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Local buses

These are buses which serve the Cheltenham area.

• Stagecoach bus D (Hatherley - Racecourse - Bishops Cleeve) runs from railway station to Clarence Street (near Promenade & Royal Well), every 10 minutes. The return bus back to the railway station departs from near McDonalds on High Street.
• Stagecoach buses 41 and 42 (Cheltenham - Tewkesbury) run from Clarence Street to Old Gas Works on Tewkesbury Road (near Gas Green), every 15 minutes. The Old Gas Works bus stop is easily spotted by the enormous Tesco next to it.
• Stagecoach bus C, goes from McDonalds on Cheltenham High Street to the Old Gas Works every 15 minutes.

Rail

Convenient train station:

• Cheltenham Spa CNM (1 mile / 1.5km)

Coach

Convenient coach services:

• National Express (Royal Well bus station, 1.5 miles / 2km)
• Megabus (Promenade, 1.5 miles / 2km)

Air

Convenient airports:

• Birmingham BHX (55 miles / 90km)
• London Heathrow LHR (90 miles / 145km)

Bristol and Cardiff airports are also candidates, but not as easy to get to/from as Birmingham and Heathrow. Avoid Gatwick, Luton and Stansted unless you really have lots of time for your journey.

If you are driving from London Heathrow, you will usually find it faster to take the M4 junction 15 to Swindon, and then the A419/A417 trunk road past Cirencester, as this is usually faster than going via M40 Oxford. See Transport/By car.