Visit museums and visitor centres, take scenic railway rides and explore historic towns - all connected with the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives (Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825) on this fascinating NEW holiday.
View Dates & BookVisit museums and visitor centres, take scenic railway rides, and explore hostroic towns - all connected with the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives (Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825) on this fascinating NEW holiday.
Look what's Included:
5 Days, 4 night's hotel accomodation with dinner, bed & breakfast
Free Pick-Up Home
Gold Coach Travel with hostess service
Teeside Princess Cruise
Visit to Yarm & Preston Park
Explore Durham Dales and ride on the Weardale Railway
Head of Steam & Locomotion Visitor Centres
Beamish Museum
Monday
We depart for the north and our hotel for the next 4 nights with dinner, bed & breakfast.
During your stay
• Embark on a picturesque journey aboard the Teesside Princess, cruising through the tranquil countryside along the twists and turns of the River Tees until we reach Yarm.
• Stroll down a Victorian street in Preston Park, experiencing life as it was in 1895 and stopping by the sweet shop, toy shop, and blacksmiths.
• We journey north to Beamish, the worldfamous living museum of the North where you can step back in time to life in North East England during the 1820s, 1900s, 1940s & 1950s.
• We embark on a delightful journey through Weardale, one of the most dramatic Dales in the country.
• A scenic ride on the newly reopened Weardale Railway. A guide will join us as we journey through
railway history beginning with a visit to
Head Of Steam, a newly restored centre
commemorating 200 years since the first train
set off in 1825 (Head of Steam & Locomotion Visitor Centres
. Next, we head to Shildon and
Locomotion - the National Railway Experience,
home to many famous locomotives, including the one that hauled the first passenger train.
Friday
After breakfast we depart for home.
The Redworth Hall Hotel, Durham, is a stunning Jacobean House surrounded by landscaped gardens and woodland. It offers a traditional atmosphere with a modern twist. Features include restaurant, bar, lounge and leisure facilities including an indoor swimming pool, gym, spa pool, steam room and solarium. All bedrooms are en suite with television, 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 | Times |
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Bath | Bath Odd Down Park and Ride Coach Park | View |
Bridgwater | Bridgwater Mount Street Bus Stop Rear of Angel Place Shopping centre | View |
Chippenham | Chippenham The Bridge Outside Rivo Lounge or Megabet. | View |
Cirencester | Cirencester Little Chef/Burger King Hare Bushes Services, A429 Burford Road, GL7 5DS | View |
Clevedon | Clevedon Miles Morgan Travel Agency, Triangle Bus Stop | View |
Exeter Services | Exeter Services - M5 - Pickups from here may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | View |
Frome | Frome Market Place | View |
Gloucester Sainsburys | Gloucester Sainsburys Layby, Barnett Way, Barnwood GL4 3RT South East bound Bus Stop | View |
Gordano | Gordano M5 Services CAR PARK | View |
Highbridge | Highbridge, Church Street Bus Stop Near to Church | View |
Ivybridge | Ivybridge Leisure Centre Car Park - Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | View |
Junction 27 M5 | J27 M5 - Burger King/ Travelodge Pick ups maybe fed to Gordano Services | View |
Liskeard | Liskeard Lloyds Bank The Parade, Liskeard, PL14 6AW | View |
M5 Junction 13 | M5 Junction 13, Starbucks Formerly Little Chef | View |
Melksham | Melksham Town Hall. | View |
Michael Wood Services | Michael Wood Services - Outward - Northbound side Return - Southbound side | View |
Midsomer Norton | Midsomer Norton Town Hall | View |
Minehead | Minehead Railway Station | View |
Newton Abbot | Newton Abbot Railway Station Lay By Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 | View |
Plymouth | Plymouth Railway Station SE Bound Bus Stop Pennycomequick Hill/ Saltash Road | View |
Shepton Mallet | Shepton Mallet Station Road Car Park Bus Stop near Monument | View |
Somerton | Somerton The Cross - Pickups from here may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | View |
St Austell | St Austell-Railway Station PL25 4LA | View |
Street | Street Bayliss Centre | View |
Taunton Herons | Taunton - Hankeridge Farm Bus Stop, Herons Gate by Halfords Superstore. | View |
Thornbury | Thornbury Aldi Lay-by | View |
Torquay | Torquay Coach Station | View |
Trowbridge | Trowbridge Town Hall | View |
Truro | Truro Fairmantle Street Coach Park TR1 2EE | View |
Wells | Wells Princes Road Car Park | View |
Westbury | Westbury Haynes Road bus stop | View |
Weston-super-Mare | Weston-super-Mare Locking Road Car Park | View |
Yeovil | Yeovil Bus Station - Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach | View |
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