British holiday information

Here’s a novel way to spend Father’s Day if your dad is into trains. The London Transport Museum is operating a 1938 Tube train along the western end of the Piccadilly line this Sunday, 19 June 2011. The tube will leave Northfields traveling to High Street Kensington via Earl’s Court making an unusual cross over [...]

With the London 2012 Olympic Games little more than a year away, many overseas visitors are now aware of whether their applications for tickets have been successful. Those fortunate enough to receive tickets will now be switching their focus to travel and hunting down flights to the UK, in particular flights to one of London’s [...]

With the threat of the ash cloud dominating the headlines at the moment casting doubts over air travel, it’s worth considering holidays that don’t involve flying such as cruises. Often when we think of cruising we think of foreign cruises, however, it is possible to take a cruise around the British Isles taking in stops [...]

Kintyre Express is to operate a new passenger ferry service between Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula and Ballycastle in Northern Ireland. Sailings will begin in May, offering golfers the option to easily extend their Ayrshire and Machrihanish golf vacations and include other world-renowned links golf courses, including Royal Portrush, Royal County Down and Portstewart. Kintyre [...]

Swansea based coach operator Diamond Holidays has gone into administration. The company, along with Brian Isaac Coach Holidays, was put in the hands of administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Friday. Both companies provided coach holidays within the UK and Europe. Below is an excerpt of the announcement posted to Diamond Holiday’s website: Customer Enquiries Outstanding Day [...]

There’s more travel misery ahead for anyone planning to travel by rail during the Easter school holidays after rail staff belonging to the RMT and TSSA unions announced their intention to strike. Although rail travel during the Easter weekend will be unaffected, industrial action has been planned between the hours of 06:00 and 10:00, and [...]

Stena Line is investing £200m at Loch Ryan to boost tourism links between Scotland and Northern Ireland. The investment will include the creation of a new ferry terminal and the introduction of two large modern ferries on its Scotland to Belfast service when the terminal opens. The new Loch Ryan terminal is due to open [...]

You’ve heard of flights for a pound, now here comes the £1 fares from London to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Launching on Monday 30 March 2009, Megabusplus, operated by Stagecoach, is the first service of its kind in the UK to offer fast integrated journeys between London and the north using coach and train – journey [...]