SLEEPOVERS

ARTS & CRAFTS LIVERPOOL

3 days

One of last year’s best selling SleepOvers. Our groups enjoyed staying in the centre of the city and they loved the enthusiastic and entertaining Liverpool Blue Badge Tour Guides. We were delighted to find that in nearly every group there were folk who took themselves off to the Cavern Club where they were delighted to find themselves dancing down Memory Lane in the company of other sixties kids*.

THE BEAUTIFUL SURREY HILLS SLEEPOVER

3 days

Stay at the plush HQ of the Police Federation and explore The Beautiful Surrey Hills with visits to Polesden Lacey, Watts Gallery & Artists’ Village, chocolate box villages and exhilarating view points. A mixture of top notch Blue Badge guiding and in house expertise will bring out the best of one of Britain’s most beautiful landscapes.

BLACK GOLD, CARDIFF & THE RHONDDA

3 days

The story of Cardiff’s growth from a small fishing village to when the ‘black gold’ of the Rhondda became one of the most valuable commodities in the world. The story is told from the perspective of the Marquis of Bute – the richest man in the world, the ship owners, agents and mine owners who met to make and lose fortunes at the Coal Exchange, now a luxury hotel where we stay and, of course, the coal miners of the Rhondda Valley.

THE COTSWOLDS EXPLORER

3 days

This three-day tour at a 4* hotel brings together three popular City & Village Tours itineraries:

The Downton Abbey Matinee Explorer, Cotswolds Gold and The Cotswolds River Thames Explorer.

THE CONSTABLE COUNTRY SLEEPOVER

3 days

“I associate my careless boyhood with all that lies on the banks of the Stour. Those scenes made me a painter”. John Constable Characterised by open spaces and big ever changing skies the Dedham Vale and Stour Valley embraces one of our most cherished landscapes. Explore Constable Country and walk in the footsteps of a great artist. We stay with dinner, bed and breakfast at the swish Stoke by Nayland golfing and spa hotel.

THE ESSEX CURIOS SLEEPOVER

3 days

Southend on Sea is a great base for this three day break. The 4* Park Inn by Radisson Palace looks out over the water on the Western Esplanade within a few minutes’ walk of the beach, gardens and shops. Nearby the popular Cliffs Pavilion offers a wide programme from touring musicals to comedy and film.

HIDDEN LONDON INTERIORS SLEEPOVER

3 days

This 3 day trip is based at the Clarendon on Blackheath. Just eight miles from Trafalgar Square it’s an ideal London base without the hustle, bustle and noise of staying in the centre. Led on two days by a Blue Badge Guide we open the door on some of the Capital’s most beautiful Hidden Interiors

KENTISH CURIOS & CURLING SLEEPOVER   

3 days

This three-day tour at a 4* hotel brings together three popular City & Village Tours itineraries: The Downton Abbey Matinee Explorer, Cotswolds Gold and The Cotswolds River Thames Explorer.

Includes 10 single rooms free of supplement, all entrance fees, free group organiser place and free driver room with bed & board.

OXFORD & THE COTSWOLDS

3 days

This three day SleepOver based in a stylish modern hotel just outside Witney combines a visit to Blenheim Castle with two popular City & Village Tours itineraries: Downton Abbey Country and Oxford, the Isis and Iffley.

ROYAL GREENWICH & WEST END THEATRE                                                                   3 days

A value for money three day SleepOver based at The Clarendon Hotel on Blackheath with a Blue Badge Guide each day. Enjoy the Strand Palace two-course carvery with coffee, a Thames Cruise a visit to the Cutty Sark, a night at the theatre (top price West End Theatre ticket dress circle or stalls), a ride on the Thames Cable Car and a visit to Eltham Palace.

SUFFOLK COAST & COUNTRYSIDE

3 days

This three day break will show you some of the very best of Suffolk and has the added draw of a built in option to leave your golfers behind to play the hotel’s championship course while you enjoy a day out exploring the Suffolk Coast with a top notch Blue Badge Guide.

THE SUPER SWISH SUSSEX SLEEPOVER

3 days

A three day break staying in the heart of Sussex at Buxted Park - a truly magnificent country house hotel set in 300 acres of Ashdown Forest parkland. This tour combines three of our most popular Sussex day trips- The Ashdown Forest Explorer, The Sussex Prairie Garden & The Mad Jack Fuller Trail.

This is a SleepOver with knobs on!

VERNACULAR SPECTACULAR

3 days

“There is no town in north Essex – and very few in England – to equal in beauty, compactness and and juxtaposition of mediaeval Georgian architecture, the town of Thaxted”. Sir John Betjeman Just as the stories of ordinary people are so often lost in the noise of royalty and aristocracy so too is the majesty of vernacular architecture lost in the shadow of palaces and churches. Aimed at U3As, National Trust groups, Arts Societies and all groups with a thirst for knowledge.

WILD & WONDERFUL SUSSEX

3 days

An action-packed three-day trip staying in picture postcard Bramber or by the sea at Worthing. We visit St Mary’ House & Garden, Lancing College Chapel, the remarkable Sistine Chapel church at Goring-on-Sea and the gorgeous Sussex Prairie Garden. We’ve also arranged an exhilarating wildlands safari at the little known Knepp Castle Estate that your members will remember for a very long time.

WINCHESTER & PORTSMOUTH

3 days

Three Days: Visit Winchester where Jane Austen was buried 200 years ago this year, stay two nights with dinner, bed and breakfast slap bang in the heart of Portsmouth at the Royal Maritime Hotel, enjoy two days with the Blue Badge Guide exploring Portsmouth including Fort Nelson, the Hot Walls, the Royal Dockyard and the Mary Rose Museum.