Great British Railway Journeys
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aberystwyth to Newtown
Armed with his 1930s Bradshaw's Guide, Michael Portillo travels from Aberystwyth into the Cambrian Mountains at Devil's Bridge and finishes in Newtown, Powys. Michael's 250-mile tour of North Wales draws to a close in style at the birthplace of the nation's first classical music festival, Gregynog Hall, near Newtown. Michael is intrigued to discover that its founders, sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, used the fortune they inherited from their grandfather, a noted Welsh railway builder, to establish the country estate as a centre for art and music from 1933. In the glorious music room, a Welsh harpist helps to evoke the spirit of festivals past and present.
Episodes in Season 12
Oxford to Abingdon
30 min
Stoke Mandeville to Beaconsfield
30 min
West Ruislip to Windsor
30 min
Guildford to Aldershot
30 min
Farnborough to Winchester
30 min
Saxmundham to Dedham
30 min
Colchester to Chadwell Heath
30 min
Potters Bar to Cardington
30 min
Sawbridgeworth to Cambridge
30 min
Newmarket to Walsingham
30 min
Crewe to Shotton
30 min
Rhyl to Anglesey
30 min
Bangor to Betws y Coed
30 min
Blaenau Ffestiniog to Barmouth
30 min
Aberystwyth to Newtown
30 min
