Nostalgic Yorkshire: Heritage & Herriot

DAY 1

Journey from your home station to Harrogate and, on arrival, we will make our way to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, our hotel for the next four nights. We enjoy free time to explore our new surroundings before meeting for our first evening meal together.

DAY 2

Today, we travel by train to visit the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, a unique 5-mile branch line railway set in the heart of Yorkshire where you can ride to your heart's content with your day rover ticket. Journey through countryside made familiar through film, The Railway Children, or perhaps take a break to alight at the Brontë heritage town of Haworth with its cobbled main street and curio shops.

DAY 3

After breakfast this morning, we board our private coach and travel the short distance to RHS Harlow Carr Gardens where we enjoy a guided tour, take a walk along the colourful streamside plantings, admire the lavish herbaceous borders and wildflower meadows, and relax in the sweet-scented garden. Afterwards, we return to Harrogate and have the rest of the day at leisure, you may wish to relax at the hotel, explore this beautiful spa town, or indulge in an afternoon tea at Bettys Tearoom.

DAY 4

Today, we visit the Wensleydale Railway for our return journey through spectacular scenery to the meticulously restored Leeming Bar Station, home to the staff offices and engine shed where the locomotives and rolling stock are maintained and restored. This afternoon, we transfer to Thirsk, the birthplace of renowned author James Herriot and the fictional town of Darrowby. Here, we visit the World of James Herriot Museum, a unique and immersive experience where we can explore the TV set of 'All Creatures Great & Small' and 'The Yorkshire Vet' before returning to Harrogate for our final evening meal together.

DAY 5

After breakfast, we bid farewell to Harrogate and make our way to the station for our homeward journeys.

B=Breakfast, D=Dinner