I am spending a week in Malvern for a cello camp. I wanted to extend my trip from there and go back to London. I could not find an efficient way or a tour that would go from Malvern to stratford oxford and bath then london. How would you recommend doing that efficiently. Thank you. Pascal
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34313 posts
Hi, welcome to the Forums.
Easy by train. From either Malvern Link or Great Malvern Station to Stratford on Avon with an easy change en-route at Birmingham Snow Hill or Birmingham Moor Street.
From Stratford upon Avon to Oxford easy by train with an easy change at Leamington Spa and possibly Banbury.
From Oxford to Bath easy by train with a change at Didcot.
Bath to London Paddington Station easy by train with no changes.
Use National Rail for details. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Posted by
Duluth 🛶
8418 posts
It would help if we had more information. How long will your extended trip be? One week? Longer? And where will you be based?
Rabbies has tours that originate in Bath that visit the Cotswolds and Oxford. https://www.rabbies.com/en/england-tours/from-bath
They also have a 2-day tour that goes to Stratford that originates in Bristol. Briston is easily reachable from Bath, however, and fairly close, so that is doable as well. https://www.rabbies.com/en/england-tours/from-bristol/step-storybook-enchanting-england-and-wales-2-day-tour
Rabbies is highly recommended on this forum, and have a number of wonderful tours.
Posted by
OP
3 posts
thanks. I am going to be playing the cello from august 16th to 23rd. I was thinking of getting to london by the 26th. so maybe spend a day in stratford skip oxford and go to bath until the 26th? thanks
Alternatively just spend a day touring malvern than stratford to london. Bath just looks cool. lol.
Posted by
UK
828 posts
I don’t know if Stratford-u-Avon is a must for you. Oxford has a lot more to offer for visitors and is a very simple no-change train ride from Malvern. I’d skip Stratford rather than Oxford, personally.
Then Oxford to Bath, one change at Didcot - very easy.
Bath back to London - no changes.
Posted by
OP
3 posts
Stratford is not a must. Just cool that it is where shakespeare was born. Maybe you are right
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34313 posts
just a thought about your cello.
When I was I working I worked on trains in and through Malvern and Stratford upon Avon, and then moved to the big time in and out of Liverpool to London, and we always welcomed well behaved cellos who stayed in cases -usually the hard case free standing ones. We did have a couple many years ago who came out of their cases and made lovely sounds on the train, but they were the exception.
We always welcomed their humans too. We found that the double basses were a bit more trouble, they really needed to travel on less crowded trains.
p.s. all true. sounds like a joke, but all true. Much less trouble than the two sheep I once had....
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34313 posts
it is a shame that Lady Foley's Tea Room on Great Malvern platform is no more since covid. Malvern is a nice town. Have some of the water.