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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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18<br />
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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19<br />
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