Holidays 2026
Departs: Monday 8th June 2026 | 5 Days
Treasures of the North
Tour Price: £599.00 per person
Your Holiday Centre
County Durham in northeast England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington. The county has a mixture of mining and farming heritage, as well as a heavy railway industry, particularity in the southeast of the county in Darlington. Its economy was historically based on coal and iron mining. It is an area of regeneration and promoted as a tourist destination.
Tour Inclusions
- All coach travel
- Porterage
- 4 nights half board
- Excursions
- Entrances
- Tea/coffee on arrival
- Services of courier
Special Notes
- Insurance.
- Please inform us of any special dietary needs e.g: diabetic, gluten-free, vegetarian, etc.
- Special requests are put forward to the hotel, and they will do their utmost to accommodate your needs.
- The itinerary could be subject to change.
Tour Price
- Price Per Person
- £599.00
Single Room Supplement: £128.00
(Double/twin for sole use)
Your Accommodation
Redworth Hall Hotel
Surtees Road, Newton Aycliffe DL5 6NL.
Tel: 01388 770600.
A beautiful country hotel in County Durham, 4 star Redworth Hall Hotel is perfectly located for Durham and Darlington.
This Jacobean Manor House hotel dates to 1693 and is situated on 150 acres of stunning woodland. The hall retains many of its original features, namely the magnificent galleries of Baronial Great Hall and an ornate spiral stone staircase.
There are 143 bedrooms, and the hotel offers a range of facilities including an indoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room, fully equipped gym, fitness studio for classes and outdoor tennis courts.
Dine in the AA Rosette restaurant 1744 or relax in the bar with the drink.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Depart Local Area
Our journey starts by travelling north to the City of York. Within York's towering medieval walls is a heart of rich and colourful character, with its history recorded in the streets, buildings and museums gathered around the mighty Minster. Discover as many of the treasures and architectural gems that this remarkable city has to offer - its cobbled streets, the famous Shambles and the National Railway Museum.
After lunch we continue our journey north to our hotel Redworth Hall where we will spend the next four nights with dinner bed & breakfast. On arrival there will be served tea/coffee while your cases are taken to rooms.
Day 2: Durham
Durham is a compact city and was once described as a perfect little city. Immerse yourself in its history as you discover Durham. A medieval city dotted with castles and museums. You get a sense of its historical importance as soon as you arrive in the city centre, where the majestic Durham Cathedral has dominated the skyline for the past 900 years. With its UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed castle and cathedral sitting atop a dramatic outcrop overlooking the still waters of the meandering River Wear below, climb the Cathedral Tower's 325 steps for spectacular views of the city and countryside. Or if you are a fan of Harry Potter visit the Chapter House and Cathedral Cloisters for a Hogwarts experience. Take a student-led tour of Durham Castle: now a Durham University building, the Castle was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1072 to defend the peninsula, or meander down cobbled streets into town.
Day 3: The Bowes Museum
This morning you depart through the Durham Dales, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the market town of Barnard Castle, with its ever-popular Wednesday market.
After lunch, enjoy a visit to the historic Bowes Museum, a spectacular French-style chateau, that was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Josephine Benoite Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892. Its outstanding collections of art, fashion and design is housed in a beautiful French style public museum set in gardens and parkland. Lose track of time as you wander around the collection with treasures at every turn. With thousands of objects from silver and metals, fashion and textiles, furniture, ceramics, sculpture and paintings to capture your imagination. You can see the Museum's iconic 250-year-old Silver Swan back in action at 2.00pm. Later returning to the hotel.
Day 4: Beamish Museum
Departing after breakfast, we head just a little south from Redworth Hall to Beamish Open Air Museum. Beamish is a large museum with a rich and varied range of exhibits reflecting life in northern England during the early 1800's and 1900's. Covering an area of 300 acres, the buildings from around the region have been dismantled, moved to Beamish, and rebuilt and furnished appropriately. The Town, Colliery Village, Farm and Railway Station are set in 1913. Pockerley Manor and Wagonway are set in the early 1800's and depict the lifestyle of a Yeoman farming family.
At Beamish you will not see any 'Don't Touch' labels. Objects are displayed in their appropriate settings - desks in the school, drills etc in the dentist, coal picks and shovels in the Drift Mine and cash machines in the Co-op shops. This enables everyone to understand more about how things worked, who used them and how ordinary people lived.
Costumed demonstrators around the museum will make the visit even more enjoyable, explaining the displays or demonstrating traditional crafts and pastimes. To get the most out of a visit you should talk to the demonstrators and ask questions! They will explain, in detail, what life was like all those years ago!
The Beamish Tramway runs right around the museum, with trams running every 20 minutes in each direction. The Beamish Tramway is the longest period tramway in Britain. Rides on the vehicles and trams are free.
Departing Beamish, we head back to the hotel.
Day 5: Head for Home
After all the suitcases have been packed and loaded onto the coach, we say farewell to our hosts at Redworth Hall Hotel and head for home. With comfort stops on the way, we arrive back in our local area late afternoon.