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Tours from London

All of our tours below begin and end in London. These tours are designed to link together to give you a flexible holiday schedule to compliment your available time frame. Enjoy a 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, or 15 day tour by combining itineraries. Some link with our Manchester departures and we are happy to assist you with rail/air arrangements between the cities. Please see the individual itineraries for full details.

 

Interested in day tours in/around London? Please visit our London City Tours page.

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!

 

Our extended guided tours from London are listed below...

 

Multi-Country Tours:

*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; Back by Popular Demand! This relaxed itinerary combines the very best of British and French culture, and delivers an interesting and contrasting balance of history, nature and tradition

Regional England Tours:

*Heart of England: 3 days, weekly Wed - Fri; Shakespeare’s Stratford, Oxford, Warwick Castle, the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, Avebury and the village of Lacock

*Kent, Gateway to England: 3 days, weekly Sun - Tues; The best of the South East! Garden of England - World famous gardens, homes, castles, literary connections, Canterbury, maritime Greenwich and the stunning scenery of Pooh’s Ashdown Forest, lavender fields, and farmlands dotted with traditional/regional Oast Houses

*Eastern England: 3 days, fortnightly, Wed - Fri; Three magical days in East Anglia; explore Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk & Essex

*In Search of King Arthur tour: 4 days, weekly Sat - Tues; Exploring the myth & legend of King Arthur and his Knights in the West Country: Devon, Dorset and Cornwall. Includes Stonehenge, Bath, Dartmoor Moors, Lyme Regis, rugged cliffs and coastlines, Tintagle, mystical Glastonbury and more

*Cream Teas and Pasties: 7 days, selected dates; Back by Popular Demand! A week long adventure in the Western counties of England - Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.

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

 

Selections from our “A Brit Different” Collection...

Multi-Day Specific Interest Tours from London:

*Chelsea Flower Show Tour (full tour): 11 days from London; (Saturday to Tuesday) Includes homes and gardens of Kent, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, the Chelsea Flower Show and London’s gardens. This tour is the ‘full tour’; shorter options of just Kent or just Hampshire/Isle of Wight Chelsea Flower Show tours also available.

*Jane Austen’s England Mini-Tour: NEW! 3 days, selected dates; Homes, museums and locations readily recognizable from her novels. A tour for the fan and their companions alike!

*Tudor England: NEW! 4-days; Fans of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Tudors Showtime series...check this out! The exploits of Henry VIII & Ann Boleyn to those of William Shakespeare, Francis Drake and the Virgin Queen Elizabeth...The Tudors left behind them a fabulous selection of palaces, castles and gardens. This is a fascinating way for anyone to see the UK, whether it’s for the first time or on a repeat visit from a new perspective!

*Bond...James Bond: NEW! 4 days, selected dates; 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 quiant and peaceful scenery of Kent and Buckinghamshire as a backdrop.

*Stately Homes & Gardens: 4 days, selected dates Sat - Tues; Splendor, opulance & gardens to die for in the areas of South and South East England, Kent and Sussex

*The Suffolk Canvas: New! 3 days, selected dates; 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.

*Medical History Tour: New! Is there a doctor on the bus?? This tour is not designed to appeal just to the medical ‘fraternity/sonority’ but to the general holidaymaker who likes to be intellectually stimulated while ‘seeing the sites’ from a different point of view.

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

*Short Harry Potter: 3 days, selected dates Wed - Fri; A shorter Harry holiday adventure exploring that boy’s film locations & inspirations in Oxford, Gloucester and the New Forest

*Literary Southern England: 4 days, selected dates Sat - Tues; Homes, museums & inspiration of Austen, Hardy, Kipling, Woolf and more in Kent and Hampshire

*Literary England: 7 days from London (finishing in Manchester,) selected dates Sat - Fri; This holiday combines our Literary South & our Literary North (Sites associated with William Wordsworth, Samuel Coldridge, Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin and the Bronte sisters...along the way, the Dales & the landscapes of JM Turner to further inspire) itineraries for a special price

*The BookWorm - Literary England and Wales: NEW! 12 days, selected dates; Authors and their Inspirations - from Shakespeare to Dickens, Jane Austen to Virginia Woolf, Dylan Thomas to JK Rowling - a comprehensive journey of discovery.

*Caesar’s Roman Britain: 6 days from London (finishing in Manchester,) selected dates Sun - Fri; Our tour will visit major sites of Roman occupation in the south of England - you'll see examples of villas, fortresses, amphitheatres (including the best preserved in the UK,) towns and more

*In Search of Winston Spencer Churchill: NEW! 3 days selected dates; Explore the legend and the man himself who lead Britain through the tumultuous events of the 20th Century - Leader, warrior, politician, orator, painter, Nobel Prize winner for literature and an inspiration for generations.

*Rock Legends UK & Dublin: 5 days, selected dates; Rock sites in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Dublin. Access all Areas and see it all! 50 Years of Rock history. It’s here waiting for YOU.

*Classical Experience: New! 3 days, selected dates; Explore the world of classical music on this fun theme tour through the lovely Cotswolds scenery. Classic music, classic sites, classic scenery - a classic holiday!

 

Wales Tours from London:

*Wales: Red Dragon tour: 4 days, weekly Wed - Sat; Into neighboring South Wales featuring Cosmopolitan Cardiff, Norman castles, heritage coastline and valleys, Roman Ruins, fabulous friendly local villages and maybe even a Song or two!

 

We also have our 8 day Wales Land of Song tour beginning in Manchester and ending in London. For full information about all our tours of Wales, please visit our Wales Tours page.  

Belgium Tours from London via Eurostar:

*Medieval Belgium: New! 4 days, selected dates; the best of Belgium - Bruges, Brussels, Ghent and other mediaeval towns in the ancient land of Flanders

 

We offer a fine selection of Battlefield tours from London via the Eurostar to Lille. Click here for full details about our day, weekend and week long Battlefield tours of WW1 and WW2 sites. Lest we forget.

 

 

*Private, Tailor-Made England tours: Please click here for information on custom designed tours. All of our tour itineraries can be modified for private groups.

 

For some ideas, listed below are some suggested itineraries for private groups of any size, from 2 guests and up:

*London Theatre: Shakespeare’s Globe, South Bank, West End, Theatre Museum

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

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

*Roman Britain: 11 days; They came, they saw, they conquered...and it's incredible how much of their influence and built environment survives throughout Sussex, Wessex, South Wales, York and the Borders region

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

 

Wales Tours from London, suggested itineraries for private groups of any size, from 2 guests and up:

*Private Land of Song: 9 days; An idea for private groups looking for an overview of the highlights of Wales, visiting South, West and North Wales

*Wales Wildlife: 7 days from London Heathrow; Focus on the wetland centres, National Parks and marine life across Wales. Highlights include the Red Kite Centre, Snowdonia National Park and Puffin Island off the coast of Anglesey.

*Wales Spa Breaks: 6 days; Enjoy one of the best spa facilities in Europe and a bit a retail therapy!

*Welsh Golf Breaks: Wales boasts 178 golf courses, many of them unparalleled championship courses, such as The Celtic Manor, venue for the 2003 British Open & the 2010 Ryder Cup.

*Musical Wales: For all music lovers, we are happy to arrange a stay over one of our fabulous festivals in the Land of Song.    If you are a visiting choir or performance group, why not let us arrange a venue for you to perform, from village halls to churches, chapels and even cathedrals? Meet and share the stage with a local choir for a memorable experience

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