Bath Getting there & around

Getting around

Car & motorcycle

Car

Bath has a serious traffic problem (especially at rush hour) and an infuriating one-way system. Park-and-ride services (464446; return £1.70, 10 min to centre, every 10-15 min; 6.15am-7.30pm) operate at Lansdown to the north, Newbridge to the west and Odd Down to the south.

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Bus & tram

Bus

Bus 18 runs from the bus station, High St and Great Pulteney St up Bathwick Hill past the YHA to the university every 10 minutes. Bus 4 runs every 20 minutes to Bathampton from the same places. A FirstDay Pass for unlimited bus travel in the city costs adult/child £4/2.60.

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Bicycle

Hire bikes from Avon Valley Cycles (461880; www.bikeshop.uk.com; Arch 37; half-/full day £10/15; 9.30-5pm Mon-Sat, till 8pm Thu) near the train station.

The 13-mile Bristol and Bath Railway Path (www.bristolbathrailwaypath.org.uk) runs along the disused track of the old Midland Railway, decommissioned in the late 1960s.

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