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PROGRAMME 2026
Monday 14th to Friday 18th September 2026
The Historic Houses & Heritage of North Wales
Including Wightwick Manor, Welsh Highland Narrow Gauge Railway, Portmerion, Caernarfon Castle, Plas Newydd Country House & Gardens, Bodnant Gardens, Penrhyn Castle, Powis Castle & Gardens

Over the years, the Centre has sponsored an annual ‘holiday’ with Yorkshire, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man being recent examples. In the early days there was even a visit to South Africa.
Our survey indicated that North Wales would be a popular destination – provided it included Portmeirion! – so we have agreed the attached itinerary with the firm ‘tailored travel’, who arrange everything for us as indicated in the programme below.
We do need to recruit a minimum of 25 members (or other friends) to make the holiday financially viable, so we were pleased to note that our preliminary survey indicated enough YES responses to encourage us to publicise the event.
Now we need to secure the booking by sending a £100 deposit per person to ‘tailored travel’, so would all prospective participants please send a cheque without delay to Jonathan Hughes to the address shown in the Itinerary and Booking Form below.
Cost : £899. [Same for non-members, for whom there may be room]
£999 for single rooms
£38 ‘Tailored travel’ insurance, if required
Accessibility: No known hazards.
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Visit to Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace is a World Heritage Site and has 200 years of history, stories and treasures to be explored. Share the splendours of Baroque architecture and wonder at the collection, which includes art, tapestries and fine furniture.
Cost (incl. concessionary entrance fees):
£69 Members
£74 Non-members Accessibility: No known hazards
Optional train @ 50p each way
Refreshments at own cost:
BYO or take advantage of facilities on site
Thursday 15th October 2026
Hampshire Hawk - Talk on Falcony
Thursday 11th November 2026
The Early History of Winchester - part 2
Thursdayday 11th December 2026
Christmas Lunch
2027
Thursday 14th January 2027
Renovation of Munstead Wood
Thursday 11th February 2027
The Poetry Plane
Thursday 11th March 2027
Spring Lunch
followed by
Hampshire Swing Riots of 1830

