restaurants. SAT 27 IDEAL HOME SHOW, OLYMPIA MAR SUN 07 SURREY SPRING DRIVE SAT 20 THE ROYAL MINT MAR 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 19:00 FEB EXPERIENCE, WALES 1st pick-up: 08:00 1st drop-off: 19:00 1st pick-up: 08:00 1st drop-off: 17:00 Adult: £30 Child: £28 Senior: £29 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 19:30 Adult: £32 Child: £30 Senior: £31 Adult: £15 Child: £13 Senior: £14 This annual event offers Adult: £33 Child: £31 Senior: £32 unlimited ideas and inspiration Enjoy a Carvery lunch at the Hare & Hounds which lives Take in the wonderful sights on a drive through The North for all aspects of homes and in the heart of beautiful East Devon. They have spent See how blank pieces of metal become coins, observe Downs, a ridge of chalk hills in south east England which gardens. From interior design years perfecting their carvery, using local suppliers to offer the striking hall from a viewing gallery, and even have the lie within two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the to high tech gadgets, you’ll find the best fresh Devon meat and vegetables available, some opportunity to strike our own coin to take home (extra Surrey Hills and the Kent Downs. Please note: the tour will thousands of ways to improve from farms within 5 miles from The Hare & Hounds. After charge). explore the Surrey Hills rather than the Kent Downs. your home. lunch you have free time to explore Sidmouth. 4 | To book call 01425 473188... or visit www.solentcoaches.co.uk to book online | 5 SPRINGTIME IN THE FISH & CHIPS AND THE FRI 09 SAT 17 SAT 01 DARTMOUTH SAT 15 LYNTON & LYNMOUTH APR COTSWOLDS SCENIC DRIVE APR WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY MAY MAY 1st pick-up: 08:00 1st drop-off: 19:00 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 18:00 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 19:00 Adult: £18 Child: £16 Senior: £17 Adult: £18 Child: £16 Senior: £17 Adult: £17 Child: £15 Senior: £16 A leisurely day in one of England's most popular areas Picturesque Dartmouth is very Today's excursion takes us with stops in Stow-on-the-Wold and the pretty historic much a ‘yachtie town’ where through the beautiful, and market town of Burford. you’ll see all kinds of craft on the sometimes rugged, countryside beautiful river. Stroll along the of North Devon, taking in Embankment of this historic town Exmoor, to the picturesque with the distinctive Britannia villages of Lynton & Lynmouth. Royal Naval College set proud on These villages lay one above the hillside. Why not take a range the other, and are linked by the WED 14 POSTAL MUSEUM, 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 18:00 APR LONDON of river trips, browse the shops and soak up the history. cliff railway. From Lynton you can see out over the Bristol Adult: £60 Child: £58 Senior: £59 Channel and in Lynmouth it is still possible to see evidence of the 1950's flood, when the torrents of water 1st pick-up: 07:00 1st drop-off: 19:00 flooded down off the Moors into the river and swept Enjoy a fish and chip lunch as we travel on the historic MON 03 SWEEPS FESTIVAL, away parts of the village. Refreshments stops will be Adult: £36 Child: £34 Senior: £35 steam locomotives, coaches and wagons, traveling MAY ROCHESTER through ten unique stations linked by a twenty mile made throughout the day.