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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
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Begin our 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
great railway holiday 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
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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
Fares
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£1230