Tour C- The Lake
District Garden tour
Tour
Highlights
- Beautiful
Lakeland scenery
- Cartmel
Priory and Medieval Village
- Holker
Hall and gardens – a hidden gem
- Cartmel
sticky toffee pudding!
- Optional
cruise on Lake Windermere
- Optional
steam train ride
A beautiful
drive along the eastern shore of Lake Windermere through
the Medieval Village of Cartmel to Holker Hall - one of
the most impressive gardens and country houses in Lakeland.
The gift shop with many items personally selected by Lady
Cavendish is not to be missed and The Courtyard Café
is an ideal spot for a cream tea or perhaps take a Cumbrian
speciality home with you from the Holker Food Hall.
The
tour operates everyday except Saturday from Apr to Sept.
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Pick
up from your guesthouse to depart down the eastern
shore of Lake Windermere to the spectacular viewpoint
at Gummers How. The Coniston Fells and the full length
of Lake Windermere stretch out below you. After enjoying
the views we travel to the medieval village of Cartmel
– famous for its Priory, horse races and sticky
toffee pudding!
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Only
a short distance from the sea we soon reach Holker
Hall, a magnificently situated country house set in
beautiful countryside with gardens merging into parkland,
hills on one side and the expanse of Morecambe Bay
on the other. Holker is one of the most impressive
historic country houses in England and the gardens
are often referred to as the Chelsea of the north
of England.
Your tour
includes entrance to The Hall and gardens and you
are free to explore the immaculately kept gardens
- 25 acres in all! Holker Hall itself dates from the
sixteenth century and inside you can admire the grand
staircase, Chippendale furniture and library with
over 3500 books. The Courtyard Café is an ideal
spot to sample locally produced food or enjoy a cream
tea before visiting the gift shop where many items
have been personally selected by Lady Cavendish.
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Depart
for the return journey to Bowness on Windermere.
Optional add on - on the return journey there
is the wonderful scenic option of leaving the tour
bus and returning to Bowness by a combination of steam
train and lake cruise – ask your driver for
details.
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Arrive
at Bowness with time for shopping, sightseeing or
hiking.
TOUR
PRICE PER PERSON
Adult £37 Child (aged 4-11) £28
Tour
operates Wed, Thurs and Friday with a minimum of four
persons.
Tour guarantee for less than four persons £10
per person payable on pick up.
WHAT YOUR TOUR INCLUDES
- Services
of driver guide
- Pick
up and drop off in the Bowness, Windermere, area
- Entrance
fee to Holker Hall and Gardens (£10)
- Reasonable
deviations from normal schedule on request
- The
most beautiful scenery in England!
WHAT
YOUR TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE
- Lunch
- Personal
expenses/tips
- Optional
steam train from Haverthwaite to Lakeside
- Optional
cruise from Lakeside to Bowness
Check
Availability
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