A TOUR OF FOUR NATIONAL PARKS
Key benefits to GTOs
⌚ Duration: recommended 6 days +
📷 Visiting: North East England, North West England
🦋 Theme(s): general sightseeing
😴 Accommodation: 3/4 star hotel(s)
✔️ Includes: all entrance fees
📢 Tour guide: not essential
📌Start/end: optional (UK-wide)
⚙️ Customisable: fully
📲 Planning integrations: app, pdf, print
Highlights
- A full flavour of landscapes of Northern England
- Northumberland National Park & Hadrian's Wall
- The English Lake District incl. boat trip
- Yorkshire's national parks: Yorkshire Dales & North York Moors
- Scenic drive over the North Pennines
- Taste the North
- Create your own days or themes: hiking, sightseeing, photography, art...
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Day 1 A Personal Welcome
Our meet & greet service on arrival at your chosen hotel will turn your welcome into a personal experience. Enjoy your first evening together with a Welcome Dinner and an optional introduction talk on the region you are visiting. Why not enjoy an evening stroll through Newcastle or take part in an evening walking tour?
Day 2 Discover Northumberland National Park
Travel through England's most Northerly & likely the most tranquil national park into Northumberland - see parts of the Roman Frontier on Hadrian's Wall before venturing North towards Bellingham and into the UNESCO Dark Skies Park at Kielder. Discover Kielder Water & Forest Park, the story behind one of Europe's largest reservoirs and the fantastic array of wildlife in this remote part of England: native red squirrel, roe deer, otters, bats or ospreys can be spotted throughout the park. Why not visit the largest salmon hatchery in England & Wales?
Day 3 In the footsteps of the Lake Poets
Travelling west, experience the beauty of the English Lake District UNESCO World Heritage Site. A mountainous area, whose valleys have been modelled by glaciers in the Ice Age and subsequently shaped by an agro-pastoral land-use system characterised by fields enclosed by walls. Enjoy a boat cruise on Ullswater to take in the scenery & learn more about the Lake Poets. Continue to Grasmere for some free-time and to walk in the footsteps of William Wordsworth (and others).
Day 4 Discover Windermere
This is a day to be creative with your time - enjoy a scenic drive out, do some hiking, travel by heritage railway, follow in the footsteps of Peter Rabbit or simply relax by the lakeside. The choice is yours!
Day 5 The rolling hills of Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Dales is home to outstanding scenery, great castles, abbeys and a breathtakingly peaceful atmosphere. At its heart are two very special protected areas - Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Each of the Yorkshire Dales has a different character. The Southern Dales are less remote, yet still wildly beautiful. The Northern Dales provide wild heather moorland and valleys full of hay meadows, dry stone walls and barns. Travel through the Northern reaches into Hawes, discover Wendsleydale Cheese & demonstration before heading South into beautiful Nidderdale...
Day 6 Rugged landscapes on the Yorkshire coast
Forged by nature and shaped over centuries, the North York Moors National Park is a special place to visit & enjoy. Journey to the market town of Pickering and step aboard the North York Moors Railway to Goathland, in the heart of the national park. This moorland village has attracted visitors for centuries, but numbers soared following its appearance as 'Aidensfield' in the television series 'Heartbeat' and its role as Hogsmede Station in the 'Harry Potter' films. Continue on to the coast to visit Whitby, before a coastal trip to your next lodging...
Day 7 Depart at leisure
After a hearty breakfast, depart at leisure - speak to us to create a small highlight on your journey home...
- Tailored holiday tour to suit your group's tastes, budget & requirements
- 6 nights dinner, bed & breakfast in 3-4 star accommodation(s)
- Free personal service throughout from planning until after your holiday with your dedicated travel planner – plan in person, telephone, email or virtual meetings
- Free place for group travel organiser and/or driver (group size dependent)
- All entrance fees / admissions to attractions in itinerary (Dove Cottage, Salmon Hatchery, Wensleydale Cheese Experience)
- Ullswater Lake cruise on Ullswater Steamer (round-trip)
- North York Moors Railway from Pickering to Goathland (one-way)
- Design of marketing materials (posters, leaflets etc.) to help advertise your tour
- Deposits from as low as £75.00 per person
- Full financial protection by TrustMyTravel (for deposits & all monies paid thereafter)
- Tailored holiday tour to suit your group's tastes, budget & requirements
- Dinner, bed & breakfast in 3-4 star accommodation(s)
- Use of spa / swimming pool / gym facilities in hotel (where available)
- Free place for group travel organiser and/or driver (group size dependent)
- Coach services (incl. home region pickup/drop off or within destination region) on all touring days (optional)
- All entrance fees / admissions to attractions in itinerary
- Fully or part- escorted tours & excursions within chosen region (optional)
- Step-on tourist guides (optional)
- Time to explore destinations
- Design of marketing materials (posters, leaflets etc.) to help advertise your tour
- Free personal service throughout from planning until after your holiday with your dedicated travel planner – plan in person, telephone, email or virtual meetings
- Deposits from as low as £75.00 per person
- Full financial protection by TrustMyTravel (for deposits & all monies paid thereafter)
2021
Please select your preferred tour month from the list below & enquiry now.
| FROM | TO | PRICE PER PERSON | |
| April | May | from £425 | Enquire now |
| June | August | from £475 | Enquire now |
| September | October | from £425 | Enquire now |
The Small Print
All prices are based on a minimum of 36 paying guests.
All prices are in £ (GB Pound Stirling).
Prices are non-commissionable.
Above prices are "from" prices subject to exact dates, availability & change due to VAT changes.
All prices exclude coach hire (which can be booked additionally), road tolls, parking or emission zone, congestion fees/charges & tourist guiding services (unless specified).
All tours are suggested itineraries – timings of events/schedules are subject to change.
All our itineraries are built to work alongside drivers’ regulation under EU law. If you require any other arrangements to suit, we are happy to alter any itinerary for you.
Full travel terms & conditions can be found here.