BRITAIN'S FIRST HOLIDAY DESTINATION | WYE VALLEY TOUR 🇬🇧 [1/3]

I’m stepping back in time & visiting the scene of Britain's first holiday destination - a river boat tour through the stunning Wye Valley on the border between England & Wales. The birthplace of British tourism.
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Centuries ago wealthy tourists came from all over Britain to take the famous Wye Valley river boat tour that William Gilpin had written about in his bestselling guide book ‘Observations on the River Wye’ published in 1782. It was the beginning of British Tourism as we know it.

A few years earlier in the 1750’s a rector named John Egerton began entertaining his guests by taking them on a boat tour on the River Wye.

The landscape and picturesque scenes that his guests were introduced to between Ross-on-Wye & Chepstow exceeded their expectations and introduced them to a whole new world. The dawn of the picturesque movement was glimmering & landscape appreciation was suddenly becoming fashionable. In 1770 William Gilpin found himself on the tour & it changed his life forever.

Join me as I drive to the great scenes William Gilpin wrote about in his guidebook - including the starting point outside the Royal Hotel in Ross-on-Wye, the historic Norman ruins of Goodrich Castle and the incredible river views presented by Yat Rock at Symonds Yat.

We’ll also visit the little village of Wilton and see the wonderful grade I listed 16th century bridge & that crosses the River Wye as well as a historic castle that is now privately owned. Later on we’ll walk through parts of the Forest of Dean to see a hand-pulled ferry crossing the River Wye. The Wye Valley is an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) and so there will be lots to see and do on the tour.

Let’s travel back in time and imagine what it would have been like to join a river boat tour in the magnificent Wye Valley.

Chapters
📖 00:00 Britain’s First Holiday Destination
📖 02:10 St Mary’s Church in Ross-on-Wye (John Egerton)
📖 03:57 William Gilpin & His Observations on the River Wye
📖 05:08 Wye Valley Tour Begins
📖 05:42 Wilton on the River Wye
📖 07:20 Gilpin’s First Grand Scene (Goodrich Castle)
📖 12:05 Gilpin’s Second Grand Scene (Yat Rock)
📖 14:02 Symonds Yat East
📖 15:22 Hand-Pulled Ferry Crossing

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