Kent – The Garden of England

Name: Kent – The Garden of England (5 Day Tour)
Brand: Shearings
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From the largest collection of fruit in the world to vineyards to beautifully sculpted gardens, discover why Kent is known as the Garden of England on this fantastic tour! We visit Brogdale Fruit Collection, home to hundreds of varieties of fruit; Godinton House, with it's delightful landscaped gardens; Chapel Down Vineyard, perfect for a sample of sparkling wine; and Leeds Castle, the loveliest castle in the world.

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Your Tour Includes

4 nights hotel with English breakfast
4 evening meals
Local joining points
Porterage at the hotel

Itinerary

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Local departure by coach or Home Connect service, then on to Kent for a four-night stay.

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Enjoy a visit magnificent Leeds Castle. Visitors come from all around the world to view this magnificent castle, which is set in 500 acres of landscaped parkland with a maze, grotto, aviaries, vineyard and more.

Listed in the Domesday Book, the castle has a long history and has been home to six medieval queens – it is often referred to as the ‘Castle of Queens, Queen of Castles’. King Henry VIII was perhaps the most famous owner, who transformed the castle for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. The stunning painting of the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold’, which commemorates the meeting between King Henry VIII and the French King Francis I in 1520, hangs at Leeds Castle.

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Leeds Castle

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Today, we discover the National Fruit Collection, which is set over 150 acres of farmland with over 4,000 varieties of fruit trees. No matter the time of year there's sure to be something in season, from cherries and plums in summer to apples and quince in autumn. We take a tractor trailer tour to learn more about the unique varieties in the orchard.

This afternoon we continue to Canterbury, famous for its cathedral and medieval town.

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Brogdale Fruit Collection

Canterbury

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This morning, we head to Godinton House and Gardens. Home to twelve acres of tranquil gardens which are surrounded by ancient parkland, highlights include the Rose Garden, Herbaceous Borders, and Lily Pond.

We then enjoy award-winning sparkling wine at Chapel Down Vineyard.

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Chapel Down Vineyard

Godinton House and Gardens

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Return home.

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Accommodation

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Single Room Supplement from £149

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Having been on 5/6 trips with Sheerings in the past we booked , a trip to Paris for a four night break, the majority of the trip was enjoyable except , we all booked an .advertised trip paid the coach driver our money 56.00E. for a meal in Paris and a night tour round Paris.. The meal was very mediocre, but as we had a good group atmosphere all was going good. however when we all were back on the coach . the driver informed the tour coach 168 that he had decided that he was not doing the night tour round Paris, as it was too light still 8.00 at night, and that anyone that has any complaints should email shearings when they got back. his attitude appeared to have a menacing tone . after a little while , another passenger with slight autism stood up and asked why he wasn't going on the night trip, the answer he gave was there are 28 people on the coach and 27 are too tired to go out at night . he then proceeded to stand over the seated vulnerable adult with his arms outstretched and blocking the view of his family in what appeared to be intimidating telling this person not to spoil it for everyone. HE HAD ONLY ASKED WHAT OTHERS WERE THINKING. On return his mother rang the customer service line to be told that the drivers were out of time , had the driver said this it would have been more acceptable , but its a lot to advertise and charge people for and then intimidate them when they respond . well done sheerings ledger . never again will i stand by and allow you to ick on a vulnerable adult. we don't want financial recompense , just to let people know that if your expecting a night seeing the lights in Paris you may well be disappointed

gordon davie