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Opening Hours
Monday - Friday
8.30am - 5.30pm
Saturday
8.30am - 4.00pm
(Exc. Bank Holidays)
- 01 January 1970
- Days
- £
Ref · Single room supplement NIL
Tankersley Manor Hotel
Our four-star hotel is set in beautiful countryside and woodland and sensitively incorporates the 17th Century building within a modern hotel while retaining a lot of the original charm. The hotel’s leisure club has an indoor pool, gym, steam room, sauna, Jacuzzi and Reflections Spa. The 100 en suite rooms offer TV, telephone, hairdryer, ironing facilities and hospitality tray. Rooms in the new wing are serviced by a lift.
ITINERARY
Day 1 After picking you up from your door, we travel north via Leicester to reach our hotel in the small town of Tankersley, south of Barnsley. A welcome drink will be served before dinner for a chance to meet your fellow guests.
Day 2 We travel into Brontë Country today with a return journey on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway starting in Oxenhope. We then transfer by coach to the village of Haworth, nestled on the edge of the West Yorkshire moorlands. There is a chance to have lunch and visit the shops along the steep cobbled main street before we enter the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Day 3 Making our way north via the market town of Tadcaster, to Harewood, home to the Queen’s cousin, and renowned for its stunning architecture, exquisite interiors, ‘Capability Brown’ gardens and Bird Garden. We visit the magnificent staterooms, the ‘Below Stairs’ exhibition and have time to explore the grounds and get refreshments.
Day 4 Today we travel west into the Peak District National Park. We visit the Ladybower Reservoir, used in World War II to practice for the famous Dambusters Raid. We then climb the Snake Pass before reaching Holmfirth, home to ‘Last of the Summer Wine’. Visit Sid’s Café, Nora Batty’s steps and learn more about Compo, Clegg and Foggy at the Last of the Summer Wine Exhibition. We return via the pretty village of Cawthorne.
Day 5 We make our way south stopping at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire for lunch. We continue into our local area, our taxis and home.