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Thames Watermen Special Edition
City Bridges City Gates
To God & The Bridge
The London Christmas Cruise
Bawdy Bankside
With ideas to do with us or on your own

All of our South West trips arranged alphabetically

Chichester & Bosham

Chichester & Bosham

 

This is a wonderful day for your group to enjoy. Old world Petworth for morning coffee and a drive through delightful countryside to Chichester. Here we take you on a guided tour of the Cathedral and allow free time over lunch for your folk to enjoy this beautiful small city. To round off the day we drive to out to picturesque Bosham for tea overlooking the water. 


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Christmas in Beautiful Bath

Christmas in Beautiful Bath

 

A festive and popular day trip to keep your folk warm and entertained includes a morning visit to handsome Bradford-on-Avon, a tour of Bath and a visit to the Bath Christmas Market. Includes morning coffee and a carvery lunch.

 

 

 

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Christmas in the Test Valley

Christmas in the Test Valley 

 

For this Together Tour, come at 10-30am or at noon for an early lunch. We visit Lord Mountbatten's Romsey, the wonderful winter landscapes of the Test Valley and Winchester where the German-style Christmas Market nestles against the walls of the ancient cathedral

 

 

 

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Cotswolds Gold

Cotswold Gold

 

Explore the beautiful countryside of the South Western Cotswolds and the Gloucestershire Golden Valleys with visits to Tetbury, Painswick and The Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury, where tea and cake in the garden is included in the tour price.

 

 

 

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The Dartmoor Explorer

The Dartmoor Explorer

 

We take a look at Britain’s own Wild West with visits to Buckfast Abbey and the lovely Princetown.

 

 

 

 

 

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A Day in the New Forest

A Day in the New Forest

 

 

A £18.95 Together Tour including morning refreshments & lunch on a day out that does exactly what it says on the tin.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Finest Water Garden in the World

The Finest Water Garden in the World

We combine a visit to this remarkable Longstock Water Garden, voted the finest water garden in the world, with a guided tour of the scenic Test Valley and an Abbey tour and free time for lunch in the handsome market town of Romsey.

 

 

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The Majestic Mendips

The Majestic Mendips

 

Visit Wells, the smallest Cathedral City in England and
then
tour the Mendip Hills by coach, seeing
The Cheddar
Gorge and ancient Axbridge. Includes morning coffee and a lunch at a lovely pub.

 

 

 

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The Romance of Exmoor

The Romance of Exmoor

 

Including Dunster, Lynton & Lynmouth and Lorna Doone Country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ship Shape & Bristol Fashion

Ship Shape & Bristol Fashion

 

Light on the feet and satisfying on the senses, savour the delights of the City of Bristol with a panoramic coach tour and visits to the "fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England", the Clifton Suspension Bridge and a curious and picturesque hamlet. Includes morning coffee & biscuits and a lunch at a super pub in the Old Town.

 

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The Tarka Trail

The Tarka Trail

The north Devon countryside inspired one of the best loved of all nature stories, “Tarka the Otter.” Our peaceful and relaxing tour takes you off the beaten track deep into sleepy Tarka Country and includes a visit to the glorious RHS Gardens at Rosemoor. An ideal day trip if you are staying in Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Lynton & Lynmouth or Bude.

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The Wye Valley & The Royal Forest of Dean

The Wye Valley & The Royal Forest of Dean

 

 

Including Monmouth and a Wye Valley Cruise at Symonds Yat and tea at a local hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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