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Guided visits by luxury coach
to sites of
historical and cultural interest
both great and small
From York, Haxby, Tadcaster, Boston Spa,
Wetherby, Harrogate, Selby, Goole and
Easingwold organised by Yorkwalk
You may download a printable version of our Coach Tour Brochure and Booking Form by clicking HERE.
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Kedleston Hall Sudbury Hall, Museum of Childhood and Tutbury Castle Little Moreton Hall and Rode Hall Coalbrookdale Anderton Boat Lift and Tabley Hall Gawthorpe Hall and Stonyhurst College Newstead Abbey & Hucknall Parish Church Wightwick Manor and Boscobel House Kedleston HallSaturday 28th MarchTake a trip back to the 1760’s when wealth and power enabled the creation of this outstanding house and beautiful landscape park. The hall has the most complete and least altered series of Robert Adam interiors full of art treasures. The Eastern Museum is filled with fascinating objects collected by Lord Curzon when Viceroy of India. There will be ample time to explore the gardens and park, which includes All Saints church, all that is left of the village swept away for this great house. Admission £9 (NT Members - Free) back to top Sudbury Hall, Museum of Childhood and Tutbury CastleSaturday 25th AprilSudbury Hall is a fine example of a late 17th Century great house, with carvings by Grinling Gibbons, and the great staircase, one of the most elaborate in any English house. There is a 1930’s style kitchen in the servants quarters below the stairs and gardens around a lake. Adjoining in the service wing is the fascinating recently re-opened Museum of Childhood. Tutbury Castle is a romantic ruin, where Mary Queen of Scots stayed. It is unusual that it belongs to the Queen as part of the Duchy of Lancaster. Admissions – NT Members - £6, Non NT - £18 back to top Little Moreton Hall and Rode HallSaturday 16th MayLittle Moreton Hall is the quintessential Elizabethan half timber black and white house, picturesquely set amidst a moat. The skill of the craftsmen who built this timber framed house will amaze you, and you can imagine life here in Tudor Times with wall paintings, garderobes emptying into the moat, and a knot Garden. By contrast, Rode Hall is an elegant 18th Century home, still lived by the same family from the 17th Century. The house is set in beautiful grounds with a lovely walled garden. We shall have a guided tour led by the owner. Our visit will coincide with the gardens being at their best with the rhododendrons and azaleas in bloom. We shall have a cream tea here in the stable restaurant. Admissions (including cream tea and guided tour) NT members - £11, Non NT - £18 back to top CoalbrookdaleSunday 7th June Coalbrookdale and the Iron Bridge Gorge is a World Heritage Site. It was here in 1709 that Abraham Darby perfected iron smelting. During our time here there will be the opportunity to view and walk upon the iconic Iron Bridge, the worlds first cast iron bridge. We shall visit the Museum of Iron, centred around Darby’s original furnace, and the Blists Hill Museum, which has original industrial monuments such as the Hay Inclined Plane and blast furnaces as well as a reconstructed Victorian town. Admissions £15 (for 2 museums). back to top Anderton Boat Lift and Tabley HallSunday 26th July The mighty Anderton Boat lift is one of the most remarkable monuments of the Canal Age. Our visit will include a barge trip along the water ways, and then a ride in the boat lift up to the upper level. There will be the opportunity to see the visitor centre. In the afternoon, we go on to Tabley Hall. This was designed by John Carr and is one of the finest Palladian houses in the North. It has paintings by Turner and Reynolds, and Chippendale furniture and is set in lovely parkland with a family chapel. Admissions (including guided tour of the hall & boat trips) £15 back to top Gawthorpe Hall and Stonyhurst CollegeSaturday 22nd August Gawthorpe is by the 16th Century architect Smythson and resembles the great Hardwick Hall. The house has opulent 19th Century interiors, and includes portraits from the National Portrait Gallery. It has a major collection of needlework, lace and costume assembled by the last family member to live here, Rachel Kay Shuttleworth. Then we have a guided tour of Stonyhurst College, a magnificent 16th Century Manor house, not always open to the public. This mansion is now a catholic boarding school and we shall get behind the scenes into the library, chapel and historical apartments. Our visit will also coincide with an Antiques Fair. Admissions (including guided tour) NT members - £6, Non NT - £10 back to top Newstead Abbey & Hucknall Parish ChurchSunday 27th September Newstead Abbey is a romatic ruin of a great monastic house set in beautiful gardens and grounds. It is famous as the home of the colourful poet Lord Byron venerated in Greece for his part in the War of Independence from the Turks. The 19th Century house contains remains of the abbey and has a major display of Byron memorabilia and an exhibition on his life. Some of the rooms have been restored to their appearance when Byron was resident. We then go on to Hucknall Church especially opened for us to view the Byron vault, where he is buried, and for a guided tour of the church. There will be tea or coffee and cakes provided by the ladies of the parish. Admission (including afternoon tea and guided tour) £10 back to top Wightwick Manor and Boscobel HouseSaturday 17th October Wightwick is one of few surviving examples of an arts and crafts house. It includes original William Morris wallpaper, Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Kempe glass and Morgan ware all of which help conjure up the spirit of Arts & Crafts. There is also a lovely garden. Boscobel is a fine 17th Century hunting lodge, owned by the Gifford family who were catholic and suffered persecution for that. After the battle of Worcester in 1651 Charles II hid in the Royal Oak nearby, to escape Cromwell’s troops, and then hid at Boscobel in a priest hole in the attic. We shall have a guided tour here and there will be time to visit the farm, gardens, smithy and a descendent of the Royal Oak. Admissions(including guided tour of both houses) EH Members - £7, NT Members - £5, Non EH or NT £12 back to top
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PICK UPSThe pick up points vary according to demand. Departure from the York area is usually about 8.30 – 9am. Return from destination is about 5pm, and return to York area 7.30 – 8pm. There are comfort stops on outward & return journeys, and plenty of opportunity for refreshments and meals in the programme. The coach company is Inglebys. If only one bus operates it will pick up at Hartrigg Oaks, Haxby, Wigginton, Clifton, York City Centre, Tadcaster Road/Fulford Road, Holgate, Copmanthorpe, Tadcaster, Boston Spa & Wetherby.If a second bus operates there may be pick ups at Easingwold, Poppleton, Dunnington, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Fulford, Escrick, Riccall, Barlby, Burn & Goole – but not necessarily in that order! Pick ups vary according to whether the trip is South, North or Westbound. Other pick ups may be arranged by request. You will be advised of the pick up time and place before the trip. If in any doubt ring up and check! - Mobile (On day of trip only) 07703 230 934 HOW TO BOOK AND COSTEarly booking is strongly recommended – you can always cancel and get a refund or a voucher for a free future trip. The cost is a flat amount of £19.50 per trip, including public liability insurance. If you book for more than one trip and pay for them together the cost is discounted: £38 for 2, £57 for 3, and £75 for 4 trips; 5 or more trips £18 each. To book; send name, telephone number, address and your preferred pick up point along with a cheque to the organiser, W.R. Burton at the address below.Cheques to be made payable to Yorkwalk Ltd. Enclose a stamped address envelope if you require a receipt. Admission charges are extra, and to be paid in cash on the day. If you are a member of the National Trust (NT) or English Heritage (EH) bring your membership card, so as not to pay admission to their properties. REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONSIf you have to cancel, you can do so and get a full refund up to 4 weeks before the trip. After that you will be issued with a voucher for a free future trip.Apply for refund/vouchers in writing, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. No refund/voucher if you fail to turn up on the day. Please advise the organiser if you are unable to go right up to the departure time, or else the bus will be delayed waiting for you and somebody on the waiting list may not be able to go. Yorkwalk Office:–
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