Page 14 - 2024 Anniversary Brochure

Europe UK 6 Days From £1,125pp

CONNOISSEUR TOURS Keighley and Worth Valley Railway ■ Behind the Scenes access to the KWVR
HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

■ Travel on the famous Settle & Carlisle Railway
■ Enjoy the splendid scenery of the Brontë Moors
■ Expert and knowledgeable tour leader

SELECTED HOTELS
Haworth
The Fleece Inn

Rails, Trails & Tracks of Please note - hotel can be subject to change
PRICE INCLUDES
■ All rail travel as stated in Standard Class
■ Accommodation in a good quality inn on a
bed and breakfast basis
the Mid Pennines ■ Guided tours as specified
■ Transfers as required by the KWVR and vintage bus
■ KWVR Rover ticket for use during the holiday
(please note, not all days will be operating days
based on current timetables)
Sunday 16 June to Friday 21 June 2024 ■ Services of a tour leader from Keighley and
throughout the tour
Spend a few transport-themed days in Brontë Country including behind the scenes access
on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Journey on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, travel by Price per person:
Escorted holiday £1,125
vintage bus and learn more about the industrial history of the area. Single room supplement £200
Deposit for this holiday £100
Day 1 - Welcome to Brontë Country Day 3 - Hebden Bridge & Bingley Locks
Assemble at Keighley mid-afternoon for an Enjoy a vintage bus trip to Hebden Bridge for a
introduction to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway half day guided tour including the Rochdale Canal, time for lunch in Carlisle before we make our way
(KWVR) and journey by steam train to Oxenhope. Packhorse trails and stunning scenery. Later on, back to Keighley and then Haworth.
At Oxenhope, we join a vintage bus for a guided continue to Bingley for the 3 & 5 Rise Locks of the
trip to Haworth over the Brontë Moors. An early Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Day 6 - Farewell
evening stroll around Haworth will familiarise us with After breakfast, travel home at your leisure - if the
our home for the next 5 nights. Day 4 - Behind the Scenes KWVR isn’t operating, there is the regular Brontë bus
A whole day on the KWVR, with a little walking service to Keighley.
Day 2 - Worth, Sladen & Bridgehouse Beck and some vintage bus travel. Visit all the ‘nooks and
A tour by vintage bus of the Worth, Sladen and crannies’, workshops, stations and museums of the Your tour leader will be a long established local KWVR
Bridgehouse Beck valleys, which together make railway which half a century ago, was the location for member who was an extra in the 1970 film The Railway
up Brontë Country. See how the area relied on the film The Railway Children. Lunch will be included Children and is an acknowledged expert and author
packhorses, how the turnpikes transformed transport today. on the topics covered during the tour. Accommodation
and how the railway made them both redundant. is provided in a small but delightful historic local inn.
View the 1860s waterworks with their canals, tunnels Day 5 - Settle & Carlisle Railway Haworth has a number of places to eat to suit all tastes
and huge reservoirs built by Bradford Corporation, Travel on the world famous Leeds-Settle-Carlisle - a list will be provided to guide you as to their location
and those built by Keighley in retaliation! Railway today, over the Ribblehead Viaduct. There is and fayre.

Hebden Bridge - Canal & Barges Haworth Village - Darrell Evans

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