midget1500

anyone know the route from bristol airport to Batheaston, Bath?

is their a train service?

any ideas on cost of a taxi?

cheers
steven

MooseRacer

No trains at Bristol Airport.

Depending on the time of day the quickest route would probably be through Chew Magna, Keynsham and then onto Batheaston on the A4.

A taxi driver would probably take you on a more main road route, not sure on price but it could take upto an hour to do the journey.

midget1500

thanks mooseracer. trying to keep cost down, taxi - train station?

journey will be 9am, returning late afternoon or after 6. should just miss rush hour both ways!?!

MooseRacer

The trouble is bristol airport is

a) miles away from bristol
b) miles away from any train stations

I guess there must be buses from the airport into Bristol and you could get a train from there, but it would take ages

The more I think about it, taxi is probably your best (and most expensive ) bet.

ajm

I always use Airportcarz direct from the airport, its usually about 20 quid to Bristol and you rarley have to wait as there is always cars waiting.

http://www.airportcarz.com/bristol.php

MartinM

Cheapest is possibly taxi to Nailsea and Backwell train station (5 miles) and then train to Bath (need to change trains at Bristol Temple Meads though)

Might take a long time if during the day as trains aren't that frequent outside of rush hours (see trainline.com) and then you have to get to Batheaston from Bath station, which is a good few miles so that's another taxi or a bus :-)

AirportCarz sound the best if not the cheapest...

MooseRacer

Going on that, it'll probably be £30+ to bath

ajm

p.s. blame corrupt Bristol C(sh)ity Council for insisting Lulsgate airport (miles from anywhere) became Bristols main airport instead of Filton which is right at the junction of M4/M5 and a mile from Bristol Parkway Station!

midget1500

cheers for all the info guys. seems like there aren't too many transport facilities about. i wonder if it would be cheaper (or even possible!) to hire a car for the day. just need to drive to bath and back.

MooseRacer

There are car hire places at the airport, can't remember which ones off the top of my head - may well work out cheaper, worth finding out!

midget1500

avis do a fiesta for £55. guess that answers that!

cheers
steven

ajm

http://www.bristolairport.co.uk/guide/hire.asp

midget1500

just got a car with national car rental. 15 quid cheaper!

ajm

Result! Dare you say what make/model?

unclebuck

Could go - bus from airport to Temple Meads rail station - train to Bath - taxi to destination. A lot cheaper. Driving though Bristol then down the A4 is generally not pleasant either.

UB

midget1500

ended up with a 1.4 astra or similar for £49. £52 gets a 1.8 vectra. £42 gets a ka.

all these include £6 extra because i'm under 25.