Best Tour Guide EVER ! http://www.grentours.co.uk (PM Nurse, Connecticut) Wed, 09 May 2012 20:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Wizard Tour! http://www.grentours.co.uk/warner-bros-studio/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/warner-bros-studio/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:09:39 +0000 admin http://www.grentours.co.uk/?p=690

Visit locations and the studios used in the making of the most successful film franchise about everybody’s favourite boy wizard.

This tour visits London and Oxford and finally Warner Brothers Studios where you’ll have a special behind-the-scenes view of the film sets, costumes and props. Contact us for more details.

warnerbros Bed Bus Chalice Door Egg GreatHall Gryffindor Hogwarts Hogwarts2 Lectern Ollivand Snitch Stone Wands
]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/warner-bros-studio/feed/ 0 “Downton Abbey” Tour http://www.grentours.co.uk/highclere-castle/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/highclere-castle/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:41:48 +0000 admin http://www.grentours.co.uk/?p=696 Set in 1000 acres of beautiful English countryside, the magnificent stately home of Highclere Castle is the setting for the very popular Television drama “Downton Abbey”. Highclere has been home to the   Carnarvon family for over 300 years.   Much of the castle was restored in the 19th Century by Houses of Parliament architect , Sir Charles Barry. The 5th earl of Carnarvon played an important role with Howard Carter in discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun. There is a special Egypt exhibition at Highclere.

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/highclere-castle/feed/ 0 Brighton http://www.grentours.co.uk/brighton/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/brighton/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:30:36 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=368 Cosmopolitan and historic town on the south coast of England.

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/brighton/feed/ 0 Canterbury http://www.grentours.co.uk/canterbury/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/canterbury/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:26:49 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=360 Capital of the Kingdom of Kent in Anglo Saxon times, the historic city of Canterbury, is where Christianity was re-introduced into England in the early 7th century.

Towering over the narrow, medieval streets lined with timber framed buildings, Canterbury Cathedral is the spiritual home of the Church of England and worldwide Anglican Communion.

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/canterbury/feed/ 0 Dover http://www.grentours.co.uk/dover/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/dover/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:35:59 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=380 The gateway to England from continental Europe, Dover has been a port for centuries.

Strategically perched high on the white cliffs, the magnificent Dover Castle has played a major role in defending England from medieval times until the mid 20th Century.

Explore the underground tunnels from where the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk was co-ordinated in 1940.

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/dover/feed/ 0 Leeds Castle http://www.grentours.co.uk/leeds-castle/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/leeds-castle/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:27:46 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=362 Set in 500 acres of landscaped gardens and park, Leeds Castle has been described as the loveliest castle in the world.

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/leeds-castle/feed/ 0 Hever Castle http://www.grentours.co.uk/hever-castle/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/hever-castle/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:28:34 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=364 Ancestral home of King Henry VIII’s second wife, Ann Boleyn, 13th Century Hever Castle was restored in the early 20th century by William Wardorf Astor.

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/hever-castle/feed/ 0 Chartwell http://www.grentours.co.uk/chartwell/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/chartwell/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:29:52 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=366 Chartwell was the the country home of the great, 20th Century statesman, Sir Winston Churchill


]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/chartwell/feed/ 0 Down House http://www.grentours.co.uk/down-house/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/down-house/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:32:13 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=370 Down House was home of the great scientist, Charles Darwin. See the study where he wrote On The Origin Of Species

]]> http://www.grentours.co.uk/down-house/feed/ 0 Penshurst Place http://www.grentours.co.uk/penshurst-place/ http://www.grentours.co.uk/penshurst-place/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:34:13 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.136/grentours.co.uk/?p=376 Historic House and Gardens. Home to the Sidney family for almost five hundred years.

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