Description
HIGHLIGHTS: New Forest and Lyndhurst, Portsmouth, Chichester, Warner Entertainment.
Lakeside enjoys a wonderful position on Hayling Island, close to the seafront, offering a holiday village feel with first class facilities and the south coast just waiting to be explored.
**Please note it is a condition of travel with Grand UK, for all passengers to hold valid travel insurance for the duration of their tour.**
Itinerary
Excursions
FULL DAY: New Forest & Lyndhurst
This marvellous full day excursion heads off via the back roads and lanes of the New Forest, with its famous ponies and elusive deer and outstanding scenry to Lyndhurst. Here there is time to browse through the many antique shops or take in impressive gothic parish church of St Michael and All Angels
HALF DAY: Portsmouth
Into Portsmouth today to visit the Historic Dockyards, a collection of 10 related museums charting the history of the navy and including some its most iconic vessels. Your time is free to choose your own itinerary, perhaps step aboard Lord Nelson's famous HMS Victory or HMS Warrior - the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet - or maybe discover the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship that was raised from the Solent in 1982, or enjoy a leisurely cruise around the dockyards for a view from the water.
HALF DAY: Chichester
In Chichester, spend a delightful half-day exploring its rich history and culture in your free time. You could begin at the Chichester Cathedral, marveling at its architectural splendor. Priory Park is a beautiful place for a stroll, or you could conclude your visit at The Novium Museum; Chichester District's award-winning museum built over the remains of a Roman bathhouse.
Escorted Travel
Every one of our coach holidays includes the services of a coach driver and is always fully escorted by a knowledgeable Tour Manager, they are on hand every day and night and stay in the same hotel to ensure your holiday is stress-free.
Our coach Tour Managers are there purely for your extra comfort and enjoyment, from organising activities to breaking the ice and helping you all make the most of your holiday.
We hand-pick these extra special people because of their passion for people and places; they are the heartbeat of our coach holidays, a smiling face, a helping hand and always a listening ear and have the ability to turn a great time into a truly magical and memorable holiday experience.
They are simply the best in the business.
Our coach Tour Managers are there purely for your extra comfort and enjoyment, from organising activities to breaking the ice and helping you all make the most of your holiday. They are simply the best in the business.
We hand-pick these extra special people because of their passion for people and places; they are the heartbeat of our coach holidays, a smiling face, a helping hand and always a listening ear and have the ability to turn a great time into a truly magical and memorable holiday experience.
Everything Included:
- Free local joining points
- Collect Coach Miles
- All coach travel
- Reserved seats on tour coaches
- Tour Manager escorted
- Hotel accommodation and board as stated
- No single room supplement
- Excursions / itinerary as stated
- Admission fees and entertainment if stated
- Complete luggage handling
- Price-Back Insurance Offer
Your Pick Up Points
Joining Your Grand UK Coach Holiday
For 2024 we have introduced improvements to our network of local pick up points across the eastern, central and southern England, aimed at shortening your journey times and getting you away on holiday more easily and conveniently, meaning an altogether more relaxing start. We now have two pick up regions so your travel days will be more convenient, providing more efficient journeys, meeting your tour manager and fellow travellers earlier and in most cases arriving in resort earlier, please refer to our Pick-ups section below for more details.
The Tour Ref below indicates whether the tour departs from Area A or Area B by having either an A or B at the end. For example, GUK5A would be a tour departing from Area A.
Pick-Up Information
For 2024 we have introduced improvements to our network of local pick up points across the eastern, central and southern England, aimed at shortening your journey times and getting you away on holiday more easily and conveniently, meaning an altogether more relaxing start. We now have two pick up regions so your travel days will be more convenient, providing more efficient journeys, meeting your tour manager and fellow travellers earlier and in most cases arriving in resort earlier.
The Tour Ref on the holiday tab indicates whether the tour departs from Area A or Area B by having either an A or B at the end. For example, GUK5A would be a tour departing from Area A.
Traveling from Departure Area A: Be picked up from your free local departure point, and join your tour coach at our interchange area at Northampton Services on the M11, at junction 15A.
Traveling from Departure Area B: Be picked up from your free local departure point, and join your tour coach at our interchange area at Beaconsfield Services, M40, junction 2.
Venue Information
Warner Lakeside Coastal Village
Lakeside enjoys a wonderful position on Hayling Island, close to the seafront, offering a holiday village feel with first class facilities and the south coast just waiting to be explored.
- Standard en-suite chalet bedrooms
- Free Wi-Fi available
- Indoor heated swimming pool
- Daytime activities: archery, bowls, shooting, Nordic walking, fencing
- Live entertainment every night
- No lift, all chalets on the ground and first floor
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