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Thursday 18th-Monday 22nd July 2024, 5 day Tour in West Country Rail and Sail with Whittle Coaches
View Dates & BookWest Country Rail and Sail
5 days/ 4 nights
The delighful tour includes two of the best West Country cruises and an historic train ride on the longest heritage railway in England.
Price Includes
* Return coach travel
* Door to door service
* Half board basis
* Use of leisure facilities
* Excursions
* Ride on Seaton Tramway, west Somerset Railway and Avocet Line
* River Exe Cruise
* Horse drawn barge cruise
* Admission to Hestercombe Gardens
* Afternoon tea box on outward journey
Excursion 1
Topsham, River Exe Cruise and Avocet Line. We enjoy acruise from Topsham Quay on the River Exe, to Exmouth, where there is free time to explore. We return to Topsham by train on the Avocet line, a route which follows the Exe Estuary, named because of the resident Oied Avocets.
Excursion 2
Seaton Tramway and Tiverton Horse Drawn Boat. We enjoy a morning return journey on the Seaton Tramway. Later we enjoy a horse drawn barge trip along the Grand Western Canal.
Excursion 3
West Somerset railway. We travel to Bishops Lydiard to board the train from the journey to Minehaed, through the Quantock Hills and along the coast. Enjoy free time to Minehead before the return train journey back to Bisphops Lydiard.
Excursion 4
Hestercombe Gardens. On our return journey we visit Hestercombe Gardens, designed to reflect three generations of Somerset gardens, with a Georgian Landscape Garden, Victorian Shrubbery and Edwardian Formal Gardens.
Your Hotel Holiday Inn Taunton
Located over just a mile from Taunton town centre, with well kept gardens. All rooms have TV and hospitality tray. There is a restaurant, bar, lift and leisure facilities include indoor pool, sauna and Jacuzzi.
Dates and Prices (Half Board)
Thursday 18th-Monday 22nd July 2024 £695
Single supplement £220
Tour departs by 10:30am
Tour returns by 5:30pm
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Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
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Kidderminster Whittles | Kidderminster, Whittles Depot, Foley Business Park |
Wolverhampton, | Wolverhampton, Faulkland St Coach Station |
Worcester (Warndon) | Worcester (Warndon), Bus Lay-by outside the Beefeater Three Pears Inn |
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