Locations associated with the popular TV programmes ‘Poldark’ and ‘Doc Martin’ have been worked into a longer 9 nighter that includes visits to some famous privately owned historic properties and an overnight stay in the timeless Devon coastal village of Clovelly. There are also rides on 7 of the Heritage Railway lines and a visit to Steam, the Museum of the Great Western Railway. Highlights include:
- The Swanage Railway which offers a more intensive heritage steam and diesel timetable train service than virtually any other preserved railway
- Corfe Castle, one of Britain’s most majestic ruins
- Abbotsbury Gardens, voted the Historic Houses Association/Christies Garden of the Year award in 2012
- The Dartmouth Steam Railway, one of the finest heritage steam railway journeys in Europe
- The South Devon Railway, one of Devon’s and the West Country’s best loved tourist attractions and the longest established steam railway in the south west
- A day of Poldark and Doc Martin On Location visits
- A tour through Lorna Doone Country
- A memorable 20 mile step back in time journey on the West Somerset Railway which vividly evokes the age of the bygone days of travel by steam train
- A visit to STEAM, the Museum of the Great Western Railway
