Rails to Royalty-A Midland Journey GOLD
This NEW tour takes us to Nottingham where we feature an excursion to Hardwick Hall one of the finest Elizabethan buildings in the country. Enjoy a nostalgic steam journey on the Great Central Railway and there are also visits to the city of Nottingham and the towns of Matlock and Melton Mowbray
View Dates & Book
5 Days • 4 nights with dinner, bed & breakfast • Home Link included
Gold Service with Host Service
HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
• Great Central Railway (not in October)
• Hardwick Hall
• Matlock & Melton Mowbray
• Nottingham
Monday
We depart and make our way to out hotel for the next 4 nights with dinner, bed and breakfast.
During your stay
• We journey to Matlock, in the Derwent Valley where you will have time to explore.
• Hardwick Hall – one of the finest Elizabethan buildings in the country.
• Melton Mowbray – The town has a royal heritage that goes back to Richard the Lionheart and is home to Stilton, Red Leicester Cheese, and of course the famous Melton Mowbray Pork Pie.
Head inside Melton Carnegie Museum to see on original pie oven, grab a pie at Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, or visit the Anne of Cleves pub.
• Heading for the northern outskirts of Leicester where we join the Great Central Railway for a nostalgic steam train ride for 18 miles to Loughborough, crossing picturesque Swithland Reservoir on the
way. (NOTE: 26 Oct will include Burghley House instead of the Great Central Railway)
• We travel the short distance into Nottingham – home of the legendary Robin Hood. Enjoy the day at leisure in the city.
Friday
After breakfast we depart for home.
Your Hotel
Nottingham Belfry Hotel & Spa is a contemporary, warm and stylish hotel located on the edge of the city which is ideal for our tour. Facilities include a full spa and indoor swimming pool and all bedrooms are en suite with TV, telephone, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities.
The hotel has a lift.
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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 |
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| 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 Sainsburys, Barnett Way |
| 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 |
| Liskeard | Liskeard Lloyds Bank The Parade, Liskeard, PL14 6AW |
| 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 Silver Street |
| 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 |
| St Austell | St Austell-Railway Station PL25 4LA |
| Street | Street Bayliss Centre |
| 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 |
| Truro | Truro Fairmantle Street Coach Park TR1 2EE |
| 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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