DAYTRIPS

KENTISH CURIOS

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When we think of the River Medway we tend to think of Rochester and Chatham but in the Upper Medway Valley the river flows through some of our most beautiful countryside. We begin at an ancient country church with beautiful stained glass by Marc Chagall and end at the serene Carmelite Friary founded beside the  river by a crusader.

CORONATIONS & CELEBRATIONS

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Kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers. Poets, priests, heroes and villains. Westminster Abbey is a living pageant of British history. The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, has seen the weddings of sixteen Kings & Queens, is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs and contains memorials to some of our greatest citizens.

A SUFFOLK SYMPHONY

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This is a good stand alone day or a very entertaining follow up for groups who have enjoyed our Suffolk Coastal Tour giving, as it does, time to really explore the coastal town of Aldeburgh along with visits to Snape Maltings and Sir Benjamin Britten’s beloved Red House.

THE PEOPLE’S POST

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Today we a explore a lesser-known London district with a very important place in the history of our nation. We tell the story of posting a letter from earliest times to the coming of the GPO, visit the brand new Postal Museum and take a ride on the Mail Rail beneath the streets of London.

LICHFIELD & THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM

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This is a day to remember in the company of a top notch Blue Badge guide. This illuminating tour includes the entrance fees to see the Staffordshire Millennium Tapestries and silver collection in Lichfield as well as the new Landscapes of Life exhibition at the National Arboretum.

DYNASTY INCLUDING DIANA AT KENSINGTON PALACE

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From her first public appearances Diana, Princess of Wales, captivated the world. Twenty years on from her death, a new exhibition and a temporary garden celebrating her life will be opened at Kensington Palace. Queen Victoria is often still seen as the stout, humourless black clad widow but there was a lot more to Queen Victoria than meets the eye.

THE SUSSEX COASTAL ART TRAIL

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Join us for an exciting cultural adventure on the Sussex Coast. During an inspiring day we look back at tradition and history but we also look forward at how artistic and creative endeavours are bringing about a renaissance. From the Towner Art Gallery at Eastbourne  to the De La Warr Pavilion by the  sea in genteel Bexhill-on-Sea and  on to Hastings Old Town

SYON HOUSE & LONDON’S ARCADIA

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Syon House, home to the Dukes of Northumberland, is the last ducal residence to survive in the Greater London area. This magnificent house full of great paintings and furniture  is perhaps the finest Robert Adam interior in the country.  For hundreds of years Richmond has been a favourite retreat of royalty

THE FAME GAME - THE GEORGIAN CELEBRITY REVOLUTION

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Eighteenth century London played host to the first celebrity revolution as a new showy class sprang up from the profits of the British Empire, new financial services like banking and insurance and (really nothing is new) from a rise in property values. The century also saw the rise of popular newspapers alongside publications like The Tatler bringing the gossip from the High Society and the coffee houses - the tittle tattle.

THE TUNNEL TALES OF OLD LONDON TOWN

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Our Blue Badge guides love quirky visits off the beaten track so the chance to combine such a visit with the rare opportunity to see the very latest archaeological finds from the Crossrail developments in a new  jam-buster London itinerary is just too good to miss!

GHOSTS OF THE ROMNEY MARSH PUB TOUR

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The Romney Marsh is a remote and mysterious place -  a landscape of wide horizons dotted with small villages, ancient churches and some lovely old pubs beneath huge starry skies. With the sea lapping its shores this was a big smuggling area - it is even suggested that smuggling began on the Romney Marsh.

ARTISTS & MARTYRS

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Enjoy a day in Darling Buds of May country with a country coach tour and a visit to Pluckley, free time for lunch in Tenterden and an afternoon visit to the sublime gardens at Hole Park or Sissinghurst Castle.

THE MARSH CHURCHES & MRS TERRY’S HOUSE

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Today we visit three mediaeval marsh churches and, on the very edge of the marsh, step back into the flamboyant world of Ellen Terry - the greatest actress of the Victorian stage.

GHOSTS,GALLOWS & GANGSTERS

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London is the most haunted city in the world. Once called the “City of Gallows” visitors had to pass a hanged man at every gate. We seek out ghosts, gangsters and the mystery of Jack the Ripper.

Expect goosebumps and giggles.