Visits
Details of visits held this year may be found below. Notification of next year’s visits will be posted as soon as we have details.
| FOUR DAYS – SUNDAY 26TH APRIL 2020
THE CATHEDRAL CITIES OF GLOUCESTER HEREFORD AND WORCESTER – £365PP What you will see…· Biddulph Grange Garden (pictured above) · Little Morton Hall · Gloucester Cathedral · Tewkesbury · Worcester Cathedral · Museum of Royal Worcester · Kilpeck Church · Hereford Cathedral and gardens
Accommodation We stay three nights on a half board basis at the 4* Mercure Gloucester Bowden Hall Hotel All rooms are en suite and have television, hair dryer, tea and coffee making facilities and complimentary high speed Wi-Fi The hotel has no lift.
Coach Travel This will be by executive coach, provided by Palmer Holidays of Normanton, who have over 40 years’ experience in group travel.
Extras to Your Tour · Insurance £10 · Single room supplement £80 (limited number available) · Entrance fees to National Trust properties (free to NT members) · Gratuities |
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DAY 1
We depart from our designated pick up point and en route to our hotel we visit the National Trust’s Biddulph Grange Garden widely regarded as a masterpiece of garden design. We then travel the short distance to the National Trust’s iconic Tudor manor house Little Moreton Hall which is a building of such delight that it will take your breath away. We then make the journey to our hotel the 4* Mercure Bowden Hall where we stay for three nights. (Pictured opposite)
DAY 2
Our Blue Badge guide meets us at our hotel and accompanies us throughout the day. We make our way to Gloucester where we will have a guided tour of the magnificent cathedral famed for its dramatic yet elegant architecture and soaring stained glass windows before having free time in Gloucester for lunch. After lunch, we travel to Tewkesbury which has one of England’s best medieval townscapes with over 300 listed buildings. Our Blue Badge Guide will provide us with a walking tour pointing out many points of interest. We will then have free time to explore Tewkesbury at our leisure before returning to our hotel.
DAY 3
This morning we depart with our Blue Badge Guide for Worcester where we will see the magnificent sight of Worcester cathedral. Upon arrival, we will have a guided tour of the highlights of the cathedral. We will then have a short walking tour of the city with our Blue Badge Guide before free time for lunch. After lunch, we visit the Museum of Royal Worcester which holds the world’s largest collection of Worcester porcelain. This fascinating ceramics museum has recently benefitted from a multimillion-pound restoration. Upon arrival, we will have a private ‘behind the scenes’ lecture after which our Blue Badge Guide will take us on a short tour of the museum. Following tea/coffee and biscuits there will be free time to explore the museum at your leisure and perhaps visit the gift shop before we return to our hotel.
DAY 4
After checking out of our hotel, we visit the architectural wonder which is the church of St Mary and St David at Kilpeck. If any church deserves the word extraordinary, it is Kilpeck. The church was built around 1140 AD and has been little changed since. It is a remarkable example of the stonemason’s art with a riot of extraordinary carvings where Pagan imagery vies with Christian iconography. We then travel the short distance to the delightful cathedral city of Hereford. Here we will visit the cathedral and enjoy a cathedral highlights tour as well as visiting the famous Mappa Mundi and Chained Library exhibition. After free time for lunch, we return to Hereford cathedral for a guided tour of their RHS award winning gardens. We then depart for our return journey back to our original pick up point.
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