Coach Tickets from London to Tolpuddle Festival

Equity have opened up their planned coach travel from London to Tolpuddle Festival to all members of entertainment unions – offering a £25 return journey to the Dorset festival.

Published: 21 July 2019 | 12:00 AM Updated: 28 April 2021 | 4:30 PM

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The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival is a weekend of family entertainment, stalls, political debate, comedy, music and a grand procession through the village. It celebrates the seven farm labourers transported to Australia in 1834 for forming a trade union

When: 8:00 am, Sunday 21 July (returning at 5:00 pm)

Where: Tolpuddle, Hudson's Place, Side of Victoria train station, London SW1V 1PZ

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