A lovely holiday taking in the delights of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and including a ride on the Weardale Railway, Ripon Canal Cruise and a visit to the World of James Herriot in Thirsk.
View Dates & BookA lovely NEW holiday taking in the delights of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and including a ride on the Weardale Railway, Ripon Canal Cruise and a visit to the World of James Herriot in Thirsk.
Look what's Included:
5 Days, 4 night's hotel accommodation with dinner, bed & breakfast
Free Pick-Up from Home
Gold Coach Travel with Hostess service
Ripon Canal Cruise
World of James Herriot
Black Sheep Brewery
Market towns of Thirsk & Northallerton
Scenic tour of Reeth, Leyburn & Bedale
Monday
We depart and make our way north and our hotel for the next 4 nights with dinner, bed and breakfast.
During your stay
• Free time to explore the picturesque Yorkshire Dales village of Reeth before a scenic drive through the Yorkshire Dales passing Castle Bolton to Hawes.
• We head to Leyburn to board the Wensleydale railway to Bedale.
• We journey to Thirsk and visit ‘The World of James Herriot’, a fascinating tour, including many of the props and three studio sets as featured in the long running TV series based
on the life and times of local vet Alf Wright.
• The market town of Northallerton, a visit to the stunning Joe Cornish Gallery is not to be missed. This is a display of absolutely stunning landscape photography of the
North of England. Treat yourself at the local branch of Betty’s famous tearooms.
• Visit to Ripon, with its magnificent cathedral, where we enjoy a 30 minutes cruise on the
canal alongside free time to explore with
today being market day.
• We make our way to delightful Masham where we feature a tour and tasting of the award-winning Black Sheep Brewery.
Friday
After breakfast depart for home.
Your Hotel
The Holiday Inn Darlington/Scotch Corner is just a short drive from our visits and is an ideal base for this tour. Facilities include indoor swimming pool and gym, bar and lounge and all bedrooms are en suite with TV, telephone 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 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 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 |
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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18 Aug 2025 | £679.00 | | | | |
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