Bournemouth, Cruising Coastal Charms
Sit back, relax and enjoy this 5-day scenic tour.
Book NowBournemouth, with its superb sands, mild climate and every kind of entertainment is an ideal spot for your holiday. The Victorian splendour of the buildings reflects its short history as a town devoted to your leisure. It is renowned as an elegant resort with lots of green spaces, parks and gardens which abound with colour whatever time of year. Its location close to the New Forest and Isle of Purbeck makes it perfect for our scenic excursions.
Holiday includes: 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast, entrance to Compton Acres Gardens, Poole Harbour Cruise, Mr Selfridge Experience, single journey on Swanage Railway, excursions as described, executive coach travel.
Holiday Itinerary
Day 1 Following your pick up, we make our way via Salisbury, where the magnificent cathedral has Britain's tallest spire, after time here we continue to the Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth for 4 night's half board.
Day 2 Today we visit Compton Acres Garden where we have a special exclusive 90-minute guided tour led by the head gardener or a Compton Acres Garden expert followed by free time to explore the gardens at leisure. Later we take afternoon tea at Cliffhanger Restaurant to hear tales from Mr Selfridge and his butler of how the original Mr Selfridge rented Highcliff Castle for his family.
Day 3 Spend today at leisure, relax around the hotel or visit the popular seaside town of Bournemouth. Take time to enjoy the 7-miles of splendid golden beaches or browse in the wide variety of shops in the town centre. For the more active, why not enjoy a pier to pier walk starting at Boscombe Pier and wandering along the promenade to Bournemouth Pier.
Day 4 Travel to Poole Harbour this morning for a boat trip along the splendid Dorset Heritage Coast to the resort of Swanage. Spend time in the Victorian town before boarding the steam train for a nostalgic journey through six miles of magnificent Purbeck countryside to Nordon to re-join the coach back to the hotel.
Day 5 After breakfast we make our way into the New Forest where ponies and cattle still have the right of way as they freely graze the land. While here we make a stop in Lyndhurst before our journey back to Essex with a suitable stop on route arriving back in Chelmsford early evening.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
| Name | Address | Times |
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| Angel | The Angel PH bus stop | View |
| Boarded Barns | Boarded Barns, United Reform Church | View |
| Bodmin Road | Lawn Lane, jct Bodmin Rd opp park | View |
| Brackenden Drive | Bus shelter top of Brackenden Drive | View |
| Castle Stores | Castle Stores, Sandford Road bus stop | View |
| Chignal Road | Chignal Road Kennet Way Bus Stop | View |
| Crompton | Writtle Road jct Crompton Street | View |
| Days | Days Garage bus stop, Broomfield Road | View |
| Endeavour | Endeavour bus stop/All Saints Close | View |
| Fountain | The Fountain Good Easter | View |
| Galleywood Rd | Galleywood Road opp bus stop before Dorset Ave | View |
| Garage | Garage High Easter | View |
| Hedge | Writtle Road/Hole in the Hedge | View |
| Henniker Gate | Chelmer Village Way opposite Henniker Gate | View |
| Hungry Horse | Bus Stop Opp Hungry Horse PH North Melbourne | View |
| Ingatestone The Bell PH | The Bell PH Ingatestone | View |
| KEGS | Bus Stop outside Kegs, Broomfield Road | View |
| Lawn Lane | Lawn Lane bus stop opposite Waveney Drive | View |
| Linnet Drive | Galleywood Road bus stop jct Linnet Drive | View |
| Loftin Way | Loftin Way bus stop St Pauls Church | View |
| Longmead Avenue | Longmead Avenue jct of Tabors Avenue | View |
| Longstomps | Top of Longstomps Ave just before roundabout | View |
| Maldon Road | Maldon Road Opp Fire Station, Great Baddow | View |
| Mary Green Manor Hotel | Entrance to Mary Green Manor Hotel at Brook St | View |
| Meadgate Avenue | Meadgate Avenue, Whitehouse Crescent | View |
| Meadgate Shops | Meadgate Shops bus stop | View |
| Medical Centre | Lawn Lane Bus Stop Opp Medical Centre | View |
| Melbourne | Melbourne Ave Opp Flats | View |
| Miller & Carter | Miller & Carter Bus Stop Opp Goddard Way | View |
| Moulsham Lodge | Moulsham Lodge bus stop outside shops | View |
| Mount | Mountnessing Outside Prince of Wales PH | View |
| Patching Hall Lane | Patching Hall Lane roundabout adjacent park | View |
| Pertwee Drive | Galleywood Road, 100 yards past Pertwee Drive | View |
| Pines Road | Melbourne Ave bus stop outside St Andrews Church | View |
| Pollards Green | Bus stop opposite Pollards Green | View |
| Pump Lane | Pump Lane bus shelter, Mountbatten Way | View |
| Railway Station | Bus stop opp main entrance to Railway Station Chelmsford | View |
| Readers Corner | Dorset Ave opp Noakes Avenue bus shelter | View |
| Regency Close | Springfield Rd, Jct Regency Close | View |
| Roxwell | Roxwell Village Hall Bus Stop | View |
| Sawkins Ave | Sawkins Ave Bus Shelter, Beehive Lane | View |
| Shenfield | Eagle & Child PH Shenfield | View |
| Skerry | Broomfield Road bus stop opposite Skerry Rise | View |
| Skinners Lane, Galleywood | Skinners Lane opposite bus shelter | View |
| South Lodge | South Lodge Hotel Bus Stop London Rd | View |
| Springfield Green | Springfield Green Bus Stop Nr Church | View |
| Star | Good Easter Cross Roads | View |
| The New London | London Rd bus stop opp New London PH (Queen St) | View |
| The Rose Shenfield | The Rose, Oliver Road, Shenfield | View |
| Toby Carvery Chelmer Vill | Toby Carvery Entrance to Dukes Park | View |
| Trent Road | Trent Rd Jct Thames Avenue | View |
| Vineyards | Bus Stop Opp The Vineyards, Great Baddow The Causeway | View |
| White Horse PH | Galleywood Rd Bus Stop Nr White Horse PH | View |
| Wilsons Corner | Wilsons Corner Bus Stop near Argos Brentwood | View |
| Woodhall | Patching Hall Lane opp Woodhall Road jct | View |
| Writtle | Writtle Village Hall Bus Stop | View |
| Writtle Road | Savernake Rd/Writtle Rd Layby | View |
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