Glastonbury By Public Transport
Getting To Glastonbury Independently By Bus & Train
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| West Country Train From London |
The first thing to say is that a day trip to Glastonbury from London is not really realistic by public transport.
You need really to overnight and make it a 2 or 3 day trip perhaps combining Bath into your itinerary.
Glastonbury By Rail From London
The quickest but most expensive option is by train from London's Paddington Station to Castle Cary, approximately 1½ hours. Its then a fairly lengthy and expensive taxi (best pre booked) of about 25 minutes to Glastonbury.
If you do only have a day, then your best option from London is probably a small group day tour combining Glastonbury, Stonehenge and Avebury.
Though note you will only get about 2 hours at most in Glastonbury.
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| Glastonbury Overview |
| Myths and Legends |
| Wearyhall Hill |
| Glastonbury Abbey |
| Glastonbury Tor |
| Chalice Well |
| White Spring |
| Getting To Glastonbury |
| Public Transport |
| Day Tours From London |
| Within An Hour |
| Bath |
| Stonehenge |
| Lacock |
A cheaper but slower train option from London is to catch a train from Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. From close to the station you can get a bus, route 376 to Glastonbury on its way to Street.
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| Day Tours Including .... |
| Tour Overview |
| Stonehenge |
| Bath |
| Stratford Upon Avon |
| Cotswolds |
| Oxford |
| Windsor |
| Canterbury & Leeds Castle |
| Paris |
| Multi Day Tours |
| Cotswolds & Bath |
| Edinburgh / Highlands |
| Paris |
| Most Popular Tours |
| Bath & Stonehenge |
| Windsor, Bath, Stonehenge |
| Stonehenge Afternoon |
| Lunch in Cotswolds |
| Independent Trips |
| Stonehenge |
| Bath |
| Windsor |
| Salisbury |
| Avebury |
| Lacock |
| Glastonbury |
| Oxford |
| The Cotswolds |
| Stratford & Warwick |
| Canterbury & Leeds Castle |
| Paris |
| Tour Operators |
| Premium Tours |
| Evan Evans Tours |
| International Friends |
| Anderson Tours |
| Car Private Tours |
| Mini Bus Private Tours |
Note the bus takes 90 minutes to perform this journey and the train from London takes the best part of two hours.
Glastonbury By Bus From London
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| National Express Glastonbury Bus |
The cheapest option between London and Glastonbury is National Express coach that takes around 4 hours to do the journey direct.
Normally there is only one service a day, leaving London in the evening and Glastonbury early morning.
National Express operate very frequently between London and Bristol from where you can get a local bus to Glastonbury taking around 90 minutes.
The Bristol - London service normally operates with a stop at London Heathrow Airport and there are services to Gatwick Airport as well.
National Express Tickets & TimetablesThere are day tours from London though that operate a couple of times a week by International Friends - a high quality small group operator. The large coach tour operators do not come to Glastonbury which only adds to its attraction.
International Friends King Arthur Tour - Glastonbury, Stonehenge and Avebury
Tour Highlights
- Entrance and tour of Stonehenge
- Glastonbury, entrance/tour to Glastonbury Abbey, Tor and Chalice Well Gardens
- Avebury stone circle and Silbury Hill
High quality tour in 16 seat luxury minibuses with pickups in the main hotel districts around 07:30 a.m. returning to London around 7 p.m.
Mid morning tour of Stonehenge is followed by lunch and early afternoon at Glastonbury with free time. A stop is made at Avebury henge on the return to London. Unlike Stonehenge, you can walk among and touch the stones at Avebury, it is totally open access.
Glastonbury, Stonehenge and Avebury Day Tour From London - More Details
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