Group Visits Guide - English Heritage

GROUP VISITS GUIDE 2019 – 2021 Valid 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2021

GROUP VISITS GUIDE 2019 – 2021

CONTENTS Introduction

ENGLISH HERITAGE REGIONS 1

London 18 South East

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South West

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East of England

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East Midlands

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West Midlands

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Yorkshire 62 North West

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Hadrian’s Wall

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North East

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Region Maps

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NORTH EAST HADRIAN’S WALL NORTH WEST WEST MIDLANDS SOUTH WEST

YORKSHIRE EAST MIDLANDS EAST OF ENGLAND LONDON SOUTH EAST

Tel: 0117 975 1349 traveltrade@english-heritage.org.uk www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

Welcome There’s no better way for your groups to experience England’s story than to visit the places where it really happened.

The places where Romans guarded their northern frontier, where kingdoms were conquered and where soldiers guarded the home front. Where aristocrats lived in luxury and where ordinary people went about their daily lives.

From medieval castles to country houses, and from stone circles to Roman forts, your 2019-21 edition of the Group Visits Guide will give you inspirational ideas for unforgettable days out – and all the key information you need to make them happen.

Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. Weʼre here to help to make your visits run as smoothly and successfully as they possibly can.

We look forward to welcoming you and your groups soon.

Luke Whitcomb Marketing Director

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NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

SEE OUR LATEST

TRANSFORMATIONS We’re always striving to provide your groups with a modern visitor experience – even at our most ancient sites.

Head to these three gems to see the results of our latest and most exciting transformation projects.

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1 Whitby Abbey, 2 Artist impression of new exhibition at Whitby Abbey, 3 Artist impression of new bridge at Tintagel Castle, 4 Walmer Castle.

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MAJOR MAKEOVER AT WHITBY ABBEY

Youʼll notice a difference from the moment your group arrives at Whitbyʼs dramatic ruined abbey, famed for its literary links with Count Dracula. At key points around the atmospheric site weʼve created more space and added better facilities, access and interpretation.

Thereʼs a new café, a revamped admissions point and improved landscaping around the visitor centre – we’ve added trees, plants, access routes and seating to the cobbled courtyard.

Inside the visitor centre your groups will find a more spacious shop and a new museum exploring thousands of years of history.

Opening Summer 2019, the new bridge at Tintagel links the mainland and island in spectacular fashion. It provides a useful new way to access the two sides of the site, but adds a wow factor of its own – two cantilevers reach out across the divide and almost touch, leaving a 40mm gap in the middle. Itʼs a chance for visitors to reflect on the journey between past and present and to take in stunning new views over the Cornish coast.

PAST PLEASURES REVIVED AT WALMER CASTLE AND GARDENS This year, visitors to Walmer Castle are invited to adventure further and discover the recently restored 19th-century Pleasure Grounds. Go beyond the castleʼs formal gardens and grand herbaceous borders to explore the circling woodland walk, the wild flower meadow (known as the Paddock) and the recently restored sunken glen garden. Thereʼs also a new Glasshouse Café in the Kitchen Garden, where you can sample the seasonal produce grown just outside the caféʼs windows.

EVENTFUL DAYS OUT Take advantage of great group discounts at hundreds of events every year. Highlights include the St Georgeʼs Day Festival at Wrest Park in April, our summer season of medieval jousts and combat at castles countrywide and our annual weekend re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings held in October. Check our website for details. www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

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PLANNING A VISIT

ITINERARY IDEAS Look out for itinerary ideas in the regional section of this guide.

These highlight sites that are close to each other and they’re also often linked to the same era, event or historical figure.

They also identify nearby places of interest to help you plan the perfect day out.

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Finding a Property

Access

Opening Times and Admission Prices

w This symbol indicates that at least some areas of the site are easily accessible to wheelchair users.

Properties are listed by region on pages 18-87. You can also see them sited on regional maps on pages 90-94. Use the index on page 96 to search for a specific property.

Full details of opening times and admission prices for 2019-2020, including discounted prices for groups of 11 or more, are published in a separate leaflet. Please contact us if you don’t have a copy, or download it from www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade If you’re already on our mailing list, we’ll send you opening times and prices for 2020-2021 as soon as they’re available in autumn 2019. If you aren’t on our list, you can sign up online at www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

Advance Booking

Pre-booking your group visit gives you guaranteed entry and peace of mind.

It’s essential at some sites, and always advisable. Some sites offer exclusive guided tours or out-of-hours visits, and these may incur an extra cost. Tours are always subject to availability and should be booked well in advance with the site - you can find contact details on the individual property listings (pages 18-87).

Cancellations

Please advise the property as soon as possible if you need to cancel a visit.

If special arrangements have been made (e.g. a guided tour or catering has been booked) a cancellation fee may be charged if insufficient notice has been given.

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Making all our properties accessible to all visitors is very important to us.

F This symbol indicates that the property has toilet facilities suitable for wheelchair users.

For a thorough guide to accessibility and the special facilities at many of our properties please refer to our website.

We would also encourage you to contact the property to discuss your requirements.

Facilities

Many of our properties offer excellent catering facilities, serving fresh, local food – look out for this symbol r . This symbol s indicates the property also has a shop where group members can browse for gifts and souvenirs.

Guidebooks are on sale at almost all our properties. Our audio and multimedia guides V are often included in the price, subject to availability.

Parking and Public Transport

This symbol U indicates there is coach parking on site. Where there is none, we provide details of drop-off locations and/or coach parking nearby.

If you plan to visit using public transport, please go to the site’s web pages at www.english-heritage.org.uk for details of bus, train and underground routes.

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Guided tours or introductory talks Refreshments/tearoom Hospitality Suitable for people with disabilities Audio or multimedia guide Coach parking Shop Events Toilets with wheelchair access Toilets

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HORTICULTURAL HISTORY The landscapes and gardens in our care tell the story of centuries of gardening and design. From grand landscapes to kitchen gardens, and from pleasure grounds to parterres, we care for some of England's finest, and they are a highlight of a visit to one of our sites.

The best way to unearth a garden’s past and pick up a tip or two is to pre-book your group onto a guided tour. Most of our garden sites offer them.

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SIX OF THE BEST GARDENS FOR GROUPS

Audley End House and Gardens | 48 Capability Brown-designed landscaped parkland, organic Kitchen Garden with traditional plant varieties, serpentine lake and 19th-century parterre.

Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens | 84 20 acres of outstanding gardens with year-round interest. Spectacular rhododendrons, unique quarry gardens and a NCCPG National Collection of irises.

Brodsworth Hall and Gardens | 65 Award-winning restored Victorian gardens with statue walks, fern dell with grotto, delightful displays of spring flowers and formal summer bedding.

Osborne | 32 Grounds that sweep down to the sea feature historic woods, flower-filled terraces, a walled kitchen garden and miniature fruit and vegetable plots once tended to by Victoria and Albert’s children.

Walmer Castle and Gardens | 33 This Kentish gem includes a restored early 19th-century woodland walk and sunken glen garden, kitchen garden, yew lined broadwalk, wildflower meadow, and a contemporary garden designed for the Queen Mother.

Wrest Park | 50 A vast and varied estate showcasing 300 years of horticultural design with individual garden areas, unique follies, water features and woodland glades.

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HISTORY OF DEFENCE England’s castles stand as enduring symbols of our island's past.

Their mighty walls once withstood sieges, threatened rebels and sheltered kings. Today we welcome visitors to 66 of the most magnificent castles in the country, and many of them feature all the group-friendly facilities you'd expect from a modern-day visitor attraction.

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SIX OF THE BEST CASTLES FOR GROUPS Bolsover Castle | 54 Everything a picture-book castle should be, with turrets, towers and spiral staircases.

Carisbrooke Castle | 29 Once the prison of King Charles I and now home to a gang of cheeky donkeys.

Enjoy stunning views across the Isle of Wight and a pretty Edwardian-inspired walled garden.

Carlisle Castle | 74 For centuries this mighty stronghold was a flashpoint for frontier warfare and a notorious prison – Mary Queen of Scots was incarcerated here in 1586.

Dover Castle | 30 Situated on top of the iconic white cliffs, take a guided ‘early-bird’ tour of the Secret Wartime Tunnels, where the miraculous Dunkirk evacuation was masterminded.

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden | 58 Kenilworth’s stunning red ruins were once the site of a lavish 19-day party thrown to impress Queen Elizabeth I. Robert Dudley created a miniature palace and garden just for her.

Pendennis Castle | 41 Pendennis defended the Cornish coast from Tudor times and saw action in the Second World War.

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MONASTIC HISTORY Ravaged by King Henry VIII in the 16th century, many of England’s monasteries and priories survive only as evocative ruins.

But they still bear testament to a time when they were home to vibrant communities at the heart of medieval life.

A visit to one of our monastic sites will give your group vivid insights into religious life in medieval England. They'll discover more about how monks and nuns lived, prayed and worked, and about how they interacted with wider society.

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SIX OF THE BEST ABBEYS FOR GROUPS 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield | 28 Built by William the Conqueror, the abbey ruins are part of this must-see battlefield site. An exhibition in the still-complete abbey gatehouse explores monastic life in the centuries following England’s most famous battle.

Hailes Abbey | 44 Visit the museum to discover the treasures of Hailes, uncovering stories of the monks who lived and worshipped at the abbey.

Lindisfarne Priory | 85 Standing serenely on remote Holy Island, the priory was one of the most important centres of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England.

Mount Grace Priory, House and Gardens | 67 Your group can explore newly redesigned gardens, an arts and crafts mansion and the reconstructed monk’s cell and herb garden before stopping by the new café.

Rievaulx Abbey | 68 Visit the most extensive monastic remains in Britain in a picturesque and peaceful setting, with fine views from the contemporary café.

Whitby Abbey | 64 Explore hauntingly beautiful ruins, famous for its fictional links with Count Dracula and as the place where the future of the English church was decided in 664.

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HISTORIC HOUSES Discover both sides of England’s aristocratic past at grand houses across the country, where the wealthy elite lived in luxury and the working classes endured long days of labour.

Groups can experience life upstairs and downstairs and find out what led to the rise and fall of the age of the country house. Many of these places contain original furnishings and stunning artworks, and visitors can also often see some of the humbler spaces occupied by servants and staff.

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SIX OF THE BEST HOUSES FOR GROUPS Apsley House | 21 The 1st Duke of Wellington hosted lavish banquets to celebrate his victory over Napoleon at his London home. This elegant house at Hyde Park Corner contains the treasures and artworks from his collection.

Audley End House and Gardens | 48 From the State Rooms to the Service Wing, immerse yourself in this vast mansion to discover what it took to run a great house.

Brodsworth Hall and Gardens | 65 Step back in time with a visit to this Victorian mansion which has been preserved as the last owner left it in 1988, complete with 'family clutter'.

The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House | 31 Darwin’s charming home for 40 years, still furnished as it was when he lived here – complete with his study and an exhibition on his life.

Osborne | 32 The seaside retreat of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert still bears witness to their lavish tastes, with original furnishings throughout the house and many of the couple’s personal treasures on display.

Witley Court and Gardens | 60 The remains of a decadent mansion where the Prince of Wales was on the guest list and real diamonds sparkled on the Christmas tree.

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UNIQUE COLLECTIONS From ancient artefacts to Roman remains and from amazing artworks to priceless jewellery, we have some enthralling collections on display to wow your groups.

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COLLECTIONS FOR GROUPS Birdoswald Roman Fort | 78 The fascinating Roman artefacts on display include female burial remains, challenging the view that Hadrian’s Wall was the preserve of military men.

Chesters Roman Fort and Museum | 80 Hundreds of fascinating finds from the central section of Hadrian’s Wall unearthed

by Victorian antiquarian John Clayton.

Kenwood | 23 The world-famous art collection at Kenwood includes paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Dyck, Turner, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Constable.

Osborne | 32 Part of the Royal Collection, Osborne’s artworks, furniture, furnishings and personal mementos provide an intimate glimpse into the family life of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine children.

Ranger’s House – The Wernher Collection | 24 Featuring more than 700 works of fine and decorative art, from medieval sculptures and glittering enamels to Renaissance paintings, Dutch Old Masters and French tapestries.

Stonehenge | 38 Amazing archaeological treasures found at Stonehenge and nearby prehistoric sites include tools used for the monument’s construction and precious jewellery from burial mounds.

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FASCINATING TOURS When you book a guided tour with one of our experts or knowledgeable volunteers your group will discover the fascinating facts and deepest secrets behind some of England’s finest historic attractions.

Many of our sites host pre-booked tours, and some can even tailor them into something very special just for you.

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TOURS FOR GROUPS Dartmouth Castle | 44 Arrive by boat for an after-hours tour with the castle exclusively yours, with the option to enjoy refreshments and historic entertainment.

Eltham Palace and Gardens | 20 Book the Millionaire Package for a personalised tour of this Art Deco mansion when the house is closed to other visitors over winter, with refreshments included.

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden | 58 Learn about historic fashion by watching Queen Elizabeth I get dressed or enjoy your own falconry day on selected dates.

Stonehenge | 38 Book well in advance and give your group the once-in-a-lifetime experience of standing inside the Stone Circle outside normal opening hours.

Whitby Abbey | 64 Sample a mead-tasting session after one of our free 20 minute highlight tours for groups, covering the site’s history from dinosaurs to Dracula.

Wrest Park | 50 Take your pick of our guided tours and show your group the stunning grounds, archaeological treasures in our stores or original hand-painted oriental wallpaper in rooms not normally open to the public.

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LONDON

Whether you’re looking to entertain art lovers, history enthusiasts, architectural experts or those with a passion for gardening, we’ve got a London property to inspire your group. Discover an art deco mansion, admire celebrated works of art and enter the private world of a military hero.

Outside, explore 18th-century parkland or admire the details of an arts and crafts garden.

20 Eltham Palace and Gardens 21 Apsley House 22 Jewel Tower 23 Kenwood 24 Ranger's House - The Wernher Collection 25 Wellington Arch

ITINERARY IDEAS For a day out packed with glamour, combine a visit to Eltham Palace with a trip to nearby Ranger’s House and the glittering Wernher Collection of medieval and Renaissance artworks. Group tours are available during the winter season on request.

Time your visit to Wellington Arch to coincide with the Changing of the Guard and from the roof-top balcony you will see the Household Cavalry riding through the arch below.

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ELTHAM PALACE AND GARDENS Once a favoured medieval palace and then a royal Tudor residence, Eltham Palace was transformed into a striking art deco mansion by millionaires Stephen and Virginia Courtauld. Your groups can see how they incorporated historic features of the ancient palace and enter into their fashionable world by exploring their eccentric ultra-modern 1930s home, set in 19 acres of award-winning gardens.

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London

ELTHAM PALACE AND GARDENS

020 8294 2548 eltham.palace@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ elthampalace Court Yard, Eltham, London SE9 5QE FACILITIES

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Coach drivers can drop-off next to the visitor centre before being advised where to park.

Catering

The bright and airy glasshouse café serves hot and cold locally-sourced food including light lunches, afternoon teas and cakes.

There is seating inside and outside, but seats can’t be reserved.

Groups are advised to contact the site in advance for further details.

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Be transported into medieval England in the Great Hall, part of the original palace. This was a favoured royal residence for over 300 years and accommodated Henry VIII during his childhood.

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See the introductory film, uncovering the history of the art deco mansion and how the Courtaulds built and lived in it.

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Marvel at the domed entrance hall, reminiscent of a 1930s ocean liner, with its glorious veneered panels, using woods from the four corners of the world.

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Wander through the tranquil moated gardens. The 20th-century design incorporates medieval elements and features flower borders, lawns, mature trees and the re-planted Rose Garden.

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APSLEY HOUSE

020 7499 5676 english-heritage.org.uk/ apsleyhouse 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London WIJ 7NT FACILITIES

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The coach drop off point is a five minute walk away in Park Lane.

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Amaze your group with the glittering interiors of the grandest address in the capital, once known as ‘Number 1 London’.

It was the home of the first Duke of Wellington, the military hero famous for his great victory at Waterloo in 1815.

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A joint ticket for Apsley House and Wellington Arch is available.

Apsley House and Wellington Arch stand opposite each other at Hyde Park Corner.

Visit both with a great-value joint ticket.

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Discover the Duke of Wellington’s outstanding collection of silver, porcelain, medals and trophies.

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View one of London’s finest art collections, including paintings by Velázquez, Titian, Rubens and Breughel.

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Marvel at the gilded Waterloo Gallery, the room where Wellington hosted his grand annual Waterloo Banquets. www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

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JEWEL TOWER 020 7222 2219 jewel.tower@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ jeweltower Abingdon Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3JX FACILITIES

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None on site.

Coaches can drop-off and pick up in Abingdon Street.

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This hidden gem of royal history is tucked away near Westminster Abbey, opposite the Houses of Parliament. It was built to safeguard Edward III’s personal treasures around 1365, and it’s one of only two surviving buildings from the medieval Palace of Westminster.

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Explore the rooms where royal treasures and the records of the House of Lords were stored.

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Conjure up the past in rooms which re-create the lives of a medieval treasury official and an 18th-century clerk.

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Take in the sculpted medieval roof vaults and displays on three floors, highlighting the tower’s history and its changing roles over the centuries.

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KENWOOD 020 8348 1286 kenwood.house@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ kenwood Hampstead Lane, London NW3 7JR FACILITIES

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None on site. Coaches should drop-off at East Lodge and then find appropriate parking on Hampstead Lane. Visitor access via East Lodge (opposite Compton Avenue) and then a short walk down a tree-lined drive to the house.

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Bring your group face-to-face with world-famous works of art in the unforgettable setting of Kenwood in Hampstead. One of London’s secret stars, the house is eye-catching both inside and out.

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Let our rooms tell you the story of Kenwood and its people, from Judge Lord Mansfield and his mixed-race great-niece Dido Belle to brewing magnate Edward Guinness.

Admire famous paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Reynolds and Gainsborough.

Comfortable sofas enable visitors to relax and browse room booklets and catalogues.

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View the sumptuous Robert Adam rooms displayed as they originally appeared over two centuries ago, including his masterpiece, the Great Library.

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Explore 112 acres of leafy 18th-century parkland, with winding paths, views of London and sculptures by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

Indoor and outdoor seating in the Brew House Café.

Call + 44 (0)20 8348 4073.

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RANGER’S HOUSE THE WERNHER COLLECTION

020 8853 0035 eltham.palace@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ rangershouse Chesterfield Walk, Blackheath, London SE10 8QX FACILITIES

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10 coach bays on Charlton Way, operated by Royal Greenwich Council.

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Treat your group with a visit to one of the most significant collections of medieval and Renaissance art, displayed in the elegant setting of an early Georgian villa on the fringe of Greenwich Park – the Meridian Line passes through its grounds.

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See the collection of diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912), who amassed over 700 treasures produced by highly skilled craftsmen – including over 100 items of jewellery.

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Enjoy paintings by Italian masters, Georgian portraits by Reynolds, tiny carved Gothic ivories, large French tapestries and fine Renaissance bronzes.

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WELLINGTON ARCH 020 7930 2726 english-heritage.org.uk/ wellingtonarch Apsley Way, Hyde Park Corner, London WIJ 7JZ FACILITIES

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The coach drop off point is a five minute walk away in Park Lane.

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Inside this famous London landmark your group can discover the story of the Battle of Waterloo in the exhibition and enjoy the panoramic views over the Royal Parks from the balconies.

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Time your visit to view the Household Cavalry riding under the arch to and from the Changing of the Guard at Horse Guards Parade.

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Visit the first floor exhibition to find out about the arch’s surprising history.

Originally intended as a grand outer entrance to Buckingham Palace, it subsequently became a monument to Wellington’s victories over Napoleon.

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A joint ticket for Apsley House and Wellington Arch is available.

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SOUTH EAST From Roman invaders and Norman conquerors to Second World War evacuees, the shoreline of the South East has endured and embraced some of the most defining moments in the country’s history. The region’s sunny climate has also nurtured a dazzling array of historic gardens that were once enjoyed by world-famous figures. Groups can explore a profusion of paths and parterres to follow in their footsteps.

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Pevensey Castle Portchester Castle St Augustine’s Abbey Yarmouth Castle Lullingstone Roman Villa Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre Deal Castle

ITINERARY IDEA Our sites at Dover, Walmer, Deal and Richborough punctuate a 15-mile strip of the Kent coastline. Any of them could be easily combined for a day out full of castles, gardens, royalty and Romans. Groups of outdoor enthusiasts can also enjoy the seaside bike ride between Walmer and Deal.

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1066 BATTLE OF HASTINGS, ABBEY AND BATTLEFIELD On 14 October 1066, Anglo-Saxon and Norman warriors raged in a day-long battle as they fought for the English throne. As dusk fell William, Duke of Normandy, claimed victory and the course of English history was changed forever. Groups can explore the battle and its legacy on the field, in the exhibition and from the rooftop of the gatehouse.

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1066 BATTLE OF HASTINGS

ABBEY AND BATTLEFIELD 01424 775705 battle.abbey@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ battleabbey Battle, East Sussex TN33 0AD FACILITIES

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None on site. Park in the Battle Coach Park, approx. 10 min walk along High Street.

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Enjoy a light lunch and refreshments in the café, seating 50 inside and 35 outside. Call for café winter opening times. Picnics are welcome in the grounds and pre-booked packed lunches are available.

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Follow in the footsteps of Normans and Saxons on a battlefield trail and climb to the top of the gatehouse for rooftop views across the historic landscape.

There’s also a terrace overlooking the battlefield.

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Relive the drama of the battle with interactive exhibits and an evocative 15 minute film in the visitor centre exhibition.

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Explore the atmospheric abbey ruins and stand at the Harold Stone – said to be the very spot where the Anglo-Saxon king was killed.

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Visit the gatehouse exhibition to discover the monastic life of the abbey, founded by William as penance for the bloodshed during battle.

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ITINERARY IDEA Pevensey Castle, the site of William the Conqueror's landing in 1066, is only 20 minutes away and has parking for coaches.

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CARISBROOKE CASTLE 01983 522107 carisbrooke.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ carisbrookecastle Castle Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 1XY FACILITIES

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Eight free coach parking spaces on site.

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A mighty medieval fortress, a prison for a tragic king and the home of Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter, Carisbrooke’s stories will intrigue any group. Key to the Isle of Wight’s defence for over nine centuries, it also served as a prison for King Charles I before his trial and execution. Now the most famous modern residents are our friendly Carisbrooke donkeys.

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Enjoy our introductory film giving an overview of the people and events which have shaped the castle’s history.

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See the room from which Charles I attempted to escape – but got stuck in the window bars.

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Enjoy the Edwardian-style Princess Beatrice Garden, with its fountain and plantings in the rich colours of the royal arms.

Self service café serving hot and cold food, opens when the castle is open and closes 1 hour before the castle. Seats 35 inside and 30 outside.

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Greet the Carisbrooke donkeys on their daily 10 minute stint of treading the water wheel – demonstrating how it was used for centuries to draw up water from the castle well.

ITINERARY IDEA En route to Carisbrooke, make time to stop at Yarmouth Castle and step into atmospheric rooms recreated as they were in the 16th century. www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

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DOVER CASTLE

01304 211067 dover.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ dovercastle Dover, Kent CT16 1HU FACILITIES

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At top of Castle Hill (steep, Pay & Display), ¼ mile downhill. Dropoff opposite Constable’s Gate.

Catering

The NAAFI Restaurant is open every day the castle is open.

Light refreshments are also available in the Secret Wartime Tunnels Café and Great Tower Café. For information on catering call + 44 (0)1304 209896.

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As the gateway to the realm for over nine centuries, the fortress has been at the heart of some of the most significant events in England’s history. From the heights of Henry II’s 12th-century Great Tower to the depths of its hidden tunnels, the castle offers one of the best days out in the country.

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Step into the vibrant world of Henry II’s medieval royal palace to see his private chambers, guest rooms and great hall, along with the kitchen and armouries before climbing to the roof for amazing panoramic views.

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Intrepid groups can explore the medieval Underground Works – passages burrowed beneath the castle during its epic 13th-century sieges.

Beware steep steps.

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Head deep beneath the castle into the Secret Wartime Tunnels.

Journey through the very rooms where the ‘Miracle of Dunkirk’ was masterminded and discover the story of the successful evacuation of 300,000 British and Allied troops, told through film, audio and archive photography.

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Take a fascinating guided tour of the Second World War Underground Hospital. Relive the tension as a surgeon battles to save an injured pilot.

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THE HOME OF CHARLES DARWIN DOWN HOUSE

01689 859119 down.house@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/darwin Down House, Luxted Road, Downe, Kent BR6 7JT FACILITIES

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Transport your group back to Victorian times with a visit to the country home where the scientist Charles Darwin wrote his world-changing book, On the Origin of Species, as well as enjoying family life with his wife and ten children.

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See the Old Study where On the Origin of Species was written and visit other rooms furnished with items original to the house, like the Dining Room with its rare Wedgwood ‘Darwin’ table service.

Browse the interactive exhibition on Darwin’s work, discover the furious controversies it aroused and its past and continuing influence.

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See a full-scale recreation of Darwin’s cabin aboard the HMS Beagle.

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Observe Darwin’s experiments in the gardens and greenhouse, with its orchids and carnivorous plants. Follow in Darwin’s footsteps along the original Sandwalk – his famous ‘thinking path’.

Tearoom open until 30 minutes before closing. Seats 30 inside and 40 outside. Call + 44 (0)1689 851012 to pre-book packed lunches or lunch for 6 or more people. Buffets are available for larger groups. Picnic area available.

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ITINERARY IDEA Only 30 minutes drive from Down House, include a trip to Lullingstone Roman Villa and examine how the Roman's arranged their domestic life. www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

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OSBORNE 01983 200022 osborne.house@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ osborne East Cowes, Isle of Wight PO32 6JX FACILITIES

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Terrace Restaurant with waiter service open April to October, but available for group bookings all year. Self-service at the reception/ticket office all year and at the Swiss Cottage Gazelle House, April to October only.

The Beach Café serves a small selection of sandwiches and snacks. For information on catering call + 44 (0)1983 298052.

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How did Queen Victoria relax with her family away from the public eye?

How did the royal children entertain themselves in the long summer months?

Come and find out and enjoy an intimate insight into Victoria and Albert’s lives at their palatial seaside retreat.

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Admire the opulent Royal Apartments and private family bedrooms within the mansion. See the twin desks where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert worked.

Explore the magnificently decorated Durbar Room, once used for state banquets and family meals.

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WALMER CASTLE AND GARDENS

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Walmer Castle is a treat in any season with ever-changing colours across the herbaceous borders and formal and informal gardens. From 2019 visitors can stroll through the re-created 19th century Pleasure Grounds and can enjoy a woodland walk, wild flower meadow and sunken glen garden.

On colder days groups can explore the castle and its restored rooms.

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Discover how Winston Churchill used Walmer as a weekend retreat during the early part of the First World War.

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Take an intimate look at the rooms used by a popular recent Lord Warden, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, to entertain her many visitors and relax in the garden created for her 95th birthday.

Built by Henry VIII, Walmer became the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1708 and evolved into an elegant country house.

The Duke of Wellington was resident Lord Warden for 23 years, and many of his possessions, including his spartan camp bed and the armchair in which he died, are on display.

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Wander through Walmer’s varied grounds, featuring the restored Pleasure Grounds, wildlife-rich woodland, the Cloud Hedge, a working kitchen garden and the ‘Broadwalk’ herbaceous border.

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Visit the Lord Warden’s Tearoom serving light lunch and refreshments using seasonal produce sourced from the Kitchen Garden or try the Glasshouse Café in the beautiful setting of the Kitchen Garden. Groups should pre-book.

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PORTCHESTER CASTLE

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Pevensey, East Sussex BN24 5LE Powerful Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort and medieval stronghold. The site of William the Conqueror’s landing in 1066. Close to 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield. From August 2019, discover new interpretation revealing the castle’s history including its role as a WWII observation and command post.

Castle Street, Portchester, Hampshire PO16 9QW The best-preserved of the Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ forts and hugely impressive. An almost complete circuit of towered walls encloses a Norman keep offering fine views. A fascinating exhibition brings to life the story of the castle as a prisoner of war camp during the Napoleonic Wars.

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ST AUGUSTINE’S ABBEY 01227 767345 english-heritage.org.uk/ staugustinesabbey

Canterbury, Kent CT1 1PF Founded by St Augustine in AD 598 the abbey is a key part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site.

Groups can experience it as it would have appeared in the early 1500s with virtual reality technology. Explore the ruins and uncover insights into monastic life.

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YARMOUTH CASTLE

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Quay Street, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight PO41 0PB Just 20 minutes drive from Carisbrooke, visit the last and most unusual of Henry VIII’s coastal forts, built to protect the strategic harbour after a French raid and completed after his death. Step into atmospheric rooms, recreated as they were in the 16th century. Expansive views across the Solent make the castle a perfect spot for picnicking.

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Lullingstone Lane, Eynsford, Kent DA4 0JA Tracing three centuries of affluent Roman domestic life, this prosperous ‘country house’ has spectacular mosaics, a heated bath suite and a succession of pagan and then Christian ‘worship rooms’. Galleries exhibit a wealth of fascinating finds from the villa, including intricate jewellery and intimate personal possessions. A film and light show brings the rooms of the villa to life. Only a 30 minute drive from The Home of Charles Darwin and easily reached from London or Rochester.

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RICHBOROUGH ROMAN FORT AND AMPHITHEATRE 01304 612013 english-heritage.org.uk/richborough

Off Richborough Road, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9JW Atmospheric ruined Roman fortress on the site where Roman invasion forces first landed in AD 43, with a small museum housing archaeological finds.

Combine with a visit to Walmer Castle.

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Victoria Road, Deal, Kent CT14 7BA Groups can now travel deeper into the story of this Tudor artillery fort – discovering more about those who served as Captains of Deal, the ordinary men and women who lived and worked here, and the role it played in 16th-century European politics.

With dark passages, spiral stairs, an indoor exhibition and sea views from the ramparts, there’s plenty to explore.

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SOUTH WEST From rolling green countryside crowned with a world-famous prehistoric monument to a coastline garlanded with castles, the South West serves up some spectacular trips into the past.

With centuries-old stories of human ingenuity, seafaring adventurers and maritime defence, groups are sure to be rewarded by this region so rich in history.

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Dartmouth Castle Hailes Abbey Totnes Castle Farleigh Hungerford Castle Old Wardour Castle Okehampton Castle St Mawes Castle

ITINERARY IDEAS Combine a visit to Pendennis Castle with a trip to its sister castle St Mawes.

Take the ferry, which we are happy to arrange for you, between Falmouth and St Mawes to get the best views of these picturesquely located fortresses and leave time to enjoy a stroll around Falmouth.

Combine a visit to Stonehenge with a trip to Old Sarum before exploring the beautiful cathedral city of Salisbury. To learn more about the history of Stonehenge and the surrounding landscape visit Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.

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STONEHENGE Exhilarating, inspiring, moving... there’s no one word that quite captures the feeling of walking around this 4,500-year-old marvel of human endeavour. The world-famous prehistoric Stone Circle of Stonehenge is the ultimate ‘bucket-list’ attraction.

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STONEHENGE +44 (0) 370 333 0604 bookstonehenge@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ stonehenge Nr Amesbury, Wiltshire SP4 7DE FACILITIES

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Free coach parking for 52 60-seater coaches. Drop-off bay for right-hand drive vehicles.

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A fast-track shuttle service takes groups direct from the coach park to the Stone Circle from a dedicated groups-only embarkation point.

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A 110-seater counter service café serves a grab and go hot and cold food offer using locally sourced produce, including drinks, soups, sandwiches, salad, pasties and cakes.

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STONE CIRCLE & LANDSCAPE This extraordinary 4,500-year-old marvel of human endeavour rises from an ancient landscape. A dedicated shuttle bus runs from the coach park to the monument every few minutes. Groups can choose to hop off the shuttle at the halfway point to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors and approach on foot.

If schedules allow, do leave time to explore the many other prehistoric monuments that spread across the countryside.

VISITOR CENTRE & EXHIBITIONS Our world-class permanent exhibition tells the story of Stonehenge using audio-visual experiences and hundreds of archaeological treasures. It’s under the same roof as the café, shop and toilets, as well as our special exhibitions gallery.

The art deco interior is jaw dropping! Just the little details - each room has been exquisitely preserved, it really is like stepping back in time.

NEOLITHIC HOUSES Visit the reconstructed Neolithic houses furnished with replica Neolithic axes, pottery and other artefacts, and see how the builders of Stonehenge may have lived 4,500 years ago.

DISCOVER MORE AT OUR PARTNER MUSEUMS Delve deeper into Wiltshire’s intriguing history with a visit to the Wessex Gallery of Archaeology at The Salisbury Museum or the spectacular ‘Gold from the Time of Stonehenge’ exhibition at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes. Special interest groups can also enjoy private lectures and talks at both museum.

BOOKING Advance booking is essential for all visits. Please call the Stonehenge Group Booking Line on +44 (0) 370 333 0604 or email bookstonehenge@ english-heritage.org.uk.

For a truly memorable experience, arrange a pre-booked out-of-hours stone circle visit for your group or clients. Enormously popular, they are only available with an advance booking – call +44 (0) 370 333 0605.

www.salisburymuseum.org.uk www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk

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OLD SARUM 01722 335398 oldsarum.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ oldsarum Castle Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SD FACILITIES

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Road narrow on final approach.

Not accessible to ‘bendy-buses’.

Space for one coach.

Alternative parking in lay-by.

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ITINERARY IDEA Spend a day exploring castles, cathedrals and crypts with visits to Farleigh Hungerford Castle and Old Wardour Castle.

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The lost city of Old Sarum is a rewarding site for groups to explore.

Iron Age people first raised the great encircling ramparts. Anglo-Saxons and Normans later settled within them, while the Romans built a substantial settlement adjacent to it. Creating a castle at the core of the vast hilltop fortress, William the Conqueror summoned the landowners of England here in 1086.

A Norman cathedral was also built here before the city was abandoned in favour of Salisbury. Today Old Sarum is a splendid site with seasonal wild flowers and striking vistas over Salisbury Plain.

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Admire the grandeur of the formidable Iron Age ramparts, crowning a ridge above the Avon Valley.

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Enjoy views towards Salisbury – the new city founded when life on the overcrowded, waterless, hilltop of Old Sarum became unbearable.

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Discover how Old Sarum was abandoned after 1220 – yet the ‘Rotten Borough’ continued to ‘elect’ two Members of Parliament until 1832.

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PENDENNIS CASTLE 01326 316594 pendennis.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ pendennis Castle Drive, Falmouth, Cornwall TRI1 4NQ FACILITIES

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Begun around 1540, as one of Henry VIII’s chain of coastal artillery forts, Pendennis was strengthened in Elizabethan times.

Later it endured an epic Civil War siege and saw action in the Second World War.

Explore inside the Tudor castle, taking in the shouts and calls as you listen to soldiers in the gun rooms counter a threat from enemy ships.

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Space for one coach, alternative free parking in town coach park (Gyllyngvase), along Cliff Road (seafront), approx. 10 min walk to property entrance. Coaches can drop-off/pick up from the castle car park or by reversing up the drive to the main entrance.

Catering

Café No. 6 seats 54 and is located in the Royal Artillery Barracks.

The menu reflects Cornish fare, using local suppliers and producers. Coach drivers and tour leaders can enjoy a free lunch and all groups receive 10% off per person in our café, on the day of the visit.

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ITINERARY IDEA Experience two castles in one day and combine your visit with a trip to St Mawes Castle.

Contact us to arrange a ferry between the two sites. www.english-heritage.org.uk/traveltrade

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PORTLAND CASTLE 01305 820539 portland.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ portland Castletown, Portland, Dorset DT5 1AZ FACILITIES

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Parking for one coach, 50 metres from entrance.

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Captain’s Tearoom. Seats 28.

Light snacks, sandwiches and refreshments. Call 01305 820539 to pre-book groups.

Coach drivers and tour leaders can enjoy a free lunch and all groups receive 10% off per person in our café, on the day of the visit.

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From its waterside setting overlooking the harbour, this unusually shaped artillery fort was fiercely fought over by Civil War Royalists and Parliamentarians. Then it helped to defend shipping against pirates and tried in vain to control local smugglers. Called back into service in the First World War, it became a seaplane station, then a Second World War anti-submarine base.

In 1944 British and American forces carried out top secret training for the D-Day landings in the bays nearby.

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Let presentations and interactive exhibits round the site bring the castle’s history to life.

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TINTAGEL CASTLE +44 (0) 370 333 0604 bookings@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ tintagel Castle Road, Tintagel, Cornwall PL34 0HE FACILITIES

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These evocative ruins and their wave-lashed coastal setting are a delight to explore. Recent updates to the site, both indoors and out, offer groups even more insight into its 1,500-year history and the role legends have played in shaping it.

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In the Middle Ages, Tintagel’s residents walked from one side of the site to the other using a narrow land bridge. From summer 2019, a newly constructed footbridge will reinstate this original route, allowing you to experience Tintagel Castle the way its medieval inhabitants once did.

Wander the ‘island’ headland with its remains of post-Roman buildings, where rulers traded luxury goods with the Mediterranean.

Explore the medieval castle and chapel ruins, enjoying invigorating views of the Cornish coastline.

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Soak up the cliff top setting that inspired writers and painters like Tennyson, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites and benefit from step-free access provided by the bridge and new footpaths.

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BOOKING Advance booking essential. Access to the castle’s historic island across the new footbridge is by timed ticket only. Visitors are welcome to explore other areas of the site including the café, beach, exhibition and shop at their leisure.

To make a group booking please call +44 (0) 370 333 0604 or email bookings@english-heritage.org.uk.

No coach parking on site. Park in Tintagel village (pay & display) which has space for nine coaches, approx. 600 metres from property entrance.

Catering

Tintagel Castle’s café seats 50 inside and 66 on the outdoor terrace. Contact the café on 01840 772101.

Coach drivers and tour leaders can enjoy a free lunch, and all groups receive 10% off per person in our café on the day of the visit.

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To book the Land Rover shuttle to the visitor centre call: 01840 770060.

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CLEEVE ABBEY 01984 640377 cleeve.abbey@english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/cleeve

BERRY POMEROY CASTLE 01803 866618 berrypomeroy.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/berrypomeroy

Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6LJ Substantial ruins of a great Jacobean mansion within the walls of a medieval castle, in a remote wooded setting.

Access for minibuses only.

Totnes Castle is nearby.

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Newmill, Nr Penzance, Cornwall TR20 8XA One of the finest examples of a Romano-British village in Britain, the substantial remains of the 2,000-year-old ‘courtyard houses’ take groups back to Iron Age living.

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Washford, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0PS The most impressively complete monastic cloister buildings in England, including a 15th-century refectory with a glorious angel roof.

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Castle Road, Dartmouth, Devon TQ6 0JN Groups visiting today will once again find the picturesque castle alive with the sights and sounds of men preparing the defences, as video animations together with audio and light installations tell the story of the site with dramatic effect. You can even make an advance request to arrange gun-firing and re-enactors to entertain your groups.

2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower to the New World. Dartmouth is one of the twelve towns participating in the celebrations with a series of exciting events and projects. To find out more visit: www.dartmouthmayflower400.uk

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HAILES ABBEY 01242 602398 english-heritage.org.uk/hailes

Nr Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 5PB An on-site museum reveals the stories of what was once one of the country’s most important pilgrimage destinations.

Featuring treasures on display for the first time, it brings to life the history of the abbey and the lives of the monks who worshipped and lived there.

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Castle Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NU Norman motte-and-bailey castle giving spectacular panoramas over a famously attractive town. Berry Pomeroy Castle is nearby.

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Farleigh Hungerford, Nr Bath, Somerset BA2 7RS Ruined medieval castle near Bath, with an eventful and sometimes gory family history. Includes a complete chapel with tombs, crypt and coffins.

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ST MAWES CASTLE 01326 270526 english-heritage.org.uk/stmawes

Nr Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6RR Romantic ruin of a showy medieval hexagonal castle, later shattered by war. The abandoned castle is set by a lake and was used in the landscaping of New Wardour Castle.

St Mawes, Cornwall TR2 5DE Among the best preserved of Henry VIII’s coastal artillery fortresses and the most elaborately decorated of them all. Picturesquely located across the Fal Estuary from Pendennis Castle.

Contact us to arrange a ferry between the two sites.

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Castle Lodge, Okehampton, Devon EX20 1JA Ruins of Devon’s largest castle, built shortly after the Norman Conquest.

Serenely set on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement, making it a perfect spot for bird watchers.

Enjoy the bluebells in Spring and make this a part of your visit to Tintagel.

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EAST OF ENGLAND

Indoors, outdoors and even underground, our properties in England will lead you on an adventure through 5,000 years of English history. With grand homes encircled by historic gardens, medieval castles towering over the countryside and prehistoric mines burrowed under an undulating landscape, we’ve got days out to inspire all groups.

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Audley End House and Gardens Framlingham Castle Wrest Park Castle Acre Priory Grime’s Graves Prehistoric Flint Mine

ITINERARY IDEA Enjoy a day out in Norfolk with two very different attractions.

At Grime’s Graves descend Britain’s only accessible prehistoric mine, where flints were dug 5,000 years ago. Then stop off at Castle Acre Priory to admire this well preserved monastic site dating back to 1090.

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AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS Discover life upstairs and downstairs in a thriving country house.

Built in the 1600s and lived in until 1948, this noble Jacobean mansion has been re-dressed to evoke its days as a decadent Victorian home for Lord and Lady Braybrooke. Groups with horticultural enthusiasts can enjoy the seasonal changes in the Walled Organic Kitchen Garden - from blossoming fruits and a busy schedule of planting and pruning, through to the autumn harvest.

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AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS

01799 522842 audleyend.house @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ audleyend Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex CBI1 4JF FACILITIES

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Drop-off at main entrance, 180 metres from the house entrance.

Coach parking available off site – please contact property to book.

Vehicles over 2.93 metres (9 feet 6 inches) high need to access the site via an alternative entrance.

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The Servants’ Hall tearoom seats 90 and provides lunches and light refreshments. Coach drivers qualify for a complimentary drink and 20% off all other purchases.

The Cart Yard Café seats 28 inside and 40 outside. It provides snacks and sandwiches, and is open all week in peak season and at weekends off season.

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Lifelike sights and sounds illustrate how Victorian servants lived and worked ‘below stairs’. Live interpreters are present on selected weekends.

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FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE 01728 724 922 framlingham.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ framlingham Framlingham, Suffolk IP13 9BP FACILITIES

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Café seats 32 and serves hot and cold drinks, snacks and light meals.

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Climb up onto the imposing stone curtain wall to look across the mere and local market town.

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WREST PARK 01525 860000 wrest.park@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ wrestpark Silsoe, Bedfordshire MK45 4HR FACILITIES

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Café in the walled garden seats 74 people and provides light lunches and refreshments.

Contact the property for details.

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Garden-loving groups can while away hours in Wrest Park’s magnificent 90-acre gardens, taking in the delightful statues, woodland and lakes. The grounds were developed over more than three centuries by the aristocratic de Grey family and bear the imprint of Capability Brown.

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Stroll beside the Long Water to the beautiful domed Archer Pavilion.

Once the ultimate garden dining room, its spectacular classical interior decoration has been beautifully preserved.

Discover how the house served as the country’s original First World War convalescent home through diary entries and photographs from the time.

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Stocks Green, Castle Acre, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE32 2XD One of the best preserved monastic sites in England, the priory offers the chance to see wonderful carved decoration, a gigantic 24-seater monks’ toilet and a recreated herb garden.

Its fully roofed west range includes the prior’s lodging – a little mansion featuring rare Tudor wall paintings.

Do leave time to visit the gigantic ramparts and ditches of Castle Acre Castle nearby.

GRIME’S GR AVES PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE 01842 810656 grimes.graves@english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/grimesgraves

Lynford, Thetford, Norfolk IP26 5DE Make the adventurous 9-metre (30-foot) descent into Britain’s only accessible prehistoric mine – one of 400 shafts where ‘magic’ flint for tools and weapons was dug with antler picks nearly 5,000 years ago. Set amid the unique Breckland landscape and within a Site of Special Scientific Interest rich in rare and unique wildlife, it makes for an unforgettable experience.

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Our grand mansions and castles in the East Midlands are rich in stories of royalty, revelry and riches. From a Norman knight to a high-living Stuart courtier and from powerful medieval bishops to one of the richest women in Elizabethan England, introduce your group to fascinating characters from times gone by.

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ITINERARY IDEA Looking for a day out with a difference? Start the day with a stop at Lyddington Bede House, a medieval bishops palace turned almshouse.

Travel onwards just 4 miles to enjoy a guided tour of the house and grounds at Kirby Hall. Break for lunch in the pretty town of Oundle, before calling in at Rushton Triangular Lodge where your group can try their luck at spotting the Elizabethan visual codes at this unique and delightful folly.

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BOLSOVER CASTLE Positioned not far from Junction 29A of the M1, Bolsover Castle offers a memorable stop-off for groups travelling north or south along the motorway. Exquisitely restored to recreate its past glories, this unique Stuart showpiece was the hilltop pleasure-palace of a horse-mad Cavalier playboy. Now, centuries later, our imaginative and carefully researched re-presentation still makes a memorable impression.

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BOLSOVER CASTLE 01246 822844 bolsover.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ bolsovercastle Castle Street, Bolsover, Derbyshire S44 6PR FACILITIES

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Limited coach parking in the council car park, opposite site car park.

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The café in the visitor centre seats 50 inside and a further 30 outside.

Serves a selection of drinks, cakes, freshly made sandwiches, as well as hot and cold light lunches.

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Cabinets of curiosity reveal how the Little Castle’s maze of rooms were used to intrigue and impress noble visitors.

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OTHER PLACES TO VISIT IN THE REGION

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KIRBY HALL 01536 203230 kirby.hall@english-heritage.org.uk

Kirby Lane, Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 3EN The impressive and extensive remains of one of England’s greatest Elizabethan mansions - home of Sir Christopher Hatton, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Includes redecorated state rooms and magnificent gardens. Lyddington Bede House is nearby.

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01433 620613 peveril.castle@english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/peverilcastle

Blue Coat Lane, Lyddington, Rutland LE15 9LN In a pretty village setting, this late medieval bishops’ palace served as an almshouse from Elizabethan times until the 1930s for poor ‘bedesmen’ and women.

Market Place, Castleton, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S33 8WQ In the spectacular heart of the Peak District these dramatic Norman castle ruins are perched high on a rocky crag, above the tranquil village of Castleton.

Enjoy far-reaching views of the countryside and interactive displays.

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Rushton, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14 1RP Crack the Elizabethan visual codes at this unique and delightful little folly, where everything comes in threes to symbolise the Holy Trinity, designed to proclaim the resolute Roman Catholic faith of its builder.

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WEST MIDLANDS

Nudging up against the Welsh border and rising towards the Peak District, the lush countryside of the West Midlands is packed with historic variety. From a Tudor royal romance and Civil War sieges to the Victorian high life, discover the stories told by medieval castles, timber-framed houses and graceful ruins.

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ITINERARY IDEA Kenilworth Castle is a great fit for tours to Shakespeare’s Stratford-uponAvon. Take a guided tour to learn about the colourful history of the site as we prepare lunch for your group in the converted Tudor stable block.

A visit to Stokesay can easily be combined with a trip to nearby historic Ludlow.

‘Foodie’ capital of the region, Ludlow is famous for its specialist shops, markets, fine houses, great church and mighty castle.

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KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN In 1575, Kenilworth Castle was the setting for a 19-day party, when Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, attempted to win the hand of Queen Elizabeth I. Today, visitors can scale the heights of the tower he built to woo her and get a queen’s-eye view of the recreated garden which he planted to impress her.

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KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN

01926 852078 kenilworth.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ kenilworth Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1NG FACILITIES

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150 metres from the entrance.

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The tearoom can accommodate 50 people inside and a further 30 people outside. The menu includes drinks, cakes, sandwiches, as well as hot and cold light lunches. Coach drivers and tour leaders can enjoy a free lunch and all groups receive 10% off per person in our café, on the day of the visit. Call 01926 852577 to book.

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From medieval fortress to Elizabethan palace, Kenilworth Castle has been at the centre of England's affairs for much of its 900 year history. Today, you can scale the heights of the tower built to woo Queen Elizabeth I and marvel at the mighty Norman keep. Explore the exhibition in the Gatehouse, and imagine the majesty of the Great Hall playing host to medieval monarchs and early Tudor kings.

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Wander through the most complete evocation of an Elizabethan garden anywhere in England – including a dazzling 5.5-metre (18-foot) high marble fountain and a bejewelled aviary.

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STOKESAY CASTLE 01588 672544 stokesay.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ stokesaycastle Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 9AH FACILITIES

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Tucked away in the peaceful countryside of the Welsh Border, Stokesay Castle was founded by a wealthy medieval wool merchant in the 13th century. It retains many of its earliest features, although later generations added a delightful timber-framed 17th-century gatehouse and a fine panelled chamber. To help you enjoy it we’ve converted a neighbouring cottage into an attractive tearoom and added tactile interpretation inside the manor house so your groups can really get a feel for the history of this Shropshire gem.

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Tearoom seats 40 and is located in the old potter’s cottage.

Pre-booked groups can choose from a menu of regional dishes alongside the usual favourites.

Coach drivers and tour leaders can enjoy a free lunch, and all groups receive 10% off per person in our café on the day of the visit. Please contact the property or check website for more details.

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WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS

01299 896636 witley.court @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/witley Great Witley, Worcestershire WR6 6JT FACILITIES

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Tearoom is situated by the parish church, open daily Easter to end of October. For information call 01299 896016 (not managed by English Heritage).

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The extensive ruins of this Victorian country house evoke a lost sense of grandeur. Once staffed by over 100 servants, Witley Court was the setting for lavish parties attended by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and his friends.

The house was accidentally destroyed in a fire in 1937, but the dramatic shell of the house is well worth exploring.

The centrepiece of the extensive grounds and restored formal gardens is the huge Perseus and Andromeda fountain, which fires every hour between April and October.

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See the restored East Parterre in full bloom, complete with seasonal topiary and colourful planting.

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Take time to wander Witley’s extensive wilderness and wildlife gardens and discover the lakeside path to the rustic Victorian boathouse.

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OTHER PLACES TO VISIT IN THE REGION

1. Boscobel House and the Royal Oak 2. Wroxeter Roman City 3. Goodrich Castle

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BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK 01902 850244 english-heritage.org.uk/boscobel

Brewood, Bishop’s Wood, Shropshire ST19 9AR Just off the M54 and M6, stretch your legs at this historic property which once provided shelter to the future King Charles II following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Charles hid from Cromwell's troops in an oak tree and a priest-hole in the house. You can see the priest-hole where Charles spent the night of 6 September 1651 in the attic of the lodge, there is also a second priest-hole built into a chimney stack off the Squire's Room, which was originally the escape route down to the garden.

GOODRICH CASTLE 01600 890538 english-heritage.org.uk/goodrich

Ross-on-Wye, Hertfordshire HR9 6HY Standing on a rocky crag, above the beautifully wooded Wye Valley, Goodrich Castle is one of the finest and best-preserved English medieval castles. Step into its Civil War history, climb the Norman keep, enjoy the views and leave time for a cream tea in the café.

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Nr Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6PH Discover urban living 2,000 years ago at Viriconium (Wroxeter) – once the fourth largest city in Roman Britain.

Explore the unique recreated Roman town house, complete with painted rooms, bath and replica furniture.

Imagine the lives of the people who lived here through their everyday objects and an audio tour.

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YORKSHIRE

Whether it’s through their remarkable architecture, unique stories or invigorating settings, our Yorkshire properties all have their own way of inspiring groups. Explore ruined abbeys, mighty castles and beautiful gardens, and imagine the lives of those who once lived and worked in these historic places.

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Whitby Abbey Brodsworth Hall and Gardens Clifford’s Tower Mount Grace Priory, House and Gardens

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Rievaulx Abbey Scarborough Castle Richmond Castle York Cold War Bunker Helmsley Castle

ITINERARY IDEAS Clifford’s Tower is an ideal stop on a trip to York. Combine with visits to Jorvik Viking Centre, York Minster and the York Cold War Bunker to travel through history.

Follow in the footsteps of medieval monks and enjoy a 2.5 mile walk between Helmsley Castle and Rievaulx Abbey. Treat yourself to a cup of tea and slice of cake when you get there.

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WHITBY ABBEY On a headland high above the picturesque town of Whitby, the abbey has a rich history. Gothic ruins, stunning views and links with Bram Stoker’s Dracula make this a firm favourite with groups.

Thanks to a major improvement project, there’s now more to see than ever before.

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WHITBY ABBEY 01947 603568 whitby.abbey @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ whitbyabbey Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4JT FACILITIES

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Get to know personalities from the Abbey's past such as the Anglo-Saxon princess Abbess Hild, and Caedmon, a cowherd who was miraculously transformed into a talented poet.

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Adventurous visitors may wish to attempt the notorious ‘199 Steps’ from the town up to the Abbey. Then have a well-earned cup of tea and bite to eat in the café.

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BRODSWORTH HALL AND GARDENS

01302 722598 brodsworth.hall @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ brodsworth Brodsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN5 7XJ FACILITIES

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Brodsworth was built to the highest standards of luxury in the 1860s, and it was home to the same family for over 120 years. After the death of the last owner in 1988, the interiors were conserved as they were found, making this an English country house frozen in time.

Marvel at once-grand rooms which sit alongside family clutter that spans from Victorian times until the late 1980s.

See the servants’ spartan quarters and venture behind the scenes into rooms where they worked to keep the house running like clockwork.

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On summer Sunday afternoons, enjoy the best of Yorkshire’s brass bands from the garden terraces.

Self-service tearoom seats 70 inside and 80 outside.

Serving freshly made sandwiches and home cooked meals, along with a selection of cakes.

Alternatively book a buffet served in a private room (max 40 people).

Call the property for more details and to book.

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CLIFFORD’S TOWER 01904 646940 cliffords.tower @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ cliffordstower Tower Street, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9SA FACILITIES

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Perched on top of the castle mound raised

by William the Conqueror; Clifford’s Tower was built during the 1250s as the keep of York Castle, one of the greatest fortresses in medieval England.

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Climb the keep for fine views across the city centre, including the majestic York Minster.

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See the tower’s unusual four-lobed design.

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Unlock different chapters of the tower’s fascinating history, from its role as a northern stronghold to the time it served as a gaol to highwayman Dick Turpin.

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MOUNT GRACE PRIORY,

HOUSE AND GARDENS 01609 883494 mountgrace.priory @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ mountgracepriory Staddlebridge, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 3JG FACILITIES

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On-site spaces for up to three coaches which must be pre-booked.

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The café seats 18 inside and 31 outside, serving freshly made sandwiches and home cooked meals, along with a collection of cakes.

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Picturesquely set against wooded hills, this most unusual of our monastic sites also features an arts and crafts mansion, renovated gardens and a tea-room with a carefully chosen menu reflecting both North Yorkshire delicacies and the property's Carthusian past.

See a reconstructed monk’s cell and herb plot to understand how the monks would have used the area for nutrition, spirituality and medicine.

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RIEVAULX ABBEY 01439 798228 rievaulx.abbey @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ rievaulxabbey Rievaulx, Helmsley, North Yorkshire YO62 5LB FACILITIES

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No coach parking on site.

Coaches can drop-off/pick-up at site before parking in Helmsley.

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Café seating 64 inside and 30 outside. Self-service lunches and light refreshments – all food prepared fresh to order.

Open summer and weekends throughout winter.

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ITINERARY IDEA Why not leave the coach at Helmsley Castle and enjoy a beautiful 2.5 miles walk to Rievaulx Abbey, where a well-deserved tea and cake awaits you?

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Set in a tranquil wooded valley, Rievaulx was once one of the wealthiest monasteries in medieval England, housing a 650-strong community at its peak.

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Discover more about life at Rievaulx in the museum which contains a ‘scourge’ whip for monastic penance and ‘pattern’ footwear for muddy weather.

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Enjoy local fare in the café with views overlooking the abbey.

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Browse the large shop offering local products and plants for sale.

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Follow the audio tour on a journey through 900 years of Rievaulx’s history.

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SCARBOROUGH CASTLE 01723 372451 scarborough.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ scarboroughcastle Castle Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 1HY FACILITIES

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No coach parking on site.

Drop-off point at bottom of the hill. Coach parking in the town centre at William Street Coach Park.

Step into 3,000 years of history at Scarborough Castle, which occupies a steep-sided headland between the two bays of the famous seaside town. The castle endured sieges by medieval kings and Civil War armies, came under attack from an American Independence naval fighter and suffered German naval bombardment in 1914.

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Enjoy stunning views of the dramatic coastline from the battlements.

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Admire attractively displayed archaeological finds in the Master Gunner’s House.

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Less mobile visitors can enjoy a virtual tour of the displays and views.

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The coffee shop seats 20 and serves tea, coffee, soft drinks, ice creams and light snacks.

Picnic boxes available, if booked in advance. Contact the property for more information and to book.

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RICHMOND CASTLE 01748 822493 richmond.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/richmondcastle

Tower Street, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4QW Huge Norman castle, dramatically set above the River Swale in a fine historic town. Exhibition includes a mock-up of the prison cells of First World War conscientious objectors and a touch-screen tour.

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Monument Close, York YO24 4HT Enter the blast-proof doors to gain access to our most modern, spine-chilling property. In active service from the 1960s to the 1990s, it now uncovers the secret history of Britain’s Cold War. Booking essential, visit by guided tour only.

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HELMSLEY CASTLE 01439 770442 helmsley.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/helmsleycastle

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Why not leave the coach at Helmsley and enjoy a beautiful 2.5 miles walk to Rievaulx Abbey, where a well-deserved cuppa and cake awaits you?

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NORTH WEST The setting for castles facing turbulent Anglo-Scottish border disputes and clattering mills feeding the Industrial Revolution, the North West offers some vibrant pictures of life in the past.

Peaceful pockets of the Cumbrian countryside also offer your groups the chance to sample the tranquillity sought out by medieval monks.

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Carlisle Castle Beeston Castle and Woodland Park Furness Abbey Stott Park Bobbin Mill

ITINERARY IDEAS Maximise your day out in the Lake District by taking in the monastic ruins at Furness Abbey, then take a guided tour of Stott Park Bobbin Mill, just off the M6, to experience the Industrial Revolution first hand.

Combine visits to Carlisle Castle and nearby Lanercost Priory with a trip to Birdoswald Roman Fort, where a fascinating new visitor experience explores life on the Roman frontier.

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CARLISLE CASTLE Carlisle Castle has been a flashpoint of frontier warfare for centuries.

As well as being a notorious prison, it was the last English fortress to suffer a siege and was an active military base until 1959.

Trace its long and sometimes grim history with your group.

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CARLISLE CASTLE 01228 591922 carlisle.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ carlislecastle Castle Way, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR FACILITIES

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No coach parking on site.

Park in Devonshire Walk car park (pay & display), adjacent to the west side of the castle, approx.

5 minute walk to property entrance.

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Squat and thick-walled, Carlisle Castle emanates strength and menace. It needed both, because for many centuries it commanded the wild west end of the Anglo-Scottish frontier – guarding the most frequently attacked town in Britain.

It also served as a bleak prison and was the very last English fortress ever to suffer a siege, during Bonnie Price Charlie’s Jacobite Rising in 1745.

Continuously updated over the centuries, this hard-bitten old campaigner of a castle can now reveal its secrets to your group.

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Please ask us for details.

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BEESTON CASTLE AND WOODLAND PARK 01829 260464 beeston.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/beeston

Chapel Lane, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire CW6 9TX Beeston crowns a rocky crag high above the Cheshire plain, with views over eight counties. The fortress was mainly built in the 1220s by the great Earl Ranulf of Chester, but the crag has a much longer history. Prehistoric bronze-smiths once worked here and visit our prehistoric Roundhouse, opening Autumn 2019, to see what life was like for Bronze Age inhabitants of the site. Much later, the castle endured a long Civil War siege. Today it’s a paradise for walkers and naturelovers and an enchanting woodland path encircles the crag.

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STOTT PARK BOBBIN MILL

01229 823420 furness.abbey@english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/furnessabbey

01539 531087 stott.park@english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/stottpark

Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA13 0PJ Give your group the same inspiration as Wordsworth enjoyed when he wrote his Prelude in 1805.

The romantic monastic ruins, in a charming wooded valley, were founded in the early 12th century by Stephen, later king of England. By the time Henry VIII ordered its closure in 1537, it was the second richest Cistercian abbey in England. The beautiful medieval ‘Furness Crozier’, a silver-gilt abbot’s staff found in an abbey grave, is on permanent display.

Low Stott Park, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 8AX Take a fascinating guided tour of this unique 19th-century mill and experience the Industrial Revolution first hand. Built on the shores of Lake Windermere to turn bobbins from local timber for the Lancashire textile trade, its clattering belt-driven machinery is still in full working order. There are working steam demonstrations on the first weekend of every month, April – October and on Bank Holidays.

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HADRIAN'S WALL

Rising over ridges and snaking through moorland, the 73-mile-long Hadrian’s Wall is a remarkable monument with remarkable stories to tell. Our forts, museums and Roman town will carry your group back to daily life on the frontier and into the Roman Empire’s extraordinary tale of power and ambition.

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Birdoswald Roman Fort Housesteads Roman Fort Chesters Roman Fort and Museum Corbridge Roman Town Lanercost Priory

ITINERARY IDEAS With extensive walks to enjoy and so much to see, why not book your group into the Bunkhouse, which sleeps 37.

Combine a trip to Chesters Roman Fort with visits to nearby Corbridge Roman Town and medieval Aydon Castle.

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BIRDOSWALD ROMAN FORT Birdoswald contains the best-preserved defences of any major fort along Hadrian’s Wall, together with the longest visible stretch of the wall itself.

As such it’s one of the best places to for your group to get an introduction to the story of the Roman frontier.

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BIRDOSWALD ROMAN FORT 01697 747602 birdoswald.romanfort @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ birdoswald Gilsland, Brampton, Cumbria CA8 7DD FACILITIES

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Tearoom seats 38 inside and additional seating outside.

Serves soup, sandwiches, cakes and refreshments.

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HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT 01434 344363 housesteads.fort @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ housesteadsromanfort Haydon Bridge, Northumberland NE47 6NN FACILITIES

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Learn about every aspect of a Roman soldier’s life at Housesteads, from the clothes they wore to the tools and weapons they used, and from the deities they worshipped to their use of medicine.

Set on the wild Whin Sill escarpment and flanked by dramatic stretches of Wall, uncover the lives of the self-sufficient soldiers who lived here.

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The museum serves hot and cold drinks, and snacks to take away, with no seating.

The visitor centre (managed by the National Trust) seats 32 inside and serves hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and snacks.

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CHESTERS ROMAN FORT AND MUSEUM 01434 681379 chesters.romanfort @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ chestersromanfort Chollerford, Humshaugh, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 4EU FACILITIES

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Free coach parking for visiting groups.

Catering

Chesters Tearoom serves soup, sandwiches, cakes and refreshments. It seats 25-30 with a mixture of indoor and outdoor seating.

VISITS

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Set against a backdrop of verdant woodland, this fort offers groups the chance to see Roman rule through a Victorian lens. Chesters is the best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain, thanks in part to the work of John Clayton, the Victorian lawyer and landowner who saved much of the Wall from destruction, and whose story is told in the onsite museum.

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Pick up an e-reader and have all the facts at your fingertips as you explore the Clayton Museum.

See Britain’s best-preserved military bath-house, where weary soldiers, originally from northern Spain, relaxed with hot, cold and steam baths.

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Absorb the digital reconstructions of rooms such as the barrack block, which cavalrymen shared with their horses.

Hadrian’s Wall

CORBRIDGE ROMAN TOWN 01434 632349 corbridge.romantown @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ corbridgeromantown Corchester Lane, Corbridge, Northumberland NE45 5NT FACILITIES

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Coaches can drop-off next to the property entrance, before being advised where to park.

Visit the evocative remains of a Roman garrison town and discover the Corbridge Hoard, one of the most significant finds from Roman Britain.

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Walk along an original Roman ‘high street’ and pass by the remains of granaries, a fountain, markets and workshops.

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Discover internationally significant Roman objects, from Roman armour to exquisite jewellery and the carving of the fierce Corbridge Lion.

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Examine the Saxon tower of the town’s church – built using Roman masonry, it's an early example of recycling.

LANERCOST PRIORY

Take a break at Lanercost Priory.

The tranquil setting of this Augustinian priory belies its troubled history.

Close to Hadrian’s Wall, it suffered frequent attacks during Anglo-Scottish wars, once by Robert Bruce himself. King Edward I rested here in 1306-07 shortly before he died. However, there’s plenty left for groups to see. The vaulted undercroft of the refectory is well preserved, complete with mason’s marks and the church’s transept still stands to its full impressive height.

Stop off at the tearoom, shop and visitor information centre, where you can plan your Hadrian's Wall adventure over a cup of tea or indeed lunch.

VISITS

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NORTH EAST

Power, purity, prestige. Let your group enjoy a taste of them all on days out in the North East. Medieval castles battered by border disputes and waterside priories drawing pilgrims and marauders alike offer evocative impressions of life in the past.

For garden lovers, the blooms and boughs of an unusual heritage garden serve up an exotic treat.

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Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens Lindisfarne Priory Warkworth Castle and Hermitage Barnard Castle Tynemouth Priory and Castle Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks and Main Guard

ITINERARY IDEAS Belsay Castle, Hall and Gardens is close to some of the sites on Hadrian’s Wall, and it’s just off the scenic route from Newcastle to the Scottish Borders and Edinburgh.

Visit Warkworth Castle, Tynemouth Priory and Prudhoe Castle to follow the fortunes of the powerful Percy family, earls of Northumberland and medieval ‘kingmakers’.

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BELSAY HALL, CASTLE AND GARDENS Belsay's unique mix of architecture offers a many layered slice of English history. Groups can explore a succession of mansions spanning four centuries and enjoy 20 acres of heritage gardens.

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BELSAY HALL,

CASTLE AND GARDENS 01661 881636 belsay.hall @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ belsayhall Belsay, Nr Ponteland, Northumberland NE20 0DX FACILITIES

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Space for up to four coaches, 400 metres from property entrance, must be pre-booked.

Catering

Tearoom seats 50 and serves hot and cold food and drinks.

Afternoon tea and group catering packages available. Contact the property for current/seasonal group catering offers and to book.

VISITS

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Book a tour with the Head Gardener to soak up the sights and scents of the vast gardens with their nationally important plant collections.

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Admire the craftsmanship of the Greek Revival hall. Inspired by an aristocrat’s honeymoon in Athens, it’s arranged around a central Pillar Hall and displayed without furnishings.

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Take tea in the hall’s original kitchen.

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North East

LINDISFARNE PRIORY 01289 389200 lindisfarne.priory @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ lindisfarnepriory Holy Island, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 2RX FACILITIES

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No parking on site. Please park in the Holy Island main coach park, approx. ¾ mile from property entrance.

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Wander through the ruins and see the ‘Rainbow Arch’ over the magnificently carved west door.

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Visit the museum to uncover the stories of the monks who lived, worked and worshipped here – and of the Vikings who attacked them.

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Few visitors will forget the arresting sight of these isolated, captivating ruins as they cross the causeway to Holy Island.

Follow in the footsteps of the pilgrims and Vikings who were drawn to this power-house of northern Christianity.

Learn about the Lindisfarne Gospels and see the new display of 14 extraordinary carved and painted ‘naming stones’ from the 8th century.

Holy Island can only be reached at low tide. Call us for details or consult tide tables on the website.

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WARKWORTH CASTLE AND HERMITAGE

01665 711423 warkworth.castle @english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ warkworth Warkworth, Northumberland NE65 OUJ FACILITIES

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Drop off outside castle.

Contact site for more information.

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As one of the biggest, most complete and certainly most spectacular medieval castles in northern England, mighty Warkworth Castle and its peaceful Hermitage make for a great group day out.

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Find out how ‘Harry Hotspur’ rebelled against Henry IV and lost the castle for his family.

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Look out for the lions – these carved badges represent the powerful Percy family, and can be found throughout the castle.

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Enjoy a ½ mile walk down the river followed by a short boat trip to discover the Hermitage carved out of rock. Ask us for opening times.

North East

OTHER PLACES TO VISIT IN THE REGION TYNEMOUTH PRIORY AND CASTLE 01912 571090 t ynemouth.castleandpriory@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/ tynemouthpriory

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BARNARD CASTLE 01833 638212 barnard.castle@ english-heritage.org.uk english-heritage.org.uk/barnardcastle

Castle House, Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8PR Sizeable and impressive medieval castle with connections to Richard III. Spectacularly sited overlooking the River Tees gorge, with a sensory garden of scented plants and tactile objects.

In a characterful market town which also hosts the famous Bowes Museum art collection.

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Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear NE30 4BZ A fortress and holy place, with history stretching from Anglo-Saxon times.

The striking medieval priory ruins, with a beautiful little Percy family chapel, stand on a dramatic headland, defended by a strong gatehouse.

An exhibition traces ‘Life in the Stronghold’ throughout Tynemouth’s long career.

1. Barnard Castle 2. Berwick-Upon-Tweed Barracks and Main Guard 3. Tynemouth Priory and Castle

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The Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 1DF Georgian ‘Redcoat’ barracks and guard house. The first in Britain to be purpose built and now home to history and the arts. An exhibition gives an insight into the life of the British infantryman from the Civil War to the First World War. 2

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HOW THE TRAVEL TRADE TEAM CAN HELP English Heritage’s dedicated Travel Trade Team is available to support you as you plan and promote group travel to our properties.

Use this guide and our website to decide where you want to visit.

Bookings and enquiries should be made directly with the property.

MARKETING YOUR TRIP If you need photographs, testimonials or other material to help promote your trip please contact us. We also offer free familiarisation visits for group organisers and tour operators.

AGENCY VOUCHER SCHEME

We offer an Agency Voucher Scheme to simplify administration at the time of bookings and on arrival. Apply for an account and once it’s set up, just tell us you’re using AVS as the payment method when you make your booking.

Your tour leader can show your company voucher when they arrive at a site, and your group can start enjoying their visit with no need for a complicated cash transaction.

OVERSEAS VISITOR PASS

Perfect for touring holidays in England, the English Heritage Overseas Visitor Pass is the best way to explore our wealth of historic properties.

With 9 or 16 day options, the pass entitles visitors to: • Free entry to over 100 historic attractions including Stonehenge • Free or reduced price entry to hundreds of action-packed special events • A free souvenir guidebook.

The Overseas Visitor Pass is great value for money, and the more it’s used, the bigger the savings. Visitors can recoup the cost in just two or three visits.

GROUP BOOKINGS AT STONEHENGE AND TINTAGEL

We have a dedicated bookings team at Stonehenge and Tintagel to make sure your visit runs smoothly.

Call the Bookings Line on +44 (0) 370 333 0604 or email: Stonehenge: bookstonehenge@ english-heritage.org.uk Tintagel: bookings@ english-heritage.org.uk

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AT YOUR SERVICE TAILOR-MADE TOURS AND MORE FOR YOUR GROUP Do you like to find something really special for your group to enjoy on a trip out? Something set up especially for them and no one else? Then look no further. At many of our sites, we can tailor-make a visit just for you. Here are some ideas to whet your appetite: •

Whole day tour of Witley Court and Gardens Spend the morning touring the grounds with the Head Gardener and get special behind- the-scenes access. After lunch, meet your guide for an illustrated talk with photographs and original objects that will bring the past to life for your group.

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Private hire at Eltham Palace & Gardens A stunning slice of the past just 20 minutes from Waterloo East, take your group to Eltham Palace – theyʼll be immersed in the Art Deco lifestyle of 1930s millionaires as they enjoy cocktails and canapés.

• Guided tour of Kenwood House From the ‘House and Estate’ and ‘Lord Iveagh and his Collection’ to ‘Lord Mansfield, Slavery and Justice’, we have experts who can tailor a tour to suit your interest.

• Stand inside the stones We can offer your group the once-in-a-lifetime experience of standing inside the stone circle at Stonehenge outside of normal opening hours.

If you have your own ideas for a special group outing, then we’d love to hear from you and wherever possible accommodate you. Please contact the site of your choice to discuss your requirements.

Many of our properties offer private hire for parties and events.

Find out more at www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/venue-hire

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LONDON & SOUTH EAST

Page Ref

Apsley House

21

O

3e

Osborne

B

Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield, 1066 28

Pevensey Castle Portchester Castle

6g

C

29

6c

Warwick

B

Banbury M40

3

A4095

Burford

A40

Kidlington

A44

Witney

Royal Wootton Bassett

A419(T)

A429

A34(T)

A338

4

A321

Reading

A361

M25

Wokingham

Newbury

Lullingstone Roman Villa

A30(T)

A33

A338

WILT S H I R E

Alton

A338

A34(T)

SALISBURY

A30

Shaftesbury

Blandford Forum

DO R S E T

A35

Poole

Bournemouth

90

10

A27(T)

A259

PORTSMOUTH

Cowes

CHICHESTER

A272

A259

Worthing Bognor Regis

Uckfield

Burgess Hill

A229

A28 A21(T)

A259

Hailsham A27(T)

Newhaven A259

Hythe

5

Rye

New Romney Lydd

A259(T)

1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield

A271

Lewes

Dover Castle

Folkestone

A2070(T)

A259(T)

A22 A27(T)

A258

Deal Castle Walmer Castle and Gardens

M20

Tenterden

E A S T A265 SUSSEX Battle

A281

BRIGHTON Arundel AND HOVE Shoreham-by-Sea

A21(T)

Dover

4

Sandwich

Bexhill

Hastings

Pevensey Castle

6

Eastbourne

Osborne

Yarmouth A3054

Carisbrooke Castle

ISLE OF WIGHT

7

0

Yarmouth Castle

M27

W ES T S U S S EX

A2(T)

Ashford

A262

A267

A275

Margate Broadstairs Ramsgate

Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre

St Augustine’s Abbey A256 Deal

A20

KENT

Crowborough

A22

A23(T) A281

A299

Newport

A3020

Ryde A3055

Sandown Shanklin

A3055

Swanage

20

Lymington

Christchurch

A351

10

A29

Portchester Castle

A337

Wareham

A283 A286

A35

A31(T)

A35

Midhurst

A3(T)

A274

A28

East Grinstead Royal Tunbridge A26 Wells

Horsham

Herne Bay

CANTERBURY

A2(T)

A28 A229

A264

A272

A32

SOUTHAMPTON

A31(T)

0

Eastleigh

M27

Ringwood

Wimborne Minster

A29

M2

M20

Tonbridge

M23

A283

A272

A36(T)

A338

Fordingbridge

Home of Charles Darwin (Down House)

A22

Crawley

A286

Billingshurst

Petersfield

M3

Romsey

A27

A354

Haslemere

WINCHESTER A3057

A350

A3(T)

A31

A23

A24

A281

A28 A299

Faversham

S U R R EY

A325 A287

A30

A25

Godalming

A30

A345

Wilton

5

Dorking Reigate Guildford

A323

A31

A360

A303(T)

A3(T)

Aldershot Farnham

A287

HAMPSHIRE

A36(T)

A350

M25

M3 A325

A34(T)

Andover

A303(T)

A360

A352

A30

Basingstoke

Isle of Sheppey A2

A227

A225

A339 A338

A342

M20

A320 A343

Westbury

6

Eltham Palace and Gardens

Wellington Arch Jewel Tower

A308 M4

A4

Hungerford

Ranger’s House - The Wernher Collection

A4074

A329

BERKSHIRE

M4 A4

Devizes

Southend-on-Sea

Apsley House

Maidenhead

Marlborough

3

A127

A128

A4155

M4 A3102

A346

Maldon

A130

M25

Kenwood

M40 A4130

2

Clacton-on-Sea

West Mersea

A414

High Wycombe

Didcot

A4

Witham

CHELMSFORD M11

Walton-on-the-Naze A133

A12(T)

ESSEX

A12(T)

OXF O R D S H I R E

Harwich

Colchester

A120(T)

Great Dunmow A131

Abingdonon-Thames

Chippenham

Braintree

A120(T)

A10

A5183 M25

A413

M40

A4074

Swindon

A350

Bishop's Stortford A1(M)

H ERT FO R D S H I R E

A1081

Felixstowe

A137

A12(T)

A120(T)

A1060

Thame

OXFORD

A1071

A134

Halstead

A418

A415 A361

Lechlade on Thames A420 Faringdon

M1

A4146

1

Woodbridge

Hadleigh A14(T)

Saffron Walden M11

K

Ipswich

A1071

A1017

Saxmundham

A12

A14(T) A1141

Haverhill

Sudbury

A507

A505

Stevenage Luton

Dunstable

Aylesbury

A34(T)

A417(T)

Tetbury

6b

Aldeburgh

A134

A143

A1307 A505

A131

BU C K I N G HAMSHIRE

J A1120

Stowmarket

A11(T)

A1307

A10

A1198

A505

Leighton Buzzard

Bicester Woodstock

Bury St Edmunds H

G

Newmarket

Royston

A1(T)

A413

A361

M11

Letchworth Garden City

A4260

A40

A14(T)

A10

CAMBRIDGE

Sandy Biggleswade

Buckingham

Chipping Norton

2

A417

35

4f

A14(T)

A428(T)

A421(T)

Bedford

Milton Ampthill A507 Keynes

A422

A421

Cirencester

F St Neots

A6

Kempston Newport Pagnell A421(T)

A5(T)

Brackley

A361

A3400

Stow-onthe-Wold

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E

A509

A428

A43(T)

A429

A433

D

A45(T)

Northampton M1

A361

A44

Stroud

A428

C Daventry

A509

Tewkesbury

A429

Y

Yarmouth Castle

23 3e

A423

Evesham

A46

Walmer Castle and Gardens 33 4j Wellington Arch 25 3e Wernher Collection, The (see Ranger’s House) 15 4f

L

A422

M5

34 4h

W

22 3e

Lullingstone Roman Villa

A3400

A44 A4104

4f

Kenwood

A429

1 A38

Eltham Palace and Gardens 20

4f 4j

S

K

Stratfordupon-Avon

A46(T)

4f

Jewel Tower

A3400

A422

31

24 35

St Augustine’s Abbey

J

WA RW I C K S H I R E

WORCESTER

31 4f 35 4j 30 5j

E

A4189

A

34 6g 34 6c

Ranger’s House (see Wernher Collection, The) Richborough Roman Fort

D

Darwin, Home of Charles Deal Castle Dover Castle Down House (see Darwin, Home of )

Droitwich Spa

6c

R

Carisbrooke Castle

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32

P

Ventnor

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B

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Berry Pomeroy Castle

P

44 6f

Pendennis Castle Portland Castle

C

Chysauster Ancient Village Cleeve Abbey

St Mawes Castle Stonehenge

D

45 38

7c 4j

43 45

5c 6e

SOUTH WEST

T

44 6f

Tintagel Castle Totnes Castle

F

Farleigh Hungerford Castle 45

7c 6h

S

44 7b 44 4f

Dartmouth Castle

41 42

3h

H

Hailes Abbey

44 1j

O

Okehampton Castle Old Sarum Old Wardour Castle

A

45 5e 40 4j 45 4j

B

Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire

Cardigan

C Goodwick

1

A486

D

Lampeter

A475

E

Newcastle Emlyn

A484

A487(T)

F

Llandovery

WALES

A487 A478

A484

A40(T)

A40(T) A40(T)

A417

A477(T)

Ross-on-Wye

Burry Port

Tenby

Llanelli

A4139

M4

A48

Ebbw Vale Tredegar

A465(T)

Pontypridd

Usk

A466

A419

A449(T)

CARDIFF

Cowbridge

Cleeve Abbey

Bridgwater A38

Taunton

SO M ER S ET A361 Langport

Holsworthy

A3072

A30

Chard

D EVON

A3072

Crediton

A3072

A3079

Okehampton Castle A39

Tintagel Castle

EXETER

A38(T)

A390

A30(T)

Bodmin

A390 A3058

St Austell TRURO

Chysauster Ancient Village

Falmouth A394

Helston

A387

Totnes Castle

Saltash A374

Looe

Buckfastleigh

A388

A38(T)

Torpoint

PLYMOUTH

A380

A34(T)

WINCHESTER4

A27 A354

A36(T) A338

A350

M27

Fordingbridge

SOUTHAMPTON

A357

Crewkerne A37

A358

Beaminster Axminster

A352

A356

Lyme Regis

A31(T)

Blandford Forum

D O R S ET

Ringwood

Wimborne Minster

A354

A35 A35

A35(T)

A35(T)

A337

A31(T)

A3066

Poole

Dorchester A352

A35

Wareham

Lymington Cowes

5

Christchurch Bournemouth

A3054

Newport

Yarmouth

A351

A354

Exmouth

Weymouth

Swanage

Portland Castle

I S LE OF WIGHT

Torquay

Berry Pomeroy Castle

Totnes

A38(T)

A30

A30

Old Sarum SALISBURY

Shaftesbury

A30

H A MP S H I RE

A338 A345

Wilton

6

Ivybridge Dartmouth

A379 A381 A379

Dartmouth Castle

Kingsbridge

A39 A3078

A30(T)

Penzance

7

Fowey

A386

Liskeard

A357

Sherborne Yeovil

A3057

A3055

A379

Teignmouth Newton Abbot

Tavistock

A390

CO R N WAL L

A39

Lostwithiel

Redruth Camborne

A3052

A380

Wadebridge

St Ives

A35(T)

A34(T)

Andover

A303(T)

A30

Old Wardour Castle

Sidmouth

A386

A30(T)

A3052

A382

Padstow

Newquay

A30(T)

A30(T)

Launceston

6

M5

A338

Stonehenge A360

Bridport

A30(T)

A388

Honiton

A396

A377

Okehampton

A342

A356

A303(T)

A386

5

W I LTS H I R E

A303(T)

A303(T)

Ilminster

Bude

A343

A36(T)

A350

3

A338

Mere Wincanton

A372

A358

Tiverton

Marlborough Hungerford A4 Newbury

A360

A371

A37

A359

Wellington A361

A3124

Westbury

A359

Glastonbury

A372

A358 A396

A377 A388

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

A361

Shepton Mallet A39

M5

A39

Devizes A36(T)

A362

A361

WELLS

A399

A361

A346

A4

BATH

A39

A371

Minehead

A39

M4 A34(T)

A37

A38

Lynton

Barnstaple

A338

A420

Swindon

A350 A370

A367

A361

2 OX F OR D S H I R E

Chippenham

A420

BRISTOL

Clevedon

Weston-super-Mare

Bideford

A419(T)

M32

Penarth

A38

4

Royal Wootton Bassett M4 A3102

A432

M5

A39

A417

M4 M49

Barry

Ilfracombe

Cirencester

A429

M48

NEWPORT

M4

Bridgend A48

A34(T)

A361

A433

A4135

A38

A48 A467

A44

Witney

A40

A417(T)

A470(T)

A473

B r i s t o l C ha nne l Lundy

A4095

A429

A46

G LO UC ES TE R S H I R E Burford

A415

Abertillery

Llantwit Major

3

Monmouth

A40(T)

Caerphilly

Porthcawl

A361

M5

Chepstow

Tonypandy Maesteg A48

A48(T)

A4042(T)

Pontypool Newbridge

A4233

A4107

SWANSEA Port Talbot

Chipping Norton

GLOUCESTER

A467

A469

Aberdare

Neath

Gorseinon

A4118

1 A4260

Stow-onthe-Wold

A40(T)

A4136

Abergavenny Merthyr Tydfil A4061

M40

A361

A429

A40

A4067

A484

Pembroke

A422

Banbury

A3400

Hailes Abbey

A417

A466

K

Evesham

Tewkesbury

A465(T)

A4109

A3400

J

A4104

M5

A40(T)

A474

A476

A38

A44

A49(T)

A470(T)

Ammanford Kidwelly

A44

Great Malvern A449

M50

A483(T)

A477(T)

A4103

H

A479(T)

Brecon

A476

A48(T)

Narberth

Neyland

2

A4110

HEREFORD A438 Ledbury

A4069

Carmarthen

A487

Pembroke Dock

A480

H ER EF O R D S H IR E

Talgarth

A470(T)

A40(T)

Llandeilo

ST DAVIDS Haverfordwest

G A438

A438

Hay-on-Wye

A485

Fishguard

Milford Haven

Llanwrtyd Wells

A483(T)

A482

Salcombe

ENGLISH CHANNEL

St Mawes Castle Pendennis Castle

7 0 0

10

20 10

30 Kms 20 Miles

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A

EAST OF ENGLAND

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Audley End House and Gardens

48

5f

51

2g

49

4j

51

3g

50

5e

C

Castle Acre Priory F

Framlingham Castle G

Grimeʼs Graves W

Wrest Park Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Suffolk

Matlock

A

Mansfield

B D E R B YSHI RE

Leek A515

C

M1

A612

Ashbourne

Ilkeston

A42(T)

Rugeley A34

A460

Ashby-dela-Zouch

A513

Cannock

LICHFIELD

Loughborough

M1

A46(T)

A6

A460

Dudley

M6

A4040

A444

BIRMINGHAM

3

A4189

Droitwich Spa

4

Market Harborough

Rugby

Stratfordupon-Avon

Northampton

A422

A43(T)

Banbury M40

A44

A5(T)

Brackley

A361

A3400

BU C K I N G HAMSHIRE

A40 A429

A4095

Burford

Witney

A40

Kidlington

A44

Cirencester

Tetbury A429

Royal Wootton Bassett

OXF O R D S H I R E

A419(T)

A12(T)

Felixstowe

A137

Harwich

Braintree Great Dunmow

A10

A5183 M25

Colchester

ESSEX

5 Walton-on-the-Naze

A133

A12(T)

A131

M11

A120(T)

Witham

West Mersea

Clacton-on-Sea

Maldon

A414

A130

6

M25 A127

Southend-on-Sea

A4155

Maidenhead A321

Newbury

A308

A28 A30(T)

A33

M20

A227

A299

A2 M2

A3(T)

Basingstoke

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A30

M3

M25

Herne Bay

A299

Faversham

A320 A343

A338

A2(T)

Wokingham

A338

A342

Isle of Sheppey

M4

Reading A4

Hungerford

A361

A4074

A329

M4

Marlborough A4

92

A1(M)

High Wycombe A4130

A34(T)

BERKSHIRE

A346

Devizes

A120(T)

M40

Swindon

Chippenham A4

A413

Hadleigh A14(T)

CHELMSFORD

Didcot

A338

7

Bishop's Stortford

A12(T)

Abingdonon-Thames

M4 A3102

A350

A1081

M40

A4074

Lechlade on Thames A420 Faringdon

Stevenage

H ERT FO R D S H I R E

A1060

Thame

OXFORD

A361 A417

A1071

A134 A131

A418

A415 A419

A4146

Ipswich

A1071

Sudbury

4

Woodbridge

Halstead

M11

Luton M1

Aylesbury

A34(T)

6

Dunstable

Aldeburgh A12

A120(T)

A505

Leighton Buzzard

Bicester Woodstock

A417(T)

A505

A507

A413

A361

Haverhill

Saffron Walden

Letchworth Garden City

Buckingham

Chipping Norton

A1307

Southwold

Saxmundham

A1120

A1141

Audley End House and Gardens A1017

A505

A144

Framlingham Castle

Framlingham Stowmarket

A134

A143

3

A12

A12

A14(T)

A10

Royston

A1(T)

Wrest Park

A4260

Stow-onthe-Wold

M11

A1198

Sandy

Harleston

A140

A14(T)

Newmarket A14(T)

A11(T)

A143

SUFFOLK

A143

CAMBRIDGE

Biggleswade

Milton Ampthill A507 Keynes

A422

A421 A429

5

Bedford

Kempston Newport Pagnell A421(T)

A1088

A134 A1101

A1307

Lowestoft

Beccles

Halesworth

Bury St Edmunds

A428(T)

Diss

A1066

A142

A10

St Neots A421(T)

A428

A143 A140

A145

A1065

A1(T)

A6

A361

A146

A11(T)

Bungay

A11(T)

A509

Great Yarmouth

A47(T)

Attleborough

Thetford

A14(T)

M1

Wymondham

Watton

Grime’s Graves Prehistoric Flint Mine

A1101

ELY

A1123

St Ives

A14(T)

Rushden

A45(T)

Daventry

NORFOLK

Brandon

C A M BA141 RIDGESHIRE

Huntingdon

A509

Tewkesbury

A134

Chatteris

Ramsey

A423

Evesham

M5

Thrapston

Burton Latimer

A508

Wellingborough

A3400

A4104

33

A1(M)

Kettering

A1065

A1075 A1101

NORWICH

A47(T)

A10

A605

A428

A429 A44

Downham Market

March

2

A149

Dereham

Swaffham

A10

A47(T)

A1067

Castle Acre Priory

A47(T)

A47(T)

Oundle

N O RT H A M P TON A5199 SHIRE

M45

A3400

A46(T)

A15

PETERBOROUGH

A605

A4304

WARWI C K S H I R E

A422

A47(T)

Corby

A14(T)

Royal A426 Leamington Spa

Warwick

A17

Wisbech

A6

Kenilworth M40

A140(T) A1065

King's Lynn

A1101

A1(T)

Uppingham

M6

M42

Stamford

A149

Aylsham

A148

Market Deeping

A426

COVENTRY

A38

Bromsgrove A448 Redditch

A47(T)

M69

Bedworth Lutterworth

Solihull

M5

A448

A47

20 Miles

North Walsham

Fakenham

A16

A6121

A6003

LEICESTER

A447

Atherstone Royal Sutton Coldfield Nuneaton

M6 Toll

30 Kms

1

A149

A1(T)

RUT LA N D

Syston

Oakham

A563

Tamworth

A5127

WOLVERHAMPTON Walsall

20 10

Sheringham Cromer A148

A149

Holt

Holbeach

Bourne

A606

M42

A149

A17

Spalding

Melton Mowbray

A607

L E I C ES T ER S H I R E

A511

Coalville

A15

A151

A606

A6006

A515

A51

K 10

Grantham A607

A60 A514

Wells-nextthe-Sea

Hunstanton

A16

A52

Beeston

A6005

Boston

A607

A52(T)

J 0

The Wash

A52

NOTTINGHAM

A50(T)

Burton upon Trent

A17

H

0

Sleaford A1(T)

DERBY

Uttoxeter

Stafford

2

A46(T)

G

A52

LI N CO LN S H I R E

A610

S TAF F O R DS H I R E A511

F

A16

A153

A17

A608 A38(T)

A52

Stone

E A15

Newarkon-Trent

A52

1 A520

A607

D

A616

A617

A614 A611

A2(T)

CANTERBURY

Margate Broadstairs Ramsgate

7

B

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Bolsover Castle Boscobel House and the Royal Oak

R

54 2f 61

Rushton Triangular Lodge

4d

Stokesay Castle

G

Goodrich Castle

61

5g

59

5b

EAST & WEST MIDLANDS

W

7c

Witley Court and Gardens 60 6d Wroxeter Roman City 61 4c

K

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden Kirby Hall

55

S

58 5e 55 5g

L

Lyddington Bede House

55

4g

55

2e

P

Peveril Castle

A

B

Ormskirk

1

Crosby

Bootle

St Helens

Wallasey

Prestatyn

Rhyl

2

A525

A533

Flint A55(T)

A541

A54

Ruthin

A54 A54

Sandbach A41

A494(T)

Crewe

A49

A5(T)

A528

Newport

A483(T) A458(T)

Shrewsbury

A5(T)

Telford

Wroxeter Roman City

A5

A458

Much Wenlock

A488

SHROPSHI R E

A483(T)

Stokesay Castle

5

A470(T)

A488

6

A448

Stourporton-Severn

Witley Court and Gardens

A4110

A443

A44(T)

A49(T)

Builth Wells A480

Bromyard

A4110

A417

A438

Hay-on-Wye

A4189

A4103

Great Malvern A449

A38

HEREFORD

A4104

Brecon

A361

M5

Stow-on- A429 Chipping the-Wold Norton

A417

A49(T) A466

M40

GLOUCESTER

Monmouth A40(T)

A467

A48(T)

M5

Stroud

A417(T)

Sandy A1198

A1(T)

A421(T)

Milton Ampthill A507 Keynes

Kidlington

A40

Witney

OXFORD

Thame

A1307

A4146

M1

Royston

A1017

Saffron Walden Halstead

M11

Stevenage Bishop's Stortford

Luton A1081

H ERT FA10OR D SH I R E

Braintree Great Dunmow 7

A120(T)

A1(M)

A131

Welwyn Garden City

Harlow Berkhamsted

Haverhill

A505

A507

Aylesbury A418

6

A10

A505

A505

Dunstable

A143

A11(T)

A1307

Letchworth Garden City

Leighton Buzzard

BU C K IN G H A M SH IR E

Newmarket

A14(T)

CAMBRIDGE M11

Biggleswade

A413

A4095 A44

A429

A46

G LO U C ESTER SH IR E Burford

Bedford

Buckingham

Bicester Woodstock

A40 A4136

Abergavenny Ebbw Vale Tredegar

Newport Pagnell

A422

5

A1065

A1101

A428(T)

St Neots

A4260 A361

A40(T)

Goodrich Castle

A470(T)

Brackley

A361

St Ives

A421(T)

A428

Banbury

A1101

A142

A10

A509

A3400

A1123

A14(T)

A1(T)

BEDFO R D

A5(T)

C A M BR I D G E S HI R E

Huntingdon

A6

M1

A43(T)

Brandon

A11(T) A14(T)

A509

A423

A422

A134

Chatteris

A141

Rushden

A45(T)

Northampton

Ramsey

ELY

Thrapston

Burton Latimer

Wellingborough

A428

Daventry

A421

Ross-on-Wye A465(T)

Merthyr Tydfil

A44

Tewkesbury

A479(T)

A40(T)

7

A426

A1101

A10

Oundle

N O RTH A M PTON A5199 SH IR E

M40

Evesham

A605

A605

Kettering

A3400

Ledbury M50

Rushton Triangular Lodge

Downham Market

A47(T)

A1(M)

A508

M45

A438

Talgarth

A470(T)

A4304

4

A10

PETERBOROUGH March

Kirby Hall

Corby

A14(T)

Wisbech A47(T)

A47(T)

Uppingham

A47(T)

A1101

A16

Market Deeping A15

A1(T)

Lyddington Bede House Market Harborough

Rugby

A429

A44

A47(T)

M69

King's Lynn

A17

A6121

Stamford

A6003

LEICESTER

M6

WA RW IC K SH IR E A46(T)

WORCESTER

A44

HEREFORDSHIRE

A438

Bromsgrove A448 Redditch

Droitwich Spa

A449(T)

Oakham

Bedworth Lutterworth

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan M42 Garden

W O R C ESTER SH IR E A422

Leominster

A44(T)

Kington

A38

A47

A148

Holbeach

Spalding Bourne

RUTLA N D

A6

COVENTRY

M5

Kidderminster

A607

A426

Stourbridge

A442

Bewdley A456

A49(T)

A447

Atherstone Royal Sutton Coldfield

M6 Toll

A4040

A151

A1(T)

Syston A563

M42

3 A149

A17

Melton Mowbray

A606

BIRMINGHAM

A449(T)

A4117

Ludlow

A4113

Knighton

Llanwrtyd Wells

M6

A458

Llandrindod Wells A483(T)

West Bromwich Dudley

Bishop's Castle A488

A6

Tamworth

A5127

A15

L EIC ESTER SH IR E

Coalville

LICHFIELD

WOLVERHAMPTON Walsall

A454

Bridgnorth

A470(T)

WALE S

A460

A442

A489

Newtown

A513

A52

A606

A6006

Loughborough

A444

A41

A49(T)

Montgomery

Boscobel A34 A460 House and The Cannock Royal Oak

A149

Hunstanton A16

A607 A46(T)

M54

The Wash

Boston

A607

Grantham

M1

A42(T)

Ashby-dela-Zouch

Skegness

A52

A17 A52

A60

A511

A153

A6005

A514

Rugeley

A158

A16

A15

L IN CO L N SH IR E

A17

A52(T)

Beeston

A511

A515

A51

Spilsby

Sleaford

Burton upon Trent

Stafford

2

A158

Horncastle Woodhall Spa

A1(T)

NOTTINGHAM

NORTH SEA

Alford

A607

A46(T)

Ilkeston

A50(T)

Mablethorpe

A16

North Hykeham

A1133

Newarkon-Trent

M1

A38(T)

20 Miles

A52

A610 A608

DERBY

Uttoxeter

Stone

STA F F O R DSH IR E

A41

A5(T)

A495

Llanidloes

Ashbourne

M6

Market Drayton

A518

Welshpool

A612

A519

Oswestry

A458(T)

DER BYSH IR E

A52

A520

A52

A529

A49

A1(T)

A614

Whitchurch

Bala

4

A515

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Louth

A153

A6075

A611

STOKE-ON-TRENT

A525

A525

Llangollen

A614

A60

N OTT IN G H A MA617 SH IR E A616

Matlock

Leek Kidsgrove

A51

Malpas A539

3

Bolsover

Bolsover Castle

Nantwich

Wrexham

30 Kms

1

LINCOLN

Mansfield

A534

A534 A483(T)

A5104

A631

A46 A158

A61

Bakewell

20 10

0

A157

Retford

Staveley

A53

Congleton

Market Rasen

A631

A15(T) A1(T)

Worksop

A34

A50

Gainsborough

A57

A523

Middlewich

Mold A525

10

Cleethorpes

A1031

A60

A57

A6

K 0

A16

A46

A638

SHEFFIELD

A623

J

Grimsby

N O RTH EA ST L IN CO L N SH IR E

A159

A631

Peveril Castle

Buxton

Macclesfield

A556

Connah's Quay CHESTER

Denbigh A543

A537

Northwich

M56

A161

A57

Knutsford

Brigg

A18

M18

M1

Stockport

H

Scunthorpe M180

Herefordshire Shropshire Staffordshire Warwickshire West Midlands Worcestershire

A1(M)

Rotherham

Wilmslow

G

A18

Adwick le Street

Doncaster

Swinton

Stocksbridge

Bramhall

M56

A49

A635

Glossop

Sale Altrincham

Ellesmere Port ST ASAPH

SALFORD MANCHESTER

M60

A540

A548

A547

Abergele

M53

Heswall

M62

Warrington Widnes

LIVERPOOL

Birkenhead o

A57

M60

Ashton-inMakerfield

A580

A628

Penistone

Leigh

F

Holmfirth Barnsley

A635

Oldham

M61

A61

E

A62

Bolton

Wigan

A640

D

A58

M6

Skelmersdale

Rochdale

Bury

C

A59

A565

Formby

Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Rutland

ST ALBANS

A414

A1060

E S S EX CHELMSFO

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B

YORKSHIRE & NORTH WEST (BOTTOM)

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Beeston Castle and Woodland Park 75 Brodsworth Hall and Gardens 65

S

Scarborough Castle

6d 5g

Whitby Abbey

C

Clifford’s Tower

69

2j

W

64 1h

Y

66 3g

York Cold War Bunker

70

3g

H

Helmsley Castle

71

2g

67

2g

70 68

2f 2g

M

Mount Grace Priory, House and Gardens R

Cheshire Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside

A

Richmond Castle Rievaulx Abbey

East Riding of Yorkshire North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire

B

Workington

Cockermouth

C

A66(T)

D

Penrith A592

A66(T)

Keswick

A5086

Whitehaven

1

E

Cleator Moor

A67

C U M BR I A

Kirkby Stephen

Ambleside

A66(T)

A593

Bowness-on-Windermere

Kendal

A684 A1(M)

A683 A590(T)

IRISH SEA

Ulverston

A65

A59

M6

Clitheroe A682

LA N C A S H I R E A59

A583

Rawtenstall

Chorley

A666

Prestatyn

Rhyl A547

Abergele

A470(T)

Llanrwst A5(T)

A41

A494(T)

Northwich

A49

A50

Sandbach Crewe A534

Blaenau Ffestiniog

WALES

Leek

A5(T) A4212

7

Llangollen

Newcastle-under-Lyme

A519

A528

A41

Stone

A38(T)

DERBY Uttoxeter

S TA F F O R D S HI R E

A50(T) A511

Burton upon Trent A514

A16

M1

A614 A612

Alford A52

Horncastle A1133

North Hykeham

A158

Spilsby

Woodhall Spa

A607

A16 A153

A17

A46(T)

6 A158

Skegness

A15

Newarkon-Trent

A52

L IN CO L N S H IR E Sleaford

A610 A608

M6

Market Drayton

Stafford

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Ashbourne

A153

LINCOLN

N OTTIN G H A MA617 Mansfield S H IR E A616

A52

A520

A52

A529

A494(T)

94

D E R B YSHIR E

Whitchurch

A49

Oswestry

A515

A1(T)

A60

Matlock

5

Louth Mablethorpe

A157

A158

A611

STOKE-ON-TRENT

A525

A525

Bala A470(T)

Kidsgrove

A51

Malpas A539

A6

Grimsby Cleethorpes

A631

A46

A614 A6075

A61

Bakewell

A34

Nantwich

Wrexham

A15(T)

Retford A57

A53

Congleton

Market Rasen

A631

A638 A60

A57

Bolsover A54

A54

A16

A46

N O RTH E A S T L IN CO L N S H IR E

A159

Gainsborough

A631

Staveley

A623

Buxton

Brigg

A1031

M1 A57

A523

Beeston Castle and Woodland Park

A483(T)

A5104

A161

A1(T)

A537

A18

A1(M)

SHEFFIELD

4

A1077

M18

Worksop

Macclesfield

Middlewich

Withernsea A1033

Scunthorpe

M180

Doncaster

Rotherham

Bramhall

KINGSTON UPON HULL

Barton-upon-Humber

A18

Swinton

Stocksbridge

Stockport

A534 A5(T)

Adwick le Street

Wilmslow

A556 A54

A635

A165

Hessle

A63(T)

N O RTH L IN CO L N S H IR E

A19

A628

Barnsley

Glossop

M56

A49

A533

A525

Ruthin

SALFORD M60 MANCHESTER

Sale Altrincham

M56

Connah's Quay CHESTER

Mold

Betws-y-Coed

Warrington Widnes

A61

Cottingham

M62

Goole

Hornsea

Beverley

A1077

Brodsworth Hall and Gardens

Holmfirth

E A S T R ID ING O F YO R KS H IRE

A614

Selby

A63

Castleford Knottingley

Dewsbury WAKEFIELD Huddersfield A638 A639

Knutsford

Flint

Denbigh A543

M62

Ellesmere Port A55(T)

A541

A525 A548

M60

A540

A548

ST ASAPH

6

M53

Heswall

Leigh

A19

A1079

M1

Penistone

A580

Tadcaster

A1079

A1(M)

M62

A62 A635

Clifford’s Tower

LEEDS

A640

A58

Oldham

St Helens

LIVERPOOL

Birkenhead

A55(T)

M62

Rochdale Bolton

Wigan

A57

BRADFORD

A6120

Pudsey

Bury

M61 M6

Ashton-inMakerfield

Crosby

A629

YORK

York Cold War Bunker

A660

A671

A6 A59

Ormskirk Formby Skelmersdale

A59

3

Driffield

A166

Wetherby

Yeadon

Halifax A646 Bacup Todmorden

A675

A64(T)

A659

Nelson Burnley

M65

Leyland

Southport

Llandudno Colwyn Bay

Bridlington A614

A658

Otley

Keighley

Colne

Accrington

Blackburn

PRESTON

Lytham St Anne's

Ilkley

Earby

A6

Fleetwood

Conwy

A165

A59

Blackpool

Bootle

A64(T)

Malton

Knaresborough Harrogate

Skipton

Wallasey

Filey

A168

A65

5

A170

A19

LANCASTER

A588

2

Scarborough Pickering

Settle

Heysham

A565

A171

Scarborough Castle

Rievaulx Abbey N O RT H YO R KS H IR E A170 Helmsley

RIPON

3

A584

A169

A61

Morecambe

4

Mount Grace Priory, House & Gardens

A6108

Carnforth

A5087

20 Miles

NORTH SEA

Whitby Abbey

Castle

Kirkby Lonsdale

Grange-over-Sands

Dalton-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness

A174 A171

Whitby

A684

M6

Millom

Guisborough

A167

30 Kms

1

A19(T)

Richmond Castle

20 10

Sedbergh

A592

2

10

0

A172

Richmond A6108

K 0

A66(T)

A685 A6

Windermere

J

Redcar

Middlesbrough

Darlington

Egremont

H

A689

Stockton-on-Tees

A591

A595

G

Bishop Auckland

Billingham Barnard Castle

A595(T)

Hartlepool

F

A68

Appleby-inWestmorland

Ilkeston

A17

A1(T)

NOTTINGHAM

Beeston

Boston

A52 A607

A52(T)

7

A16

A52

Grantham

A6005 A60 A6006

A15

A607 A606

A151

A17

Holbeach

B

Page Ref

Barnard Castle Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks Birdoswald Roman Fort

87

5f

84

3g

H

Hadrian’s Wall Housesteads Roman Fort L

87 78

1f 4e

Lanercost Priory Lindisfarne Priory

81 85

4e 1g

74

4d

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

75

6d

80 81

4f 4f

Tynemouth Priory and Castle 87

4h

75

7d

Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

S

C

Carlisle Castle Chesters Roman Fort and Museum Corbridge Roman Town

T W

F

Furness Abbey

Paisley

A

M8

B

Barrhead A736

A760

Motherwell

A77

A737(T)

A721

A71

Innerleithen

A701

Cumnock

A70

G

H

Wooler A1(T)

2

A697

Hawick

Alnwick

A68(T)

Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

A7(T) A68

Rothbury

A1068

A1(T)

A7(T) A701(T)

3

A702

New Galloway A714

A192

Dumfries

Lanercost Priory

Annan

Newton Stewart Castle Douglas

A75(T)

4

A75(T)

A714

Wigtown

Birdoswald Roman Fort

A75(T)

Dalbeattie

A689

A710

A689

CARLISLE

Carlisle Castle

A711

A69(T)

Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens A1(T)

Chesters Roman Fort and Museum

A74(M)

A712 A762

Morpeth

Lockerbie

A709

A596

4 SUNDERLAND

M6

A595

A690 A68

COU N T Y D U RH AM A167

A689

Maryport

A686

Penrith

A66(T)

Keswick

Whitehaven

A66(T) A595(T)

Cleator Moor

C U M B RI A

Barnard Castle

A2

Douglas

7

Furness Abbey Barrow-in-Furness

10

20 10

30 Kms 20 Miles

A174 A171

Whitby A172

Richmond

6

Kendal

A6108

Sedbergh

A592

A684

A683

Grange-over-Sands

N O RT H YO RK S H I R E A1(M)

A6108

Kirkby Lonsdale

A170

Filey A64(T)

A19

A165

Malton

RIPON

Carnforth

7

Settle

Morecambe Heysham

Scarborough Pickering A170

A65

Dalton-in-Furness

A171

A167

A684

M6

Ulverston

A5087

Guisborough

A685

A590(T)

Millom

A19(T)

A66(T)

A169

Bowness-on-Windermere

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

IRISH SEA

A66(T)

Darlington

Redcar

Middlesbrough

Stockton-on-Tees

A67

A6

A595

5 Billingham

Windermere

A593

A5

0

Barnard Castle

Kirkby Stephen

Ambleside

A10

A18

Hartlepool A689

A68

A591

Egremont

6

0

A688

Peterlee

A1(M)

Bishop Auckland Appleby-inWestmorland

A592 A5086

DURHAM

Spennymoor

Cockermouth Workington

IS L E OF MAN

South Shields

A694 A692

A686

A6

Ramsey

Tynemouth Priory and Castle

A695

Chester-le-Street

A747

Isle of Man

Whitley Bay

A191

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Housesteads Corbridge Roman Fort Hexham Roman Town

3

Blyth A193

Kirkcudbright

5

NORTH SE A

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

A696

A68

Langholm

A76(T)

A3

1

N O RT H U M B E RLA N D

A6088

A713

K

Lindisfarne Priory

A698

A702

Moffat

J

Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks and Main Guard

Kelso

Jedburgh

S COT LA N D

A74(M)

Sanquhar

F

Berwickupon-Tweed

Coldstream

A699

A7(T)

A708

A76(T)

Maybole

Galashiels Melrose

Selkirk

A76(T)

Ayr

2

A72

Cumbria County Durham Northumberland Tyne & Wear Tees Valle

A697

A6089

A70

Prestwick

A6112

Lauder

Peebles Biggar

2g

A6105

A702(T)

A73

A719

A1(T)

E A68(T)

Duns

Lanark

A72

Kilmarnock Galston

A71

D

A7 M74

Stewarton Irvine

A6094

A723

1

Troon

Penicuik

86

A706

East Kilbride

M77

A70

C

A71

NORTH EAST & NORTH WEST (TOP)

76 4e 79 4f

LANCASTER

A61

A65

A59

Knaresborough Harrogate

A168

A614 A64(T) A59

A166

Driffield

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Index A

Page Map Ref

G

Apsley House 21 90 3e Audley End House & Gardens 48 92 5f

Goodrich Castle Grime’s Graves

B

H

Barnard Castle 87 Battle of Hastings, Abbey & Battlefield, 1066 28 Beeston Castle & Woodland Park 75 Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens 84 Berry Pomeroy Castle 44 Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks 87 Birdoswald Roman Fort 78 Bolsover Castle 54 Boscobel House & the Royal Oak 61 Brodsworth Hall & Gardens 65

95 5f 90 6g 94 6d 95 3g 91 6f 95 1f 95 4e 93 2f 93 4d 94 5g

C Carisbrooke Castle Carlisle Castle Castle Acre Priory Chesters Roman Fort & Museum Chysauster Ancient Village Cleeve Abbey Clifford’s Tower Corbridge Roman Town

29 90 6c 74 95 4d 51 92 2g 80 44 44 66 81

95 91 91 94 95

4f 7b 4f 3g 4f

D Dartmouth Castle Deal Castle Dover Castle Down House (Home of Charles Darwin,The)

44 91 6f 35 90 4j 30 90 5j 31 90 4f

E Eltham Palace & Gardens

20 90 4f

F Farleigh Hungerford Castle Framlingham Castle Furness Abbey

96

45 91 3h 49 92 4j 75 95 7d

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Hadrian’s Wall Hailes Abbey Helmsley Castle Housesteads Roman Fort

R 61 93 7c 51 92 3g 76 44 71 79

95 4e 91 1j 94 2g 95 4f

J Jewel Tower

22 90 3e

K Kenilworth Castle & Elizabethan Garden Kenwood Kirby Hall

58 93 5e 23 90 3e 55 93 5g

L Lindisfarne Priory Lullingstone Roman Villa Lyddington Bede House

85 95 1g 35 90 4f 55 93 4g

M Mount Grace Priory, House & Gardens

67 94 2g

O Okehampton Castle Old Sarum Old Wardour Castle Osborne

45 40 45 32

91 91 91 90

5e 4j 4j 6c

41 34 55 34 42

91 90 93 90 91

7c 6g 2e 6c 6h

P Pendennis Castle Pevensey Castle Peveril Castle Portchester Castle Portland Castle

Ranger’s House (Wernher Collection,The) Richborough Roman Fort Richmond Castle Rievaulx Abbey Rushton Triangular Lodge

24 35 70 68 55

90 90 94 94 93

4f 4j 2f 2g 5g

69 34 45 59 38 75

94 90 91 93 91 95

2j 4h 7c 5b 4j 6d

S Scarborough Castle St Augustine’s Abbey St Mawes Castle Stokesay Castle Stonehenge Stott Park Bobbin Mill

T Tintagel Castle 43 91 5c Totnes Castle 45 91 6e Tynemouth Priory & Castle 87 95 4h

W Walmer Castle & Gardens Warkworth Castle & Hermitage Wellington Arch Whitby Abbey Witley Court & Gardens Wrest Park Wroxeter Roman City

33 90 86 25 64 60 50 61

95 90 94 93 92 93

5j 2j 3e 1h 6d 5e 4c

Y Yarmouth Castle York Cold War Bunker

35 90 6b 70 94 3g

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