Monday 26th: We head via Harrogate for lunch before continuing north for check-in at the Redworth Hall and will be greeted on arrival with coffee, tea, scones, preserves and cream.
Tuesday 27th: Full day excursion to Beamish, a superb living museum. It’s no ordinary museum, but a living, working recreation of life in the Great North in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Wednesday 28th: Today we depart for Northumberland to see Alnwick Castle and Gardens, one of the largest inhabited castles in Europe. Take time to explore this beautiful garden with its Grand Cascade, Rose Garden, Cherry Orchard, Ornamental Garden and Tree House. It’s more recently known as Hogwarts in the first two Harry Potter films.
Thursday 29th: This morning we travel to the historic City of Durham, acclaimed as a World Heritage Site and dominated by the magnificent Norman Cathedral and Castle, high above the River Wear. We have time to explore and obtain lunch before our afternoon visit to Locomotion at Shildon an outpost to the National Railway Museum at York. Here you can see trains from the early 1800’s to 1970’s.
Friday 30th: Depart after breakfast to Explore York with top attractions such as; The York Dungeons, the Jorvik Viking Centre, York Minster, depart York for our journey home mid afternoon.