Northumbria's History & Heritage LAST CHANCE
Monday 03 July 2023 to Friday 07 July 2023
£650pp Single supplement £106
- Destination
- Itinerary
- Full inclusions
- Hotel
- Booking request
This is such a lovely part of the country, with endless unspoilt countryside just waiting to be explored. This tour takes you on a journey through the county’s fascinating past, from grand National Trust mansions to a 1400-year-old coastal fortress to the world-famous Beamish Living Museum of the North. This fascinating site was rated number 1 in The Times 2022 list of Best Open-air Museums, hardly surprising when you look at their ambitious £20m project - Beamish Remaking. 2022 additions include Coronation Park and Front Street Terrace in the 1950's town, in total 24 unique exhibits will be added to this site - find out more.
You'll be staying on the banks of the Tyne in Newcastle Quayside, right in the heart of this vibrant city. This is the only hotel in Newcastle where every single room overlooks the River Tyne! National Trust Members benefit from a fantastic £10 saving on this tour and if you're an Historic Houses Member too you'll save an extra £5!
We'd be delighted to request more rooms from the hotel for this popular tour, please send through your booking request and we'll check availability.
Tour code: B3399
Monday
Check in with tea/coffee.
Tuesday
Cross the paved causeway and spend time enjoying the remote scenery and fascinating history of tidal Holy Island. Continue to Bamburgh Castle, a 1400-year-old coastal fortress that went on to become the home of Victorian inventor William Armstrong. There’s plenty to see with State Rooms full of global treasures, battle-scarred weapons in The Armoury, Anglo-Saxon archaeology and much more.
Wednesday
Spend the morning in the historic market town of Hexham, dominated by its fine medieval Abbey. This afternoon, discover the National Trust property at Wallington, an impressive home for an unconventional family, full of quirky curiosities and surrounded by rolling hills, lakes and a hidden walled garden.
Thursday
Visit Britain’s original smart home at Cragside! This pioneering mansion is illuminated with hydroelectricity, powered by hydraulics and packed with Victorian gadgets. It’s surrounded by a fantasy mountain landscape, featuring tumbling waterfalls, imagined by resident inventor Lord Armstrong. Return to the hotel for afternoon tea and free time in this vibrant, cultural city.
Friday
Check out after breakfast and board the coach to Beamish. This world-famous museum was rated number 1 in The Times 2022 list of Best Open-air Museums! Experience life in the NE from the 1820s to the 1950s - look inside a pit village cottage, ride the heritage trams and experience wartime farming life. You’ll also find an aptly themed tearoom, chip shop and pub where you might choose to enjoy something tasty before we head home.
- 4 nights' dinner, bed and breakfast
- Entry to Bamburgh Castle (HH)
- Entry to Wallington (NT)
- Entry to Cragside (NT)
- Entry to Beamish, the Living Museum of The North
- Free time in Hexham, Newcastle and on Holy Island
- Afternoon tea at the hotel
- Welcome tea/coffee at the hotel
- Tea/coffee after dinner each evening
- Door2Door travel (save £10pp by meeting the coach)
- Free travel insurance
- BCH-ABTOT Financial Protection
- Friendly booking team on hand to answer any questions you might have in the run up to your holiday
- An experienced, friendly, highly-rated and professional tour driver
- Executive touring coach featuring a refreshment station, reclining seats, reading lights, curtains, foot and arm rests, toilet, safety belts, air suspension and individual air-flow controls
- Pre allocated seat
- All single rooms at Copthorne Newcastle are double for sole
- £10 discount for National Trust Members
- £5 discount for Historic Houses Members
- Book soon to guarantee no single supplement, available on a limited number of rooms
- Book with just a £40pp deposit (balance due 8 weeks prior to departure)
- LOYALTY DISCOUNT! Book 3 holidays (in any calendar year) and save £15pp, book 4+ and save £20pp, just let us know in special requests that you'd like to redeem your discount
Copthorne Hotel Newcastle 
- Contemporary hotel in Newcastle Quayside, in the vibrant heart of the city
- Every bedroom overlooks the River Tyne
- Bedrooms refurbished in 2017
- Rated 4.8/5 by Shaws customers in 2023
- Winner of a Tripadvisor 2023 Travellers’ Choice Award
- Ensuite rooms featuring flatscreen TV, ironing equipment, hairdryer, safe, free WiFi and complimentary tea/coffee tray
- Restaurant, bar and riverside terrace
- All singles are double for sole
- Lift
ACCESS: Steps to the outdoor terrace, steps at the river entrance but none at the roadside entrance, no walk-in showers
Please ask us about upgrade options which may be available at a supplement
