Yorkshire Dales, Harrogate and Temple Newsom 2025

Day 1 Monday

Depart from your home area in the morning travelling to Yorkshire and arriving late afternoon at Crown Hotel Harrogate. 4 nights stay - dinner, bed and breakfast.

Day 2 Tuesday

We start with a visit to Knaresborough. Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd - stronghold of medieval kings. From here we return to Harrogate for free time. Harrogate boasts the world-famous Betty's tearooms, founded in 1919 by a Swiss confectioner. This afternoon enjoy a stroll through the lovely Valley Gardens and maybe Afternoon Tea at Betty's or visit the Royal Pump Rooms Museum to find out why Charles Dickens said that 'Harrogate is the queerest place with the strangest people in it, leading the oddest lives'.

Day 3 Wednesday

Our day begins with a full-day guided tour around the Yorkshire Dales National Park. We head towards Masham then on towards Middleham and along Wensleydale past Aysgarth, arriving at the magical little market town of Hawes - home to world famous Wensleydale creamery. Here we will have time for lunch. After lunch, we will head back south to the hotel via the Ribblehead Viaduct, Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle and across country back to Harrogate.

Day 4 Thursday

After a leisurely breakfast, we head out to Temple Newsam, known as the ‘Hampton Court’ of the north for over 500 years and is one of the finest stately homes in northern England and you can then step into Home Farm, one of the largest rare breed working farms in Europe and see what life was like for the people who worked there. Late afternoon, we return to the hotel.

Day 5 Friday

After breakfast, we leave and begin our homeward journey with suitable comfort stops en route.

B=Breakfast, D=Dinner