Day Trips

Take a look through our range of exciting day trips. Day trips are NOT home pick up, however we do come as close to your address as possible. A few days before travel we contact you with your pick up time and point. Customer parking is also available at our depot.

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Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival & Boundary Mill

Day Excursion

14/08/2025 - 14/08/2025

1 Days

From £22

Join us on a day trip to the Yorkshire Dales and the lovely Wharfedale village of Kettlewell. The Scarecrow Festival has been held here every year since 1994 and is a fabulous fundraising event for the local primary school, village hall and local church which serve the whole surrounding community. Originally the scarecrows depicted villagers professions and hundreds of displays can now be spotted in every corner of the village in gardens, doorways, peeping over walls and even climbing drainpipes. There are plenty of refreshments available with three pubs and two cafes as well as places to picnic by the river.

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Lytham 1940's Festival

Day Excursion

16/08/2025 - 16/08/2025

1 Days

From £20

Step back in time as Lytham transforms itself from a typical Lancashire town into a 1940’s wartime extravaganza centred around Lytham Green. Locals and visitors enter the spirit by dressing in vintage ‘40’s dress and embrace the nostalgic atmosphere. Listen to the lively iconic sounds of the era, put on your dancing shoes and join in some dancing with live performances in Clifton Square. Admire the impressive display of military vehicles, a replica Spitfire, re-enactment groups, vintage traders and don’t miss morale boosting, patriotic speeches from Sir Winston Churchill.

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Morecambe Vintage by the Sea (date subject to slight change)

Day Excursion

30/08/2025 - 30/08/2025

1 Days

From £22

We travel to the seaside resort of Morecambe. The annual Vintage by the Sea festival celebrates music, fashion, film, art, design, and dance from the 1920s to 1990s against the glamorous backdrop of the iconic 1930s Midland Hotel. Whether you prefer swing, rockabilly, mod, soul, funk, disco, or ska, the event brims with glamour and head-turning style. Stroll around the vintage marketplace, admire classic cars, bikes, and buses, watch a catwalk showcasing the festival’s best outfits, and enjoy a vintage fairground with heritage rides for all the family. Savour street food, from local seafood to handmade ice cream!

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Lakeside/Haverthwaite Railway & Bowness-on-Windermere

Day Excursion

06/09/2025 - 06/09/2025

1 Days

From £42

The Lake District is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the UK. Our first stop is the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, where we step back in time with a scenic journey onboard one of their lovingly restored steam locomotives, travelling through the contrasting lake and river scenery of the Leven Valley. Upon arrival at Lakeside, on the southern tip of Lake Windermere, we transfer to a steamer cruise, taking in fantastic views across the wooded shoreline and distant Lakeland fells. Our final destination is Bowness-on-Windermere, with time for lunch and leisure before returning home.

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Ludlow Food Festival

Day Excursion

13/09/2025 - 13/09/2025

1 Days

From £40

The Ludlow Food Festival was the first of its type in the UK and is one of the town’s biggest events. Set in the grounds of Ludlow Castle, the event hosts over 180 top quality small independent food and drink producers, predominantly from Ludlow and the Marches, free talks and demonstrations, 'hands-on' workshops and much more all inside Ludlow Castle. You can sample and vote for your favourite sausages, bread or ale, engage in some serious pudding tasting and sample wonderful food that you may not have known existed! Whether you are a serious foodie or someone who just appreciates good food and drink, there is something for everyone for a great day out.

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Gawthorpe Hall & Oswaldtwistle Mills

Day Excursion

18/09/2025 - 18/09/2025

1 Days

From £28

Join us on a trip to Oswaldtwistle Mill, an award-winning Shopping Village in Lancashire. The former Weaving Mill is a shopping paradise with over 100 retailers. It also features five restaurants, an ice cream parlour, a Home, Lifestyle & Garden Centre, Mill Grounds, Aquatics Specialist, Textile and Heritage Museum, and its own Wildfowl Reserve. After lunch at leisure, we continue to Gawthorpe Hall, an Elizabethan gem in industrial Lancashire, with landscaped gardens and an ornamental terraced garden overlooking the River Calder. The Shuttleworth family has owned the estate since the 12th century, and the Hall boasts impressive furniture and the Gawthorpe Textile Collection.

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Caernarfon & the Welsh Highland Railway

Day Excursion

20/09/2025 - 20/09/2025

1 Days

From £59

This morning we travel to North Wales, arriving at the royal town of Caernarfon with some free time at leisure. This afternoon is the highlight of our trip as we step back in time and take to the tracks of the Welsh Highland Railway, the UK’s longest heritage railway, for a magical steam train journey. Commencing from beneath the walls of mighty Caernarfon Castle, sit back and relax on a 25-mile journey in your comfortable carriage, passing along glorious coastlines, through ancient oak woodlands, rivers, the picturesque village of Beddgelert, over the Aberglasyn Pass, and on to Porthmadog. We return home by coach.

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Clitheroe & Browsholme Hall

Day Excursion

25/09/2025 - 25/09/2025

1 Days

From £30

This morning we head to Clitheroe, set in the glorious Ribble Valley. This market town is packed with independent shops not usually found on the high street. Clitheroe Castle dominates the skyline, a ruined, early medieval castle which is home to the Castle Museum and has stood for over 800 years. After time for lunch, we visit Browsholme Hall, which has been the ancestral home of the Parkers; Bowbearers of the Forest of Bowland since Tudor times. Today it is still the family’s home and they invite visitors to enjoy its magnificent architecture, fabulous interiors and antique furnishings set in the stunning landscape of the Hodder Valley.

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Young at Heart Lunch & Entertainment at Bedford Hotel, Lytham

Day Excursion

08/10/2025 - 08/10/2025

1 Days

From £49

Join us on a delightful day trip to the Fylde Coast, visiting the charming Lancashire town of Lytham St Annes. Our destination is the ever-popular Bedford Hotel, where you’ll be greeted with a refreshing welcome drink of bubbly. Relax and enjoy a delicious three-course Young at Heart lunch, elegantly served in the hotel's beautiful ballroom. Afterward, savor tea or coffee as the afternoon comes alive with entertainment, including fun bingo, lively cabaret performances, uplifting singing, and plenty of opportunities to dance the afternoon away. It’s the perfect mix of good food, great company, and lighthearted fun - a day to remember! (Menu to be confirmed nearer the time).

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Matlock Illuminations

Day Excursion

18/10/2025 - 18/10/2025

1 Days

From £35

Join us on a special trip to the Peak District for a unique spectacular. On arrival at Matlock there will be time to explore the town and in the early evening we head to the setting of the beautiful riverside Derwent Gardens, filled with stalls and fairground rides. The Matlock Bath Venetian Boat Builders' Association decorate themed models with an array of coloured lights which are mounted on rowing boats and appear to ‘glide’ above the water on a wonderful parade along the river. As a grand finale to finish the evening there is a dazzling firework display .

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