Since 1958

Personal and Extended Tours in and around London 2021

London, 7 hrs Walks, Galleries & Museums, 2-7 hrs Windsor, Eton & Hampton Court, 7 hrs

7 hours is recommended for an in-depth day with visits Meet your expert guide for a 2 hour tour inside one of Visit Windsor Castle, England's largest royal
inside one or two of the most historic sights such as London’s great museums or galleries. Visit the residence and still lived in by the Queen. See the
the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and/or St National Gallery which houses Britain's greatest art magnificent State Apartments, St. George's
Paul’s Cathedral. 3 hours recommended for a collection, the British Museum with over 8 million Chapel, one of the finest examples of
flexible, panoramic tour with photo stops. extraordinary pieces from around the world, or the perpendicular architecture and fan vaulted ceilings
Victoria and Albert Museum, the world’s greatest in Britain and Queen Mary's Dolls' House, perfect
For first time visitors see all the major sights - museum of decorative arts and design. For to the tiniest detail.
Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster contemporary art visit the Tate Modern with an expert
Abbey, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, the River guide. Also see Eton, the famous boys school where
Thames, the Royal Parks, Trafalgar Square, both Princes William and Harry attended and the
Piccadilly Circus, the Horse Guards, the Changing Or ask us about our fantastic range of walking tours in boys are still dressed in traditional black tail coats
of the Guard, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and London. and Runnymede where the Magna Carta was
the Crown Jewels. Also visit the City, the original site signed in 1215.
of London, with the Bank of England and Guildhall.
Hampton Court Palace was a favourite residence
For regular visitors explore the lesser-known sights of Henry VIII, built in 1514 and beautifully situated
in London - Shakespeare’s Globe, historic along the River Thames. Five of his wives lived
Hampstead village with 17th century Kenwood and here and the ghosts of two - Jane Seymour and
Fenton House, Legal London including the Temples, Cost per party up to 10 Catherine Howard - supposedly haunt it. See the
Inns of Court & Criminal Courts, Churchill's Cabinet world’s largest grape vine, the maze,
War Rooms, the Beatles' Abbey Road, the Barbican, Guide only 2hrs £390 astronomical clock and Henry VIII’s tennis court.
John Wesley's House, Notting Hill, Portobello Market,
Covent Garden and much else. Guide only 3hrs £420
Guide only 5hrs £510 Cost per party
Cost per party Guide only 7hrs £570 Large up to 3 £760
Large up to 3 £670
Deluxe up to 3 £890
Deluxe up to 3 £770
Extra Large up to 6 £890
Extra Large up to 6 £770
V-Class up to 6 £1040
V-Class up to 6 £950
Minibus up to 15 £1190
Minibus up to 15 £1090
Stonehenge at Dusk or Dawn, 6 hrs
In the evening after Stonehenge is closed to the
public, or at dawn before it is open, we can arrange
for you to visit this awe-inspiring prehistoric
monument and walk among the giant sarsen stones
towering 6.4 m high and weighing up to 50 tonnes.
Marvel at how stones of such monumental scale were
quarried, transported and erected 5,000 years ago
when the only tools available were made of wood,
bone and stone.
Prices start from 935 pounds based 2 people
travelling.
Please contact us for prices and availability.
Stonehenge and Avebury, 8 hrs
Visit the megalithic stone circle surrounding the
village of Avebury. Less well known than
Stonehenge, this fascinating site's first stones
predate those at Stonehenge by at least 200
years and form the largest stone circle in the
world which you can wander around.
Then on to Britain’s most famous prehistoric
monument, Stonehenge. The purpose and the
construction of this awe-inspiring monument is
one of the world's most enduring mysteries. Why
did our ancestors build the circle - as a temple, a
burial site, a place of healing, or a calendar? And
how did they transport the massive stones
weighing up to 50 tonnes from so far away?
Arthurian legend has it that the circle was built by
Merlin, assisted by giants.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £850
Deluxe up to 3 £990
Extra Large up to 6 £990
Minibus up to 15 £1230
Cotswolds Country, 9 hrs
Nestling in the low range of Cotswolds hills to the
west of Oxford are some of England’s prettiest
villages: Shipton-under-Wychwood, Upper and
Lower Slaughter, as well as Stow-on-the-Wold
and Broadway. All the houses and the churches,
the mills and the pubs are built in the local
Cotswold stone, a beautiful honey coloured
limestone which catches the light of the summer
sun and gives the area its distinctive and wistful
character. Just on the edge of the Cotswolds is
magnificent Blenheim Palace, home of the Dukes
of Malborough and where Winston Churchill was
born. Then, on the way back, take time to explore
the ancient university city of Oxford. The
mediaeval colleges and some of the finest of the
University buildings are also built with the golden
Cotswold limestone.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £890
Deluxe up to 3 £1030
Extra Large up to 4 £1030
Minibus up to 15 £1290
Winchester, Salisbury & Stonehenge, 10 hrs Bath & Stonehenge or Salisbury, 11 hrs Windsor, Stonehenge & Oxford, 12 hrs

Winchester was the ancient capital of England under
Alfred The Great. See its great Cathedral with a
history stretching back over 15 centuries with its
priceless collection of manuscripts including The 12th
Century Winchester Bible. Walk through the streets
that wind their way up to the Castle where you can
see the Round Table, believed to have been King
Arthur’s.
Salisbury is a medieval city dominated by its
magnificent cathedral built in only 60 years from 1220
to 1280 boasting the tallest spire in Britain. Also visit
Stonehenge, Britain's most important prehistoric
monument and time permitting Avebury, the largest
stone circle in Britain.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £940
Bath is a fascinating World Heritage City where
Roman architecture blends into the elegant, Georgian
city of Jane Austen. The city was founded as a health
spa by the Romans and its Roman Baths and Pump
Room are among the finest antiquities in England. In
the 18th century Bath was again developed into an
elegant health resort to which the fashionable world
flocked for the season.
Also visit 5,000 year old Stonehenge, one of Britain’s
most enduring mysteries. Marvel at the giant stones,
some of which were carried hundreds of miles over
land and sea. Alternatively, your guide will take you
back to London via Salisbury with its splendid 13th
century cathedral boasting the tallest spire in Britain
Time permitting, ask your guide to stop for a photo
opportunity at Highclere Castle, the main filming
location for Downton Abbey.
Visit Windsor Castle, the Queen's favourite country
residence and England's largest royal residence. See
the magnificent State Apartments, St. George's
Chapel, one of the finest examples of perpendicular
architecture in Britain and Queen Mary's Dolls' House,
perfect to the tiniest detail.
5000 year old Stonehenge is one of the world's most
amazing prehistoric monuments and most enduring
mysteries. How did our ancestors transport these
massive stones weighing up to 50 tonnes from so far
away and why?
Also visit Oxford, England’s oldest university dating
back to the 11th century with its beautiful and ornate
colleges, libraries and gardens. Go inside one or two
of the colleges with your guide and find out about their
'old boys' like Oscar Wilde, Tolkien and CS Lewis. Learn
also about student life and ceremonies which date back
centuries.

Deluxe up to 3 £1080 This is a fast paced tour.

Cost per party
Extra Large up to 6 £1080
Large up to 3 £990 Cost per party
Minibus up to 15 £1370
Deluxe up to 3 £1140 Large up to 3 £1050
Extra Large up to 6 £1140 Deluxe up to 3 £1190
Minibus up to 15 £1475 Extra Large up to 6 £1190

Minibus up to 15 £1590
Oxford, 6 hrs
The ancient university city of Oxford lies on the
Thames some sixty miles west of London. Its colleges
with their gardens and quads cover much of the city
centre. Visit Christchurch College, founded by Henry
VIII, where the college chapel doubles as the city’s
cathedral. Its Great Hall was modelled for the Harry
Potter films. On its walls are portraits of alumni –
prime ministers, churchmen and philosophers, and
Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, who
taught at the college. Or visit New College, which
nestles under the old city wall and where the chapel
still retains some of its mediaeval stained glass and
where the ancient mulberry tree is surrounded by the
college cloisters. Or just wander through the narrow
alleyways with their fifteenth century taverns, crowded
with jostling students – especially once the exams are
over.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £760
Deluxe up to 3 £890
Extra Large up to 6 £890
Minibus up to 15 £1190
Oxford, Blenheim Palace & Windsor, 12 hrs
Oxford is England’s oldest university dating back to
the 11th century with magnificent spires, cloistered
colleges, secluded gardens and renowned libraries.
Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston
Churchill, is England’s grandest and most imposing
Stately Home. Set in almost 3000 acres of spectacular
parkland it was built to reward John Churchill, 1st
Duke of Marlborough and ancestor of Sir Winston, for
his defeat of the French at Blenheim in 1704.
Also visit Windsor Castle, the world's largest
inhabited castle still lived in by the Queen. See the
magnificent State Apartments, St George's Chapel
and Queen Mary's Dolls' House, perfect to the most
minute detail including tiny, fully functioning light
fittings, a cellar stocked with real wine and plumbed
bathrooms.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £1050
Deluxe up to 3 £1190
Extra Large up to 6 £1190
Minibus up to 15 £1590
Stratford-Upon-Avon & Warwick, 11 hrs
Visit the ancient city of Oxford, and the picturesque
Cotswolds on your way to historic Stratford-upon-
Avon immortalised by William Shakespeare. The
house where Shakespeare was born still stands
and now incorporates a museum. Afterwards stroll
through the bustling market streets, past the
mediaeval houses and the sixteenth century
grammar school which Shakespeare probably
attended, to Holy Trinity Church where
Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway are
buried.
Include Warwick Castle in 11 hours. Warwick
Castle’s history stretches back almost 1,100 years
to an early hill top fortification. The first castle was
constructed in 1068 by William the Conqueror and
over the ages, passing through the ownership by
different individuals, families and Monarchs,
Warwick Castle underwent a constant change of
development - stone replaced wood, Towers and a
Gatehouse were added, the grounds were
landscaped. Today it is the epitome of a medieval
fortress and, with waxworks, archery displays and
a castle dungeon, it is great fun for kids.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £990
Deluxe up to 3 £1140
Extra Large up to 6 £1140
Minibus up to 15 £1475
Stratford-Upon-Avon, 10 hrs Cambridge and Duxford, 9 hrs Canterbury, Leeds Castle & Dover, 11 hrs

Visit the ancient city of Oxford, and the picturesque
Cotswolds on your way to historic Stratford-upon-
Avon immortalised by William Shakespeare.
Visit Shakespeare’s birthplace where he grew up
and played, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the idyllic,
thatched cottage where William courted his future wife,
Holy Trinity Church where both are buried and the
Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Time permitting visit one of the other Shakespeare
Properties - the houses where Shakespeare's
granddaughter and daughter lived or a little outside
Stratford, Mary Arden's Farm in the village of Wilmcote
where his mother grew up and which remains a
working Tudor farm.
Cost per party
Walk on a summer's day through the shady courts
of England's second oldest university. Behind them
are impeccably manicured lawns leading down to
the River Cam.
At Oxford, the rivers are hidden bystanders but
here the Cam is an integral part of the display.
Above the river stands the imposing mass of
King's College Chapel one of the greatest
surviving Gothic buildings of Europe - a jewel box
that, on sunny mornings, sparkles with all the
colours of its remarkable stained glass windows.
By the Cam stands Trinity College's Wren Library
one of Europe's finest library buildings.
This is a fast paced tour.
Cost per party
Drive through Kent, the Garden of England, with its
lush fields and pretty villages to the medieval city of
Canterbury. Canterbury Cathedral is the mother
church of England and incorporates the earliest Gothic
architecture in the country as well as some of the
finest surviving stained glass.
Leeds Castle is one of the prettiest in England, also
known as Lady‘s Castle because of the many Queens
of England who lived here. Swans glide silently
beneath its thousand-year old walls.
On the White Cliffs, high above the busiest ferry port
in Europe stands the great castle of Dover. On the
other side of Dover is the moving memorial to the
Battle of Britain pilots – a solitary figure, in flying kit,
gazes wistfully out over the English Channel. Stand
beside him and, on a clear day, the coast of France is
clearly visible on the horizon.

Large up to 3 £940 Large up to 3 £890 Cost per party

Deluxe up to 3 £1080 Deluxe up to 3 £1030 Large up to 3 £990

Extra Large up to 6 £1080 Extra Large up to 6 £1030 Deluxe up to 3 £1140

Minibus up to 15 £1370 Minibus up to 15 £1290 Extra Large up to 6 £1140

Minibus up to 15 £1475
Downton Abbey , 8 hrs Harry Potter, London and Oxford, 8 hrs Stately Homes, Castles & Gardens, 9hrs

Drive through Oxford to a picturesque village used for the
film. Set in Yorkshire, Downton Abbey's exterior scenes
were filmed in a perfectly preserved village of Bampton.
Visit St Mary's Church and the library used for the facade
of the cottage hospital in the series, and take photos
outside Isobel Crawley's house.
Visit Highclere Castle (providing it is open) which was
remodeled in the 19th century into its Elizabethan style by
Sir Charles Barry - the architect who was responsible for
rebuilding the Houses of Parliament. You will recognise
the Castle's salon, library, dining room and entrance hall
which feature prominently in the series as the setting for
the Crawley's family home.
Should you not get tickets, you can choose to visit instead
Basildon Park; its library was used as the study of the
family's London home, West Wycombe Park, which is
used for the interior scenes of Lady Rosamund's London
residence, Greys Court; the picturesque 16th-century
mansion known as “Downton Place” in the third season,
the Queen’s residence Windsor Castle or Henry VIII's
Hampton Court Palace.
Visit the station that was the setting for the film's
Platform 9 3/4, have your photo taken with a trolley
disappearing into a wall, meander through the market
that set the scene for the opening of the Leaky
Cauldron and follow the route of the Knight Bus in
London.
In Oxford, see many other Harry Potter sights,
including the grand staircase where Mrs. McGonagall
greets the children and the Great Hall that provided
the model for Hogwarts Dining Hall. The University
also provided the Library where Hogwart's infirmary
scenes were set as well as the settings for Malfoy's
transformation into a ferret and Ron’s dancing lesson
with Professor McGonagall.
Cost per party
Large up to 3 £850
Deluxe up to 3 £990
Extra Large up to 6 £990
Please contact us for more Stately Home
Althorp, where Diana, Princess of Wales, was born
and is buried and home of her brother the Earl of
Spencer.
•Arundel Castle, home of the Dukes of Norfolk for
over 700 years, set in magnificent grounds overlooking
the river Arun.
•Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s country home now
kept as a memorial to him, with magnificent views of
the Kent countryside.
•Great Dixter, 15th manor house set in Arts & Crafts
style gardens.
•Hever Castle, a moated 13th century fairy tale castle,
childhood home of the second wife of Henry VIII.
•Knole, Henry VIII’s Tudor mansion built around 7
courtyards with 52 staircases and 365 rooms.
•Sissinghurst, world famous gardens created by Vita
Sackville-West around the tower of Sissinghurst
Castle.
•Waddesdon Manor, a palace built by Baron de
Rothschild with fine antiques and a garden recently
restored to its original glory.

Minibus up to 15 £1230
Cost per party

Cost per party Large up to 3 £890

Large up to 3 £850 Deluxe up to 3 £1030

Deluxe up to 3 £990 Extra Large up to 6 £1030
Extra Large up to 6 £990 Minibus up to 15 £1290
Minibus up to 15 £1230
London to Paris by Eurostar, 1 day
Leave London's St Pancras International in the
morning and travel by Eurostar to the Heart of Paris
where you will be met by your expert, English-
speaking driver-guide for your personal day tour of
Paris.
See Napoleon's Arc de Triomphe towering above
one of the world's most famous streets Avenue de
Champs Elysees, Notre Dame Cathedral where the
legend of the hunchback was born, the world-
renowned Eiffel Tower, the 18th century Pantheon,
final resting place of Marie Curie and Voltaire, Hotel
des Invalides, the artists quarter of Paris
Montmartre, the imposing Basilica of the Sacre-
Coeur, The Louvre and many more of Paris's best-
known and lesser-known sights.
Take the evening return train to London or spend the
night in Paris and see more of France’s highlights on
the following day - such as Giverny, Chartres or the
Palace of Versailles.
Prices starting from £1360 based on 2 persons
travelling.
Please contact us for rates and availability.
Normandy Beaches from Paris , 12 hrs
D-Day, great food, William the Conqueror, all are
synonymous with Normandy, and on this magnificent
tour of this delightful region of France you will sample
a little of all of these things.
You will travel through the stunning Norman
countryside first to the town of Ranville, a small
unassuming place, where the famous Pegasus
Bridge is situated. Then on to Longues, the site of
the only German coastal battery to have kept its guns,
and then to Arromanches. The sea front war
museum, recounts the whole story by use of models,
machinery and movies.
Omaha beach is a beautiful four mile stretch of sand,
which denies the ferocity of the fighting that befell it,
on June 6th 1944. Pointe du Hoc situated on a cliff
top overlooking Omaha beach, which displays a
shocking revelation of the obdurate plight of the Allies
in their battle for liberty. Here is one the largest of the
wartime cemeteries, the Normandy American
cemetery, featured in the opening scenes of Saving
Private Ryan , where so many brave allies are laid to
rest in endless rows of impersonal graves.
Prices start from £1140 based on 2 persons travelling.
Please contact us for rates and availability.
Normandy by Private Plane, 1 day
A British Tours Ltd guide, specialising in WWll and
the Normandy landings, will meet you in the
morning at your London hotel and drive you to an
airfield in Surrey.
Board a twin-engined aircraft and fly over
Portsmouth Harbour before crossing the Channel.
During the flight your guide will tell you about the
strategic situation in Europe during the months
leading up to D-Day. Landing at Cherbourg Airport
in France meet your driver to start an overland tour
of the Normandy D-Day Beaches.
Visit Omaha Beach, the Normandy American
Cemetery and the Pointe du Hoc cliffs scaled by
2 US Rangers on D- Day. Stop at a local fishing
port for lunch, and visit St. Mere Eglise, the first
town to be liberated by the Allies.
On your return flight circle St Mere Eglise, fly low
along Utah Beach, the Pointe du Hoc cliffs, and
continue along the coast over Omaha Beach.
Cross the English Channel near Chichester and
circle over Arundel Castle, then north over Sussex
and Surrey before landing and your drive back to
London.
Prices starting from £7145 based on 2 persons
travelling.
Please contact us for rates and availability.
Heathrow, 3hr tour and transfer Gatwick, 3hr tour and transfer Extended Touring

For Heathrow arrival or departure add a visit to either
London, Windsor Castle or Hampton Court Palace.
Windsor Castle is England's largest royal residence
still lived in by the Queen with magnificent State
Apartments. Hampton Court was a favourite residence
of Henry VIII. See the world's largest grape vine, the
maze, astronomical clock and Henry VIII's tennis
court.
Alternatively visit London. (Approximate travel time
from Heathrow Airport to Central London is 45 minutes
to 1 hour).
An additional charge of £20 is made for a pick-up.
On the way to or from Gatwick add a 3 hour tour of
either London, Chartwell - home of Winston Churchill
- or 13th century Hever Castle.
Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill for 42 years,
is now kept as a memorial to him. The house has vast
views of the Weald of Kent, a melodious waterfall, fish
pool and walled rose gardens. Hever, a 13th century
moated castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn and
setting for her courtship with Henry VIII.
Alternatively see the sights in London.
An additional charge of £20 is made for a pick up.
Approximate travel time from Gatwick Airport to
Central London is 1.5 hours.
See Britain at your own pace with your own guide.
We can design tours to suit your interests and
recommend and reserve hotels from deluxe country
houses to historic inns.
Popular multi-day tours may include the Cotswolds,
the West Country, Wales, and the Lake District.
Prices below are for up to 9hr or 175 miles per day.
Plus £120 per night for guide expenses.
Some luggage restrictions apply.
Minibus prices on request.

Cost per party Cost per party Cost per party per day

Large up to 3 £630 Large up to 3 £740 Large up to 3 £890

Extra Large up to 6 £740 Extra Large up to 6 £890 Deluxe up to 3 £1030

Minibus up to 15 £1020 Minibus up to 15 £1190 Extra Large up to 6 £1030

Other information

Cost
Prices are per car/minibus not per person and include your personal guide, transport, local tax but not entrance/parking fees.
Minibus tours include separate tour guide and driver.
Guide’s gratuity is at your discretion.

Which car to choose

All cars are modern, comfortable and air-conditioned.
Deluxe cars are Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes and Land Rover Discovery.
Hourly extension rates £80. Minibus groups £150 per hour.

Large/Deluxe: Extra Large: V-Class / Minibus:

with driver-guide with driver-guide with guide and driver
Sedan up to 3 people MPV up to 6 people Up to 6 or 15 people

Languages
German, French, Spanish and Italian, £30 extra per half day, £60 extra per full day.
All others including Russian, Japanese and Chinese £175 up to 4 hours, £275 for 5 to 9 hrs, £50 extra per hour thereafter.

How to Book
Through your Hotel Concierge or direct. Our central London office is open 7 days a week from 07:00 to 23:00.
Call us on 0207 038 0688 or email us at tours@britishtours.com.

Payment and Cancellation

Visa, Mastercard and Amex.
Day tours by car which do not include extras such as foreign languages or prearranged tickets can be cancelled up to 48 hours with no charge.
Less than 48 hours notice incurs the full charge.
Please contact us for our cancellation policy for tours outside this category.