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Gold Hotel Collection Hidden Corners of Yorkshire
This tour covers a splendid variety of magnificent scenery and contrasting countryside, with quaint Yorkshire towns and villages. We also feature a ride on the Wensleydale Railway, reopened after 50 years and also a boat trip on the Tees to Yarm.
Holiday Highlights
• Historic Richmond
• Wensleydale Railway
• Gentle River Tees cruise
• 12th C Castle in Helmsley
• Preston Park & Hallmark
Museum
Monday
We depart and make our way north,
arriving at the Blackwell Grange Hotel for the
next 4 nights with dinner, bed and breakfast
During your stay
• A drive to historic Richmond, high above the River Swale. Here you will find a castle, The Green Howards Museum and the Richmondshire Museum, which houses the
‘set’ from ‘All Creatures Great and Small’.
• A Nostalgic ride on the ‘Wensleydale Railway’.
• Thirsk, home of James Herriot, and the opportunity to take in the acclaimed World of James Herriot Centre (extra) and explore before we return to the hotel.
• Preston Park and Hall Museum. The attractive parkland surrounds the museum.
• We join the ‘Teesside Princess’ and take a gentle cruise on the River Tees through beautiful countryside to the cobbled town of Yarm.
• Bilsdale - “Little Switzerland”, past the Sun Inn, which has had the same landlord for 200 years!
• Helmsley with its 12th century castle. • We join the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for a steam train journey through rugged moorland to Whitby
Friday
After breakfast we depart for home.
Your Hotel
The Blackwell Grange Hotel is a stunning
17th Century mansion which enjoys an
enviable setting in the beautiful County of
Durham countryside. The hotel is nestled
in wooded parkland in Darlington, located
between the North Yorkshire Moors and the
Pennines. Hotel facilities include leisure club
with heated indoor swimming pool, spa and
sauna and all bedrooms are en suite with TV,
radio, telephone, hairdryer and tea/coffee.
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 Avon Street / Riverside Coach Car 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 Tui Travel Agency | |
| 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 | |
| Gloucester Sainsburys | Gloucester Sainsburys Layby, Barnett Way, Barnwood GL4 3RT South East bound Bus Stop | |
| 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 | |
| M5 Junction 13 | M5 Junction 13, Starbucks Formerly Little Chef | |
| Melksham | Melksham Town Hall. | |
| Michael Wood Services | Michael Wood Services - Outward - Northbound side Return - Southbound side | |
| 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 |
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