Day 1 – Arrive in UK.
Arrive at Gatwick. First day in England. Everything is new and exciting. Driving towards Bristol. Noticing the landscape and countryside, how different it is from Ukraine. Discuss the week ahead while travelling.
11:25 Arrival: Heatrow/Gatwick/Luton. Passage through customs control and baggage reclaim
12:25 The transfer to Bristol
13:30 Stop for lunch
16:40 Arrive at the hotel
17:00 Afternoon meal
18:00 Visit Clifton Suspension Bridge and Downs
21:00 Return to Hotel. Summarise the day, joint viewing of news with the BBC
22.00 Bed time
Day 2 – Bristol.
Bristol is the European capital for urban art and recently had an exhibition in the city centre which was attended by thousands of people from all over Europe. Next, Blaise Hamlet designed by John Nash (1811). The houses are still lived in and offer their unique architecture of the time.
07:30 Wake Up
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
9.00-12.00 Meeting to discuss the tour. Team building games. Quiz and fun
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Visit Blaise Hamlet
16.00 – 17.00 Excursion to city centre of Bristol to view Urban Art.
17.30-18.30 Dinner
19:00-19.30 Journey back to the hotel
20.00-22.00 Summarise the day, joint viewing of news with the BBC
22:00 Bed time
Day 3 – Stratford Upon Avon.
Stratford-Upon-Avon the birthplace of William Shakespeare. First his house and the chance to witness professional actors performing excerpts from his plays in the grounds outside. How his words and language still influence English language to this day. A visit to his marital home and sisters farm a few minutes away.
7:30 Wake Up
8.00 Breakfast
9.00 The Trip to Stratford Upon Avon
11.00 Visiting Shakespeare's Birthplace. Complete question and answer papers on Shakespeare his literature and life. Demonstrate their knowledge of Shakespearian language and modern language. Also analysis of how much of present day language is attributed to Shakespeare and his writing.
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Tour around city centre
16.00 Journey to York
18:30 Arrive at the hotel
19.00 Dinner in York
19.00 Summarise day, joint viewing and discussion of news BBC
21.00 Free time
22.00 Bed time
Day 4 –York Castle. Jorvik Viking Centre.
The city of York is a walled city and dates back over two thousand years. York Castle Museum where we will be transported back to Victorian times following the arrest of Joseph Beedham, witnessing the trial and Victorian crime and punishment. The Jorvik Viking Centre is a time capsule recreating the Vikings invasion and settlement of northern England.
7:30 Wake Up
8.00-8.45 Breakfast
09.30 Visit York Castle (guided tour) Including educational activities and workshop. Organised by
Castle onsite Educational Specialist
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Visit Jorvik Viking Centre. Discover how the Vikings lived by strolling through the meticulously
detailed Viking village as it would have looked 1,000 years ago. Explore the past and
experience for yourself archaeological excavations that first unearthed this Viking city.
18.00 Journey to Newcastle upon Tyne
19:30 Arrive at the hotel
20.00 Dinner in Newcastle upon Tyne
20.00-21.00 Summarise the day, joint viewing and discussion of news with the BBC
21.00-22.00 Free time
22.00 Bed time
Day 5 – Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh, the magnificent capital of Scotland. A visit to the castle the scene of many historical moments and battles. Arriving at the beginning of the famous military tattoo festival and the coming together of all the nations in the Commonwealth.
6:30 Wake Up
7.00-7:30 Breakfast
08:00 Journey to Edinburgh
11.00 Excursion into the city. Visit Edinburgh’s magnificent Castle. Audio tour of this Scottish
treasure Pass through a gateway built almost 450 years ago following the devastation
wrought by the Lang Siege. Look up to see a spiked portcullis, raised today to let visitors
inside. The top floor was added in the 1880s.
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Continuation of excursion.
17.00 Walking tour around city.
18:30 Arrive at the hotel
19.00 Dinner in hotel.
19.30-20.30 Summarise the day, joint viewing and discussion of news with the BBC
20.30 -22.00 Free time
22.00 Bed time
Day 6 – Loch-Ness day tour.
The tour continues with a trip around the Highlands of Scotland. The wild terrain and beautiful scenery and a boat trip on the famous Loch Ness. Camera’s at the ready in case we see the elusive monster.
7:00 Wake Up
7.15 Breakfast
8.00 Trip to Loch-Ness. From Edinburgh we go north west to Kilmahog from here to Rannoch
Moor and to Gelncoe, site of the massacre of the MacDonald clan in 1692. Travel onto Fort William for lunch. After lunch we will pass Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain, The Caledonian Canal, Fort Augustus onto Loch Ness. A drive along the shoreline to Urquhart Castle. The journey home through Inverness, over the Grampian Mountains, through Perthshire and dinner at Pitlochry and finally Edinburgh.
20:30 Arrive at the hotel
21.00 Summarise the day, joint viewing and discussion of news with the BBC
22.00 Bed time
Explore the diversity of the natural world, world cultures, art and design, science and technology and Scottish history, all under one roof at the National Museum of Scotland.
8:30 Wake Up 9.00 Breakfast 10:00 Visit National Museum of Scotland. Discover about life at the time of Mary, Queen of Scots
through living history demonstrations, performances and displays. 14.00 Lunch 15.00 Journey to Liverpool. Stops on Services for rest and dinner. 20.00 Arrive at the hotel 20.30 Summarise the day. 21.00 Free time 22.00 Bed timeDay 8 – Liverpool. Beatles tour.
Liverpool the home of the most famous band the world has ever known. A visit to the Beatles museum is the pinnacle of British and world popular music. This is the city where a musical revolution was born and still influences the music of today. The award-winning Beatles Story is an unforgettable journey into the lives, times and music of the Beatles.
08:00 Wake Up
09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Beatles Story Museum. Excursion including the Beatles Story exhibition, Discovery Zone and
Fabulous 4D experience.
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Excursion around Liverpool.
16.00 Journey to London. Stop for Dinner.
20.00 Arrive at the hotel
20.30 Summarise the day.
21.00 Free time
22.00 Bed time
Day 9 –London. Natural History museum.
The Natural History Museum London. The museum on the Cromwell Road offers another day of learning and adventure. The day will be packed with activities and learning opportunities. See the launch pad demonstrations, 3D Imax cinema etc.
08:00 Wake Up
09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Excursion to the Natural History Museum. Including onsite educational activities, organised
and led by Museum Educational Specialist .
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Continue excursion
16.00 Walking tour central London
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Return at the hotel
20.30 Summarise the day.
21.00 Free time
22.00 Bed time
Day 10 – London. Warner Brother Studio.
Warner Brothers Studio Watford. Imagine just a short journey north of London and you are transported to the world of film and of course the magical Harry Potter. Visit the studios where the blockbuster films were made and get a first hand glimpse of stardom.
7:30 Wake up
8.00 Breakfast
09:00 Trip to Warner Bros. Studio
10:00 Arrive in Watford.
11.00 Pottering in Harrys footsteps. Harry Potter scenes were shot and enter the magical wizards world. From breathtakingly detailed sets to stunning costumes, props and animatronics,
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London provides a unique showcase of the extraordinary British artistry, technology and talent that went into making the most successful film series of all time.
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Continue excursion
17.00 Return to London
18.30 Dinner in London
21.00 Return to hotel
21.00 Summarise the day, joint viewing and discussion of news with the BBC
22.00 Bed time
Day 11 – London. Flight home.
It’s been a fantastic 11 days and sadly this is the last day. First an open top tour of the Capital and then a cruise up the river Thames and on to the London Eye. After another
fantastic day it’s off to the airport and home.
08:30 Wake Up
09:30 Breakfast
10:00 Excursion into the city - London Eye & cruise along the Thames
13.00 Open Bus Tour around London
15.00 Lunch
15.30 Walking Tour central London
17.30 Departure to the airport
19:30 Arrive at Heatrow/Luton/Gatwick/Bristol. Registration at the airport
Dates: June : 5-15; 21-31; July: 02-12; 17-27; August: 4-14; 18-28
London, Bristol, Stratford-Upon-Avon, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Loch-Ness, Liverpool
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