England - Midlands

England is renowned for its patchwork countryside, enriched history and spectacular culture. There is something for everyone from expansive moorland and Lakeland mountains to the rich heritage of its many fortresses and castles.

Derbyshire Stately Homes & Sherwood Forest

2025 Summer / England, North, Midlands / Best Western Plus West Retford
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Hardwick Hall 
  • Sherwood Forest

Cotswold's Summer Gardens

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Charlecote Pheasant Hotel
  • Hidcote Manor Garden
  • Sudeley Castle & Gardens 
  • Painswick Rococo Garden
  • Historic Stratford-upon-Avon 
  • Gloucester & Cheltenham 

Bells & Gems of the English Shires

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Rockingham Forest
  • Loughborough Bell Foundry - last major bell foundry in Britain
  • Oakham and Barnsdale Gardens 
  • Historic Stamford 
  • Foxton Locks 
  • Boughton House - 'Les Miserables' 
  • One night of hotel entertainment  
Haddon Hall

A Touch of Luxury in Derbyshire

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Makeney Hall Hotel
  • Haddon Hall 
  • Matlock Bath 
  • Renishaw Hall and Gardens 
  • De Bradelei Mill Shopping Village 
  • Melbourne Hall Gardens 

Festive Chatsworth House & Bakewell

2024 Christmas Markets / England, Midlands / Holiday Inn South Normanton
  • Festive Chatsworth House 
  • Bakewell 

Leicester, Coventry & Cadbury World

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Sketchley Grange Hotel & Spa
  • Richard III Visitor Centre 
  • Cadbury World - Heritage Tour & Afternoon Tea 
  • Coombe Abbey Park 
  • Free Time in Leicester & Coventry 
  • Hoar Park Craft Village 

A Weekend in the Heart of England

2024 - 2025 Autumn Winter Spring / England, Midlands / Sketchley Grange Hotel & Spa
  • Richard III Visitor Centre 
  • Coombe Abbey Park 
  • Free Time in Leicester 
  • Guided Tour of Coventry Cathedral 
  • Free Time in Coventry 

Spring Singles in Cheshire & North Wales

2024 - 2025 Autumn Winter Spring / Wales, Midlands / Beaufort Park Hotel
  • Roman City of Chester 
  • Chester Sightseeing Cruise 
  • Vale of Conwy and Llangollen 
  • Llandudno & North Wales Coast 
Nottingham Xmas market

Nottingham Christmas Market Weekend

2024 Christmas Markets / England, Midlands / Nottingham Belfry
  • Nottingham Christmas Market 

Christmas at Belvoir and Birmingham Christmas Markets

2024 Christmas Markets / England, Midlands / Sketchley Grange Hotel & Spa

• Birmingham ‘Frankfurt Christmas Market’ 
• Newark-On-Trent & Melton Mowbray
• Christmas at Belvoir Castle 
 

Christmas in Malvern

2025 Christmas / England, Midlands / Abbey Hotel, Malvern
  • Festive Entertainment 
  • Full Board and Traditional Christmas Lunch 
  • Malvern Hills and Hereford 
  • Tewkesbury, Evesham and Worcester 

Heart of England & Malvern

2024 - 2025 Autumn Winter Spring / England, Midlands / Abbey Hotel, Malvern
  • Delightful Ivy Clad Hotel in Malvern 
  • Cathedral City of Worcester 
  • 'Black and White' Villages Trail 
  • Ancient Hereford 
  • Bromyard and Leominster 
  • Broadway and Stow-on-the-Wold 
  • Regency Cheltenham 

Shakespeare's Gin, Cotswolds & Oxford

2024 - 2025 Autumn Winter Spring / England, Midlands / Charlecote Pheasant Hotel
  • Shakespeare Distillery - Tour and Tasting 
  • Cotswolds & Stow-on-the-Wold 
  • Conventry - City of Culture 2021 
  • Oxford - The City of Dreaming Spires 
  • Stratford-upon-Avon - Birthplace of Shakespeare 

Weekend in Blists Hill Victorian Town

2024 Christmas Markets, 2024 Christmas / England, Midlands / Telford Hotel & Golf Resort

Step back in time at this famous World Heritage Site, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, with a visit to Blists Hill Victorian Town.

Royal House, Gardens & Wine

2024 Summer / England, London, Midlands / Holiday Inn Oxford
  • Blenheim Palace
  • Oxford 
  • Bicester Outlet Village 
  • Town of Buckingham 
  • Fleur Fields Vineyard Tour & Tasting 

Severn Valley Railway, Safari and Shire Counties of the West Midlands

2024 Summer / Midlands, England / Mercure Birmingham West
  • West Midlands Safari Park 
  • Black Country Living Museum 
  • Cathedral City of Worcester 
  • RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum 
  • Severn Valley Railway 

The Golden Age of Shropshire

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Mercure Birmingham West
  • Ludlow & Wenlock Edge 
  • Shrewsbury & River Severn Cruise 
  • Severn Valley Railway 
  • Ironbridge - Museum of the Gorge 
  • Black Country Museum 
  • Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon 
  • Baddesley Clinton House 

A Royal Tour of Leicester

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / The Hotel Brooklyn
  • Belvoir Castle 
  • Richard III Visitor Centre 
  • Free time in Leicester 
  • The 1620s house & garden 
  • Melton Mowbray

BIRMINGHAM CHRISTMAS MARKETS AND LEICESTER

2024 Christmas Markets / England, Midlands / The Hotel Brooklyn
  • Birmingham 'Frankfurt Christmas Markets' 
  • City of Leicester 
  • Newark-on-Trent & Melton Mowbray 

SUMMER HERITAGE IN THE SHIRES & COUNTY TOWNS

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Rockingham Forest
  • Shuttleworth Explorer Experience 
  • Shuttleworth Collection 
  • Swiss Garden 
  • Silver Stone Experience 
  • Melton Mowbray & Market Harborough 
  • Oakham and Historic Stamford 
  • Hotel entertainment on one evening