2025 trips
To book tickets visit the Trips table at the monthly meetings (card, cash, cheque), or contact George Roberts 07971 593 802 or Sandra Straw 0115 912 3141.
(As well as the trips below, future plans include a visit to Salford Quays & Media City.)
Bletchley Park
Tuesday 15th April 2025 – £38 pp including coach and entrance. Tickets being sold at the 2nd January monthly meeting.
Our first trip for 2025 will be to Bletchley Park, the home of England’s WW2 Codebreakers. Without doubt some of their most important findings saved many lives and shortened the length of the war. Here, some of the most intelligent minds in England, were able to decipher complex German codes. The most well known action was to break the Enigma machine codes. You will be able to see a captured Enigma. There are Interactive displays, Immersive films, Museum collections and Colossus the world’s first large-scale electronic digital computer. There is a selection of Hot & Cold eating opportunities or you can bring a picnic with you.
Kilworth Outdoor Theatre
Wednesday 13th August 2025 £58 pp
We will also be offering tickets for Kilworth Outdoor Theatre’s production of Grease, a show that will take most of us back to our youth. The film of Grease was an enormous success, with great songs, music and dancing and it has transferred easily to the stage. Kilworth are renowned for the quality of their productions, which was confirmed after last year’s visit for Singing in the Rain, so we highly recommend it and if you have not visited Kilworth it should be on your bucket list, as it is a magical experience. We will visit Palmers Garden Centre en-route for some shopping or a Coffee & Cake.
Bradford City of Culture 2025
Tuesday 13th May (changed from 14th) – Cost tba
A visit to Bradford, with a visit to the Science and Media Museum. This museum has been fully refurbished for Bradford’s City of Culture in 2025 with many new exhibitions on offer. The National Science and Media Museum, is in the heart of Bradford, it explores the science and culture of light and sound technologies and their impact on our lives. Its galleries and exhibition spaces help illuminate world-famous collections in photography, film and television. Three cinema screens—including an IMAX theatre— showcase the magic of moving images from around the world. Don’t miss the interactive gallery Wonderlab. Explore central Bradford, its many interesting and historic buildings and its many options to have lunch and a drink. More information will be available nearer the departure date.
Cambridge and Botanical Gardens
Tuesday 10th June
Anticipated cost £18 TBC
Additional cost for the Botanical Gardens £8.50
This will be a freestyle visit to Cambridge with the option of a visit to the world famous Cambridge University Botanic Gardens. Cambridge is a city on the River Cam, in eastern England, home to the prestigious University of Cambridge, dating to 1209. University colleges include King’s, famed for its choir and towering Gothic chapel, as well as Trinity, founded by Henry VIII, and St John’s, with its 16th-century Great Gate. University museums have exhibits on archaeology and anthropology, polar exploration, the history of science and zoology. The Fitzwilliam Museum is home to an impressive collection of historic art. The Botanical Gardens is a short 10/15 minute walk from the town centre and the coach will drop us of there, on arrival in Cambridge.
Some of our previous Trips and Outings
Visit To The Black Country Museum
Tuesday May 21st 2024
Kilworth – Singing In The Rain
Wednesday 3rd July 2024
Sandringham Flower Show and Estate
Wednesday 31st July 2024
World of Wedgwood Museum
Tuesday 17th September 2024