England

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.

Derby

NEW YEAR IN DERBYSHIRE

2024 New Years Eve / England, North / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel
  • Hotel with leisure centre and pool 
  • Hotel entertainment 
  • South Derbyshire scenic drive 
  • Carsington water visitor centre 
  • Ashbourne 
  • City of Derby 

 

Scenic view of mountains in the Lake District

NEW YEAR IN CUMBRIA

2024 New Years Eve / North, England / Shap Wells Hotel
  • Festive programme of entertainment 
  • Scenic touring through the Lake District 
  • Keswick 
  • Bowness on Windermere 
  • Kendal 

Royal Sandringham & Cambridge

2024 Summer / England, East, Midlands / Best Western Rockingham Forest
  • University city of Cambridge 
  • Tour of Cambridge & The American Cemetery 
  • Royal Sandringham 
  • Melton Mowbray & Historic Stamford 
  • Hotel entertainment on one evening 

Call the Midwife & Maritime Kent

2024 Summer / England, South East / Holiday Inn Rochester
  • Chatham Historic Dockyards - Including Call the Midwife Tour 
  • Leeds Castle 
  • Ken Coast Tour - Witstable, Margate & Sanwich

Stately Homes, Railways & Vintage Cars

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel
  • Great British Car Journey Museum 
  • Shugborough Estate 
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 
  • Bakewell 
  • Lichfield 

Walking in the Lake District

2024 Summer / England, North / Shap Wells Hotel
  • 2 Guided Walks in the Lake District 
  • Windermere 
  • Ullswater 
  • Kendal - 'Home of the Mint Cake' 
  • Penrith 
  • Keswick

Festive Singles in Devon

2024 Christmas Markets / England, South West / Copthorne Plymouth
  • Plymouth Christmas Markets
  • Paignton & Plymouth 
  • Exeter Christmas Market 
  • Scenic Dartmoor National Park 

Durham Christmas Festival & Beamish

2024 Christmas Markets / England, North / Redworth Hall Hotel
  • Durham Christmas Markets 
  • Beamish 

Somerset - The Jewel of the South West

2024 Summer / England, South West / Holiday Inn Taunton
  • Horse drawn barge canal cruise
  • West Somerset Railway 
  • Minehead, Exeter, Dunster & Sidemouth
  • Exmoor national park 

 

Portraits of Churchill

2024 Summer / England, South West / Crowne Plaza Reading

• BLENHEIM PALACE
• BLADON VILLAGE
• CHARTWELL HOUSE
• CABINET WAR ROOMS AND CHURCHILL MUSEUM
• WINDSOR
 

Great Houses and Gardens of Cheshire

2024 Summer / England, North / Best Western The Queen at Chester Hotel

• HOTEL IN SPECTACULAR COUNTRYSIDE LOCATION
• HISTORIC ROMAN CITY OF CHESTER
• DUNHAM MASSEY
• TATTON PARK
• ARLEY HALL GARDENS
• CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE GARDENS
 

Windermere Cruise

Sailing, Steaming and Dreaming in the Lake District

2024 Summer / England, North / Shap Wells Hotel

• Northern Lakes and Fells by Mountain Goat 
• Keswick 
• Thirlmere and Grasmere
• Ambleside and Lake Windermere Cruise 
• Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway 
• Ullswater Cruise
• Kirkstone Pass and Windermere Village 
 

Walking at Leisure & Sightseeing in the Peak District

2024 Summer / England, North / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel

• 2 GUIDED WALKS IN THE STUNNING PEAK DISTRICT
• ILAM PARK AND DOVEDALE
• CHATSWORTH PARK AND HOUSE
• SHUGBOROUGH ESTATE
• MATLOCK BATH, BAKEWELL AND BUXTON
 

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Railways, Cathedrals and Gardens of Derbyshire

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel

• CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY
• BIDDULPH GRANGE GARDEN
• MIDLAND RAILWAY - BUTTERLEY
• ECCLESBOURNE VALLEY RAILWAY
• SHUGBOROUGH ESTATE & HOUSE
• CITY OF LICHFIELD
 

Windermere

Lake District & Yorkshire Dales National Park

2024 Summer / England, North / Cumbria Grand Hotel

• BARROW-IN-FURNESS
• AMBLESIDE
• BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE
• YORKSHIRE DALES – HAWES, INGLETON, SEDBERGH
• KENDAL - HOME OF THE MINT CAKE
 

Beautiful Scenic Lake District

2024 Summer / England, North / Cumbria Grand Hotel

• RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE RAILWAY
• WASTWATER, BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE VIEW
• CORNEY FELL
• BROUGHTON MOOR
• BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE
• ULVERSTON 
• LAKELAND SPECTACULAR
  - Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
  - Aquarium of the Lakes
  - Lakeside to Bowness cruise
• GRIZDALE FOREST AND AMBLESIDE
• KESWICK, ULLSWATER & KIRKSTONE PASS
 

Dartmoor and Coastal Devon

2024 Summer / England, South West / Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish

•    DRINK RECEPTION EACH EVENING 
•    THE DONKEY SANCTURY 
•    BEAUTIFUL SIDMOUTH
•    TORQUAY
•    PAIGNTON
•    DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK – PRINCETOWN, TAVISTOCK AND OKEHAMPTON
 

Sidmouth

Jurrasic Coast and Glorious East Devon

2024 Summer / England, South West / Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish

•    DRINK RECEPTION EACH EVENING 
•    CRUISE ON RIVER EXE (Stuart line Cruises)
•    WORLD OF COUNTRY LIFE 
•    SEATON TRAMWAY 
•    THE DONKEY SANCTURY 
•    BICTON PARK AND THE BOTANICAL GARDENS 
•    BEAUTIFUL SIDMOUTH
•    EXMOUTH 
 

Wensleydale Railway

Hidden Corners of Yorkshire

2024 Summer / England, North / Blackwell Grange Hotel

• HISTORIC MARITIME WHITBY

• NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY

• WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY

• SWALEDALE – HISTORIC RICHMOND

• TEESSIDE PRINCESS RIVER CRUISE

• ‘LITTLE SWITZERLAND’ BEAUTIFUL BILSDALE

Isle of Wight

A WEEK IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT

2024 Summer / England, Other / Broadway Hotel, Isle of Wight

• Towns of Cowes & Ryde
• Isle of White Steam Railway  
• Picturesque Godshill Cillage 
• Osbourne House - Queen Victoria's Summer Retreat
• Shipwreck Centre & Maritime Museum
• Yarmouth & 'The Needles'