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Discover Durham & The Historic North East

Fully Escorted!

Durham is home to the most beautiful Romanesque cathedral in England, positioned next to Durham Castle, forming an impressive panorama. You will enjoy exploring this compact city, The Beamish Open Air Museum, Bowes Museum and the might Raby Castle and Deer Park which feature on this holiday.

Day 1

Travel to County Durham making suitable comfort stops, including a stop in Newark for lunch to be purchased.

Day 2

After breakfast we visit the Living Museum of the North, Beamish. This famous open-air museum, set within 300 acres of beautiful County Durham countryside, tells the story of life in North East England during the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s. We experience town life as it would have been in the 1940s during World War II, we visit a 1940’s farm, pop into the Colliery and Pit Village in the early 1900s and take unlimited free rides on the Beamish tram. There are plenty of places to purchase refreshments.

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Day 3

Today we travel to the mighty Raby Castle and Deer Park to discover over 600 years of history on a guided tour. It is one of the finest and best-preserved medieval castles in North East England. Opportunity to purchase lunch in Raby Castle’s Yurt Café and Stables Shop before visiting the award-winning Bowes Museum. This fabulous museum has a romantic history and stunning galleries can be discovered inside this listed building which resembles a French chateau. Opportunity to purchase afternoon tea in Café Bowes before returning to our hotel.

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Day 4

After breakfast we travel to Durham. This morning we have a guided tour of one of the most iconic landmarks in England, Durham Cathedral which took over 40 years to complete. The Cathedral is known for its stunning Romanesque architecture, including its famous rose window, which is one of the largest in Europe. We discover the story of a nation through this monumental building before free time this afternoon to explore the city. Take a wander around Prince Bishops Shopping centre, home to an eclectic mix of popular high streets stores, independent shops and eateries. Opportunity to try Durham’s traditional dish called ‘stotty cake’.

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Day 5

We depart our hotel after breakfast and travel back to home area making suitable comfort stops along the way, including a stop in Stamford, where numerous period dramas have been filmed, for lunch to be purchased.

B=Breakfast Included, D=Dinner Included

REDWORTH HALL HOTEL, NEWTON AYCLIFFE ****

Redworth Hall is a stunning 17th century Jacobean Manor House situated in the blissful tranquillity of its own 26 acres of landscaped grounds. This 4-star hotel combines traditional elegance with contemporary style. The health club offers fantastic facilities including indoor swimming pool, tennis, sauna, steam room and beauty room.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast

• Tea/coffee on arrival

• Tea/coffee after dinner

• Free use of the hotel leisure facilities

• Entrance into Bowes Museum

• Entrance & guided tour of Raby Castle and entrance to Deer Park

• Entrance to Beamish Open-Air Museum

• Guided tour of Durham Cathedral

• Coach excursions as described

• Fully escorted throughout

TRAVEL OPTIONS

Upgrade your room (subject to availability). Supplements apply, call 01268 777 777, option 1

G&K Shared Tour

We have been working behind the scenes with Galloway to be able to offer you an even wider range of UK and Continental Holidays, this enables us to offer you more choice and some exciting NEW destinations. As these Holidays will be offered by both companies, we encourage you to book early to avoid disappointment.

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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