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Updated: 29 January 2010

 

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If you would like us to arrange a taxi then please advise us as soon as you can with details of your incoming flight, ship docking, hotel address etc.

 

For larger groups a 7 seater vehicle is available - please ask for a quote.

 

Using the train

 

Travelling from Heathrow to Church House - use the Rail Air link. This is a bus service that picks up at the Heathrow Central Bus station and Terminals 1,2, 3 then takes you to Woking Railway station where you connect with the Gillingham Dorset train. These trains run hourly and the total journey time is 2 hours 40 minutes. A similar service operates from Terminal 5 Bus station to Woking. This journey does not work well from Terminal 4 as you have to get a bus into the Heathrow Bus station, so perhaps a few too many connections to make.

 

Travelling from London to Church House - start your journey at London Waterloo and take the train to Gillingham Dorset - there is another town called Gillingham in Kent so be sure to get the right one! Trains are hourly and the journey time is 2 hours/

 

Travelling to Heathrow from Church House - Take the RailAir link from Gillingham Dorset - hourly trains 40 minutes past the hour. Alight at Woking and take the connecting bus service into Heathrow Bus station and terminals. Journey time is 2 hours 40 minutes.

 

Travelling from Church House to London - take the London train from Gillingham Dorset arriving London Waterloo. The journey time is 2 hours and there are no changes - trains leave hourly at 40 minutes past the hour.

 

For train timetables and ticket prices visit www.thetrainline.com. You can purchase advance tickets and sometimes make a good saving. You need to book by credit/debit card and collect your tickets at the nominated rail station (major stations only) using the card that you used to buy the tickets. Its not essential to buy tickets in advance - you can always buy at the station on the day of you travel if you wish. NB the trainline hold train information about 3 months ahead - but you can always use it as a guide for journey planning.

 

We can pre-arrange a taxi to/from Gillingham station - fare around £25 or you can use a station taxi.

 

To arrange transfers from other locations, please get in touch with us for more information.

 

Fly direct from the USA to our regional airport

For those of you who would prefer to fly direct to our regional airport at Bristol,  Continental Airlines have a daily direct flight from New York (Newark). Bristol airport is a medium sized regional airport with many airlines including budget carriers serving Scotland, Ireland and most European destinations. Transfer time from Bristol is about 1.5-2 hours.

Transfers

We will help organise your transfers from and to London airports, hotels, cruise terminals and local railway stations. The cost of transfers is not included in the price of your vacation.

 

Using a taxi

 

For these transfers we use a carefully selected local taxi company to pick you up and deliver you to the door at Church House.  Taxi transfer prices are given in the table below and we ask you to settle with the driver in £ sterling cash. When you book incoming and outgoing taxi transfers, the driver is happy to receive your payment on your departure day.

 

* London Central fare includes the London congestion charge.