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Round Table at Winchester Ca<strong>the</strong>dral. Photo: Visit Britain / Daniel Bosworth Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. Photo: Marketing Manchester<br />

In <strong>the</strong> Footsteps<br />

of King Alfred<br />

Military leader, scholar and statesman<br />

Explore <strong>the</strong> life of King Alfred <strong>the</strong> Great – revered as <strong>the</strong> greatest<br />

Briton - and Winchester, England’s first royal city. Military leader,<br />

but also a man of huge learning, Alfred was a great statesman.<br />

During his celebrated reign he fought brutal wars with <strong>the</strong><br />

Vikings, but was also able to establish <strong>the</strong><br />

foundations of <strong>the</strong> English nation through<br />

new laws, cities, trade and an English<br />

language and culture.<br />

Tour Type:<br />

Immersion<br />

Computing in Btain<br />

A journey from Turing to tomorrow<br />

TOUR<br />

TOUR<br />

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The Story of Cold War<br />

Btain<br />

The USA’s “unsinkable aircraft carrier”<br />

This tour explores how, as divisions between East and West<br />

hardened after World War II, <strong>the</strong> green fields of traditional<br />

England came to co-exist with <strong>the</strong> gargantuan aircraft, early<br />

warning systems, reactors and radio telescopes of an exotic<br />

new order, and how a secret world of nuclear<br />

readiness was built beneath and around <strong>the</strong><br />

patterns of everyday life.<br />

Tour Type:<br />

Immersion<br />

Histoc Herefordshire<br />

England’s rural idyll<br />

TOUR<br />

TOUR<br />

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Jodrell Bank, Cheshire View of Symond’s Yat. Photo: Visit Britain / Adrian Houston<br />

Bletchley Park’s programmable computers were <strong>the</strong> greatest<br />

secret of Britain’s success in World War II – and <strong>the</strong>ir role in<br />

codebreaking kept <strong>the</strong>m secret for ano<strong>the</strong>r thirty years.<br />

Explore how, with <strong>the</strong> War’s end, this hidden experience<br />

prompted an explosion of innovation leading to <strong>the</strong><br />

mass computer literacy drive of <strong>the</strong> 1980s<br />

and discover <strong>the</strong> research projects that will<br />

shape computing in <strong>the</strong> next generation.<br />

Explore <strong>the</strong> stunningly beautiful Wye Valley close to<br />

<strong>the</strong> border between England and Wales. Visit Hereford<br />

Ca<strong>the</strong>dral, home to <strong>the</strong> Mappa Mundi, try your hand at cider<br />

making, experience <strong>the</strong> thrill of race horses on <strong>the</strong> gallops<br />

and see <strong>the</strong> best beef cattle in <strong>the</strong> world – <strong>the</strong> Hereford<br />

- grazing this timeless rural landscape.<br />

Tour Type:<br />

Journey<br />

Tour Type:<br />

Immersion<br />

14 / <strong>Telling</strong> <strong>the</strong> stories of England & To book, Call toll free: 1 844 221 3366 or visit www.ukcountrysidetours.com

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