COACH DAY TOURS
General Information (all day tours)
The coach will stop to pick up at the following points and times: Comrades Club, Brighton Road, Coulsdon at 8.20 am; Purley (opposite Tesco) at 8.25 am; Kenley Memorial Hall at 8.30 am; Whyteleafe Tavern at 8.35 am; Townend Social Club, Caterham at 8.40 am; and Caterham Station at 8.45 am. Coach outings must be paid in advance by booking direct with the trip organiser. Costings may be subject to slight variations. Refunds are not normally given unless the seat is re-sold.
All enquiries and bookings should be made to the trip organiser stated below. Payment can be made either by bank transfer (please contact trip organiser for bank details) or by cheque made payable to ‘The Bourne Society’. When confirming your booking please give a contact telephone number, and say where you would like the coach to pick you up. If you are booking by post, kindly enclose a stamped addressed envelope to receive a ticket confirming your booking and the designated time and pick-up location. For bookings made via email, the ticket will be sent to you electronically. You will not be contacted prior to the coach trip unless details have altered in any way. Please note that you must be able to get on and off the coach unaided unless accompanied by a carer.
Saturday, 6 June 2026: Ickworth Estate & Bury St Edmunds
Cost per person for National Trust members is £22.50. Non-National Trust members pay £36.75 (which includes an admission charge of £14.25).
We first visit Ickworth where the house, called The Rotunda, showcases an internationally renowned art and silver collection. The gardens include an Italianate Garden and an historic stumpery. There are gift, plant and second-hand bookshops and two cafés. In the afternoon we journey to nearby Bury St Edmunds where you can explore the cathedral and then head over to the Abbey Gardens to see the ruins of the original abbey which was once one of England’s richest and largest Benedictine monasteries. The abbey gardens should be resplendent at the time of our visit as should the Appleby Rose Garden, a memorial to Americans stationed locally who gave their lives in World War II. The town offers a range of shops, pubs and restaurants, as well as the Moyse’s Hall Museum (of local history).
For enquiries and bookings please contact Hazel Game (not to be confused with Hazel Marsden): 24 Woodcrest Road, Purley, CR8 4JB, Tel: 07969 123 407. Email: hazel.game@hotmail.com.
Thursday, 23 July 2026: Saffron Walden and Anglesey Abbey
Cost per person to National Trust members is £23.00, including driver’s tip. Non-NT members pay £41 (includes admission charge of £18.00).
Saffron Walden is a market town retaining a rural appearance, with some medieval buildings. In the 16th and 17th centuries the saffron crocus was widely grown. The stigmas of the crocus were used for medicines, condiment, dyes and perfume. In the 18th century this industry was replaced by that of malt and barley. You will have a Town Trail leaflet to make the most of your visit. Anglesey Abbey was believed to be founded in 1135 by Henry I as the Hospital of St Mary. In the 13th century it became a priory which lasted until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. It fell into disrepair and was saved in 1596 and converted into a house. Down the centuries it changed hands several times, being bought by wealthy merchants. Eventually owned by Lord Fairhaven from 1926 to the 1960s when it underwent a considerable modern renovation. It is a lovely house with a domestic wing, gardens, restaurant, plant shop and book shop.
Enquiries and bookings for this coach tour please contact Hazel Marsden (not to be confused with Hazel Game), 27 Carew Close, Old Coulsdon, CR5 1QS. Tel: 07794 681244. Email: hazel.ym@blueyonder.co.uk.
Saturday, 5 September 2026: Lacock Village, Abbey and Fox Talbot Photography Museum
Cost per person for National Trust members is £26.50, including driver’s tip. Non-National Trust members pay £46.45 (which includes an admission charge of £19.95)
In its 800 years of history, Lacock has been an Augustinian abbey, a Tudor family home and the birthplace of photography. The picturesque village of Lacock, with its timber-framed buildings, is very popular as a film and TV location and has craft and unusual gift shops, cafés and pubs. The abbey is a short walk from the village, standing within its own woodland grounds. Here there is a country house of various architectural styles, a cloister court and a museum celebrating the achievements of former Lacock resident, William Henry Fox Talbot, famous for his contribution to the invention of photography. There are plant and second-hand bookshops and two cafés at the abbey. Our visit will be on a go as you please basis throughout.
For enquiries and bookings please contact Hazel Game (not to be confused with Hazel Marsden): 24 Woodcrest Road, Purley, CR8 4JB. Tel: 07969 123 407. Email: hazel.game@hotmail.com