Coach Tours with the Personal Touch
Coach Tours with the Personal Touch
Windmill Tours operates escorted coach tours from Suffolk and the surrounding area. As well as planning, organising, and leading tours for clubs and groups such as the WI or U3A, we also offer open tours for individuals to join.
We can provide a rich variety of tours and experiences, all with the care – and attention to detail – your holiday deserves.
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Group Tours |
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Would you like your club members to have a group holiday, with coach travel to the destination, accommodation, and excursions all arranged for you according to your requirements? We can take all that off your hands, for any duration and up to 50 passengers.
Planning, reconnaissance, marketing, accommodation, excursions, and travel will all be arranged and undertaken for you. Gill & Viv will then escort your group all the way, leading, guiding and troubleshooting, so you and your members can sit back and relax.
We cover all of the UK, Ireland, and Northern Europe; for example: our past trips include the Italian Lakes, and specialist visits around the WW1 Battlefields and Memorials of Belgium & Northern France. Houses & Gardens, Railways & Canals, History & Art… or an eclectic mixture – nothing is too much trouble.
All you need to do is decide your theme and destination, then leave the rest to us!
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Tours for Individuals |
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If you’re not travelling with a group, take a look at our programme of open tours you can join as an individual. The itinerary will be just as carefully planned for your interest, and fully escorted for your convenience and enjoyment.
In the unfortunate event that your preferred tour is full, you are invited to join the reserves list for first refusal, should any places become available.
Come with us to the Calvados region of France. Staying at the Grand Hotel de L’Esperance in the centre of Lisieux we’ll combine WW2 history with fantastic scenery and a little Calvados tasting!
Bayeux, Caen and the Normandy Memorial, Ouistreham and Pegasus Bridge. Honfleur and calvados tasting at Manoir D’Apreval are all included in this great holiday.
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Designed for the Sutton Hoo Society, this tour is now on general sale.
What's included:
Price: £1605 per person in a shared room, single supplement is £395.
Email or phone for full details and booking form.
Staying at the Parkway Hotel and Spa in Cwmbran we’ll straddle the border with visits along the Wye Valley as well as into Wales for a Black Gold tour and Gin tasting at Hensol Castle.
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Staying at the Stones Hotel near Salisbury, we’ll explore Stourhead and Mottisfont, both dressed for Christmas during this lovely short break.
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Day Trips
Contact us to book any of the below:
Monday 21st September 2026
A Royal Day Out!
We have managed to secure tickets for not only the exhibition
celebrating Queen Elizabeth II – her life in style at the King’s
Gallery – but also entry to the Royal Mews and the State Rooms at
Buckingham Place. A long but very enjoyable day! We’ll
stop for supper on the way home.
Pick-ups are Woodbridge, Kesgrave, Crown House, & Beacon Hill.
£110 including coach and all three entries.
(fully booked, reserve list only)
Saturday 10th October 2026
Knitting & Stitching Show,
Alexandra Palace
£55.
Tuesday 17th November 2026
Operation Mincemeat
A fast paced musical comedy telling the story of this daring plot to
hoodwink Hitler, at the Fortune Theatre, just off Covent Garden in
London. Matinee performance. £80.
Monday 14th December 2026
Thursford Christmas Spectacular
£85.
(fully booked, reserve list only)
On the Drawing Board
Advance notice of trips at the planning stage, not yet ready to take bookings (details provisional):
Tours for 2027
19th - 22nd March: Sheffield City Break
26th April - 1st May: Holland & Keukenhof
12th - 16th May: North Wales
6th - 7th June: Wakehurst & Wisley
14th - 18th June: Newcastle & Beamish
26th - 30th July: Isle of Wight
15th - 20th September: Brussels & Wallonia
5th - 8th November: Bridgwater Carnival
1st - 4th December: Lancashire Christmas
Day Trips 2027
Thursday 28th January: Brick Lane Music Hall
Sunday 14th March: Bletchley Park
March (TBC): Disney on Ice, Birmingham
Tuesday 29th June: Mid Norfolk Steam Railway
July (TBC): Hampton Court Flower Show
Friday 16th July: Holkham Hall, Norfolk
Tuesday 7th September: Ingatestone Hall
November (TBC): Wimpole Hall Christmas
Sunday 12th December: Thursford Christmas Spectacular (matinee)
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Windmill Tours Travel Club |
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Why not sign up to our travel club? For just £10 per year, you will be the first to know of what is being planned, and enjoy priority booking and discounts on future travel with us.
Contact us for a membership form.
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About Us |
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Gill Denny & Viv Ritchie have over 30 years of experience in the travel industry between them. They worked together for 10 years, organising and leading successful holidays on behalf of the Suffolk East Federation of WIs, before forming Windmill Tours to offer a similar service to a wider audience.
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Windmill Tours is fully compliant with Tour Operator Regulations and holds the necessary public liability insurance.
Company Registration 13980105
Viv, Gill, and Felixstowe Travel driver Lee
…And here’s a BIG shout-out to Gill’s brother Ken for many, many hours of work designing the WT motif & logo, and building & maintaining our website (“You’re welcome!” – Editor).
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