Northamptonshire’S Manors And Motors

Day 1 Morning departure for the journey to Rockingham and the hotel for a four night stay.

Days 2 to 4 We have included the following excursions:

• A visit to Holdenby House, once the largest private house in Elizabethan England and a prison of King Charles I. Enjoy a guided tour of this beautiful manor, admiring its hall, ballroom, library and other rooms. Then you will have time at leisure to stroll the gardens, before travelling to the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery. Home to the world-famous shoe collection

• Visit the Silverstone Race Circuit and The Silverstone Interactive Museum. The exhibition features state of the art interactive displays telling the fascinating stories of human endeavour, great sporting rivalries and engineering innovation. Our visit will end with the thrill of speeding around Silverstone alongside racing heroes in an immersive show “The Ultimate Lap of Silverstone” with commentary by Murray Walker. In the afternoon you will visit Castle Ashby Gardens. The 25 acres of extensive gardens include the romantic Italian Gardens, unique Orangery and impressive Arboretum. Also visit the Menagerie, plant centre or the walled garden tearoom.

• A morning at leisure in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, an 800-year- old market town famous for its traditional markets and vibrant shops and restaurants. In the afternoon you will visit Lamport Hall which featured in the TV series ‘The Crown’. Time to wander round the hall’s fine rooms and the lovely gardens.

• Coach travel
• 4 nights dinner, bed & breakfast
• guided tour of Holdenby House
• entrance to Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
• entrance to Silverstone Interactive Museum
• entrance to Castle Ashby Gardens
• entrance to Lamport Hall           

This hotel has been recently refurbished and located just outside the pretty Northamptonshire village of Rockingham, just a short distance from the ancient Rockingham Castle. All bedrooms are en-suite with TV, telephone, hairdryer, WiFi, iron/ironing board and tea/coffee making facilities. Lift, lounge/bar, restaurant, terrace and gardens.

NB: No lift, but all bedrooms are ground and first floor only