Literary Tours

Magical Oxford

Embrace the magical worlds of Narnia, Alice's Wonderland, Middle Earth and Harry Potter's Hogwarts through this journey of enchanted Oxford. Explore locales and meet characters made famous by some of the world's most creative and intriguing authors -- Lewis Carroll, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Roald Dahl and Philip Pullman.

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Victorian Dickens Christmas Parade in the village of Rochester, England

Pre-Christmas shopping trip to London, followed by a visit to the Kent countryside. The traditional Christmas we all know from English Christmas card scenes can still be enjoyed in England. Scores of narrow country lanes twist and turn among the gentle slopes leading us to the half timbered village of Chiddingstone. The highlight of our trip is the Victorian Dickens Christmas Parade in the village of Rochester.

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Dickens Summer Festival

Take a walk back through Victorian England, as brought to life by Charles Dickens in his many famous novels, and visit the places which inspired him. The Dickens Festival takes place in his hometown of historic Rochester and is a nostalgic celebration of the traditions of the Victorian era, featuring colourful parades, music, dance, street theatre and Dickensian characters in period costume.

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Literary South of England

Watch the work of some of the world's greatest wordsmith's leap off the page. Follow the footsteps of your favourite characters and find the springs of inspiration that pushed the pens of their creators. Back-Roads guides help you read between the lines with an invitation into the workshops of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, AA Milne and Rudyard Kipling to name but a few.

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Literary Tour of South East England

On this 6 day tour your will take in delights County of Kent, known as "The Garden of England" with its lush fields and pretty villages. The tour will take you to Leeds, a fairy tale Castle over 1000 years old; Tunbridge Wells; Monk's House home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf; Rochester, where you will walk down the old high street with its Dickensian connections; the home of Sir Winston Churchill at Chartwell; Canterbury and its magnificent Cathedral and Penshurst Place for a private tour by Viscount De L'Isle who have historical links with Hampden-Sydney College Virginia.

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