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Private Hire and London Taxi
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London Destinations |
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Sissinghurst
Castle
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Leeds
Castle
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Why not enjoy
the privacy of your own personal driver picking you up from your Central London hotel,
driving you to Sissinghurst Castle Gardens and Leeds Castle. Travel in
comfort as a family, group or by yourself, in your own personal
air-conditioned people carrier, (minivan) or London taxi. Giving you
more control over the day.
3 Hours
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Sissinghurst Castle Gardens
3
Hours
~ Leeds Castle
Before being driven back to your hotel at the end of the day by your
very own professional driver. |
Prices include;
Return transfer to Sissinghurst Castle and Leeds Castle
for up to 6 people. |
Not included;
Entrance fees, lunch or gratuity. |
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Please Note ~ When booking
a disabled taxi you will need to book the 1-6 seater taxi. |
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Sissinghurst Castle |
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Sissinghurst Castle was once a
splendid mansion built for Sir Richard Baker in the mid-16th century.
The moated Tudor house, set high on a ridge above the Vale of Kent,
By 1800, however, the
house was neglected and decayed. At this time the building was
partially demolished leaving substantial fragments for use as barns,
stables and cottages for labourers.
Over the next hundred
years Sissinghurst slowly degenerated until it was rescue in 1930 by
Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson. |
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Harold Nicolson planned
the garden but it was Vita Sackville-West who devised the inspired
planting schemes and carried out the work. The rows of flowers are
carefully grouped according to colour, texture and season.
The brick structures and
walls gives the basic shape of the 6 acre garden. Harold Nicolson
combined the hedges of rose, yew and hornbeam, to create a series of
'outdoor rooms' with long linking walks.
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Leeds Castle Trip |
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Leeds
Castle, which is set in 500 acres of parkland with wonderful gardens,
was first built in AD 857 on two islands surrounded by a
lake. In 1119 the Normans rebuilt Leeds Castle.
Surrounded by
a large watered moat, which now a days is rare, as many moats are now
grassed over.
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Today, the well kept grounds can be seen along with magnificent
views of Leeds Castle.
Along with touring the medieval castle
and gardens there are; aviaries, a maze, duckier, vineyard,
museum
of dog collars, collection of furnishings, tapestries and
paintings.
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Leeds Castle |
Sissinghurst Castle
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ADMISSION
CHARGES NOT INCLUDED |
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ADULTS |
£ 18.00 |
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CHILD |
£ 11.00 |
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FAMILY |
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CLOSED
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Christmas Day |
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ADMISSION
CHARGES NOT INCLUDED |
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ADULTS |
£ 10.00 |
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CHILD |
£ 5.50 |
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FAMILY |
£25.00 |
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CLOSED
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1st Nov until
1st March |
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9Prices
are per taxi and do not include entrance
fees or lunch |
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