London Area (13, 14

& Windsor Castle England - London

Chelsea Flower Show Hampton Court Palace

Fri 27 - Sat 28 May 2022 1 Night £289 Sat 9 - Sun 10 July 2022 1 Night £210

This world-renowned Look What’s Included: flower show brings together One Boarding Point here at the best in gardening and Henley-in-ArdenClub Class horticulture, with beautiful Extra Legroom CoachOur displays showcasing the Own Courier Service1 nights finest arrangements. The bed & full English Breakfast show displays both nursery Entrance to the Chelsea exhibits as well as model Physic Garden & Guided Tour gardens which will captivate Entrance to the RHS Chelsea and inspire you at this truly Royal event. Truly a unique Flower Show. Not included: All lunches. experience, where you will be able to see the garden displays up close and take in the stunning floral scents that fill the show.

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Friday Tucked away beside the Thames, The Chelsea Physic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in London and houses around 5,000 different medicinal, herbal, edible, and useful plants. The Garden’s unique microclimate and location has allowed the gardeners here throughout history to grow plants not frequently found outside in the UK, including the UK’s largest fruiting olive tree. Many top garden celebrities are brought to the Physic Garden to be interviewed for TV, away from the hurly-burly of the Chelsea Flower Show itself. After your visit, check into our hotel for our overnight stay. Saturday After breakfast, depart for a day at the Chelsea Flower Show. Leave late afternoon for the journey home.

Holiday Inn, Kensington

The 4-star Holiday Inn Kensington is situated just moments from Kensington High Street. All bedrooms are en-suite and are equipped with tea/coffee making facilities, hairdryer, TV, direct dial telephone and free WiFi. The hotel also has a restaurant, bar, swimming pool and gym. There is a lift to all floors. The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the world’s biggest annual flower show. Marvel at the beautiful flowers in the rose marquee and the innovative conceptual gardens showcasing the next big names in garden design. Watch demonstrations by celebrity gardeners around the showgrounds and get the latest gardening tips.

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One Boarding Point here at Henley-in-ArdenClub Class Extra Legroom CoachOur Own Courier Service1 nights dinner, bed & breakfastEntrance to Windsor Castle1 Day entrance ticket to the Hampton Court Flower Show. Not included: All other meals.

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Saturday Today we head for Windsor, this Royal town has always been a popular choice. We have included entrance to the magnificent Castle and the remainder of your time can be spent browsing the shops, or why not head to the river and enjoy a lovely sail. Later, we continue to our hotel for dinner and our overnight stay. Sunday Today we visit Hampton Court Flower Show, where we join the thousands of gardening fans looking to enjoy the abundance of floral delights. There will be water gardens, conceptual gardens, contemporary and traditional gardens to suit all tastes. Hundreds of the UK’s best nurseries will fill the floral marquees. There are hundreds of opportunities to buy gifts, floral art, floristry and fruit & vegetables will also be a major part of the show, all in all it makes a glorious day out.

The Sheraton Hotel, Heathrow

The comfortable and modern bedrooms feature the signature Sheraton Sleep Experience. The hotel is convenient to many of London’s most celebrated attractions, such as Windsor Castle, Twickenham Stadium and Legoland. Next to The Orchard restaurant a new Lobby Bar, located in the heart of the hotel, offers alongside delicious food, fine wines and refreshing cocktails a relaxing atmosphere perfect for you to unwind during your travel’s.

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Single Room: £55 | Holiday Insurance: £21 (All prices are per person & are for the entire tour). Supplements

Single Room: £29 | Holiday Insurance: £22 (All prices are per person & are for the entire tour).

Windsor NEW TOUR

Blenheim Palace

Sun 31 Jul - Tue 2 Aug 2022 2 Nights £295 Sun 15 - Mon 16 May 2022 1 Night £192

Discover the Thames Valley on this delightful tour which includes three superb cruises on the mighty Royal River Thames, one of the longest rivers in the UK. Starting in the Cotswolds the Thames travels over 200 miles through some of England’s most picturesque towns and villages right into the centre of London and into the North Sea. Look What’s Included: One Boarding Point here at Henley-in-ArdenClub Class Extra Legroom CoachOur Own Courier Service2 nights half board3 Distinctly Different River Cruises Not included: All lunches.

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Sunday We journey south to Henley on Thames and an afternoon cruise along the Royal Regatta Reaches between Marsh and Hambleden Locks. From here it is a short drive to our hotel for our 2-night stay. Monday Today we visit nearby Maidenhead where we commence a cruise to Royal Windsor. Sit back and relax as you pass by homes of the stars and enjoy spectacular views of Windsor Castle and Eton College. On arrival there will be some free time to explore, perhaps visit the castle or take a carriage ride through Windsor Great Park. Tuesday We drive to Kew Pier and commence our final cruise which will take us to central London, sailing past famous landmarks and terminating beside the Houses of Parliament. Here we board our waiting coach and commence our journey home.

Holiday Inn Maidenhead

The lovely Holiday Inn Maidenhead Windsor is a 4-star accommodation placed in a 10-minute drive from The Sounding Arch Bridge. The hotel offers modern rooms with standard amenities one would expect from a hotel of this stature. Restaurant & Bar and guests have access to an indoor pool.

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Single Room: Nil | Holiday Insurance: £22 (All prices are per person & are for the entire tour). Enjoy a superb weekend Look What’s Included: away as you visit the secret One Boarding Point here at intelligence headquarters at Henley-in-ArdenClub Class Bletchley Park, home to the Extra Legroom CoachOur intriguing Enigma Machine, Own Courier Service1 nights and the magnificent Palace half boardPrivate Dining with at Blenheim. Learn about our ‘Secret Sites’ After Dinner clandestine operations and SpeakerEntrance to Bletchley tales of deception as they are Park & Blenheim Palace. brought to life and spend time Not included: All lunches. exploring Churchill’s birthplace. After enjoying a three-course dinner sit back and listen to an entertaining and informative talk given by our expert from Buckinghamshire Archives. Our expert tells the story of what was going on at the different secret sites (such as Whaddon Chase, Latimer House, Bletchley Park, Churchill’s Toyshop) and what life was like for civilians living locally at the time. Our Secret Sites experience is an informative and entertaining night.

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Sunday Departing Henley we visit Bletchley Park. Once Britain’s best kept secret, today Bletchley Park is a unique heritage site and vibrant tourist attraction. Explore, experience and enjoy the topsecret world of iconic WW2 codebreaking huts and blocks set within its atmospheric Victorian estate. We continue via Aylesbury to our hotel for dinner. Tonight, enjoy private dining with our After Dinner Speaker. The talk includes thrilling stories of refugees, evacuees and life on the home front living with industrial espionage and rationing. All this is accompanied by photos, letters and diaries from the centre’s archive collection. After the talk you will be able to ask questions. Monday Departing our hotel, we continue our WW2 theme today with an included visit to the birthplace of Winston Churchill – Blenheim Palace. Explore the Palace, a masterpiece of baroque architecture with a permanent Churchill exhibition, before strolling through the intricate formal gardens with water terraces and a secret garden. Returning home during the afternoon.

Mercure Thame Lambert

Refurbished to an exceptional standard, Mercure Thame Lambert Hotel is an original coaching inn just 15 minutes from Oxford and just under 4 miles to Watlington at the foot of the Chiltern Hills - an area of outstanding natural beauty. The hotel offers 44 bedrooms with 9 traditional yet stylish bedrooms located in the Inn with a further 35 spacious rooms in the Courtyard. All accommodation is contemporary in decor with solid wood furniture and calming muted colour schemes. Restaurant & Bar facilities.

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Ely Newmarket NEW TOUR

Sun 15 - Mon 16 May 2022 1 Night £162 Fri 1 - Sun 3 July 2022 2 Nights £279

On this Great Little Break Look What’s Included: to East Cambridgeshire and One Boarding Point here at Norfolk, we can discover Henley-in-ArdenClub Class two of the region’s great Extra Legroom CoachOur centres. Nestled in the Fen Own Courier Service1 countryside is the small nights half boardOutlined city of Ely, full of charm excursions and home to one of the Not included: All lunches. most beautiful cathedrals in England. Meanwhile, Norwich is akin to the old cities of Belgium, France and Germany. It has more medieval churches – 32 – than anywhere north of the Alps and the largest intact medieval street pattern in Europe.

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Sunday Travelling east, we visit Ely. The Cathedral here is a top tourist attraction and it is easy to see why. Look in awe and wonder at this 12th century building. Other popular attractions you may wish to visit include the Stained-Glass Museum in the South Triforium of Ely Cathedral, Oliver Cromwell’s House and Ely Museum. We continue in the afternoon to our hotel in Norwich, arriving in time for dinner and our overnight stay. Monday After breakfast we drive into Norwich. The city’s character is spread around steep little alleyways and old cobbled streets. The best, between Market Place and the River Wensum, are marketed as the Norwich Lanes. Explore cobbled ‘Elm Hill’, with its halftimbered Tudor houses and antique shops. We leave Norwich midafternoon, returning home during the evening.

Best Western Oaklands Hotel

Situated on the outskirts of Norwich City Centre, the Oaklands Hotel provides a unique and relaxed atmosphere. Sophisticated interiors, a variety of bedrooms, great public spaces, beautiful grounds overlooking the Yare River Valley all combine to offer the perfect backdrop for a relaxing leisure break. Carvery Restaurant, Lounge & Bar. Please note there is no lift facility in the hotel, all rooms are accessible via stairs onto the first & second floors, which excludes some ground floor luxury lodges.

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Single Room: £15 | Holiday Insurance: £21 (All prices are per person & are for the entire tour). Unwind on a short break based in historic Cambridge, one of the most attractive cities in Britain. Explore all this fantastic city has to offer. We include a guided tour of the National Stud in Newmarket and visit the Imperial War Museum at Duxford for an unforgettable journey through the history of aviation.

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One Boarding Point here at Henley-in-ArdenClub Class Extra Legroom CoachOur Own Courier Service2 nights half boardGuided tour of the National Stud at NewmarketEntrance to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford Not included: All other meals.

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Friday We travel to Newmarket where we include a tour of the National Stud. Lasting approximately 90 minutes our tour is by coach and on foot. We will explore this beautiful 500-acre stud farm and discover the history and purpose of The National Stud as a commercial Thoroughbred breeding operation. The National Stud is a working commercial stud farm, so the physical content of the tours varies throughout the year, depending on the season and the activities happening on the stud when you visit. From here we continue to our hotel for our 2-night stay. Saturday Free time to discover the sights of Cambridge. The renowned University and its colleges dominate the city centre, and there is an abundance of magnificent historical architecture with the crowning glory being the famous King’s College Chapel. There are a number of museums to explore including the Scott Polar Museum and the Museum of Zoology, and for shopping there is an abundance of independent shops and high street brands. Sunday We visit the Imperial War Museum Duxford. At the start of the Second World War, Duxford was a Royal Air Force fighter base and the control tower and two of the hangars are original. Today, IWM Duxford is Europe’s largest air museum and the fascinating collection includes military and civil aircraft ranging from the First World War to the present-day including Concorde, the Lancaster Bomber and Mosquito plus historic military aircraft and supersonic jets. We depart mid-afternoon and commence our homeward journey.

The Cambridge Belfry Hotel

Our hotel is situated just a few miles from Cambridge in Cambourne Village. Your first views of this hotel are across the water as you enter Cambourne village - this hotel provides an excellent country retreat. The award-winning restaurant (two AA rosettes). Bar/lounge, 1 indoor pool (heated) Gymnasium, Sauna. The hotel is on 3 floors with 2 lifts to all floors.

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England - Central CHATSWORTH FLOWER SHOW

Chatsworth House NEW TOUR

Buxton Military Tattoo

Fri 10 - Sun 12 June 2022 2 Nights £299 Sat 2 - Sun 3 July 2022 1 Night £189

Set in the 1000-acre parkland of the Chatsworth Estate, home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, the 2022 Royal Horticultural Society is embarking on a new show with style and content unlike any other. Coupled with this, this fantastic new tour encompasses a wealth of history and legendary landscapes of Nottinghamshire.

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One Boarding Point here at Henley-in-ArdenClub Class Extra Legroom CoachOur Own Courier Service2 nights half boardGuided Walking Tour at Sherwood Forest Visitors CentreEntrance to Southwell WorkhouseFree entrance to the National Memorial Arboretum. Not included: All lunches.

Friday We begin our day with a visit to the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, gateway to the historic woodland which is the legendary home of Robin Hood. Here you will embark on a 90-minute guided walking tour of the forest to discover its most famous resident, the Major Oak Tree. From here, you continue to Southwell where you visit the imposing Workhouse. Here you will learn how the poor lived and the role of the workhouse and how it evolved through time. From here we continue to our hotel for our 2-night stay. Saturday Today we head to the beautiful surroundings of the Chatsworth Estate for this year’s RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. One of Britain’s finest grand houses has teamed up once again with the Royal Horticultural Society to put on its own RHS Flower Show. Combining innovative gardening ideas, thought-provoking Show Gardens, the chance to meet the floral experts behind some of the show’s designs. Set in the grounds of the beautiful Chatsworth House, you can also experience ‘Capability’ Brown’s stunning landscapes. Sunday After breakfast we visit the magnificent National Memorial Arboretum, which comprises 150 acres of trees and over 150 memorials of national significance; you can cover as much or as little of the site as you wish. The Arboretum is the home of the Armed Forces Memorial, which is a striking and emotive memorial, that gives recognition and thanks for those who have died whilst on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the Second World War and acknowledges the enduring sacrifice of those who mourn their loss. We return home during the late afternoon.

Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel

Situated just two miles from the city centre, the Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel offers bright rooms and a welcoming atmosphere. Relax in the heated indoor swimming pool, dine with a delightful meal in the conservatory restaurant, and then enjoy great company in the contemporary bar.

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Single Room: £44 | Holiday Insurance: £22 (All prices are per person & are for the entire tour). In 2022 the Buxton Military Tattoo will once again be bringing some of the United Kingdom’s finest bands for a spectacular performance inside the Devonshire Dome. Loved by families, residents and visitors alike, the Tattoo raises thousands of pounds for ABF - The Soldiers’ Charity.

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One Boarding Point here at Henley-in-ArdenClub Class Extra Legroom CoachOur Own Courier Service1 nights half boardOutlined itinerary including tickets for the Buxton Military TattooFree entrance to the National Memorial Arboretum. Not included: All lunches. Road Train at the National Memorial Arboretum - small charge payable on the day to the NMA, as required.

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Saturday We drive direct to Buxton, where after free time for lunch, we take our seats for the 2.00pm performance of the Military Tattoo. The venue is the Devonshire Dome. A magnificent 18th Century stable block originally built by the 5th Duke of Devonshire to house visitor’s horses and servants, and it offers a breathtaking setting for the Buxton Military Tattoo. This magnificent building gives an audience the opportunity to experience the powerful spectacle of The Buxton Military Tattoo, closer to the action and the bands than at any other Tattoo in the country, and as a bonus ......... protected from the vagaries of the British weather!! After the performance, we continue to Derby in time for dinner and our overnight stay. Sunday After breakfast we visit the magnificent National Memorial Arboretum, which comprises 150 acres of trees and over 150 memorials of national significance; you can cover as much or as little of the site as you wish. The Arboretum is the home of the Armed Forces Memorial, which is a striking and emotive memorial, that gives recognition and thanks for those who have died whilst on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the Second World War and acknowledges the enduring sacrifice of those who mourn their loss. We return home during the late afternoon.

Holiday Inn, Derby Riverlights

Holiday Inn Derby Riverlights is a luxurious 4-star hotel set in a prime location in the centre of Derby. Dining facilities include a restaurant, lounge/bar and lift to all floors.

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