Monday 25th: Morning departure as we head via Harrogate for lunch before continuing
north for check-in at the Redworth Hall and will be greeted on arrival with tea or coffee.
Tuesday 26th: 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. Meet people from the past, travel on the trams and vintage bus,
venture underground at the Drift Mine. Sample the treats at the Jubilee Confectionary, talk
to the animals at the farms, have a drink in the Sun Inn or catch a lesson in the village
school. Visit The Colliery Village, The Town and Pockerley Old Hall.
Wednesday 27th: 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. This magnificent medieval castle with its lavish staterooms is now home to the
12th Duke of Northumberland and his family. It’s more recently known as Hogwarts in the
first two Harry Potter films.
Thursday 28th: This morning we travel to the ancient and 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 29th: Depart after breakfast to explore York with top attractions such as; The York
Dungeons, the Jorvik Viking Centre and York Minster, departing York mid afternoon.