Previous Tours

Heritage of Industry has been organising tours since 1989.    Here are a few notes and pictures about some of our previous destinations. Click on a link for a description and images

Country House Comfort & Convenience

Unique small-group, expert-led tours exploring the introduction of technology into some of our great Country Houses and the impact it had on the lives of those who lived there both above and below stairs.

2021:  East Anglia

2019:  The Weald of Kent & Sussex

  The North West

2018 : East Yorkshire

2017 : The Welsh Borders

            The South West 

            The North East & Scottish Borders

            Northern Ireland 

2016 : Bucks, Oxon & Surrey

2015 : The North West

 East Anglia

2014 : The Welsh Borders

 Northern Ireland

 The North East & Scottish Borders

2013 : The South West

Industrial Heritage Study Tours since 2004

These tours are based on coach travel in the UK and accessible parts of Europe but flying is usually involved when we go further afield.

2022: Lives of the Engineers - Telford in Shropshire & North Wales

2019:  AIA Spring Tour - Hungary

2018 : AIA Spring Tour - Saxony

2017 : AIA Spring Tour - The Randstad - North & South Holland and Utrecht

           Newcomen Summer Meeting - Central Belt of Scotland 

2016 : AIA Spring Tour - Romania

2015 : AIA Spring Tour - The Rhone Valley

 Newcomen Summer Meeting - Swansea

 Newcastle, New South Wales

2014 : AIA Spring Tour - Moravia

 Newcomen Summer Meeting - M4 Corridor: Swindon & Bristol

2013 : AIA Spring Tour - The Ruhr

  Newcomen Summer Meeting - Manchester

2012 : AIA Spring Tour - The mid-west USA

2011 : AIA Spring Tour - Sweden,

  Tasmania

2010 : Upper Normandy, Egypt

2009 : AsturiasNew Zealand

2008 : Lower NormandySaarland,  East Yorkshire

2007 : Latvia,  Prague & Bohemia,  Western Australia

2006 : Alsace AwaitsVenlo & Beyond,  Bristol

2005 : Belgium,  Cornwall,  East Midlands

2004 : Sussex, Budapest, Barcelona

City Safaris & Industrial Explorer Weekends since 1998

We also organise the very popular City Safari & Industrial Explorer walking tours based on cities in the UK and mainland Europe. Click on a link for a description and images

2022: City Safari - Birmingham

City Safari - Hamburg

2021: Industrial Explorer Weekend - West Yorkshire

2019: Industrial Explorer Weekend - The Tamar Valley

City Safari - Antwerp

2018: Industrial Explorer Weekend - North Kent

City Safari - Bilbao

2016: Industrial Explorer Weekend - The Black Country

2015: Industrial Explorer Weekend - Sheffield

City Safari - Norwich & Great Yarmouth

2014: Industrial Explorer Weekend - Derby

2013: Industrial Explorer Weekend - The Potteries

 City Safari - Ostend

2012: Northampton, Mainz & Wiesbaden, Fleetwood & Blackpool

2011 : Coventry, Early Computing in London, Halifax & Huddersfield

2010 : The Black Country, Dundee & Perth, Nuremberg

2009 : Rotterdam, Bristol, Berlin, Liverpool

2008 : Cardiff, Leeds

2007 : Vienna, Glasgow

2006 : Berlin, Birmingham, Lisbon, Budapest

2005 : London, Turin, Prague

2004 : Berlin, Luxembourg, Dresden, Madrid, Manchester

2003 : Brussels, Barcelona, Lyons, Liverpool, Dublin, Lille

2002 : Paris, Vienna, Cologne, Antwerp, Newcastle

2001 : London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam

2000 : Lille, Hamburg, Glasgow

1999 : Berlin, Paris, Brussels

1998 : Paris, Ghent