The English & Welsh Marches
2608 | 16 to 23 July | 8 days | maximum number 12
The Laskett Gardens, Brobury House, Hergest Croft, Westonbury Mill, Berrington Hall, Hampton Court Castle, Powis Castle, Dingle Garden, Erdigg Hall, Chirk Castle, Hodnet Hall, Wollerton Old Hall, Dorothy Clive Garden, Goldstone Hall, Coton Manor, Hereford Cathedral…
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Itinerary
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D1 Thursday, 16 July
Half Moon Pool, Kiftsgate Court
The Laskett Gardens
Tim will collect you from the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel, immediately north of Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport and, once we are all together, we drive
Today's driving is about 50 miles/80 km
D2 Friday, 17 July
Oxford
Westonbury Mill & Hergest Croft
e spend
Today's driving is about 60 miles/100 km
D3 Saturday, 18 July
Peto Garden, Buscot Park
Berrington Hall & Hampton Court Castle
We start our
Today's driving is about 60 miles/100 km
D4 Sunday, 19 July
Clipped Yews, Broughton Grange
Powis Castle & Dingle Garden
Tim will
Today's total driving is about 100 miles/160 km
D5 Monday, 20 July
Irises, Upton Wold
Erddig Hall & Chirck Castle
Our day
Today's driving is about 50 miles/80 km
D6 Tuesday, 21 July
Half Moon Pool, Kiftsgate Court
Hodnet Hall & Wollerton Old Hall
We have booked private visits to two superb gardens barely two miles apart, neither of them ten miles from our hotel. Starting at Hodnet Hall, the family home of the Heber-Percys, the layout of the gardens is largely the work of the present owner's father in the 1920s. He set out to create a union between the old grounds of an earlier mansion and the newer gardens of the present house. The result is over 60 acres/24 ha of brilliantly coloured flowers, magnificent trees, sweeping lawns and a chain of ornamental pools running along the garden valley, a veritable haven for wildlife.
We’ll have lunch across the road, at The Bear Inn, before our second private visit, to the acclaimed gardens at Wollerton Old Hall, the 16th-century childhood home of owner, Lesley Jenkins. The 4 acre/1.6 ha garden surrounds the hall and is in the English Garden tradition, with strong echoes of the Arts and Crafts movement, though with a degree of formality demanded by a property of such great age. It is bursting with design ideas and there is much in the garden for the plant enthusiast, including significant collections of clematis, salvias, phlox and roses.
Finally, we return to Goldstone Hall for a tour of its splendid garden, a relaxing evening and our end-of-tour dinner.
Today’s driving is approx. 25 miles/40 km
D7 Wednesday, 22 July
Oxford
Dorothy Clive &
e spend
Today's driving is about 60 miles/100 km
D8 Thursday, 23 July
Peto Garden, Buscot Park
Coton Manor & Heathrow
We haven’t visited Coton Manor for some years and it’s high time we did. It’s a highly acclaimed and well-liked garden and, like Hodnet, it was laid out in the 1920s by the present owner’s grandparents. The 17th-century manor house is the focus of the ten-acre garden which surrounds it, and the garden makes the best use of its natural setting and attractive views.
They have a decent cafe where we’ll have lunch before returning to the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel where the tour ends and where we plan to be in time for evening flights home. If you are staying in the UK and don't wish to return to London or Heathrow, please let us know your onward travel plans, so that we may assist you in getting to your next destination
Today’s driving is approx. 180 miles/290 km
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Single travellers
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Upgrades
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Joining instructions
The meeting arrangements are outlined in Day 1 of the itinerary, above, and will be confirmed by email some 12 weeks before the tour starts.
NB. The hotels we use as meeting points are chosen because of their location, the ease of access for the minibus and because they afford our customers, whether staying there or not, a comfortable and secure place to wait.
It is not because we endorse the hotel.
Accuracy & faithfulness
When describing the tour, we try to be accurate and, when undertaking the tour, we try to be faithful to the itinerary. However, changes can occur, either necessarily or unavoidably, and we ask for your understanding when this happens.
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Acknowledgements
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