South East England Group Travel Guide 2021 PROMOTE YOUR BRAND AND See page 13 for the Places to Visit key RIChmond‑upon‑ Turner’s House Trust Index (Places to Visit) THAMES H Turner’s House, 40 Sandycombe Road, Kew Gardens Twickenham, London TW1 2LR, UK t 020 8892 5485 SouthF East’s e [email protected] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, w www.turnershouse.org KEY: Surrey TW9 3AB, UK Curtis Museum into the Group Rates per Person: Adult: £8 / Child: t 020 8332 5648 £3 / Concession: £8 32 e [email protected] History Group Size to Receive Group Rates: = page number of full listing Set Sail w www.kew.org/groups Minimum: 12 / Maximum: 12 GENERATE MORE BUSINESSPre‑Booking: Advised Arts and Crafts Pre‑Booking: Required Hastings Country Park Nature MaritimeGuided Tours Available: Yes Guided Tours Available: YesGrayshott Pottery Translated Tours: No Guided Tours Details: 12 –Holme 1pm self‑guided Grange Craft Village Reserve Coach Parking: Free off site tours at 1, 2 and 3pm 90 Lepe Country Park High Beeches Woodland and Fascinating Driver / Organiser Incentive: Yes Translated Tours: No Lingfield Antiques Fair 100 Disabled Facilities: Yes Estimated Visit Time: 1 hourThe Lightbox 20 Mote Park Water Garden Catering Facilities: Yes Coach Parking: Paid off site 90 Queen Elizabeth Country Park 41 Hole Park Gardens Driver / Organiser Incentive:Watts No Gallery 101 Royal Victoria Country Park 66 Kew Gardens 2020 91 Disabled Facilities: Yes 71 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage to America and will be Catering Facilities: No 90 Staunton Country Park 35 King John’s Nursery & Garden TWICKENHAM Catering Facilities Details: Local cafés 5 77 THE SOUTH EAST ENGLAND celebrated with numerous activities and events at locations connected to the Mayflower. Brewery / Stoke Park 41 Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens mins. walk away 100 It is therefore an exciting year to delve deep into Britain’sPortsmouth rich nautical history. Vineyard / Distillery Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve 35 Merriments Gardens 89 Painshill Park Trust 103 Explore 800Strawberry years of Britain’s Hill House history of& the seas Albourne Estate Vineyard & Yateley Common Country Park and experienceGarden at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. 34 Paradise Park 95 Winery Southampton Understand life in the Royal Navy past and present,Places and to Stay 46 Pashley Manor Gardens 87 embrace the bravery of the soldiers on board Britain’s Bolney Wine Estate Farm Park / 104 legendaryH ships including HMS Victory and HMS 96 The Savill Garden (Crown Estate) Mayflower 400 is an opportunity500+ to celebrate the city Bombay Sapphire Distillery 105 of Southampton and a communityplaces builtto visit, on journeys stay and Warrior 1860, which have been expertly restoredCENTRAL and LONDON 101 Wildlife Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and eat in the turned into living museums. With so many attractions Brightwell Vineyard 88 migration. Follow in the footsteps of the Pilgrims with 43 Aldingbourne Country Centre Stone Cross Garden Centre a walking tour of the city, focusingSouth on Eastthe Mayflower of to choose from, there are several ticketing options for Chapel Down Winery England London Sussex Prairie Gardens 40 heritage and the many surviving sites from 1620. The groups allowing flexibility when planning your visit. Denbies Wine Estate Ltd 82 Beale Wildlife Park TRAVEL GUIDE For those short on time, the 3/2/1 Day Ticket enablesStay QM at Queen Mary 97 Wakehurst 99 GROUPcity will host a series of events and activities including 70 British Wildlife Centre University ofGorilla London Spirits a diverse performing arts programme with specially each group member to visit the attractions of their own 19 Waterperry Gardens 102 choosing. guest accommodationHambledon Vineyard««« 87 Busbridge Lakes commissioned productions from the city’s recently 90 West Dean Gardens 102 refurbished The Mayflower Theatre – the biggest Hook Norton Brewery 34 Coombes Farm Tours 89 RHS Garden Wisley 83 TSE’s annual South East England Group Travel Guide theatre on the South Coast. Groups will also be able Hush Heath Estate 37 Crocodiles of the World to visit special exhibitions exploring Southampton’s 104 98 268 Waldegrave Road, Kingscote Vineyard 80 Drusillas Park connection to the Mayflower at the SeaCity Museum 80 90 and Tudor House. London tW1 4st, uK Ridgeview Wine Estate 70 Eagle Heights Heritage t 020 8744 1241 94 Ringwood Brewery 99StepEdenbridge inside & Oxted Agricultural 1066 Battle Abbey e [email protected] 70 w www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk Sedlescombe Organic VineyardHorace 97 Show Walpole’s and Battlefield Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours 40 Fairytale Farm Beaulieu INSPIRING strawberry Hill House & garden has 90 is targeted at key coach and group travel buyers, and been open to visitors for over 250 Silent Pool Distillers 95beautifullyFishers Farm Park Ltd Bekonscot Model Village 95 years. created in the 18th century by 80 sir christopherWiston France Estate House, Winery 64 Green Dragon Eco Farm Bodleian Library 36 Horace Walpole, son of Britain’s first restored 96 GROUP Prime minister, sir Robert Walpole, Westfield Way, London e1 4Qa, uK 89 Hawk Conservancy Trust The Brickworks Museum 24 strawberry Hill is internationally t 020 7882 8177 10518th-centuryHowletts Wild Animal Park 23 82 e [email protected] Buckler’s Hard famous as the finest example of Church / Kent County Show 33 41 georgian gothic revival architecture. w www.qmul.ac.uk/stay gothic castle Bursledon Windmill Cathedral 62 36 ADVENTURES Whether you want to visit under stay Qm offers 3‑star campus Kent Life Heritage Farm Park Chichester Tour Guides accommodationCredit: graded single and garden 65 is renowned for being retained for up to 12 months your own steam or as part as a Canterbury Cathedral Manor Farm City Sightseeing Oxford 41 public tour please visit: ensuite roomsCutty Sark in mile end, two miles 65 94 www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk. from QueenChichester elizabeth Cathedral olympic Park, Marwell Zoo Cogges Manor Farm Credit: Westfield stratford city, city of 41 82 group Rates per Person: adult: £13.50 Romsey Abbey 62 Monkey Haven Cutty Sark HMS Victory London and canary Wharf. Providing Book Now group size to Receive group Rates: 98 New Forest Wildlife Park 43 83 the idealShrine base offor St those Augustine seeking a- National The Historic Dockyard Chatham minimum: 15 strawberryhillhouse.org.uk 53 76 Credit: Southampton centrallyPugin located Centre stay. 40 Odds Farm Park Dover Town Hall ©VisitBritain / Andrew Pre‑Booking: Required 020 8744 1241 37 63 Pickett guided tours available: Yes total Rooms:Winchester 1000 Cathedral Rare Breeds Centre Emirates Spinnaker Tower and referred to for inspiration and information when guided tours details: House, landscape opening Hours: 24 hours a day 62 Tapnell Farm Park 24 Frogmore Paper Mill 64 and specialityGreenwich tours available single supplement: no Strawberry Hill House 62 38 group Rates: £50 44 Trindledown Farm, Animal Goodwood House translatedA top-10 tours: UKno visitor attraction, Royal Museums Country Park / & Garden 55 24 Joint ticket details – any other group size to Receive group Rates: Rescue and Rehoming The Mary Rose Greenwich is home to numerous attractionsminimum:Nature set 20 within / maximum: Trail 1000 / Park 268 Waldegrave Road 98 ticketinga a UNESCOrrangements World with Heritage other Site including the National WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Newport Roman Villa coach Parking: Paid off site Twickenham 18 Medway attractions:Maritime Joint tours Museum with andturners the iconic sailing shipAlexandra Cutty Sark Park Polesden Lacey (National Trust) 32 House available Wednesdays and driver / organiser incentive: no TW1 4ST Just 35 miles from London, the Historic Dockyard – the world’s only surviving extreme dclipper.isabled Marvel Facilities: Yes 95 Ramsgate Tunnels 54 thursdaysat Cutty Sark’s structure, 90% of whichArlington is original Bluebell Walk and Farm Garden / Nursery Chatham is the world’s most complete dockyard from coach Parking: Paid off site non‑Resident catering Facilities: no 100 Royal Observatory 88 planning new itineraries. the age of sail. Climb aboard historic warships and and dates back from 1869, visit the largestTrail Merchant on‑site catering Facilities: Yes / Garden Centre driver / organiserNavy figurehead incentive: ncollectiono in the worldBedgebury and uncover National Pinetum and Standen (National Trust) 68 discover the 400-year story of the dockyard in over 10 disabled Facilities: Yes Leisure Facilities: no museum galleries. Groups can benefit from exclusive the stories of murder and mutiny on boardForest the historic 99 Batsford Arboretum The Guildhall 76 Canterbury cCathedralatering Facilities:ship. Groups Yes can purchase joint attraction tickets; book catering options and guided tours including a ‘Call the catering Facilities details: the garden Edgerton Park Borde Hill Garden The Hospital of St Cross 99 Midwife’ tour, visiting the scenes for the popular TV guided tours and even enjoy afternoon tea underneath 81 café offers athe variety ship’s of hull. light Group lunch visits must be booked at least 72 69 Downderry Nursery The Hospital of St Cross & 89 series, or the new ‘Women of the Dockyard’ tour, which options, tea and cakes 101 will delve into the untold stories of the women of the hours in advance to benefit from thewww.visitsoutheastengland.com numerous offers. 95 Goodnestone Park Gardens Almshouse of Noble Poverty 44 Dockyard and their roles over the past 400 years. 71 ROYAL RESIDENCES www.visitsoutheastengland.comwww.visitsoutheastengland.com