{"id":563515,"date":"2025-11-11T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/563515\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:09:15","slug":"tuck-into-a-lavish-7-course-christmas-lunch-aboard-britains-most-luxurious-train-leaving-from-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/563515\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuck Into A Lavish, 7-Course Christmas Lunch Aboard \u2018Britain\u2019s Most Luxurious Train\u2019 Leaving From Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"A waiter aboard the Northern Belle\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nb-gallery_0021_21-1024x683.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Northern Belle<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>Travelling home for Christmas can be one of the most stressful times of the year\u2014full of traffic delays, cancelled buses, and left behind presents. But the <strong>Northern Belle<\/strong> is once again offering a <strong>festive trip through the wintry West Midlands countrysid<\/strong>e that you won\u2019t want to forget.<\/p>\n<p>Named one of \u201cthe best train trips in the world\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/readers-favourite-train-journeys-in-world-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/readers-favourite-train-journeys-in-world-2025\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">earlier this year<\/a>, the Northern Belle will set off from Coventry and Birmingham International for <strong>a five-hour round trip on Sunday, December 14<\/strong>. It\u2019s rolling out the red carpet for its travellers, from Champagne to canap\u00e9s, as well as plenty of Christmas cheer.<\/p>\n<p> <b>What can I expect on this Christmas train journey?<\/b> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20732\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"A diner tucking into Christmas lunch on the Northern Belle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nb-gallery_0029_28.jpg\"\/>Credit: Northern Belle <\/p>\n<p>From the moment you step aboard, you will be showered with luxury, as you\u2019re <strong>handed Champagne and canap\u00e9s<\/strong>, including delicious caviar blinis. It\u2019s then time to settle into your armchair to tuck into a <strong>seven-course festive feast<\/strong> served with the finest wines and, of course, Christmas crackers.<\/p>\n<p>With flowing bubbly and the sights of the English countryside flying by, the meal ends with a seasonal dessert, before an<strong> award-winning cheeseboard, coupled with a glass of Port<\/strong>. Finally, relax with a cup of Fortnum &amp; Mason tea or a special Northern Belle coffee, along with some<strong> delicate petits fours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20733\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Musicians holding up a classical guitar\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/nb-gallery_0020_20.jpg\"\/>Credit: Northern Belle <\/p>\n<p>Throughout, <strong>onboard musicians<\/strong> will be playing festive tunes to put you in the Christmas spirit, while the train\u2019s<strong> conjuror wanders from table to table performing seasonal tricks<\/strong>. Like you\u2019re in an Agatha Christie novel (just a bit less, you know, murdery), this luxury train journey is a fantasy we usually wouldn\u2019t afford\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <b>How much is the Northern Belle?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Luxury has never come cheap, but if you can\u2019t treat yourself at Christmas, when can you? The Northern Belle will cost you<strong> \u00a3395 per passenger <\/strong>(is it any worse than a normal train ticket?) For an extra \u00a395, upgrade to the Laurent-Perrier Class, or for \u00a3195, the KRUG class, which comes with several extras. <\/p>\n<p>To book your seat on the Northern Belle\u2019s Christmas lunch journey, head <a href=\"https:\/\/northernbelle.co.uk\/trip\/christmas-lunch\/1756\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/northernbelle.co.uk\/trip\/christmas-lunch\/1756\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-tracked=\"1\" data-category=\"click_sales\" data-cp_smn_source=\"secretbirmingham\" data-cp_smn_content=\"northern-belle-christmas-lunch-luxurious-train\" data-cp_smn_term=\"text_cta_1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Northern Belle Save Travelling home for Christmas can be one of the most stressful times of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,35745,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-563515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115530993911989516","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}