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R oses B attle B y S team plus the S ettle & C arlisle L ine

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We thought we would celebrate the steam and rail heritage of the north country with our own ‘battle of the roses’ tour, including Yorkshire and Lancashire steam and heritage railways every day from our base at an iconic railway hotel. With Railtrail escorting this great railway holiday you are sure to come up smelling of roses!

DEPARTS

Monday 9 May, 20 June & 12 September 2022

Fares From £975

HOTEL Midland Hotel, Bradford

Built between 1885 and 1890 by the Midland Railway Company, the Midland Hotel was a showpiece for the railway company’s northern operations, and is of particular architectural interest, with some of the finest Victorian interiors in the city. Today sees a hotel that has undergone a transformation, with investment to all areas of the building, restoring it to its original greatness.

★ ★ Keighley & Worth Valley Steam Railway ★ ★ Skirt the Dales by Steam on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway ★ ★ Tour & Tasting at the Black Sheep Brewery ★ ★ Steam through the South Pennines on the Kirklees Light Railway

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

★ ★ Go underground at Yorkshire’s National Coal Mining Museum ★ ★ Middleton Railway, the world’s oldest continuously working railway ★ ★ Steam across the moors on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

★ ★ Visit the fascinating Bury Transport Museum ★ ★ Steam from Bury to Rawtenstall on the East Lancashire Railway ★ ★ Experience England’s greatest rail journey – the Settle & Carlisle line

★ ★ Many of Yorkshire & Lancashire’s steam trains on one great railway holiday! ★ ★ Stay at Bradford’s iconic Midland Hotel with dinner every evening

Visit: www.railtrail.co.uk – for full tour details and fares, and to book online NOW

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