Start From Gayton Marina From Gayton Marina This ultimate route takes two weeks to complete, but includes plenty to see and do over a three week cruise. An extra licence is required when joining the Thames. The river cruising on the Thames is superb, with all locks manned during the daytime. Visit places such as Hampton Court Palace, Windsor, Eton and Henley. |
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Useful Information Stoke Bruerne Canal museum www.thewaterwaystrust.co.uk Silverstone Racing Circuit- Website Tel. 0844 3728 200 Woburn safari park Website Tel. 01525 290407 Heart of the Shires Shopping Village www.heartof theshires.co.uk Milton Keynes Tourist information Website Tel. 01908 677010 Milton Keynes Xscape- home of the real Snow slope where you can toboggan or ski or snowboard, also body flying tunnel & rock climbing. Website Tel. 0871 200 3220 www.snozonemiltonkeynes.com Tel. 0871 2003220 Leighton Buzzard Tourist information www.iloveleightonbuzzard.com Buckinghamshire Tourist information - www.visitbuckinghamshire.org London Zoo www.londonzoo.co.uk Kew Gardens London on the River Thames-one of the worlds greatest botanic gardens Website Tel. 0208-940 1171 Syon House- near Brentford Locks, London, seat of the Duke of Northumberland also contains a Butterfly House Website Marble Hill House- Twickenham- a restored Palladian mansion built for George II mistress Website Ham House- a superb 17th century riverside mansion Website Hampton Court Palace- River Thames in London- built by Cardinal Wolsey in 1514 and was the grandest private house in England at the time Website Thorpe Park – Chertsey- one of the countrys first theme parks Website Tel. 0870 444 4466 Runnymede- this historic site is associated with the signing of the Magna carta Website Windsor castle- The largest inhabited castle in the World www.windsor.gov.uk Tel. 01753-743900 Eton College- dates from 1441 www.etoncollege.com Dorney Court & Church- a Tudor manor house built 1440 www.dorneycourt.co.uk Tel. 01628 604638 Stanley Spencer Art Gallery- Cookham www.stanleyspencer.org.uk Tel. 01628 471885 Fawley Court- Henley on Thames Polish Museum www.ukattractions.com Tel. 01491 574917 Tourist Information for Henley on Thames www.visithenley-on-thames.co.uk Tourist information for South Oxfordshire www.visitsouthoxfordshire.co.uk Basildon House- near Goring- the most splendid Palladian mansion in Berkshire www.nationaltrust.org The Cholsey & Wallingford Steam Railway www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com Tourist Information- Wallingford Tel. 01491 826972 General Tourist information www.aboutbritain.com Oxford Tourist information - www.oxfordcity.co.uk or www.visitoxford.org Tourist Information for North oxfordshire www.visitnorthoxfordshire.com Banbury Tourist information Website Northamptonshire Tourist information www.explorenorthamptonshire.co.uk |
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