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A MIDLANDS MEDLEY
Stamford and Belvoir Castle
or Burghley House
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Adults: £15.40 Seniors: £14.35
Availability: All year, every day
Coach miles: 30
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Limited
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This is a day with a bit of everything — an ancient market town; beautiful countryside; and a stunning castle.
You meet our guide at 10.30a.m. in Stamford.
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BARD AND BRETHREN
Stratford and Warwick
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Adults: £13.90 Seniors: £13.40
Availability: All year, Tuesday to Sunday
Coach miles: 15
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Limited
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Small but beautifully preserved, Warwick and Stratford are world famous and deservedly so.
Our day starts in Warwick where our guide will be waiting for you at 10.30a.m.
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BLACK COUNTRY GEM
Birmingham
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, Tuesday to Saturday
Coach miles: 5
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Good
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It's no secret that a new Birmingham has emerged, phoenix-like, from the ashes of its industrial past. Britain's second city is vibrant and modern but, as our day shows, has not lost touch with its history.
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BORDER COUNTRY
Dorking and Titsey Place
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Adults: £14.50 Seniors: £14.50
Availability: All year, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Coach miles: 25
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Limited
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Today we cross from one county to another and then back again to find a wealth of contrasts and lasting impressions.
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CONTRASTS OF KENT
Rochester and the Isle of Sheppey
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Adults: £11.50 Seniors: £11.50
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 40
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Slightly limited
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Rochester is a beautiful, historic town. The Isle of Sheppey is less well known as a visitor destination but has an equally interesting past. Our tour includes visits to both.
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DIAMOND ISLE
The Isle of Wight and Dimbola Lodge
or Osborne House
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Adults: £23.70 Seniors: £21.65
Availability: All year, Tuesday to Sunday
Coach miles: 60
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Good
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Just a 55 minute ferry ride from the mainland lies the diamond-shaped Isle of Wight with its own special character and a wealth of surprises.
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GOLDEN FLEECES
The Cotswolds
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, every day
Coach miles: 65
Walking: Coach-based
Wheelchair access: Limited in church
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'There's gold in them there hills' went up the cry, and they were right! Golden limestone and almost unlimited wealth from the wool trade have made the Cotswolds one of the most stunning parts of England.
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KENTISH KALEIDOSCOPE
Ightham Mote, Tunbridge Wells and
the Weald of Kent
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Adults: £14.50 Seniors: £14.50
Availability: 12 March to 29 October, Monday, Wednesday to Friday
Coach miles: 35
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Limited
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Our tour today has a bit of everything. An ancient mote house, a prosperous former spa town and some lovely countryside.
You team up with our guide at 10.15a.m. in Sevenoaks for coffee.
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KINGS AND QUEENS APLENTY
Hampton Court Palace
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Adults: £18.70 Seniors: £16.45
Availability: All year, every day
Coach miles: 0
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Good
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For over two hundred and fifty years Hampton Court was a favourite palace of our royal family. Henry VIII spent five of his six honeymoons here and William and Mary spent a fortune turning it into their principal residence.
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LINCOLNSHIRE BEAUTIES
Boston and Butterflies
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Adults: £8.50 Seniors: £8.50
Availability: May to September
Coach miles: 30
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Slightly limited
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This is a lovely day out in Lincolnshire, enjoying a walking tour of historic Boston, a coach tour of the Fens and visiting a unique butterfly garden.
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OUR RURAL RIDE
Surrey villages
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, Tuesday to Saturday
Coach miles: 50
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Good
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In William Cobbett’s famous book ‘Rural Rides’ he lamented the loss of country life in Surrey in the 19th century. Our Surrey tour is designed to show that even today rural Surrey is alive and well.
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PONIES AND PONYTAILS
The New Forest and boat trip
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Adults: £14.00 Seniors: £13.15
Availability: April to October, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 45
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Limited
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This is a delightful day out in one of England's oldest areas of open land.
You meet our guide at 10.30a.m. in a charming village not far from Junction 1 of the M27 for coffee.
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PRETTY AS A PICTURE
Impressions of East Anglia
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, every day
Coach Miles: 45
Walking: Gentle, mostly coach-based tour
Wheelchair access: Good
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East Anglia, with its landscape that inspired John Constable, is our destination today. Here we see idyllic villages, historic towns, and meandering rivers.
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READING, ROWING AND RELIGION
Henley, Dorchester Abbey and Oxford
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Adults: £8.30 Seniors: £8.30
Availability: All year, every day
Coach miles: 25
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Limited
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Our tour in Oxfordshire enables you to experience some of the variety of this beautiful county. The day starts in attractive Henley-on-Thames, famous for its regatta, where you meet our guide at 10.30a.m. for coffee.
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ROLLING HILLS OF ESSEX
Saffron Walden and villages
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 45
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Good
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When people think of Essex they tend to assume that the whole county is flat and dull. Our tour will show you how wrong this is as we make our way through attractive rolling countryside, ancient towns and villages.
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ROYALS, RACING AND RUNNYMEDE
Windsor Castle and beyond
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Adults: £19.80 Seniors: £18.40
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 20
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Slightly limited
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Windsor is the oldest continually inhabited castle in the world and its close association with the Royal Family make it very special. Our guide will be waiting for you at 10.30a.m. in the coach park.
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SCENIC SUSSEX
Chichester, Arundel and coach tour
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 40
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Hilly in Arunde
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On this tour we explore Sussex's stunning scenery including part of the South Downs, stopping off at some beautiful towns and villages.
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TALES OF THE RIVERBANK
Thames Valley and the Chilterns
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, Tuesday to Sunday
Coach miles: 45
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Limited
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The Thames has always been a source of inspiration for artists and writers, there are countless songs, paintings, poems and prose based on this ancient waterway. We take a gentle meander by coach along the riverbank to give you an enchanting day out.
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THE BEAR NECESSITIES
The Ashdown Forest and Bateman's
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Adults: £12.30 Seniors: £12.30
Availability: April to October, Saturday to Wednesday
Coach miles: 35
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Limited
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Everybody loves a nice bear and this tour features the most famous teddy bear of all, the author of the Jungle Book and a man of real mystery.
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THE WONDERS OF WILTSHIRE
Old and New Salisbury
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Adults: £13.25 Seniors: £12.65
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 25
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Slightly limited
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A new town, an old town and an ancient monument all feature on this tour which combines walking, site visits and a coach drive.
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TOWN, GOWN AND AROUND
Cambridge and Anglesey Abbey or Ely Cathedral
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Adults: £14.30 Seniors: £14.30
Availability: 22 March to 29 October, Wednesday to Saturday
Coach Miles: 20
Walking: Gentle
Wheelchair access: Limited
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Look in a big atlas and you can find thirty places called Cambridge around the world; we concentrate today on the original and best. Students fleeing here from riots in Oxford founded the second oldest university in England back in the early 1200s.
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TWO ANCIENT TOWNS
Rye and Winchelsea
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Adults: £7.00 Seniors: £7.00
Availability: All year, every day
Coach miles: 25
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Hilly in Rye
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This is a super day out. We visit two counties and two ancient towns.
The day starts in attractive Headcorn where you meet our guide at 10.30a.m. From here it’s a short drive to the delightful country pub where coffee has been booked.
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WHAT THE ROMANS DID FOR US
St Albans and Roman theatre and museum
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Adults: £10.75 Seniors: £10.75
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 2
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Slightly limited
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When the Romans chose a site for one of their towns they usually knew what they were up to. If they could return today and see what has become of their Verulamium they would not be disappointed.
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WONDERFUL WESSEX
Winchester and the Meon Valley
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Adults: £11.00 Seniors: £11.00
Availability: All year, Monday to Saturday
Coach miles: 30
Walking: Moderate
Wheelchair access: Good
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In the Middle Ages the Bishops of Winchester were astute businessmen. One of them, Bishop de Lucy, founded six new towns in the 13th century so that he could supplement his income from the rents from the building plots.
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