Railtrail New Year Brochure 2024

DEPARTS Saturday 8 June & 14 September 2024

★ 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 ★ Boat trip into Standedge Tunnel, the longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel in Britain

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

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

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

Visit: www.railtrail.co.uk – for full tour details and fares, and to book online NOW or call 01538 382323 – to book or to request a detailed tour itinerary

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