Day excursions

With a comfort stop en-route, we arrive in Aylesham where we take the narrow gauge steam train for an 18 mile journey through the Bure Valley to Wroxham. After arriving in Wroxham, we have time here to enjoy this beautiful village with the opportunity for a spot of lunch (not included). Then we travel onto Horning where we board the superb Mississippi river boat, The Southern Comfort, for a wonderful 1½ hour cruise on the Norfolk Broads.

A visit to two attractions in west London. We begin at Strawberry Hill House & Garden, an extraordinary building and famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic revival architecture and home to an increasingly important collection of paintings and objects. We then head to Fulham Palace House & Garden which for over 1300 years was the home of the Bishops of London.

A new excursion to a familiar place, The Royal Albert Hall. Situated on the southern edge of Kensington Gardens, this iconic venue is steeped in history. So why not join us on a guided tour of this magical building and discover how the building was founded over 150 years ago, the royal love story that made it happen and how one of one of the UK’s most enduring engineering challenges was solved. We then travel onto another impressive London landmark, Battersea Power Station on the south bank of the River Thames. This regenerated area now houses some fantastic restaurants and shops for you to enjoy before heading home.

Explore the Suffolk Coast including visits to Southwold and Aldeburgh and enjoy a fish & chip lunch at the famous Flora Tea Rooms on Dunwich beach. In the afternoon we continue along the coast. Thorpeness is an eccentric puzzle of mock Tudor houses and the quirky “House in the Clouds”. In the elegant little Edwardian resort town of Southwold old cottages of great charm cluster around the gleaming white lighthouse and candy coloured beach huts line the shore.

For over fifty years the small village of Chelsworth has opened many of its gardens to the public to raise funds for the local Grade 1 listed Church. Started in 1967, with a population of less than 140, in the Brett Valley between Constable country and Lavenham, it was the first of its kind: the first to open its gardens to the public. As well as wandering through more than 20 gardens with tea stops en-route, visitors can buy from specialised nurserymen, local food specialists and artisan crafts.