Smugglers tales, artists country and a medieval village are part of this wonderful holiday in East Anglia.
Holiday Highlights
Constable Country -Flatford Mill & the Vale of Dedham
Bury St Edmunds and Lavenham
Smugglers Coast -Mersea Island & Burnham on Crouch
Guided Tour of Constable Country
Monday
We depart and make our way to our
hotel in East Anglia where we enjoy the next 4
nights with dinner bed and breakfast.
Tuesday
• We discover the idyllic villages on our tour of
Constable Country, including the birthplace
of the famous painter at East Bergholt, an
unspoilt village with many fine old houses
and cottages. The church at Dedham, with its
131ft tower, and the little hamlet of Flatford
Mill, were favourite landscape subjects and
you can soak up these scenes of England at
first hand.
• We visit Mersea Island and West Mersea for
a short break.
• From Maldon’s Hythe Quay to Burnham on
Crouch many smugglers tales abound.
• Excursion to historic Bury St.Edmunds,
famous for its Abbey Gardens and the Angel
Hotel, where Dickens had Mrs Pickwick stay.
We have time to explore the town.
• The pretty villages of Cavendish and Clare,
with their pastel coloured cottages, to
take a break in Lavenham, one of our best
preserved medieval villages with its many
colourful and half-timbered houses.
Friday
After breakfast we leave and begin our
homeward journey.
Your Hotel
The Holiday Inn Colchester is set on the
outskirts of Colchester in a quiet village
setting on the edge of Constable Country.
Hotel facilities include leisure and fitness
centre with indoor swimming pool and all
bedrooms are en suite with TV, telephone
and tea/coffee making facilities.
The hotel has a lift
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Name | Address | Contact Details |
---|---|---|
Bath | Bath Odd Down Park and Ride Coach Park | |
Bridgwater | Bridgwater Mount Street Bus Stop Rear of Angel Place Shopping centre | |
Chippenham | Chippenham The Bridge Outside Rivo Lounge or Megabet. | |
Cirencester | Cirencester Little Chef/Burger King Hare Bushes Services, A429 Burford Road, GL7 5DS | |
Clevedon | Clevedon Miles Morgan Travel Agency, Triangle Bus Stop | |
Exeter Services | Exeter Services - M5 - Pickups from here may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | |
Frome | Frome Market Place | |
Gloucester | Gloucester outside the British Heart Foundation Shop, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SL | |
Gordano | Gordano M5 Services CAR PARK | |
Highbridge | Highbridge, Church Street Bus Stop Near to Church | |
Ivybridge | Ivybridge Leisure Centre Car Park - Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | |
Junction 27 M5 | J27 M5 - Burger King/ Travelodge Pick ups maybe fed to Gordano Services | |
Leigh Delamere Services | Leigh Delamere - Outbound - Eastbound Side Return - Westbound Side - Coach Park | |
M5 Junction 13 | M5 Junction 13, Starbucks Formerly Little Chef | |
Melksham | Melksham Town Hall. | |
Midsomer Norton | Midsomer Norton Town Hall | |
Minehead | Minehead Railway Station | |
Newton Abbot | Newton Abbot Railway Station Lay By Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 | |
Plymouth | Plymouth Railway Station SE Bound Bus Stop Pennycomequick Hill/ Saltash Road | |
Shepton Mallet | Shepton Mallet Station Road Car Park Bus Stop near Monument | |
Somerton | Somerton The Cross - Pickups from here may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | |
Street | Street Bayliss Centre | |
Stroud | Stroud Merrywalks Bus Station | |
Taunton Herons | Taunton - Hankeridge Farm Bus Stop, Herons Gate by Halfords Superstore. | |
Thornbury | Thornbury Aldi Lay-by | |
Torquay | Torquay Coach Station | |
Trowbridge | Trowbridge Town Hall | |
Wells | Wells Princes Road Car Park | |
Westbury | Westbury Haynes Road bus stop | |
Weston-super-Mare | Weston-super-Mare Locking Road Car Park | |
Yeovil | Yeovil Bus Station - Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach |