TAS Sudbury have organised this 6 day visit to Cheshire with interesting stops on the outward and return journeys.  Members of TAS South Suffolk are most welcome to join the visit. 

The itinerary includes: Day 1: Wedgwood factory and museum; Day 2: boat trip across Pontcysyllte aqueduct and Erddig; Day 3: Tatton Park and either Robinsons Brewery or The Hat Works; Day 4: Little Moreton Hall and Chester; Day 5: Quarry Bank Mill and Capesthorne Hall; Day 6: Pugin's St Giles’ church and the Jewellery Quarter and Museum in Birmingham.

For full details of the itinerary click here.  For a booking form please click here and for the conditions of carriage please click here.

This visit is organised by TAS Sudbury

The Manor, Hemingford Grey, built around 1130, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain. The house includes the patchwork collection sewn by Lucy Boston the author of Green Knowe, the name for The Manor in her series of children's books published 1954-1976. The house is set in 4 acres of grounds.  After lunch, we hope to have time to explore the village including St James church.

In the afternoon, we drive to Kimbolton Castle which has a fascinating history that has seen it develop from a wooden motte and bailey castle in Norman times, into the building it is today, remodelled by Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor in the 18th century. Tudor remains are still visible.  It is famous as the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Queen Katharine of Aragon.  The interior is quite sumptuous, boasting an impressive range of State Rooms, with fine painted murals and ceilings by the Venetian artist, Pellegrini.  The Castle is now owned by a school.

Members of TAS South Suffolk are very welcome to join the tour and all details can be found by clicking here.

Henry Moore (1898-1986) is one of the most significant British artists of the C20; and is most famous for his semi-abstract monumental sculptures. Following last year’s cancellation, we are re-offering this visit to the Henry Moore foundation at Perry Green, Hertfordshire. We start with coffee and the group will be divided into 8s for timed viewings of the house, Hoglands (subject to no restrictions). Each tour will take about 20 – 30 minutes. Thereafter you will have free discovery of his several studios and workshop, the Aisled barn for the tapestries based on his work, the gardens and sculptures.

For further details and an application form please click here.

Organised by TAS Sudbury and also open to members of TAS South Suffolk and guests. 

This is a wonderful chance to spend a stimulating day at this splendid dockyard.  For more than four centuries The Dockyard was one of Britain’s most important centres of warship building and repair. Over 400 warships were built here, allowing the Royal Navy to dominate the seas.

Today it is the world’s most complete dockyard of the Age of Sail.

An initial tour of the dockyard in our coach sets the scene.  Thereafter you explore the historic warships, the RNLI lifeboat collection, submarines and others.  After lunch, a ‘Women of the Dockyard’ walking tour has been arranged.

Departure around 4.30 pm, return Sudbury ~6.30pm

£46 per person

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 Organised by TAS Sudbury is this visit to Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire, home of the Proby family since 1595.  Successive generations have embellished both the house and collection, which contains many Old Masters and fine examples of English portraiture. 

We will also visit Elton Church, which has some lovely stained glass by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones and Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough, which has the most complete and important sets of 14th-century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe. 

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This guided tour is organised by The Arts Society Sudbury.

This virtual walk concentrates on the riverside examining its buildings old and new and its magnificent bridges.

Laura Rhodes is a Blue Badge Tourist Guide for Yorkshire and North East England. She came to the area 25 years ago

and never left.  Click here for further details