Four Seasons Brochure 2024-25

G rand T our by R ail – S ix W onders of the W aterways

10 DAYS

There are said to be ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’ and on this great railway holiday we visit six! Our Railtrail grand tour begins at the very heart of the industrial revolution at a hotel within the Ironbridge World Heritage site, then explores the masterpieces of Victorian engineering with boat trips and steam trains galore.

ACTIVITY LEVEL

DEPARTS Saturday 14 September 2024

Fares From £1545

HOTELS For further details of our Six Wonders of the Waterways hotels, please visit our website www.railtrail.co.uk; ★ Best Western Valley Hotel, Ironbridge ★ Queen Hotel, Chester ★ Best Western Oaks Hotel, Burnley ★ Midland Hotel, Bradford

★ Boat trip into Standedge Tunnel, the longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel in Britain ★ Steam on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway ★ Visit Saltaire, another UNESCO World Heritage site ★ Walk the canal lock staircase at Bingley Five Rise Locks

★ Masterpiece of the canals, breathtaking Pontcysyllte Aqueduct ★ Journey on the nostalgic Llangollen Railway ★ Cruise along the Bridgewater Canal, viewing Barton Swing Aqueduct ★ Steam excursion on the East Lancashire Railway ★ Visit Burnley Weavers’Triangle and walk part of Burnley Embankment ★ Discover Queen Street Mill, the last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill

★ Steam on the Severn Valley Railway ★ Get to know Chester on a River Dee cruise ★ Anderton Boat Lift, marvel of Victorian engineering ★ Discover the country’s last remaining open-pan salt works, now preserved as a museum

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

★ Begin our tour at a hotel within the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage site ★ Visit Blists Hill Victorian Village and tour Ironbridge

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