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Grand Tours by Rail –
Six Wonders of the
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
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Begin your tour at a hotel
within the Ironbridge Gorge
UNESCO World Heritage site
There are said to be ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’
and on this tour we visit six! Our grand tour begins at
the very heart of the industrial revolution at a hotel
within the Ironbridge World Heritage site, then explores
the masterpieces of Victorian engineering with
boat trips and steam trains galore.
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Visit Blists Hill Victorian Village
and tour Ironbridge
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Steam on the Severn Valley
Railway
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Get to know Chester on a
River Dee cruise
Fares
From
£1195
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Anderton Boat Lift, marvel of
Victorian engineering
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Masterpiece of the canals,
breathtaking Pontcysyllte
Aqueduct
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Llangollen Steam Railway
nostalgia
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Cruise along the Manchester
Ship Canal, viewing Barton
Swing Aqueduct
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Steam excursion on the East
Lancashire Railway
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Visit Burnley Weavers’
Triangle and walk part of
Burnley Embankment
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Boat trip into Standedge
Tunnel, the longest, deepest
and highest canal tunnel in
Britain
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Steam on the Keighley &
Worth Valley Railway
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Visit Saltaire, another
UNESCO World Heritage site
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Walk the canal lock staircase
at Bingley Five Rise Locks