Kent is full of surprises…yes, it has those famous white cliffs you’ve heard all about, castles that have hosted kings and queens, the oldest cathedrals in the country and vineyards that produce some of the finest English wines around.
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Orida Hotel, Maidstone
Date
Monday 1 to Friday 5 September 2025
Price £647.00
Included
Door-to-door pick-up service
All coach travel
4 Nights dinner, bed & breakfast
3 Excursions (1 guided)
Chatham Dockyard
Call The Midwife Tour
Leeds Castle
Sissinghurst Gardens
Tour & Tasting - Balfour Winery
Light lunch at Balfour Winery
Supplements
Hotel single occupancy £130.00
Monday
Following the early morning door to door service we travel east to Kent with comfprt stop en-route
DTuesday to Thursday
Three full days of tours and visit
Leeds Castle has been called the 'loveliest castle in the world'. Listed in the Domesday Book, this castle has been a Norman stronghold, a royal residence and a royal palace. It's situation is stunning, set on two islands in a magnificent lake.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden - Historic, poetic, iconic: a refuge dedicated to beauty. Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with Sissinghurst Castle and created a world-renowned garden.
Chatham Historic Dockyard & Call The Midwife Tour - With 400 years of heritage and 80 acres to explore, let your hearts set sail through the tides of history. Return to the ‘Age of Sail’ when the Dockyard built mighty ships that toured the world’s oceans.
If you’re a fan of the hit series and you’ve been wondering where Call the Midwife is filmed, put yourself in the picture and explore where the real drama happens with a Call the Midwife Official Location Tour. Created in partnership with award-winning television production company, Neal Street Productions, our Call The Midwife Official Location Tour is the only one of its kind in the world. Whilst the show is set in the East End of London, many of the outside scenes from the BBC series are actually filmed at The Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent.
Balfour Winery is one of England’s leading wine producers, pioneers for both English traditional method sparkling wines, and a new wave of English still wines. Making over 400,000 bottles of still and sparkling wines each year, Balfour is one of England’s most respected and renowned wineries, combining world-class winemaking with a spirit of innovation. The visit to the winery also includes a light lunch!
Friday
We return home to west Wales after a week full of history, scenery and tasty delights.
EB=English Breakfast Incl., D=Dinner Included
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Below is a list of Pick-up points available for this departure. Additional locations are sometimes available if en-route between these standard pick-up points. Please contact the office to enquire. Where this departure is a Short Break or Holiday which includes our Door-to-door* service, the additional pick-up points shown below are on the route of the tour coach having completed the door-to-door service. *Conditions apply. See our latest brochure
Below is a list of Pick-up points available for this departure. Additional locations are sometimes available if en-route between these standard pick-up points. Please contact the office to enquire. Where this departure is a Short Break or Holiday which includes our Door-to-door* service, the additional pick-up points shown below are on the route of the tour coach having completed the door-to-door service. *Conditions apply. See our latest brochure
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Britton Ferry (McDonalds) | Bus Stop outside McDonalds, Britton Ferry |
Cardiff Gate (ServicesM4) | Coach Park, Cardiff Gate Services, M4 J30 |
Cardiff West (ServicesM4) | Coach Park, Cardiff West Services, M4 J33 |
Magor (Services M4) | Coach Park, Magor Services, M4 J23A |
Sarn Park (Services M4) | Coach Park, Sarn Park Services, M4 J36 |
Swansea West (ServicesM4) | Coach Park, Swansea West Services, M4 J47 |
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