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Tour Length: 10 days
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ENGLAND'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
Overview Click map for larger sizeThis vacation is the perfect way to explore Christian England. Start your trip in London with a welcome dinner and a guided sightseeing tour that features visits to Westminster Abbey, Wesley's House and Chapel, Bunhill Fields Cemetery, and St. Paul's Cathedral. In London, you also visit Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle.
Enjoy an excursion to Canterbury to visit England's Mother Church, Canterbury Cathedral, and to hear about Thomas à Becket and the Black Prince. Travel to Oxford and visit Christ Church College and Cathedral with a Local Guide. During your walking tour of Oxford, see Lincoln College, where John Wesley founded the Holy Club, and visit Magdalen College, where C.S. Lewis was elected a fellow in 1925. Then, visit the Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, where Lewis is buried.
From Oxford, enjoy an excursion to Bristol through the scenic Cotswolds and visit St. Mary Redcliffe Church, the 800-year-old masterpiece of gothic architecture and one of the biggest parish churches in England. Also visit John Wesley's Chapel and The New Room, the oldest Methodist building in the world. Marvel at Stonehenge as you try to figure out its mysteries. On the way to York, stop in Epworth, birthplace of John and Charles Wesley, and visit the Old Rectory and the Wesley Memorial Church. In York, a walking tour includes a visit to stunning York Minster.
The final highlights of this exceptional England vacation are visits to Lincoln Castle, where Samuel Wesley was imprisoned; the 500-year-old King's College in Cambridge; the Baptist Church and the Cowper and Newton Museum in Olney; and the John Bunyan Museum in Bedford. This trip to explore England's Christian Heritage is a vacation of a lifetime. City Highlights
London:
Welcome dinner; guided sightseeing, visit Westminster Abbey, Wesley's House and Chapel, Bunhill Fields Cemetery, St. Paul's Cathedral, Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle
Canterbury:
Visit Canterbury Cathedral
Oxford:
Guided tour of Christ Church college and cathedral; walking tour; visit Magdalen College and Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry
Bristol:
Visit St. Mary Redcliffe Church, John Wesley's Chapel and The New Room
Stonehenge:
Visit the prehistoric monument
Epworth:
Visit the Old Rectory and Wesley Memorial Church
York:
Walking tour, visit York Minster
Lincoln:
Visit Lincoln Castle
Cambridge:
Visit King's College and the chapel
Olney:
Visit the Baptist Church and The Cowper and Newton Museum
Bedford:
Visit the John Bunyan Museum |
