9 Hours
The most picturesque of all... charming villages with thatched cottages, coaching inns, and delightful teashops. Among the many towns and villages, which grew up from the wool trade in the Middle Ages, are Broadway, Snowshill, Burford, the Slaughters, Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold, which is famous for its antique shops. Close by is Chipping Norton and the Rollright Stones from the Bronze Age.
10 Hours
The lovely city of Bath was made famous in Roman times for its healing water and was restored in the 18th century, when it became the fashionable “place to be”. This Georgian town is also home to the Jane Austen Museum, the Royal Crescent, and the charming Pulteney Bridge.
Visit Stonehenge, Britain’s most important prehistoric monument dating from 3000 B.C.
10 Hours
Oxford is home to England’s oldest university and really does live up to its image of ‘Dreaming Spires’ and lovely cloistered college grounds as well as being home to academic treasures such as the Ashmolean Library.
Nearby is Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. Drive through the lovely Cotswold countryside to historic Stratford. Tread in William Shakespeare’s footsteps. Visit his birthplace, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Holy Trinity Church (where they are both buried) and the Memorial Theatre. A long day but definitely worth it!
9 hours
Explore Canterbury, a fascinating, medieval city which has been the centre of English Christianity since St. Augustine arrived in 597 AD. The murder in Canterbury Cathedral of Thomas a Becket in 1170 was the focus for Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.”
Leeds Castle is known as “The Loveliest Castle in the World” and dates back to 857 A.D.
Dover is best known for its white cliffs and is a busy, modern port. Dover also has the strongest castle