Day Trips in Stevenage

Coach Day Trips in North Hertfordshire

Landmark Coaches work with many Group Tour Organisers offering some of the best and competitively priced day trips out.  Whether you are seeking a day trip to the seaside, a trip out to some of the best Christmas Markets or simply a day out to some of the most well known flower shows in the area.  From Stately homes to Museums, this is the place to look.

With local departures from Stevenage, Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden.  Some of our trips depart from Shefford.

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Discover all the ideas, inspiration and supplies you could ever dream of! Knitters, stitchers, hobbyists and crafters will be in their element with endless supplies, innovations, new product launches, demonstrations and workshops designed to encourage and inspire your creativity – there‘s no better place to stock up and revel in creative craft inspiration! Your ticket to Simply Christmas includes Creative Crafts Showand Cake International. Enjoy live music and festive food and drink as you tick off your Christmas shopping list!

Coach departs Stevenage at 0800

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

Camden Lock Market, by the canal, was the original craft market, established in 1974, but now has a much wider spectrum of goods on sale. Both this and the ever popular Camden Stables Market – centre of the alternative fashion scene, Camden (Buck Street) Market and Inverness Street Market – which thrived on local trade long before tourists discovered Camden. It is at the weekend that the market scene jumps fully into life with all stalls and shops at the above-mentioned markets fully trading and the lively Camden Canal Market opening Friday to Sunday. The indoor fashion market at the Electric Ballroom opens on Sunday only. There is always something happening in the centre of Camden Town. Multitudes of shops and restaurants spill out on to the busy Main Streets. Days in Camden start slow and easy – shops and stalls open around 10am usually until 6pm, although some traders do stay open later. A walk along the pretty canal towpath from Regent’s Park will also take you into the middle of the markets.

Coach departs Stevenage at 0900

Pick Up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

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Now in its seventh year, this popular event is widely acknowledged as one of East Anglia’s exceptional Christmas shopping experiences. Over 120 bespoke trade stalls are located in the Cathedral’s magnificent nave, its famous Lady Chapel and a heated marquee in the beautiful Cathedral grounds. This high profile event, inside one of Cambridgeshire’s most iconic venues, makes Ely Cathedral Christmas Gift & Food Fair a perfect day out. An interesting programme of live demonstrations will feature festive cake decorating and seasonal floral arrangements. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Cathedral Choristers and other local performers. A wide selection of food traders will be on site during the event. The heated ‘Cafe Marquee’ provides the perfect spot to sit down and enjoy some delicious festive fayre

Bluewater is the most innovative and exciting shopping and leisure destination in Europe today. Situated on a 240-acre (97 ha) plot in a former chalk quarry the centre has a sales floor area of 154,000 m² (1,600,000 ft²) over two levels, making it the second largest shopping centre in the UK. The philosophy is simple: to make shopping an enjoyable, stress-free experience and to treat all our customers as guests. Over 330 shops restaurants and three leisure villages provide guests with a unique experience. Kings Road, Regent Street and Covent Garden come to Kent

Coach departs from Stevenage at 0900

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

The historic centre of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk will be transformed into the wonderful Bury St Edmunds Christmas Fayre with colourful stalls selling local produce and crafts as well as traders from around the UK and mainland Europe, with traditional fairground rides and on-stage entertainment. The Angel Hill area of Bury St Edmunds, with its recently crowned cathedral, medieval Abbey Gate and links with Charles Dickens is the ideal setting for a traditional Christmas Fayre. An added attraction is the town‘s nearby cosmopolitan shopping centre with its great mix of famous name stores and independent shops plus cafes and restaurants galore. Visitors on Friday and Saturday will also be able to sample the delights of Bury St Edmunds provisions market on the Buttermarket and Cornhill while, this year, the date also coincides with the Cathedral‘s Christmas Fair and the Medieval Fayre in Moyse‘s Hall Museum. There will be street entertainment on all three days leading up into the town centre and more stalls in our new Arc shopping centre. There really is something for everyone. With 300 stalls set out along the town‘s medieval streets and in its award-winning gardens and within historic and contemporary venues and attractions

Coach departs Stevenage at 0900

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

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Our first stop will be at one of Europe’s largest shopping centres – Cite Europe Calais France. With a large selection of fashion shops, restaurants and a hypermarket you are sure to find some bargains. You can remain at Cite Europe or alternatively if you would like to purchase cigarettes or tobacco stay on the coach where we will stop at an outlet in Belgium, before returning back to Cite Europe where you will spend the remaining time (time permitting). Adinkerke excursion: Ideal for those who require tobacco and also alcohol available at favourable prices. Those who choose Belgium have a stay of approx. 1 hour, and a short stop at the Citi de Europe on return journey. This trip offers coach travel, Eurotunnel crossing, four hours at Citi de Europe (or optional excursion to Adinkerke) there will be a weight limit on Beer & Wine carried on the coach

Coach departs Stevenage at 0645

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

The Abbey Gardens provides a magical atmosphere and here you will find over 100 stalls, free children’s entertainment, real reindeer, and of course Santa and his elves in his wonderful winter workshop. There’s also lots of delicious food and drink to sample including wine, waffles, cakes and cheeses. A World Market can be found on Angel Hill, the centre of Bury St Edmund’s historic medieval core, with over 100 stalls and a traditional funfair and the Greene King stage with live music and entertainment throughout the day. At The Athenaeum, a beautiful historic Georgian building where the likes of Charles Dickens gave readings of his work, you can find some great handmade gifts particularly fine art, jewellery and cards. Many will be wearing exquisite period costumes adding to the effect of this wonderful building. Foodies will love the St Edmundsbury Cathedral Courtyard with stalls selling everything from fruit gin to local honey, artisan sauces to scrumptious Christmas puddings. The town’s market, one of the most successful traditional street markets in the country today will be open from Friday to Sunday. The market, which dates back to before the days of William the Conqueror, is where you can find everything from fresh local produce to authentic Italian shirts, from Portuguese pottery and colourful plants and flowers. There’s also a wonderful farmer’s market with more local produce on the Sunday

Coach departs Stevenage at 0900

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

The concerts help to fund a project close to our hearts that receives no government funding. This year the theme is A Christmas in New York. Resident organist Chris Barber will be at the helm of the Mighty Wurlitzer accompanied by a fine soprano singer. Special lighting and projections will transport you across the Atlantic. Expect music from shows and films featuring popular tunes from the Great American Song Book including White Christmas and Winter Wonderland. The Concert now includes lunch – It‘s been tricky for groups to factor in a bite to eat on the way to West London without falling foul of the traffic so serving lunch is the ideal solution. With time to enjoy the quirky museum before sitting down to lunch at 1.30pm. A selection of sandwiches with seasonal fillings, salad garnish, crisps, sausage rolls and mince pies is served with tea and coffee. A Glass of Prosecco – After ten years of sherry we‘ve got with the times and for 2018 we’ll be serving a glass of Prosecco to all of our guests

Coach departs Stevenage at 1100

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will form part of your visit to Windsor Castle. This special exhibition will feature the wedding outfits worn by the couple at their wedding in May 2018. The Duchess of Sussex’s wedding dress was created by the British designer Clare Waight Keller, Artistic Director at the historic French fashion house Givenchy.  The Duchess chose Ms Waight Keller for her timeless and elegant aesthetic, and for the impeccable tailoring of her creations. The Duchess and Ms Waight Keller worked closely together on the design. The Duke of Sussex’s wedding outfit was the frockcoat uniform of the Household Cavalry (the ‘Blues and Royals’), made by tailors at Dege & Skinner on Savile Row.  As the uniform specially commissioned for the occasion is required for use by His Royal Highness, an identical uniform made for The Duke by Dege & Skinner a few years earlier will be displayed. The Christmas display at Windsor Castle will mark the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the Castle following the fire of November 1992. The State Apartments will be decked with glistening gold decorations inspired by the highly skilled gilding work that was undertaken to restore the Castle’s interiors. The highlight of the display will be the magnificent 20-foot-high Nordmann Fir Christmas tree in St George’s Hall, taken from Windsor Great Park and covered in gold decorations. In the State Dining Room, the table will be laid with silver-gilt pieces from the spectacular Grand Service, commissioned by George IV and still used today by The Queen and her guests at State Banquets

Coach departs Stevenage at 0900

Pick Up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

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The Christmas Cruise is great fun. While many of you will have been on the river during the day it is a truly different experience after dark. We start our tour at Historic Greenwich with time to visit the shops, museum and market before boarding our Thames cruiser. Inside The London Rose it‘s warm and cosy with everyone guaranteed a choice of seats with terrific views in one of two saloons and the prospect of a hot chocolate or a Whisky Mac from the fully licensed bar. There’s plenty of room to move around and a huge open deck. Your folk will really enjoy the quality and content of the commentary, a mix of historical information and Cockney Waterman‘s humour that brings groups back year after year. We set off at 4-00pm from historic Greenwich and are soon passing The London Docklands a breath taking sight at night, a blaze of colour and light, our own mini Manhattan. It is a wonderful thing to sail beneath a flood lit Tower Bridge, quite stunning! Now we are in the Upper Pool of the Port of London passing the Tower of London, HMS Belfast and approaching London Bridge. The City of London owes its very existence to this majestic river, you‘ll see The Monument and St. Paul‘s Cathedral and then on to Bankside with Shakespeare‘s Globe Theatre and the massive Tate Modern art gallery housed in the old power station. It just gets better and better as we approach the West End and the warm golden tones of the Palace of Westminster where on many evenings in the run up to Christmas you‘ll see our hard working MPs ‘networking‘ in the Commons bar on the riverside. After 60 minutes cruising we step ashore on Westminster Pier. Our Blue Badge guide will be waiting for you on the pier to walk back to our coach just a few minutes away and begin an entertaining guided tour of the Christmas Lights & Sights in the West End and the City of London. Finishing with three course Carvery Dinner at the President Hotel.

Coach departs Stevenage at 1200

Coach Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

More a Christmas experience than anything else, a trip to Lincoln is guaranteed to melt the heart of even the most avowed anti-shopper! Imagine a cobbled square overlooked by a floodlit 12th Century Cathedral, a Norman Castle and black and white timber-framed buildings. Brightly coloured stalls decorated with lights, selling every conceivable Christmas gift and the traders in Victorian costume. The smell of chestnuts roasting, mince pies and hot mulled wine. The delicate sound of hand bell ringers or local choirs singing carols by lantern light, street theatre and beautiful services in the majestic Cathedral. There are almost 350 stalls, set in the grounds of the Castle and the Lawn, around the Cathedral, in Castle Hill and along Westgate

Coach departs Stevenage at 0830

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

It‘s the most wonderful time of the year as the tree-tops glisten and the Great Lake and waterfalls of Blenheim Palace shimmer and sparkle. There‘s something for everyone as the one mile glittering path winds its way through the world-famous Parkland in a magical after dark experience. New for 2018, the Blenheim winter trail is brighter than ever before with over a million pea-lights, lasers and projections. Wander beneath unique tree canopies drenched in seasonal colour and dripping with silvery shards of light, frosty snowflakes, stars and baubles. From the delicate and twinkling to the grand and spectacular, follow the lakeside path past the Gingerbread House and under hundreds of larger-than-life glowing flowers suspended in the branches. Sparkling hedgerows and tunnels lead you to a brand new Field of Light and on towards a garden filled with jewel-like, colour-changing globes. There are hidden surprises too – watch out for Bubble Path before you pause at the flickering scented flames of the Fire Garden for a moment of tranquil reflection. As you walk through a Canopy of Light festooned with over 100,000 pea-lights, the mesmerising voices of Singing Trees can be heard in the distance. Don‘t forget to look out for Father Christmas and his elves along the way before you pause at the Water Terrace Finale to enjoy the jumping water jets, projections and criss-crossing beams of light as they dance in time to much-loved Christmas classics. Why not complete your stroll under the stars with spiced cider, mulled wine or hot chocolate whilst the aroma of roasting chestnuts fills the air. Gather to toast your own marshmallows at one of the fire pits, ride the vintage Carousel and enjoy other traditional fare before browsing the well stocked gift shop (Blenheim Palace will not be open on this date)

Coach departs Stevenage at 1400

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

 The Bull Ring is Birmingham’s newest shopping destination, and the most exhilarating city retail experience. The Bullring has brought over 26 football pitches worth of shops, boutiques and restaurants into the center of town. It has reintroduced some of Birmingham’s traditional streets and is a stimulating, glass covered environment where you can shop, eat or just be. Celebrating its 14th anniversary, Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market has become a huge favourite with both residents and visitors to the city from all over the UK and Europe .  Combined with the city’s own Christmas Craft Fair of local traders, it offers a total of over 180 stalls to browse and enjoy. Enjoy the feel of a small village within the heart of the bustling city centre, with picturesque wooden chalets offering traditional handcrafted gifts, including jewellery, wooden toys, dolls and candles. Visitors’ senses will be delighted as they are invited to enjoy the Gluhwein (German mulled wine), German beers, traditional sausages, meats, sweets, marzipans, breads and pastries

Coach departs Stevenage at 0800

Pick up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

Once claiming to be ‘everything London’, tourists still flock there to buy teddy bears bearing the Harrods insignia or simply to wonder at the over-the-top glitz and super-abundance of the Egyptian Hall and the like. The luxuries of its Food Hall are legendary, and in more recent years its Urban Retreat hairdressing and beauty salon has gained a reputation for its ultra-indulgent (and suitably expensive). This trip offers a last chance Christmas shop and a ride through London’s Christmas Lights

Coach departs Stevenage at 1400

Pick Up Points also available from Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City

The Royal Meeting’s spectacular heritage, unlike any other, has made the event anticipated and revered the world over. From the arrival of the Royal Procession at 2pm sharp to the communal singing around the Bandstand, with six top-class races between, each of the five days is unforgettable.

This trip will include entry into the Windsor Enclosure

Coaches depart Stevenage at 9am

Tickets for this very popular event are available and must be paid for by October 2018