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Britain’s leading guided walks specialist operator, Ramblers Countrywide Holidays are offering a selection of Christmas breaks to various locations throughout the country.

All of these include half-board accommodation and the services of a dedicated tour leader on all walks.

Walking in the footsteps of the great Alfred Wainwright – a 7 night Christmas break at Hassness House, Buttermere – right in the heart of the beautiful and dramatic Lake District. Some of the best and most varied walking in Britain from the gentle amble to high peak hikes.

7 nights from 21 December – £429 per person

Walking in the Peak District – a 5 night Christmas break in the rugged Peak District’s National Park with its spectacular hills, dales and gorges. Highlights include, High Tor, Matlock Bath, Bakewell, Ashford-in-the-Water, Monsal Head, the cradle of the industrial revolution at Cromford, the High Peak Trail, travel by steam engine to Rowsley and a visit to Chatsworth House – ancestral home of the Dukes of Devonshire.

5 nights from 22 December £629 per person

Discover the North Wiltshire Cotswolds – a 5 night Christmas break in the glorious North Wiltshire Cotswolds discovering its wonderfully preserved ancient villages. Highlights include, Lacock (owned by the National Trust); Castle Combe (voted England’s most beautiful village in the 1960′s); Silbury Hill (built around 2,500 BC); the MacMillan Way though Bybrook Valley to Box’ and the city of Bath.

5 nights from 22 December £464 per person

Church Stretton in the Shropshire hills – one of the most beautiful landscapes in England. Highlights include walks on Longmynd, Pole Bank, the heights of Caer Caradoc and Bodbury Hill. Half-board accommodation at The Longmynd Hotel, set in ten acres of private woodland with panoramic views across the Welsh border.

7 nights from 23 December – £778 per person; 4 nights from 23 December – £544 per person

Rustic Oakham in Rutland – the ancient capital of England’s smallest county. Highlights include, Rutland Water, England’s largest reservoir, lake side walks, long-distance footpaths through Oakham and the Georgian town of Stamford. Half-board accommodation at The Whipper-In Hotel, Oakham – located in the centre of the town in the old market square.

5 nights from 23 December – £484 per person

Cheltenham at Christmas – a spectacular winter-wonderland in the Cotswolds. Highlights include, walks along the Cotswold Way to Leckhampton Hill; the Devil’s Chimney; the Cotswold Escarpment with spectacular views across the River Severn to Wales. On Christmas Day there is a shorter walk past the Whitcombe Reservoir and remains of a Roman Villa. Half board accommodation at Cheltenham & Gloucester Chase Hotel, Brockworth.

5 nights from 22 December – £529 per person;

Bookings for all of the above on

www.ramblerscountrywide.co.uk

01707 386800