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Plan ahead with a

trip to South Devon

Groups and tour operators are being encouraged to explore what

the area has to offer with the introduction of new group itineraries,

launched by Visit South Devon. Hoping to ‘influence tour

programmes for 2021 onwards’, there’s a new group travel area on

the tourist board’s website, featuring visit suggestions to places like

Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Ashburton.

Thanks to partnerships with these local towns, the itineraries

highlight key attractions for groups. Exmouth, for example,

is a regional centre for kayaking, paddleboarding and other

watersports, and its itinerary includes “useful information such as

parking opportunities for coaches.”

Dartmouth’s itinerary recommends a visit to Dartmouth Castle

and a tour of Britannia Royal Naval College, while in Ashburton,

suggested group activities include an antiques trail and walking

routes through Dartmoor National Park.

Thank you to our official partners for the

2020 Group Leisure & Travel Awards.

Stay up to date at

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The new ITV series created by Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes

features plenty of dramatic on-screen sites that could make a

memorable group visit in the future. Locations around England and

Scotland appear in the period drama, which follows the fortunes and

intrigues of aristocratic families in early 19th century London.

Standing in for the streets of London’s Belgravia district is Moray

Place in Edinburgh, with its elegant townhouses. And near the city is

Hopetoun House, a grand country property on the banks of the Firth

of Forth whose interiors star on the show.

In England, Bath’s Assembly Rooms make an appearance in

Belgravia as the setting of a ball, taking place on the eve of the

Battle of Waterloo.

Read all of these stories in full

and more at

groupleisureandtravel.com

Photo credit: ©Malcolm Snelgrove courtesy of Visit Dartmoor Tourism.

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