Cornwall
- Half-day walks on most days through some of the most beautiful scenery in England.
- Visit gardens, houses, galleries, archaeological sites and historic towns and villages.
- Attention is also paid to geology, botany, ecology and other aspects of the natural world.
- Other ingredients include literary associations and some of the best of modern English food.
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16–26 May 2011
11 days •
£2,840
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3–13 October 2011
11 days •
£2,840
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Country House Weekend
Ardgowan, Renfrewshire
Details available in September 2010. Register your interest now.
This series of tours has a unique distinguishing feature. Participants are not accommodated in a hotel. You stay as house guests in a privately owned country house, a great historic building filled with fine furnishings and works of art. Most of the visits on the daytime excursions are to other country houses, also privately owned and often open rarely to the public.
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Country House Weekend
Kentchurch Court, Herefordshire
Details available in September 2010. Register your interest now.
This series of tours has a unique distinguishing feature. Participants are not accommodated in a hotel. You stay as house guests in a privately owned country house, a great historic building filled with fine furnishings and works of art. Most of the visits on the daytime excursions are to other country houses, also privately owned and often open rarely to the public.
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29 September–3 October 2011
5 days •
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Great Houses of England, 1
- The finest country houses and gardens in northern England, from mediaeval to Victorian, with an emphasis on the eighteenth century.
- All aspects of the country house are studied – architecture, furniture, decoration, works of art; gardens and parks; historical context and daily life; conservation and custodianship.
- Unrushed: there is plenty of time to rest, relax and absorb. Only two hotel changes.
- Some of the most glorious countryside in England, plus a few items other than houses.
- Excellent hotels and good food.
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3–12 October 2011
10 days •
£2,930
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Great Houses of England, 2
- An elite selection of country houses in East Anglia and the East Midlands, outstanding examples from the end of the Middle Ages to the Victorian era.
- The Tudor and Stewart age is particularly well represented, as is the Palladian style.
- Great architecture, major works of art, spectacular gardens, landscaped parks, life both sides of the green baize door.
- Exceptionally attractive towns and villages and magnificent lowland landscape.
- Special arrangements and out-of-hours visits.
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4–12 May 2011
9 days •
£2,750
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Hadrian’s Wall
- The archaeology and history of the largest Roman construction in northern Europe.
- The most spectacular stretches accessible only on foot, this is also a walking tour through some of the most magnificent scenery in England.
- Excursions from coast to coast include all the major Roman sites and relevant museums.
- One hotel throughout, the best in the region.
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19–25 June 2011
7 days •
£1,720
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11–17 September 2011
7 days •
£1,720
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Mediaeval East Anglia
- Two cathedrals, Norwich and Ely, major Romanesque buildings with glorious Gothic additions.
- Three great keeps at Castle Rising, Castle Hedingham and Framlingham.
- Fine parish churches including Long Melford, Lavenham and East Harling.
- Based in Bury St Edmunds.
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5–9 September 2011
5 days •
£1,020
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Northumbria
- Wide-ranging exploration of the natural and man-made beauties of one of the most interesting but least visited regions of England.
- Castles, country houses, villages, towns and cities and, above all, wonderful landscape.
- Includes a number of special arrangements, a private boat for a day and two exhilarating country walks (optional – alternative visits are provided for non-walkers).
- Good hotels: Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle and Waren Mill outside Bamburgh.
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22–30 June 2011
9 days •
£2,480
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Snowdonia & Anglesey
- Some of Britain’s most beautiful landscape, highland and lowland.
- The finest group of mediaeval castles to be found anywhere, a choice variety of country houses and gardens, historic walled towns.
- A geologist joins the tour to explain remarkable and beautiful rock formations.
- Industrial archaeology a significant strand, with some of the greatest bridges of the 19th century and fascinating relics of slate mining.
- Two superb hotels.
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23–30 May 2011
8 days •
£2,360
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