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The best train tours in United Kingdom
282 hotel-based trips in United Kingdom had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
London to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express with Alpine rail and three nights in
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 16
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
- 283.2
London to Venice and back aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 16
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
6 days · from $6,747 ($1,125/day)
Five-day escorted rail tour riding three heritage steam railways
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
5 days · from $1,093 ($219/day)
Escorted 4-day Christmas break to Torquay with steam train ride
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 95
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
4 days · from $715 ($179/day)
5-day escorted steam tour through England's Midlands and Cotswolds
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 90
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
5 days · from $979 ($196/day)
Bradford-based tour of six Yorkshire and Lancashire heritage railways
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 77
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 25
8 days · from $1,884 ($236/day)
5-day escorted Staffordshire tour across eight heritage railways
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 84
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
5 days · from $1,079 ($216/day)
5-day escorted Devon tour with two steam railways and a cruise
- Rail share
- 80
- Value
- 90
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 38
5 days · from $1,006 ($201/day)
Luxury rail journey from London through Spain's northern coast aboard El Transcantábrico
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 17
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
12 days · from $13,366 ($1,114/day)
Five-day steam heritage railway tour from Blackpool to five named lines
- Rail share
- 100
- Value
- 77
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
5 days · from $1,182 ($236/day)