Getting to Bath by RoadBy CarThe main road routes into Bath are the M4 and M5. The M4 runs directly from London to Bath, while the M5 comes in from the north, Devon and Cornwall, while Bristol and Wales are just a short drive west on the M4. Bath is about 100 miles from London, and the journey takes about 1 hour 45 minutes by car; from Birmingham (90 miles), it takes 1 hour 30 minutes and from Manchester (200 miles), it takes 1 hour 45 minutes. From Cardiff, you can get to Bath via the M4 in 50 minutes.
The local council recommends that people going to
Bath
for a whole day or more should use the city's Park and Ride facilities, i.e. park their car in a car park outside
of town and use one of the frequent bus services connecting these car parks with the city centre. These out-of-town
car parks are all signposted along the roads leading into
Bath
. By BusBath has a large number of bus routes run by First Group, with services to surrounding towns and cities. The coach station turn-off is opposite the railway station. On leaving the station, the coach station is visible to the left. Getting to Bath by bus from London Victoria takes approximately 2 hours 45 minutes; 5 hours from Manchester; 2 hours 40 minutes from Birmingham, and approximately 35 minutes from Bristol. National ExpressNational Express operates frequent services from both London Heathrow and Gatwick airport, as well as from London's Victoria Coach Station to Bath. From Victoria the journey time is around 3 hours 30 minutes and from Heathrow around 2 hours 30 minutes. National Express is the largest scheduled coach
service provider in Europe. In the UK the distinctive white National Express coaches operate to 1000 destinations
and carry over 16 million customers a year. Eurolines coaches additionally operate to over 500 destinations within
Europe and Ireland. Click on the text link below to take you directly to National Express / Eurolines.
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