Owens S2010 Brochure_v06:____ - Owens Travel

Owen’s TV & Film Trails in Yorkshire
West Yorkshire’s
villages and
towns continue to
play a starring role in
TV productions and
film crews regularly
descend on the area.
This long weekend
visits some of the
locations featured in
more recent
productions, and also
includes a visit to the
superb National
Media Museum.
YOUR ITINERARY:
Friday 6th: Depart from your home area in the morning
heading for the Pennines moors and the Colne Valley,
through Marsden and Slaithwaite, setting for the recent
TV series ‘Where the Heart is’, into Huddersfield, arriving
late afternoon at George Hotel.
Saturday 7th: Our day begins with a visit to the thriving
market town of Skipton – ‘The Gateway to the Dales’.
Some scenes from the ‘Calendar Girls’ film were shot
here, and we have free time to wander around the town –
today is market day. Leaving mid afternoon we enjoy a
lovely scenic drive through ‘Emmerdale Country’ to Otley,
‘Hotton’ in the series, to the tiny village of Esholt, where
the show was filmed for decades. There is time to wander
around the sleepy lanes known to many as ‘Beckindale’
and then ‘Emmerdale’. Whilst in Esholt we enjoy a drink at
‘The Woolpack’ Later we continue to the hotel for dinner.
New Tour
for 2010
Sunday 8th: This morning we are on
our way to Bradford to visit the superb
National Media Museum, six floors of
TV and film memorabilia, well worth the visit. Bradford
itself is on the movie making map. In 1962 ‘Billy Liar’
starring Tom Courtenay, was filmed entirely in Bradford.
The city also starred in 1959’s ‘Room at the Top’ with
Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and Tom
Courtenay was back again in 1986, this time in ‘The
Dresser’, with Albert Finney. Bradford’s beautiful
Alhambra Theatre provided a splendid location. TV
productions include Rita, Sue and Bob too, and the much
acclaimed ‘Band of Gold’. Leaving Bradford we make our
way to Haworth, legendary home of the Bronte sisters
and their notorious brother.
You have opportunity to visit the Parsonage and explore
the cobbled Main Street before we make our way to
4 DAYS
6TH–9TH AUGUST
£210
No Single Room
Supplement
(Limited Number)
INCLUDES:
All Travel by Executive Coach
Three Nights Dinner, Bed &
Breakfast Accommodation
Excursions as Detailed
Drink at Woolpack
National Media Museum
Worth Valley Railway
Haworth Station for a steam train ride on the Worth Valley
Railway. On the way the train calls at Oakworth – this was
the station used in the film ‘The Railway Children’ and
the station is unchanged from that time. From Keighley
we return to our hotel.
Monday 9th: Leaving the hotel after breakfast we drive to
Holmfirth, home of the legendary characters from ‘Last of
the Summer Wine’. Familiar scenes include Sid’s Cafe and
Nora Batty’s steps. The ‘Wrinkled Stocking’ tearoom serves
refreshments and next door is the ‘Last of the Summer
Wine Exhibition’ (Admission charge). This is located in
what was Compo’s house during filming and contains lots
of memorabilia and inventions from the series. From
Holmfirth we make our way to our home area.
Hidden Corners of Yorkshire
This tour covers a splendid variety of magnificent scenery and contrasting countryside, with quaint
Yorkshire towns and villages. We also feature a ride on the Wensleydale Railway, reopened after 50 years,
re-living rural railway travel as it used to be all those years ago, as well as a boat trip on the Tees to Yarm.
YOUR ITINERARY:
Monday 4th: Depart from your home area travelling
north and arriving at Sporting Lodge Hotel late afternoon
for 4 nights stay
Tuesday 5th: Today we visit Thirsk, home of James
Herriot, and a chance to take in the acclaimed World of
James Herriot Centre. Afterwards we take in a piece of
history as we take a ride on the ‘Wensleydale Railway’,
newly opened after sleeping for over fifty years. This
delightful little railway travels through some really
beautiful rural countryside, passing hidden farms and
villages, bringing back memories of how train travel was
all those years ago. Later we end the day with a visit to
Richmond, high above the River Swale. Here you will find
a castle, the tiny Georgian Theatre, The Green Howards
Museum and the Richmondshire Museum, which houses
the ‘set’ from “All Creatures Great & Small”.
Wednesday 6th: Our first visit today is to Preston Park
and Hall Museum. The attractive parkland surrounds the
museum, and in the museum itself you will find a delightful
collection of memorabilia from times gone by. Take a walk
back in time through the cobbled Victorian street and
imagine life as is was in times past. At Preston Hall we join
the ‘Teesside Princess’ and take a gentle cruise on the River
Tees through beautiful countryside to the cobbled town of
Yarm, famous for its location on the River and the awe
inspiring railway viaduct. In the afternoon we drive
through Bilsdale – “Little Switzerland”, and stop off at the
Sun Inn, which has had the same landlord for 200 years!
We then pass Rievaulx Abbey, and drop into Helmsley with
its 12th century castle. On the way back to the hotel we
journey over the spectacular Sutton Bank, giving you
fantastic views of the moors and across the Vale of York.
Thursday 7th: After breakfast we travel over the moors,
across Blakey Ridge, through picturesque Hutton-le-Hole
to Pickering, where we join the North Yorkshire Moors
England
George Hotel
Huddersfield
Our base is the Grade II
listed George Hotel stands in
the centre of Huddersfield.
The hotel is famed as the
birthplace of Rugby League
Football in 1895, and, for a
nominal fee, the Rugby
League Museum in the hotel
is well worth a visit. The
hotel is situated on the main
square and all of
Huddersfield’s shops,
restaurants, bars and
museums are within easy
walking distance.
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Sporting Lodge Hotel
The Sporting Lodge Hotel is
located on the outskirts of
Middlesborough on the edge of
the North Yorkshire Moors, and
is ideally situated for the moors
and dales. Hotel facilities include
leisure centre with indoor
swimming pool.
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Booking Hotline: 01691 652126/654928
Railway for a
steam train
journey through
rugged moorland
to Whitby –
passing through
Goathland –
‘Aidensfield’ in
5 DAYS
4TH–8TH
OCTOBER
£315
No single Room
Supplement
(Limited Number)
INCLUDES:
All Travel by Executive Coach
Four Nights Dinner, Bed &
Breakfast Accommodation
Excursions as Detailed
North Yorkshire Moors
Railway
Wensleydale Railway
Entry to Preston Hall Museum
‘Teeside Princess’ River Cruise
TV’s ‘Heartbeat’ – on the way. Whitby is a maritime town,
fishing port and seafarer’s haven, bursting with character
and quite unique – little has changed since the times of
Captain James Cook. We have time to wander the little
alleyways and narrow streets and perhaps climb the
famous steps up to the ruins of Whitby Abbey. Late
afternoon we leave Whitby and return across the moors
to the hotel.
Friday 8th: We leave after breakfast for our journey
home.
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