Bath & Stonehenge Private Day Tour From London

Including time in the Cotswold countryside and villages

Roman Baths At Bath
Roman Baths At Bath

Bath, Stonehenge & Country Tour

This is a great day out combining two of the most popular attractions outside of London with some of the best of the English Countryside and villages.


As with all our example custom tours, this is just an idea to build upon. The great thing about a custom tour is that you choose when you want to go and how long you spend at each destination.

This particular tour has great scope for flexibility in terms of departure time, especially in the summer months.

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Vehicles, Driver/Guides + Scope Of Private Tours

A range of touring vehicles with capacities ranging from 8 to 16 seats.

We charge a flat fee per vehicle, (not person) for the day, This includes the bus and services of the driver guide. Admissions to attractions are not included.

All tours are customised around your individual needs.

We have outlined some of our most popular tours on the menu on the left to make it easy for you.


The day is yours, the only rules are imposed by UK law - no smoking on buses and driving hours and breaks governed by UK law. Otherwise you're free to go where you want to go, when you want to go.

Time is always the enemy, even though a typical tour will be 10-11 hours in duration.

Example Bath & Stonehenge Tour Template

The classic schedule for this tour is a departure around 08:00, visiting Stonehenge, then a countryside tour through to Bath before returning to London. The timings work very well for this.

It is also possible to work in a very late morning departure, returning to London in the evening.

Stonehenge

It will be around 105 minutes after leaving London traveling non-stop when we get to Stonehenge.

On the way you will have got to know the driver/guide, who will have given you a thorough briefing on things Neolithic. Equipped with this information you should be able to get maximum enjoyment from your visit to Stonehenge.

Most people take an hour at Stonehenge, its a good place to grab a coffee before boarding the bus.

Stonehenge to Bath via Lacock

After leaving Stonehenge its about an hours drive to Lacock. We traverse Salisbury Plain. We are in sheep country, you will see a lot of sheep today.

Many of the villages that we visit and pass through are 'wool villages'.

After driving through a British Army tank range we start going through the unspoilt English villages. Thatched cottages, Norman churches, traditional black and white wooden fronted medieval houses line the road. We venture down single track roads for some of the journey so you really are off the tourist track in the middle of the countryside.


Caen Hill Locks

An impressive sight is Caen Hill Locks. Built in the early 19th century, before the railways, the Kennet and Avon canal links the Thames and Avon rivers, enabling coast to coast river travel from London to Bristol.

Perhaps we'll see a narrowboat using the locks that climb Caen Hill on the 3 hour ascent/descent. Many will want to take a closer look.

Then on towards Lacock we may make photo stops at a photogenic thatched cottage complete with gardens lovingly sculptured by the resident gardener and a great viewpoint over the Avon valley with Lacock in the valley below.

Lacock

Lacock is an old wool town where all the buildings in the village are more than 200 years old, much of it much older. It is not a museum piece, but a living working village with school, post office, church, tithe barn, bakery and several pubs.

The village is owned by the National Trust, all the occupants including the pubs rent from the National Trust. The National Trust controls strictly the village environment, apart from vehicles it could be back a few hundred years ago, no streetlights, no aerials, only approved 'authentic' colour schemes.


George Inn Lacock

With this olde worlde feel, Jane Austen and some Harry Potter films are just examples of films shot here. This is also the local village of Camilla Parker Bowles, the wife of Prince Charles. Her daughter was recently married at the church in the village.

Adjacent to the village is Lacock Abbey, one of the few abbeys to survive the Reformation in Tudor times and used for amongst other things for the school scenes in Harry Potter. Our driver/guide will invite you on a walking tour of the village.

 

We heartily recommend you take lunch in the George Inn, a 13th century pub, the oldest licensed pub in England. Its refreshingly free of the tourist trail, many of the customers will be locals. Apart from the excellent home cooked food chalked up on the boards at reasonable prices, the pub itself has much of interest.

In the yard are stocks, (so don't drink too much) and the original medieval fireplace inside has a dog wheel, where a specially trained small dog once fanned the flames. There is also an information board illustrating some of the films shot here like Harry Potter and a small museum of box cameras. The first ever photography that took place happened right here where you eat and drink.


The walking tour of the village takes around 30 minutes. If you want lunch at the George Inn the stay will be around 90 minutes. There is also a bakery and tea room at Lacock.

Bath

Its only a 30 minute journey from Lacock to Bath, where there is plenty to see and do

Bath itself is very compact, nearly everything you want to see is within 10 minutes walk of each other. We will drop you off by the Roman Baths, right in the centre at the official coach drop off point.

Bath's attractions are crudely split between the Roman Baths from 2,000 years ago and the Georgian period in the 18th century where much of what you see now was built.

The Roman Baths normally take around an hour for visitors. An audio guide is part of the admission fee. The Pump Room, part of the Roman Baths complex is 'the' place to take classic English afternoon tea.


Pump Room Bath

In the 18th century Bath had a 'season' where if you were anybody this is where you came to network. This is the time of Jane Austin, several of her novels were set in Bath and there is a museum and tea room.


The Georgian architecture built to facilitate this 'polite' society is still very much the attraction now. This is the world of Jane Austen who lived here for a time.


Bath is a regional shopping area with plenty of interesting independent shops. In the very centre are medieval style alleyways and an old indoor market.


Leaving Bath by 15:30, after having spent nearly 2 hours in Bath you should be back at your London hotel about 18:00 to 18:30.

Typical Tour Schedules

Classic Tour Recommended

08:00 - Leave London hotel

09:45 - 10:45 Stonehenge

11:45 - 13:15 Lacock (with lunch)

13:45 - 15:30 Bath

18:00 - 18:30 Arrive at London hotel.

Countryside Tour Emphasis

08:00 - Leave London hotel

09:45 - 10:45 Stonehenge

11:45 - 12:30 Lacock

12:50 - 13:15 Castle Coombe (Cotswold village)

13:45 - 15:30 Bath

18:00 - 18:30 Arrive at London hotel.

Lunch in Bath Tour

08:00 - Leave London hotel

09:45 - 10:45 Stonehenge

11:45 - 12:30 Lacock

13:00 - 15:30 Bath

18:00 - 18:30 Arrive at London hotel.

Late Departure Tour

11:30 - Leave London hotel

13:15 - 14:15 Stonehenge

15:15 - 17:15 Bath

18:00 - 19:30 Lacock (with dinner)

21:30 - 22:00 Arrive at London hotel.
Group Private Custom Tours - Indicative Prices For Example Private Bus Tours

Example Tour

Up to 6 People

6 - 10 People

11 - 16 People

17 - 54 People

Countryside & Pubs

 from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a

Windsor, Stonehenge & Bath

 from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a
Stonehenge, Pubs, Countryside & Bath from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a
Stonehenge, Avebury & Salisbury from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a
Oxford, Cotswolds & Straford from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a
Stonehenge Plus from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a
Windsor Plus from £400* from £549* from £599* p.o.a
* Lowest price is for a friendly route trained driver. Supplements apply if you require professional guiding in a niche theme or commentary to lecture grade.

- Tours are private tours exclusive to single groups, these are not shared tours.

- Price not inclusive of admissions to attractions.

- Price inclusive of all taxes, touring bus, driver, fuel.

- One way tour/transfers. Standard buses up to 16 people can take about 20-23 large cases.

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