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
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,
2010 : Upper Normandy, Egypt
2009 : Asturias, New Zealand
2008 : Lower Normandy, Saarland, East Yorkshire
2007 : Latvia, Prague & Bohemia, Western Australia
2006 : Alsace Awaits, Venlo & 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