Easter in Yorkshire 2027

Easter in Yorkshire

5 Days 25^th March 2027

 

 

Staying in the 4* Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa, located 6 miles from Leeds and part of the Thwaites hotels, the AA hotel group of the year. We are including a steam train with cream tea, visits to Harewood House, Temple Newsam, York, and Harrogate and an Easter Sunday lunch as well as dinner, bed and breakfast for 4 nights. This lovely Easter break enjoys the beauty of the Yorkshire countryside along with interesting excursions and a relaxation in a superb hotel with spa facilities.

 

 

Tour Itinerary

 

 

Thursday – We depart Wiltshire and travel up the country to the beautiful county of Yorkshire and our spa hotel near Leeds. Time to settle in before dinner, comfort stops on route.

 

Good Friday – After a leisurely breakfast we leave the hotel and travel to the lovely town of Harrogate for a morning coffee stop before continuing our day with a visit to the spectacular Stately home of Harewood House. The Harewood family still own and live there on the upper floors, but the house is huge and very impressive and full of historically significant fixtures, furniture and personal touches. The grounds are sprawling and well landscaped, the 1 mile drive up to the house greets this grand and imposing house with a huge lawn to the front and incredible sculpted gardens around the other side below a large veranda. The grounds hold a large lake full of birds and there is also a large bird sanctuary with a collection of birds from around the world including a penguin house. You can visit all the ground floor rooms in the house including the grand hall, state bedrooms, the libraries and kitchens. The old stables have been turned into a restaurant and gift shop with their home-made fudge as a speciality. We return back to the hotel mid-afternoon for traditional hot-cross buns, tea and coffee before tonight’s evening meal.

 

Saturday – This morning we are taking you to the beautiful City of York. You will have nearly 3 hours to explore the city’s numerous attractions if you wish before we continue the day with an hour-long return steam train ride on the Embsay and Bolton railway. We are also including a cream tea to enjoy as you ride through the Yorkshire countryside on this heritage locomotive. Back to the hotel to relax before dinner.

 

Easter Sunday – After a relaxed Easter breakfast we are taking you the short distance to a Tudor-Jacobean house ‘Temple Newsam’, known as the ‘Hampton Court’ of the north. Delve into 500 years of history as this magnificent house has a tumultuous past, being seized from Thomas Lord Darcy by King Henry VIII in 1537 and again by his daughter Queen Elizabth I, after Henry Lord Darcy married Mary Queen of Scots. The mansion has 42 rooms and outstanding examples of Tudor, Jacobean and Victorian design, especially the magnificent wallpapers on display along with a fantastic collection of Chippendale furniture and a huge silver collection! The house is set in 1500 acres of landscaped grounds with walled gardens, an original rhododendron walk and formal gardens and ponds. Enjoy around two and a half hours on this magnificent estate before we return to the hotel for a traditional Easter Sunday lunch. The rest of the day is yours to relax in the hotel gardens and terraces or to use the hotel spa facilities. There will be a light buffet served this evening.

 

Easter Monday – We leave Yorkshire this morning and make our way south back to Wiltshire after a memorable Easter break.

 

 

 

Your Hotel

4* Thorpe Park Hotel & Spa – Leeds

 

A modern stylish hotel with full leisure facilities including indoor swimming pool, gym, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. The AA Rosette awarded restaurant serves contemporary British cuisine, and guests can enjoy the terrace or open fire in the cosy bar for drinks and socialising. All bedrooms are en-suite with free Wi-Fi, TV, telephone, fridges and hospitality trays.

 

 

Price Includes

 

Luxury Coach Travel with Extra Leg Room

Home Pickup, Full Hostess Service

4 Nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast

Easter Sunday Lunch

Tea/Coffee after Dinner

Tea/Coffee & Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday

1hr Steam Train Journey Including Cream Tea on Board

Entrance to Harewood House & Gardens

Entrance to Temple Newsam House & Gardens

Visits to York & Harrogate

Easter Eggs for You All from Nigel & Kim

5 Days £729.00

Single Supplement £180 (Limited)

Double for Sole use