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Barge, Blooms & TV in the North West

Fully Escorted! New for 2024!

This captivating holiday offers a delightful mix of cultural exploration, natural beauty, and behind-the-scene glimpses.

Day 1

Depart home area and stop in the beautiful city of Lichfield with its magnificent three-spired medieval cathedral. Walk along the historic streets lined with tempting shops and restaurants. We continue to our hotel with time to freshen up before our evening meal.

Day 2

After breakfast, we travel to Wigan pier for a 2-hour barge cruise to see the beauty of the outlying Douglas Valley. Whilst onboard enjoy a cup of tea/coffee with biscuits. Afterwards we travel to the spectacular RHS Bridgewater Gardens. Opportunity to purchase lunch here with the rest of the afternoon at leisure to explore this 150-acre site. See the Weston Walled Gardens which contain multiple garden rooms, complementary sub-gardens each exploring different horticultural style and characterful listed buildings, the wider woodland, meadows and stunning lakes.

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Day 3

Today we head to Salford for a Coronation Street tour at MediaCity. Discover the stories behind the life on the nation’s favourite street as you go behind the scenes and walk the cobbles! This unique opportunity gives us access to all areas to the outdoor Coronation Street set, revealing off-air secrets and fascinating facts. Afterwards we have free time in the Lowry Outlet, a popular discount shopping attraction next to MediaCity with an excellent choice of eateries.

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Day 4

Today we travel to the picturesque city of Chester, where we meet our guide, Tom Jones, for a guided coach tour around Chester. The rest of the morning is ours to explore the pretty medieval streets and the famous Rows, time to obtain lunch before our afternoon visit to Port Sunlight Village. It is a beautiful model village originally designed to house ‘Sunlight Soap’ factory
workers, but today is home to a fascinating museum, beautiful architecture, a world-class art gallery, stunning parkland and a thriving community. It was used as the location for Aunt Polly’s Sutton Coldfield house in the very popular BBC gangster drama, Peaky Blinders. Time to purchase afternoon refreshments here before returning to our hotel.

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Day 5

Today we return to home area stopping enroute at Melton Mowbray, famous for the Melton Pork Pie and as the centre of Stilton Cheese production making it the ‘Rural Capital of Food’.

B=Breakfast Included, D=Dinner Included

THE PARK ROYAL, WARRINGTON ****

This 4-star hotel is set in 2.5 acres of grounds and part of this hotel housed a former vicarage dating to 1831. The sophisticated, subdued rooms feature free WiFi, tea and coffee making facilities and TV. There’s a formal restaurant, a casual bar/grill, plus an extensive health club and spa with a gym, indoor pool, sauna, and tennis courts.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast

• Tea/coffee after dinner

• Entry to RHS Bridgewater

• 2-hour barge cruise with tea/coffee & biscuits

• Entry and tour of Port Sunlight Village

• Coronation Street Tour

• Coach excursions as described

• Fully escorted throughout

GROUP BOOKINGS

If you book 20 places all together on a day excursion, short break or holiday ONE GOES FREE

TRAVEL OPTIONS

Upgrade your room (subject to availability). Supplements apply, call 01268 777 777

Please find below our pick up points (not all pick up points will be available on all departure dates). View the pick-up point you require, then you’ll see a list of dates which are/aren’t available from your pick up point.

Name	Address	Times
Barking	Station Parade, IG11 8TU	Failed View
Barkingside	Fullwell Cross, Bus Stop A - IG6 2EA	Failed View
Basildon	Cherrydown East Bus Stop, SS16 5GT, Basildon	Failed View
Brentwood	Brentwood, Outside The Dairyman	Failed View
Chalkwell Park	Chalkwell Park Bus Stop, London Road	Failed View
Chelmsford Victoria Road	Victoria Road CM1 1JR	Failed View
Collier Row	White Hart Lane - Bus Stop out Tythe Court RM7 8LZ	Failed View
Corringham Town Centre	Gordon Road, Bus Stop near Grover Walk SS17 7EY	Failed View
Cranham	Front Lane/Moor Lane Junction Bus Stop RM14 1XJ Outside Restaurant Opp. Car Park	Failed View
Dagenham	Church Elm Lane, Bus Stop L - RM10 9QS	Failed View
Depot	Depot, Princess Road, Rayleigh	Failed View
Galloway Pickup	Pickup tba for Galloway	Failed View
Hadleigh Church	Hadleigh Church, Bus Layby	Failed View
Harold Wood	Bus Stop A, Gubbins Lane, RM3 0DR	Failed View
Hockley Spa	Hockley Spa, Bus Stop outside the Library	Failed View
Holiday Inn, Brentwood	Holiday Inn Brentwood	Failed View
Hornchurch.	Hornchurch Town Centre, outside Sutton Arms	Failed View
Hutton	Hutton, Bus Stop just past the Chequers Pub	Failed View
Ilford	Ilford, Bus Stop outside 6 Clements Road, IG1 1BA	Failed View
Kavanaghs Rd	Kavanaghs Road/London Road, Brentwood	Failed View
Palace Theatre	Palace Theatre Bus Stop	Failed View
Pitsea	Outside what was Gala Bingo Hall, Pitsea	Failed View
Queensway	Queensway Bus Stop (Behind the Odeon Cinema)	Failed View
Rayleigh Stn	Rayleigh Railway Station	Failed View
Romford	St Edwards Way - Bus Stop H - RM1 3DQ Out: Romford Shopping Hall	Failed View
Sadlers Farm	Bus Stop on A13, just before Sadlers Farm roundabout, nr Romsey Road	Failed View
Shenfield Stn	Shenfield Station, outside what was Barclays Bank	Failed View
Shepherd & Dog Crays Hill	Shepherd & Dog, Crays Hill	Failed View
Shotgate	Shotgate Post Office	Failed View
South Green	Grange Parade Bus Stop, South Green, Billericay	Failed View
Stanford Rookery Corner	Rookery Corner Stanford	Failed View
Sun Corner	Sun Corner London Road - Billericay	Failed View
Thames Drive	Thames Drive Bus Stop	Failed View
The Elms	Bus Stop outside Elms Public House, Leigh on Sea	Failed View
The Oak Grays	The Oak Public House, Lodge Lane, Grays	Failed View
Thorpe Bay Stn	Thorpe Bay Station, Acacia Drive (opp Station)	Failed View
Thurrock Services,	Thurrock Services Coach Park, RM16 3BG	Failed View
Upminster	Bus Stop M, St Mary's Lane- Upminster Outside St.Laurence Church RM14 2QJ	Failed View
Vic Hse Cnr, Rayleigh Rd	Vic House Corner, (Rayleigh Road)	Failed View
Websters Way	Websters Way, Rayleigh	Failed View
White Horse	White Horse,Southchurch Road, Southend	Failed View
Whittinghams Grg	Whittinghams Garage, opp Rochford Railway Station	Failed View
Wickford	Halls Corner, opposite Police Station, Wickford	Failed View
Woodford Green	Snakes Lane East, Bus Stop R - IG8 7HU	Failed View