13 Day Guided Tour of SW Great Britain - Coasts Moors and Castles of England and a Personal Guide

13 Day Tour of SW Britain - Coasts, Moors, Historic Towns and Castles of England

Enjoy an amazing tour of SW Britain, where you will get to see romantic and historic towns, dramatic cliffs and pretty villages, as well as wander through the ruins of ancient strongholds.

Day 1 - Pickup at station or airport of your choice in the West Country. Drive to Bath which will be our base for 3 nights

Day 2 - Explore the ancient Roman city of Bath with your own personal tour guide.

Day 3 - Visit the city of Bristol with its awe inspiring suspension Bridge and ship museum.

Day 4 - Drive down to Devonshire visiting the beautiful villages of Porlock and Dunster and check into our hotel in Barnstaple. (Our base for 3 nights).

Day 5 - Today we'll take a walk on the moors and get up close to wild horses.

Day 6 - Lets hike some coastal footpath and discover some hidden coves and lighthouses.

Day 7 - Cornwall is our next destination. Today we explore the mystical castle of Tintagel, high on a promontory of Cornwall's coastline. Stay in Tintagel 2 nights).

Day 8 - Tin mines and gardens today. We'll visit a Cornish tin mine and search out some standing stones atop Bodmin Moor.

Day 9 - A short drive to Padstow will see us based in a clifftop hotel (2 nights). This is the culinary capital of Cornwall... as you'll see. !! We'll visit a crab and lobster farm and taste some great shellfish.

Day 10 - Port Isaac is a remote fishing village nestled into a beautiful bay on the Northern coast. We'll take time to visit and then let you free for an afternoon of leisure.

Day 11 - We head down to Falmouth to see Pendennis Castle, one of Henry V111s coastal fortifications, and then onto Exeter, the regional capital of Devonshire, where we will stay in a hotel on cathedral green, in view of the spectacular cathedral. Evensong is not to be missed.

Day 12 - Now we head up to Somerset to enjoy the aura that surrounds Cadbury Castle, and onwards to stay in the gorgeous town of Wells (1 night). Spend the afternoon exploring the abbey and Bishops Palace.

Day 13 - We will take you to the SW railway/airport of your choice.

Cost = $200 per person/day and does not include accom or meals. We will customise the itinerary to meet your wishes and needs.

Contact us for more information  afootinbritain@gmail.com

13 Day Guided Tour of SW Great Britain - Coasts Moors and Castles of England and a Personal Guide

Bath and Prehistoric Stone’s of Avebury - 2 day Personal Guided Tour in Britain

Bath and Prehistoric Stone’s of Avebury - 2 day Personal Guided Tour in Britain

2 full days spent exploring the marvelous Georgian city of Bath, in Southern England and the world famous prehistoric stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury. This part of England has one of the highest concentrations of prehistoric monuments in Britain, so as well as visits to the major sites of Stonehenge and Avebury, we will also see many other burial mounds, standing stones and other ancient earthworks.

Day 1

After meeting at Bath railway station, we begin our day with a walking tour of this designated World Heritage city, with its fascinating Roman, Medieval and Georgian history.  We will visit the excavated Roman Baths, one of the best preserved in Europe, as well the Royal Crescent, the Circus and many other by-ways of the city. We will also see Bath Abbey, the Assembly Rooms and the Fashion Museum.  The late afternoon will be free for shopping and exploration.

Day 2

After breakfast, we start the day a visit to the Avebury World Heritage Landscape. We visit Silbury Hill, the largest man-made hill in prehistoric Europe and enter the 5500 year old burial chamber of West Kennet Long Barrow, entering a sacred space originally reserved only for ritual specialists and the dead. After which we visit the Neolithic henge monument of Avebury, the largest stone circle in Europe, with its beautiful medieval village situated inside. As John Aubrey, the 16thC antiquarian, noted in the 1600's…’(Avebury) does as much exceed in greatness the so renowned Stonehenge as a Cathedral doeth a parish church.’

After lunch in a local country pub, we explore the landscape surrounding Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. We start by visiting Durrington Walls, the ‘Stonehenge builder’s village’ and Woodhenge. We will have the chance to see several burial mounds, the site of the Stonehenge Cursus and finally the Stonehenge Avenue. The day will finish with a private access visit to Stonehenge, an opportunity limited to a handful of visitors, where Roy will delve into understanding this enigmatic and ancient monument.  One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within a series of earthworks.

Day 3

After another splendid breakfast we run you back to the railway station, however there is the opportunity to add an extra day to visit Wells and Glastonbury.

Cost = $200 per person/day and does not include accom or meals. We will customize the itinerary to meet your wishes and needs.

Contact us for more information  afootinbritain@gmail.com



Salisbury and Stonehenge 2 day personal and guided tour

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A view of the front entrance to West Kennet Long Barrow in Wilts, England This is a wonderful prehistoric site adjacent to Avebury and S...

Salisbury and Stonehenge 2-day Tour

2 full days spent exploring the medieval city of Salisbury and the world famous prehistoric stone circle of Stonehenge.

Day 1

After meeting at Salisbury railway station, we begin our day with a visit to theEarly English Gothic Cathedral of Salisbury, with the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom (123m/404 ft).  Visitors can take the "Tower Tour" where the interior of the hollow spire, with its ancient wood scaffolding, can be viewed. The cathedral also has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain (80 acres (320,000 m2)). The cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (from AD 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original copies of the Magna Carta. After our visit to the cathedral, there will be time for lunch and time to explore the ancient city of Salisbury, founded as ‘New’ Sarum in 1220.  There will also be plenty of time to visit the local museums, as well as exploring this fascinating medieval city.

Day 2

After breakfast, we visit Old Sarum, the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Originally an Iron age hill fort strategically placed on the conjunction of two trade routes and the River Avon, the site contains evidence of human habitation as early as 3000 BC. There will be plenty of time to view  and explore the other nearby monuments such as Woodhenge, The Cursus and nearby barrow cemeteries.  We finish our day with a private access visit to Stonehenge, an opportunity limited to a handful of visitors, where your guide will delve into understanding this enigmatic and ancient monument.  One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within a series of earthworks. It is in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

Day 3

After another splendid breakfast we run you back to the railway station, however there is the opportunity to add an extra day to visit Bath, Wells and Glastonbury.

Cost = $200 per person/day and does not include accom or meals. We will customise the itinerary to meet your wishes and needs.

Contact us for more information  afootinbritain@gmail.com

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Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) which straddles the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire and Hamshire. The area is named after the village of Cranborne, founded by the Saxons, which had a manor house and a small monastery. The word "chase" comes from the hunts, frequented by royalty (including Kings John, Henry VIII and James I), which took place on the downs. Cranborne Chase is a beautiful and dramatic landscape, with areas of rolling chalk grassland, ancient woodlands, chalk escarpments, down land hillsides and chalk river valleys each with a distinct and recognisable character, and which covers several hundred square miles.

Knowlton Henge and Church

The area has a long archaeological history and there are many Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, including the henge monument at Knowlton, as well as the remains of a number of Iron Age settlements on the downs, most notably the hill fort at Badbury Rings (Vindocladia).  The landscape is quiet and secluded, with just a few picturesque villages like Cranborne and the quaintly named Sixpenny Handley.   Major towns are found on its border and Wimborne Minster, Blandford Forum (the finest and most complete Georgian town in England), Shaftesbury, and Wilton are all worth a visit. To the north east is the wonderful city of Salisbury.

Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset

Cranborne Chase is a wonderful area to explore and one of the little-known gems of Southern England!