A vibrant, multi-cultural city with a fascinating historical heritage. Isambard Kingdom Brunel famously played a huge part in Bristol’s Victorian engineering infrastructure including the Clifton Suspension Bridge and redesign of the docks. Visit his steamship SS Great Britain in the dry dock where she was built. Enjoy the spectacle of the Bristol International Balloon Festival.
Woburn Abbey – one of the first English stately homes to be opened to the public – with its safari park. Whipsnade Wild Animal Park – part of London Zoo – has 2,500 species in 600 acres. John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress in Bedford Prison – visit the Bunyan Museum and the Bunyan Meeting Free Church. The R101 airship disaster memorial is at Cardington and the Shuttleworth Collection of aircraft is at Old Warden Park.
On the west coast, linked to Scottish heroes William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Poet Robert Burn’s Birthplace Museum and the cottage where he was born. Culzean Castle and Country Park – a magnificent cliff-top castle with woodland, parkland and beaches. Dumfries House and grounds – another impressive stately home. The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory set in the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park.
Historic county with unique sea lochs, hills, glens and beaches; home to golden eagles, red deer, otters and puffins. Inverary Castle – on the shores of Loch Fyne with its famous armoury hall and Fyne Ales Brewery welcoming visitors and samplers! Benmore Botanic Garden with its stunning collection of rhododendrons. Iona Abbey – a site of Christian pilgrimage, founded on the Isle of Iona by St. Columba.
Stunning countryside, coastline and beaches. Home to some of the finest golf courses in Scotland. Glamis Castle – childhood home of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and the inspiration behind Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The House of Dun – an exquisite Georgian country house in fine gardens and woodland. Arbroath Abbey and Brechin with its medieval cathedral and steam trains on the Caledonian Railway.
Beautiful countryside and stunning coastland on the east coast of Scotland- quaint fishing villages- Anstruther, Crail, Elie and St Monans to name a few – St. Andrews- historic seaside destination with excellent shopping and eateries- fabulous world-renowned golf course - ‘The Home of Golf’- cathedral and castle ruins - explore the underground mine passages and bottle dungeon. Enjoy the diversity of the heartlands of Fife – from the Lomond Hills, the highest point in Fife down to the coast with [...]
Windsor Castle – the largest occupied castle in the world – with St George’s Chapel and the State Apartments; Windsor Great Park; Ascot racecourse; the civil war battlefields of Newbury; the Kennet and Avon Canal; the fascinating Cole Museum of Zoology; the Museum of English Rural Life; the Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore; Legoland; Magna Carta Island… and the glorious River Thames.
