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.

Period

FESTIVE CHATSWORTH HOUSE & BAKEWELL

2024 Christmas Markets / England, North / Holiday Inn South Normanton
  • Festive Chatsworth house 
  • Bakewell 

 

JOE LOSS ORCHESTRA WEEKEND

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / England, North / The Old Swan Hotel
  • Fantistic 'Big Band Night' with music and dancing 
  • Todd Miller and Joe Loss orchestra 
  • The longest running orchestra in Britain 
  • 2024 The orchestra will be 90 years long 
  • Playing big band swing 50s rock & roll
  • 60s pop - 70s to 80s modern romance 

SUNDAY NIGHT IN HARROGATE

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring, 2024 Summer / England, North / The Old Swan Hotel
  • Spa town of Harrogate 
  • Lots of singles 
  • Afternoon tea 

BRIGHTON, EASTBOURNE AND HASTINGS

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / England, South East / Burlington Hotel
  • Hastings 
  • Seaside resort of Eastbourne 
  • Regence Brighton 

Spring Time in Yorkshire

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / England, North / The Queens Hotel York
  • Historic city of York 
  • Harrogate 
  • Thirsk 
  • The world of James Harriott 
  • Ripon 
  • Knaresborough 

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 

Durham, Richmond and the Delightful Dales

2024 Summer / England, North / Holiday Inn Darlington Scotch Corner
  • Cathedral city of Durham 
  • Historic Richmond 
  • Barnard Castle & Bowes Museum 
  • Swaledale and Wensleydale 

Summertime in the Durham Dales

2024 Summer / England, North / Holiday Inn Darlington Scotch Corner
  • Cathedral city of Durham 
  • Historic Richmond 
  • Barnard castle & Raby castle 
  • Swaledale and Wensleydale 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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