 Travel resources We hope you will find the below web sites useful in the planning of your independent holiday. Web sites include; holiday information sites, links to transport sites, UK attractions, cycle hire shops and links to fun holiday ideas and great days out. DaltonsHolidays.com have also collated a list of the best festivals and events in the UK, for more information click on the link below: Events and festivals in the UK If you know of a web site that you think should be listed here please visit our link criteria page or email us with your suggestion and we will consider it for inclusion. Please note that each external site listed below will open in a new window to make it easier for you to navigate back to our site. Holiday information websites HM Revenue and Customs - Learn about how much duty free you can bring back to the UK. Holiday survival tips from Bupa - Advice includes first aid kits and what to do if you get sick while away. UK transport websites First Great Western Trains First group
London Underground - The Tube National Rail Enquiries
Stage Coach Virgin Trains Theme parks in the UK Thorpe Park - Located in Surrey, near London.
Chessington World of Adventures - London's major theme park. Alton Towers - Located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Gulliver's theme parks - Located in Warrington, Matlock Bath and Milton Keynes. Crealy Adventure parks - Located in Devon and Cornwall. The American Adventure theme park - Located in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. National Parks in the UK Peak District - Area: 555 square miles Lake District - Area: 885 square miles Snowdonia - Area: 838 square miles Dartmoor - Area: 368 square miles Pembrokeshire Coast - Area: 240 square miles North York Moors - Area: 554 square miles Yorkshire Dales - Area: 680 square miles Exmoor - Area: 268 square miles Northumberland - Area: 405 square miles Brecon Beacons - Area: 519 square miles The Broads - Area: 117 square miles Loch Lomond and the Trossachs - Area: 720 square miles Cairngorms - Area: 1,467 square miles New Forest - Area: 224 square miles Bicycle hire and cycle routes The London Bicycle Tour Company - London cycle hire and cycle tours. Bridge bike hire - The orginal Camel Trial Cyle Hireshop, Wadebridge, North Cornwall.
Bike Trial cycle shop - Near Barnstaple, North Devon.
Sustrans - the sustainable transport charity - The national cycle network is the flagship project of ‘Sustrans’ and will extend to 10, 000 miles this year. Visit the site for details on how to plan your cycle route. The Sustrans site also includes links to other cycle sites in the UK. Great days out Windermere outdoor adventure activities centre - Providing watersport facilities and courses. Something a little different Zorb South UK - The only official Zorb operator in the UK providing Zorbing Gift Vouchers, Zorb Gift Experiences, Hydro Zorbing, throughout Swanage, Dorset, Bournemouth and the UK. Breathing space outdoor activities - Book outdoor activities for individuals and groups through Breathing Space a unique activity and event management company. Redletter days - If you fancy something a little different on your holiday or would like to plan a surprise for someone contact Red letter days the UKs number one experience company.
Virgin Balloon Flights - Experience the joy of one of the most romantic forms of navigation in the world, hot air ballooning. Padstow Seafood School - Choose from a selection of 1, 2 and 4 day courses specialising in fish cookery in Padstow. Surfing lessons in Cornwall - Surfs Up! Surf School is the leading surf school in the UK. Based in Cornwall, their expert surf tuition is designed to help you to learn to surf in the most effective and uncomplicated way. Link disclaimer Please be informed that DaltonsHolidays.com is not responsible for the content of any of the websites linked here and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. DaltonsHolidays.com cannot guarantee that all of these links will work all of the time and has no control over the availability of any of these sites. As this page is currently in its infancy we would welcome your suggestions of further useful links at the following mailbox: ajackson@cmpi.biz. If you have a web site that closely relates to the DaltonsHolidays.com concept, please click here to visit our link criteria page. Back to home page | 
