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The Historic
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England’s rich heritage runs like a glittering seam through this
remarkable road trip. Discovering sights nautical, archaeological
and architectural, you’ll travel the ages as you clock up the miles.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
9–11 DAYS
440 miles 450 MILES /
720KM
Blenheim Palace
Noseying around the
rooms of Winston GREAT FOR...
Churchill’s home
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m K l L Spring and autumn.
# Oxford
Summer if you don’t
LONDON # _ mind more crowds.
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Bath
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Lounging in a punt
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Beaulieu Brighton with a backdrop
of Oxford’s divine
buildings.
Salisbury Leeds Castle
Staring upwards at Delighting in the beauty BEST FOR
Salisbury Cathedral’s of this moat-framed K
soaring spire fortification SURPRISES
262 miles 39 miles The world’s biggest
stone circle: Avebury
(not Stonehenge).
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Salisbury Cathedral A 13th-century building with the tallest spire in England