Enjoy discovering lovely Lancashire by steam train and narrow boat on our most popular North West packaged tour. With visits to Samlesbury Hall and Gawthorpe Hall also included, we find heritage and history around every corner.

OUR ITINERARY 

SUNDAY – This morning we collect you from your home address, bringing you to meet your tour coach as it makes its way to Lancashire with time to settle in before dinner.

MONDAY – Today we visit to Oswaldtwistle Mills shopping village and garden centre. This award-winning former weaving mill has over 100 retailers under one roof. After time browsing the shops, we take the weight off our feet and sit down for a traditional Lancashire lunch of pie, mushy peas, bread and a cup of tea.

TUESDAY – We begin our day with a guided tour of Samlesbury Hall. This fabulous half-timbered black and white medieval house built back in 1325 as a family home. We then make our way for a cruise on Barton Grange.

WEDNESDAY – This morning we head to Bury and its famous market – voted Britain’s best – where we can browse the extensive stalls. After an early lunch it is time to board our train for a nostalgic trip along the East Lancashire Railway. Our journey takes us through the beautiful Lancashire countryside to Rawtenstall where we disembark. Our final stop is Gawthorpe Hall, affectionately known as the “Downtown of the North” and is a fine example of Elizabethan architecture.

THURSDAY – After a final breakfast we board the coach and begin our journey home, making suitable comfort stops on route.

OUR HOTEL - MERCURE DUNKENHALGH HOTEL & SPA

Ther Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa was originally a 700-year-old country manor house, which has been sensitively converted to a 4-star hotel. It has retained many original features in the public areas, including an impressive gothic staircase in the entrance hall. All 175 bedrooms are beautifully decorated and are of a good size and each is equipped with a TV, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities. Visit the hotel website.

PRICE INCLUDES

4 nights Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
Luxury coach travel
Home pick-up
Excursions and visits

Single Supplement £114