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Winter/Spring Cycling Break
Specials
Tarporley
Cycling Break -
Willington
Hall Hotel or Manor Farm
2
or 3 nights -
GENTLE/MODERATE
  
Stay at Willington
Hall Country House Hotel near the
village of Tarporley or Manor Farm near Cholmondeley. Beeston Castle,
Delamere Forest and the Peckforton Hills are close by. Tarporley has a
pretty high street with good shops for browsing and a choice of pubs and tea
shops. Chester is only 20 minutes by car with its lovely Roman walls,
good shopping and excellent choice of food.
The surrounding
countryside is great for cycling with quiet lanes and pretty villages.
Cycling rides are a gentle 10 - 15 miles or moderate 20 -250 miles and include
Delamere Forest, to Beeston Castle and the Ice-Cream farm and the Shire
Horse Centre. Can also mix with walking.
Accommodation: Willington Hall
is a small privately owned AA *** Country House Hotel with a good restaurant.
The hotel has 10 bedrooms and stands in 17 acres of formal gardens and
parkland, with views over to the Welsh hills. For breaks based here,
three course dinner is included in the restaurant (except Sunday evenings
when the restaurant is closed and slightly reduced menu served in the bar.)
   
Manor
Farm is in a quiet rural setting and has a lovely garden with views towards
Bickerton Hill. Dinner is not
included here; there are several very good
pubs a short drive away for evening meals.
COST: Per person (based on
two people sharing)
| Number
of nights |
Willington
Hall Hotel (dinner,
bed and breakfast) |
Manor
Farm (bed and breakfast) |
| 2
night - weekend |
£285 |
£195 |
| 2
night - mid week |
£270 |
£185 |
| 3 night
- weekend |
£365 |
£260 |
| 3
night - mid week |
£350 |
£245 |
| Single
supplements |
Variable
- please contact us |
Variable
- please contact us |
Child Discounts
- (Children sharing with 2 adults) Under 2 -
free, under 4 - 80%, Under 12 - 50% and 12 to 16 - 25%
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This walking
holiday includes
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- Overnight
B & B accommodation
- 3 course evening meal
if staying at Willington Hall
- Selection of
gentle/moderate walks with detailed routes, maps and background
information
- Emergency
back-up
- Car
parking or transfer to and from nearest station
Most walks are a
short drive from your accommodation. Please contact us to
discuss possible options if traveling by train
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ITINERARY
First Day - Arrive
at accommodation from lunchtime. We meet you when you arrive to deliver
bikes and adjust them to make sure they are comfortable.
Day
2 and 3 - Circular ride choices
Last Day -
Check out of your room. You can leave your car and then circular ride for
that day. We meet you back at the accommodation at an agreed time to collect
the bikes.
Circular
ride options
We have a number of
rides for each distance including
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Beeston Castle,
worth a visit, with views across 8 counties on a clear day. Go through
Bunbury village (small detour takes you to working water mill and
staircase locks on the canal). There is also the excellent Dysart Arms
!. - Gentle, Moderate and Strenuous routes
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Little Budworth
Common, Shire Horse Centre and Budworth village - Gentle
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Delamere Forest
with some gentle traffic free cycle trails, some hills to get to the
forest. Also visit Shire Horse Centre and Kelsall with the lovely Boot
Inn - Moderate or Strenuous
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Hockenhull Platts
nature reserve and Tarvin. - Moderate. Strenuous route includes
Chester
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Bunbury, Wrenbury
and Marbury Mere - Strenuous
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Bunbury village,
canal and Dysart Arms - Gentle
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