Experience the Friendly Invasion

Experience the Friendly Invasion

EXPERIENCE THE FRIENDLY INVASION SEVEN DAY TOUR Immerse yourself in the full story of the American Friendly Invasion with this comprehensive seven-day tour of eastern England. DAY Begin the tour in Norwich. Visit the Second Air Division Memorial Library, Norwich Cathedral and Castle. 1 Stay overnight at the historic Maids Head Hotel. DAY Visit two museums devoted to America’s wartime presence: 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk – ‘Bloody Hundredth’; 2 95th Bomb Group, Horham, Suffolk, site of recent archaeological excavations of Second World War items and the Red Feather Club. Stay overnight at the Lavenham Swan, home of the Airmen’s Bar. DAY Drive through Constable Country (Dedham Vale) to Stoke by Nayland. Spend the day relaxing in the spa or enjoying golf at one of the two championship 3 courses, set in 300 acres of countryside in an Area of Outstanding Beauty. DAY Visit the ‘White House’, Hylands House, near Chelmsford. Have a traditional British cuppa at Writtle Tea Rooms and explore Chelmsford Cathedral’s 4 American links. Spend the night in Cambridge. DAY Get the full picture of The Friendly Invasion at the American Air Museum, IWM Duxford, and Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. Drive to Grantham, 5 Lincolnshire. Overnight at Victorian mansion Stoke Rockford Hall Hotel. DAY Visit RAF Scampton, home of the Red Arrows aerobatic team. Explore the historic city of Lincoln. Drive to Heacham, Norfolk, and see the mulberry 6 tree which legend has it was planted by Pocahontas. Overnight at Heacham Manor. DAY Call in at Sandringham Estate, the much-loved country retreat of Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family. On to the coast at Sheringham to see the North Norfolk 7 Railway. Climb Beeston Bump, where you can see remains of military fortifications, before returning to Norwich to spend the night. (Day 8: Depart Norwich). Images from the top: Norwich Castle, 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, IWM Duxford, and Sandringham Estate thefriendlyinvasion.co.uk.

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