Yorkshire & North East
With plenty of shopping opportunities during our visits to enchanting Harrogate, delightful Durham and cosmopolitan Newcastle, this year's festivities will be something to behold!
Duration: 3 Days13/11/2026
Step back in time and experience a truly traditional Christmas at Beamish, the Living Museum of the North. From Georgian times right the way through to the 1950s, this open-air museum is one of the best in the world.
Duration: 3 Days
Travel back in time this Christmas as we visit the annual Grassington Christmas Market, home to a glorious array of sights, tastes, and smells in a bygone setting.
Duration: 2 Days
Start the festive season in style this year with our trip to yuletide Yorkshire.
Duration: 2 Days
Let us brighten up those dark winter months and discover the delights of York and Whitby on our fantastic-value winter warmer!
Duration: 5 Days
Dig out your favourite hat and woolly jumper and join in with the annual festivities in Lincoln and Beverley.
Duration: 2 Days06/12/2026
Each Christmas, the majestic Castle Howard hosts its Christmas celebrations: inside, you'll find breathtaking interiors adorned with thousands of garlands, candles and wreaths.
Duration: 2 Days18/12/2026
Do you believe? We do, which is why we are inviting you to experience a magical Christmas experience unlike any other. Join us on board The Polar Express Train Ride™, which will be steaming to the Wensleydale Railway this December.
Duration: 2 Days19/12/2026
Get away and enjoy two destinations full of culture, dramatic skylines, and fresh cuisine in the fantastic cities of Newcastle and Durham.
Duration: 2 Days07/03/2026
Let us brighten up those dark winter months and discover the delights of York and Whitby on our fantastic-value winter warmer!
Duration: 2 Days28/03/2026
Immerse yourself in over two thousand years of history, fall in love with its impressive architecture and landmarks, or wander around the fabulous independent shops; on our York City Break, the choice is yours!
Duration: 3 Days
This Spring, explore some of Yorkshire's most elegant destinations, including Castle Howard, Knaresborough, Harrogate and Holmfirth.
Duration: 3 Days
This Easter, why not get away from it all and visit Northumberland, a region that boasts charming countryside and miles of heritage coastlines?
Duration: 4 Days
Visit Whitby, one of the North East coast’s best-loved seaside towns this Easter!
Since Stan Johnson opened Eden Camp in 1987, in the buildings and grounds of an original World War Two Prisoner of War Camp, a unique historical site has been given new life by developing the museum into an award-winning attraction for all the family, that is both entertaining and educational.
With nearly 400 animals and 70 different species of animal, Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a fantastic place to experience a truly breath taking walk-through wildlife adventure.
18/08/2026
Join us at the stunning Ripon Cathedral, home to over one thousand years of history, for a day filled with incredible food, inspiring home furnishings, stunning garden plants, magnificent entertainment and demonstrations throughout.
Set amongst cobbled streets and charming courtyards, Beverley is a bustling, traditional market town, while York is full of Roman and Viking history, with so much to see and do.
Duration: 2 Days16/10/2026
Visit Whitby for a festival of the alternative at this year's winter Goth Weekend!
Join us at the Harrogate Flower Show, one of the UK’s premier gardening events, welcoming over one-hundred of the UK’s top plant nurseries and landscapers.
Duration: 2 Days
Visit The World of James Herriot in the original home of All Creatures Great & Small. After exploring his fully-restored surgery and home, now a , enjoy free time in the market town of Thirsk.
10/07/2026
Sweeping landscapes and areas of outstanding natural beauty, bathed in tranquillity, form the backdrop for our break to Northumberland.
Duration: 5 Days
One of the most popular resorts for a day out, Skegness is the quintessential seaside getaway!
Choose from time exploring Historic York or shopping until you drop at York's Designer Shopping Outlet.
Explore ‘Heartbeat Country’ from the lovingly restored North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
11/08/2026
With more castles than any other county in England, join us as we explore this magnificent and historic county of Northumbria!
Duration: 5 Days One of the country's most beloved coastlines and award-winning sandy beaches, the seaside towns of Scarborough, Bridlington and Whitby still provide a timeless holidaying destination.
Duration: 5 Days28/09/2026
Join us in Beverley to enjoy the buzz of market day in this historic location.
05/09/2026
Staying in Whitby and visiting Beverley, Redcar, Saltburn, Staithes, Hutton-Le-Hole and the award-winning sandy beaches of Scarborough, this tour encompasses the best of North Yorkshire.
Duration: 5 Days
Join us for a fantastic three-day getaway to the beautiful Yorkshire coast and exploring stunning Bridlington, Whitby and Scarborough.
Duration: 3 Days25/09/2026
Scarborough is the original seaside resort home to stunning scenery, glorious beaches and lots to see and do (even on a rainy day)!
Sweeping landscapes and areas of outstanding natural beauty, bathed in tranquillity, form the backdrop for our break to Northumberland.
Duration: 5 Days12/10/2026
Choose from time exploring Historic York or shopping until you drop at York's Designer Shopping Outlet.
Set amongst cobbled streets and charming courtyards, Beverley is a bustling, traditional market town, while York is full of Roman and Viking history, with so much to see and do.
Duration: 2 Days Choose from time exploring Historic York or shopping until you drop at York's Designer Shopping Outlet.
With a journey on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway and a cruise along Skipton's Leeds & Liverpool Canal included, this getaway is sure to delight all rail and canal enthusiasts alike!
Duration: 2 Days
Kynren, an epic tale of England is a must-see spectacular open-air theatre show! As the sun sets, the action-packed show begins following 2000 years of English history, myth and legend, set against the magnificent backdrop of Auckland Castle.
Duration: 3 Days28/08/2026
The Whitby Regatta presents to you a full weekend of entertainment, embracing yacht racing, rowing races and various free forms of entertainment as published in the official programme with over one hundred and seventy years of aquatic competition and entertainment.
Journey and explore the storied Yorkshire coast, one of the country's most beautiful and best-loved coastlines.
Duration: 5 Days12/10/2026
Travel through the story of the world's oceans from warm tropical lagoons to the icy cold Antarctic seas at the stunning Deep Aquarium, home to the ten-metre Endless Ocean exhibit, famous for its under the sea vibes.
Visit Whitby this Bank Holiday, one of the North East coast’s best-loved seaside towns!
Staying in Whitby and visiting Beverley, Redcar, Saltburn, Staithes, Hutton-Le-Hole and the award-winning sandy beaches of Scarborough, this tour encompasses the best of North Yorkshire.
Duration: 5 Days Join us at the Harrogate Flower Show, one of the UK’s premier gardening events, welcoming over one-hundred of the UK’s top plant nurseries and landscapers.
Duration: 2 Days Breathe in the evocative smells of a real steam railway, while your eyes and ears thrill to the puffing and hissing of the steam engine. So, settle back and enjoy a unique view of some of Yorkshire’s finest countryside!
Designed with solo travellers in mind, enjoy excursions to the highlights of Yorkshire, including Scarborough, Harrogate and York.
Duration: 5 Days Immerse yourself in over two thousand years of history, fall in love with its impressive architecture and landmarks, or wander around the fabulous independent shops; on our York City Break, the choice is yours!
Duration: 3 Days
If you love all things festive, you won't want to miss our 'tree-riffic' Scarborough Turkey & Tinsel Treat! Our excellent package includes evening entertainment, so be sure to get into a fantastic mood before Christmas rolls around.
Duration: 5 DaysAvailability Search
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