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The London Christmas Cruise
Bawdy Bankside
With ideas to do with us or on your own

All of our East Anglia trips arranged alphabetically

Beth Chatto & the Ha'Penny Pier

Beth Chatto & The Ha’Penny Pier 

 

Exploring the beautiful Stour estuary where Essex meets Suffolk with a visit to the home garden of the twelve times Chelsea Gold Medal Winner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cambridge & Ely

Cambridge & Ely

 

Smaller and more compact than Oxford, Cambridge is a cultured pearl in a rich agricultural sea. A sea that changes with the seasons. The extraordinary Fens lie under huge skies with the Cathedral at Ely rising up in this flat marshland like a great ship. This is a day to inspire the soul to leap to the rafters.

 

 

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Creeks, Cockles & Cockneys

Creeks, Cockles & Cockneys

 

 

This Together Tour including morning refreshments & lunch visits Southend and Leigh-on-Sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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An East Anglian Christmas

An East Anglian Christmas 

 

Explore the beautiful estuary of The Stour, where Essex meets Suffolk. With a top-notch guide and morning coffee and a turkey lunch included this day is a real festive tonic. We follow The Stour from England's smallest town to the sea at Old Harwich. After lunch it's Christmas shopping & sightseeing in either Colchester of Ipswich.                                           

 

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An East Anglian Panorama

An East Anglian Panorama

 

Immortalised by Constable and Gainsborough, today we visit Long Melford and Lavenham and enjoy a panoramic coach tour of a beautiful part of England enjoying morning coffee and a country pub lunch together as a group.

 

  


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Ely & The Fens

Ely & The Fens

 

Today we begin in Newmarket, the capital of horseracing in England, enjoy a coach tour across the Cambridgeshire Fens and a guided tour of Ely Cathedral, possibly the most beautiful of all the English cathedrals.

 

 

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The Essex Highlands

The Essex Highlands

 

A highly recommended off-the-beaten-track day out with morning coffee and lunch together as a group. We disprove the notion of Essex as a flat county and spend an afternoon in lovely Saffron Walden.

 

 

 

 

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The Essex Highlands Christmas Special

The Essex Highlands Christmas Special

 

Join us today to explore a little known and beautiful part of Essex that’s anything but flat! Discover the story of the man who saved Christmas and enjoy a Christmas lunch with all the trimmings, an afternoon of card and board games by the fire and tea and coffee and mince pies before heading home to doze on the coach! How's that for a group Christmas lunch with a difference?  

 

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Essex Winter Warmer

Essex Winter Warmer

 

An entertaining country coach tour, lunch at Saffron Walden and an afternoon with the Chocolate Lady in her farm house workshop.

 

 

 

 

 

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Forgotten Essex Explorer

The Forgotten Essex Explorer

 

Arrive at 11-30am for a full English breakfast included in the tour fee; enjoy an entertaining coach tour of a remote and lonely kingdom bounded by water on three sides (though it's more coastal and estuary thatn seaside) with a top notch tour guide and stop for tea in a jolly yachting town on the River Crouch. Welcome to the world of the Full English tour!

 

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Hidden Essex & The Secret Canal

Hidden Essex & The Secret Canal

 

A real off-the-beaten-track day visiting the Dengie Peninsula. Heard of it? It is to Essex what the Romney Marsh is to Kent. With visits to ancient St-Peter's-on-the-Wall, Burnham-on-Crouch and a cruise on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation.

 

 

 

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Ipswich & Along the Orwell to Felixstowe

Ipswich & Along the Orwell to Felixstowe

 

The very heart of Ipswich is a beautiful place with ancient buildings & mediaeval churches. We start with morning refreshments in an ancient mansion house and finish the day by the sea at Felixstowe. Lovely. 

 

 

 

 

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Silk & Spies

Silk & Spies

 

An intriguing and entertaining day in Essex for groups looking for something a bit different.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Suffolk Coastal Tour

Suffolk Coastal Tour

 
Enjoy an entertaining and informative commentary as we explore the fragile and fascinating Suffolk Coast. This day out includes visits to Southwold and Aldebrugh plus a fish & chip lunch at the famous Flora Tea Rooms at Dunwich

 

 

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A Taste of Suffolk

A Taste of Suffolk

 

An off the beaten track morning coach tour, with a visit to HMS Ganges and a fish & chip lunch at Shotley Marina with an afternoon at Flatford Mill or if your group have been to Flatford before we can take you to lovely Dedham instead.

 

 

 
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The Three Rivers Tour

The Three Rivers Tour

 

 

East Anglia’s rivers are magical places and today we visit three of the best: The Stour, The Orwell and The Deben. On the last of the three we enjoy a ninety minute cruise with tea and homemade cake included. Includes a visit to Manningtree and free time for lunch in the attractive historic heart of Ipswich.

 

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