Bristol Transport

Getting there & away

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Land

Bus

National Express coaches go to Birmingham (£16.60, two hours, eight daily), London (£16.50, 2½ hours, at least hourly), Cardiff (£6.50, 1¼ hours, two daily) and Exeter (£11.60, two hours, four daily). There’s also a direct daily bus to Nottingham (£24.50, 4¾ hours) and Oxford (£13, three hours).

Bus X39 (one hour, several per hour) and 332 (50 minutes, hourly, seven on Sunday) run to Bath. Bus 375/376 goes to Wells (one hour) and Glastonbury (1¼ hours) every half-hour during the week and hourly on Sunday. There are buses to most destinations around Somerset and Wiltshire from Bath and Wells.

Train

Bristol is an important rail hub, with regular connections to London (£58, 1¼ hours) and the southwest, including Exeter (£17.60, 1¼ hours), Plymouth (£44, 2½ hours) and Penzance (£73, four hours). Virgin Trains travel north to Glasgow (£97, 5¾ hours, five direct daily) via Birmingham (£29.50, 1½ hours, eight direct daily). Most main line trains arrive at Bristol Temple Meads.

Bath makes an easy day trip (single £5.20, 11 minutes, four per hour).

Air

Bristol International Airport (0870 121 2747; www.bristolairport.co.uk) is 8 miles southwest of town. Most flights are holiday charters but there are also scheduled flights to European destinations.

Air Southwest (0870 241 6830; www.airsouthwest.com) Several UK destinations including Newquay, Plymouth and Jersey.

Easy Jet (0870 600 0000; www.easyjet.com) Budget flights to UK destinations including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Inverness and Belfast, as well as several European cities.

British Airways (0845 773 3377; www.ba.com) Flies to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paris.