Travel resources

We hope you will find the below web sites useful in the planning of your independent holiday.  Web sites include; holiday information sites, links to transport sites, UK attractions, cycle hire shops and links to fun holiday ideas and great days out.  DaltonsHolidays.com have also collated a list of the best festivals and events in the UK, for more information click on the link below:

Events and festivals in the UK

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Holiday information websites

HM Revenue and Customs - Learn about how much duty free you can bring back to the UK.

Holiday survival tips from Bupa  - Advice includes first aid kits and what to do if you get sick while away.

UK transport websites

First Great Western Trains

First group

London Underground - The Tube

National Rail Enquiries

Stage Coach

Virgin Trains

Theme parks in the UK

Thorpe Park - Located in Surrey, near London.

Chessington World of Adventures - London's major theme park.

Alton Towers - Located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Gulliver's theme parks - Located in Warrington, Matlock Bath and Milton Keynes.

Crealy Adventure parks - Located in Devon and Cornwall.

The American Adventure theme park - Located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

National Parks in the UK

Peak District - Area: 555 square miles

Lake District - Area: 885 square miles

Snowdonia - Area: 838 square miles

Dartmoor - Area: 368 square miles

Pembrokeshire Coast - Area: 240 square miles

North York Moors - Area: 554 square miles

Yorkshire Dales - Area: 680 square miles

Exmoor - Area: 268 square miles

Northumberland - Area: 405 square miles

Brecon Beacons - Area: 519 square miles

The Broads - Area: 117 square miles

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs - Area: 720 square miles

Cairngorms - Area: 1,467 square miles

New Forest - Area: 224 square miles

Bicycle hire and cycle routes

The London Bicycle Tour Company - London cycle hire and cycle tours.

Bridge bike hire - The orginal Camel Trial Cyle Hireshop, Wadebridge, North Cornwall.

Bike Trial cycle shop - Near Barnstaple, North Devon.

Sustrans - the sustainable transport charity - The national cycle network is the flagship project of ‘Sustrans’ and will extend to 10, 000 miles this year. Visit the site for details on how to plan your cycle route. The Sustrans site also includes links to other cycle sites in the UK.

Great days out

Windermere outdoor adventure activities centre - Providing watersport facilities and courses.

Something a little different

Zorb South UK - The only official Zorb operator in the UK providing Zorbing Gift Vouchers, Zorb Gift Experiences, Hydro Zorbing, throughout Swanage, Dorset, Bournemouth and the UK.

Breathing space outdoor activities - Book outdoor activities for individuals and groups through Breathing Space a unique activity and event management company.

Redletter days - If you fancy something a little different on your holiday or would like to plan a surprise for someone contact Red letter days the UKs number one experience company.

Virgin Balloon Flights - Experience the joy of one of the most romantic forms of navigation in the world, hot air ballooning.

Padstow Seafood School - Choose from a selection of  1, 2 and 4 day courses specialising in fish cookery in Padstow.

Surfing lessons in Cornwall -  Surfs Up! Surf School is the leading surf school in the UK. Based in Cornwall, their expert surf tuition is designed to help you to learn to surf in the most effective and uncomplicated way.

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