RHS Garden Bridgewater & Salford Quays

This great little weekend away combines the unique waterfront destination of Salford Quays with the recently opened RHS Garden Bridgewater. The former site of Worsley New Hall is an iconic heritage landscape that's being transformed into the fifth RHS Garden. Landscape architect, Tom Stuart-Smith created the masterplan together with award winning garden designers to bring ‘gardens within a garden’ to life by blending history with world-class horticulture. There is also an included visit to the superb Tudor Manor House, Bramall HallCalling all garden lovers!
DAY 1 - After boarding your holiday coach, sit back and relax as you head North with a comfort stop en route to your hotel in Salford Quays for the next 3 nights DBB

Enjoy a leisurely Sunday morning in Salford Quays, this impressive, redeveloped docklands waterfront, where you will find MediaCityUK, home to the BBC and ITV. The Lowry Arts Centre with the visually striking exterior is opposite The Quay outlet shopping mall (Sunday opening hours 10.00 - 17.00).

DAY 2 - 3 - At leisure in Salford Quays with two included excursions

INCLUDED EXCURSIONS
Day at RHS Garden Bridgewater
RHS Bridgewater is a stunning new 156 acre RHS Garden, created in the heart of the North West, which brings back to life the lost historic grounds at Worsley New Hall. Once visited by Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, Worsley New Hall, a grand Gothic-style mansion, survived a fire and two World Wars before it was demolished in the 1940s. The £35 million development of the inspirational gardens embraces the site's heritage and is the biggest hands-on gardening project the charity has undertaken in its over 200-year history - a true labour of love. There is so much to see from the Welcome Building to the Weston Walled Garden (one of the largest walled gardens in Europe); from the Chinese Streamside Garden to Moon Bridge Water. A 60-minute garden tour in the company of one of the knowledgeable guides will give you a captivating insight into the history, plantings and seasonal delights of the garden

Bramall Hall with Light Sandwich Lunch
Depart the hotel for a guided tour of Bramall Hall, a superb example of a Tudor Manor House with its origins dating back to the Middle Ages. The magnificent 16th Century wall paintings, striking Elizabethan plaster ceiling, the Victorian Kitchens and Servants’ Quarters give the Hall its unique charm. Bramall Hall stands in about 70 acres of parkland designed in the Victorian Romantic style and offers woodland walks with intriguing glimpses of the Hall itself and of the brooks and lakes (NB the ground floor of the hall is fully accessible with first and second floors only reachable by staircase. There are some steps in the park but also a lot of flat footpaths). There is also a cafe and shop. A light sandwich lunch with tea / coffee is included.

DAY 4 - After breakfast, check out and head south stopping at Trentham with time to browse around the many timber lodges housing amazing shops before heading to interchangeCopthorne Hotel Manchester, Salford Quays
Overlooking Manchester's Salford Quays, this contemporary 4* hotel offers modern rooms and facilities.

It has easy access to the city centre by tram and is less than a mile from Old Trafford. Some bedrooms at Copthorne Manchester overlook the water and all are spacious, offering flat-screen satellite TV, coffee and tea making facilities and en-suite bathrooms.

There is a 24-hour room service. The stylish Quays Restaurant offers British and international cuisine and the bar is ideal for drinks or a snack.

Copthorne Hotel Manchester is a short walk from Exchange Quay and Salford Quays Metrolink tram stations.

The Lowry Centre theatre and gallery are just under a mile away.

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• Copthorne Hotel Manchester (Manchester) - View Information