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     Such a variety of things to see and do from the Capitol!

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Scheduled Tours from London:

*Chelsea Flower Show, Gardens of Kent and Cotswolds: 7 days from London; Special FLOWER SHOW Departure! This special garden tour includes an annual RHS Membership, a full day ticket to a member's only day to the famed Chelsea Flower Show and a selection of fine gardens in Kent and the Heart of England.

*Jane Austen’s Hampshire: 5 days from London; Explore Hampshire, the county of England where Jane Austen spent most of her life. Visiting sites where she lived, worked and was inspired by plus a few places used as setting for recent films of her works, we will see the best that Hampshire has to offer.

*Jane Austen’s Southern England: 10 days from London; 12 - 21 June, 2012 Highlight trail of stately homes and gardens in Hampshire and Kent. Delightful scenery, beautiful landscapes with literary connections. Including the Broadstairs Dickens Festival! Combining Jane Austen’s Hampshire & Kent Landscapes tours.

*A ‘Week’ with Jane Austen: 10 days starting London, finishing Manchester; 12 - 21 June, 2012 See the places that inspired Jane Austen, where she lived, wrote her most important works and some of the treasure houses captured as settings for recent film versions of her works in Hampshire, Bath, Cotwolds and the Peak District. Combining Jane Austen’s Hampshire & Homes of Heart of England tours for a special 10 day ‘Week.’

*Roman Britain: 11 days; They came, they saw, they left really cool mosaics...and it's incredible how much of their influence and built environment survives throughout Sussex, Wessex, South Wales, Chester and York.

*Kent Landscapes: 4 days from London; A selection of gardens in the region known as “The Garden of England.” As a fun twist to the usual, the stately homes and cottage gardens we visit also have a literary connection!

*Homes and Gardens in The Heart of England: 5 days beginning in Bath, finishing in Manchester;  The best stately homes and gardens in the charming Cotwolds villages and The Peak District. This tour links with Yorkshire Gardens.

*England's Quilts, Textiles and Antiques: 9 days from London; Enjoy a selection of lovely countryside, antique shops, stately homes, traditional working mills, the famous potteries and…did you say you want to see quilts?! Enjoy special viewing of Lucy Boston’s quilts plus quilt collections & iconic highlights in Bath, Cotswolds, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Peak District, York and Cambridge.

*English Literary Festival: NEW! Special FESTIVAL Departure including English Rivera Agatha Christie Festival & Bath Jane Austen Festival! 10 days from London; 8 - 16 Sep, 2012 Celebrate the heritage of Regency England and go on the ‘Mystery Writers Trail.’ Follow some beloved authors visiting the areas of Hampshire, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset plus the city of Bath.

*West Country Writers: 6 days; SOLD OUT! Enjoy unique cuisine, rugged cliffs and brooding moors in this stunning corner of England, areas of inspiration for Agatha Christie, Daphne Du Maurier, Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy and Samuel Coleridge.

*Best of the Neighboring Isles: 17 days; multiple departure dates; begins London, England & finishes Shannon, Ireland; A highlight tour featuring the best of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Interested in day and weekend tours in/around London? Please visit London Tours.

See our Tours from Manchester for regional England tours of Yorkshire, Cumbria & Lake District, Derbyshire & Peak District and the North West.

Wales Tours from London: We offer a full range of tours to Wales from London, Cardiff and Manchester; please visit our Wales Tours page for full details on all options.

Eurostar is a quick rail journey from London to the Continent, with connections to Lille, Brussels and Paris. We offer a fine selection of general sightseeing tours of France, Belgium and Holland plus special theme itineraries in our Battlefield tours and Art & Wine Lovers series.

How about Independant City Stays and/or Self-Drive Holidays? We are happy to assist you with your holiday plans, whatever style is best for you!

DESIGN YOUR OWN CUSTOM TOUR WITH US! All SGT itineraries are available for private departures, from 2 guests and up on the date of your choice. The cost of a private tour is based on how many guests in the party. All itineraries below are suggestions and can be modified to specifically suit your travel requirements/requests. Learn more here: Private, Tailor-Made tours

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“Name the Date”  Some of our SGT Suggested Itineraries for Private Groups, whenever you want them:

*Welsh Quilts & Malvern Quilt Show: Special QUILT SHOW Departure! Visit the best of Wales and quilting highlights in Bath, Jen Jones’ shop and a selection of quilt collections and attractions.  Includes a ticket to the Quilt UK show in Malvern.

*Gardens of Cornwall: An absolute dream experience for gardens fans! Stunning horticultural landscapes along with the charming local sites, quaint harbors, rugged coastline, ancient stone circles, freshly caught seafood, local specialties of pasties and cream teas...

*The BookWorm - Literary England and Wales: 8 days from London; Authors and their Inspirations - a highlight tour of literary sites in Kent, Heart of England and Southwest Wales.

*Shakespeare Country: 4 days; Visit the ‘land of Shakespeare,’ as we use the rich landscapes of inspiration as our guide through the Heart of England. See areas known to Shakespeare, Tolkien, Flora Thompson and others. This tour features Oxford, Stratford-Upon-Avon and Warwick Castle along with the lovely scenery of the Cotswolds region.

*Wessex and the Isle of Wight: 3 days, A feast for the traveler! Here, visit major medieval cities, some fabulous stately homes and gardens and the remains of those who came before - dinosaurs, Celts, Romans, Saxons, literary greats Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy and over to Queen Victoria’s jewel on the Isle of Wight.

*Kent, Garden of England: 3 days; The best of the South East! Garden of England - World famous gardens, homes, castles, some literary connections, Canterbury and the stunning scenery of lavender fields and farmlands dotted with traditional oast houses.

*Gardens in the Heart of England: 4 days; Tudor masterpieces, formal castle gardens, quaint country gardens and the honey thatched cottage villages of the Cotswolds.

*Hampshire Gardens: 3 days; A range of off the beaten path homes and gardens...stately homes, water gardens, wild country gardens and more in ‘Jane Austen Country.’

*Eastern England: 3 days; Three magical days in East Anglia; explore Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk & Essex, touring from a different perspective.

*Jane Austen Country, Hampshire: 3 days; See former homes and locations readily recognizable from her novels, the Georgian city of Bath, all amid this lovely, inspirational landscape. A tour for the fan and their companions alike - also includes Thomas Hardy’s Dorset.

*Literary Kent and Sussex: 4 days; Authors and inspirations for fans of Dickens, Woolf, Austen, Kipling and more.

*Classical Music Experience: 3 days; See the charming Cotswolds, Gloucestershire and the Malvern Hills from a new perspective! A tour for the classical music enthusiast as well as any discerning traveler looking for something a Brit different.

*The Suffolk Canvas, Artist Inspirations in East Anglia: 3 days; Discover why this region has provided such an inspiration for artists over at least four centuries - picture-postcard villages, stunning scenery, gardens, stately homes and the homes of some great artists.

*Legends of England: 4 days; Robin Hood, Cromwell, Pilgrim Fathers, WWII Airmen. Family friendly tour.

*Medical England: 4 days; Medical history highlights in the Heart of England and London.

*Short Harry Potter: 3 days; A Harry holiday adventure exploring that boy’s film locations & inspirations in Oxford, Gloucester and the New Forest. Family friendly tour!

*In Search of that Boy, Harry Potter: 9 days; Film locations & inspirations – fun for the whole family in London, Devon, Dorset, Oxford, Gloucester, Cotswolds and the New Forest. Family friendly tour!

*Roman Britain South: 4 days; Sampler of Roman sites in Hampshire and South Wales. Experience stunning countryside landscapes, ancient towns along with fascinating mosaics and Roman ruins.

*Caesar’s Britain, Roman Sites: 6 days; beginning London, finishing Manchester; Sampler tour of Roman highlights in Sussex, South Wales, Borders, Lakes.

*Discover Churchill’s England: 4 days; Walk in the great man’s footsteps in Kent, Heart of England and London.

*Bond...James Bond: 4 days, This is a fun romp through film sites, Ian Fleming’s life and works, and the world of espionage from its modern day inception through to the cold war era. Visit London, Dover and Bletchley Park together with the quaint and peaceful scenery of Kent and Buckinghamshire as a backdrop.

*Battle of Britain: 5 days; The Few. Visiting museums, airfields and miscellaneous relevant sites of Battle of Britain and the Blitz

*Gardens of England: 6 days from London; a selection of the finest gardens, iconic and off the beaten track, in the counties of Kent, Sussex and Hampshire.

*Gardens of England: Kent, Hampshire and the Heart of England: 9 days from London; Enjoy a mix of famed icons along with the smaller, charming, private gardens in three of the loveliest regions of England.

*Cornish Landscapes, King Arthur & Mythical England: 8 days; West Country

*Artist Inspirations in Cornwall:

*Art and Artists: 14 days; The artist’s canvas, areas of inspiration in Kent, Sussex, East Anglia, Midlands, Cheshire and Wiltshire.

*Rock & Roll UK: 4 days; rock hot spots, past and present in London, Manchester and Liverpool.

*Beatle Radioメs BEATLEFEST tour: 9 days; A rock Pilgrimage to Beatles and rock sites in London, Manchester and Liverpool during the annual Beatles Festival.

*Britain at War: 9 days; Life in the 40s during the Blitz. Visit Kent, Heart of England, Liverpool and London

*Commonwealth Battlefields: 14 days; Portsmouth, Kent, Normandy and the Western Front

*Spires and Steeples: Religious heritage of Britain

*Haunted Britain: beginning London, finishing Manchester; Wessex, Heart of England, Yorkshire

*This Sceptred Isle, England-Wales-Scotland: 15 days; Sampler tour for either the first time visitor or those wanting another perspective of the best sites in England, Wales and Scotland.

*WISE Islands: 15 days; Sampler tour including the highlights of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England.

*Channel Islands and Normandy: 14 days; This relaxed itinerary combines the very best of British and French culture, and delivers an interesting and contrasting balance of history, nature and tradition

*Land of the Celts: 14 days; History and stunning landscapes in Cornwall, South Wales and West Wales.

*Both Sides of the Channel: 14 days; sampler tour of the highlights in Suffolk, Kent, Holland, Belgium and Northern France.