I will be spending four days in London after returning from Greece and before heading home. I want to spend at least a few hours in Cambridge, then head for an overnight in York. Back to London for a side trip to Canterbury/Leeds Castle. Any suggestion on the best and most reasonable way to do this? Bus? Rental car? Train? Tour? Thanks.
Posted by
Kingston, Surrey
239 posts
I'm not quite sure if you mean 4 days in London and then those trips, or if it is all to be squeezed into the 4 days. If the latter, while you could do this with a combination of train and bus, in 4 days you'd be spending most of your time travelling. I'd suggest train to York then hire a car and come south via Cambridge and skirt London for Kent. The disadvantage would be that this would be a one-way hire and that tends to be more pricey. If you'd prefer to stick to public transport, cut something out.
Posted by
2599 posts
For Canterbury - use the train.
Another trip = train from London (Kings Cross) to Cambridge - see Cambridge and then train to York (you will need to change at Peterborough). It may work out cheaper to split the train ticket at Peterborough rather than buy a through ticket Cambridge > York.
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Posted by
Virginia
898 posts
For travel between London (St Pancras and Victoria) and Canterbury (East and West) try going to the website for Southeastern Railway -- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
National Rail is a portal to re-direct you to the correct railway company site. It does not offer different tickets.
What you want is a "day return" to Canterbury.. As the name suggests, it allows you to come back on any train on the same day. Open returns, which are for coming back on a different day, are normally not available for short trips, like London to Cantrerbury..
Your title confused me. ".... Canterbury/Leeds". Leeds is a large city (¾ million, 4th largest city in the country) in northern England. Leeds castle is near the small village of Leeds, Kent (population 790) and does not have a railway station. Do not try and look up trains to "Leeds" or you will end up in a large metropolis at the wrong end of the country
Posted by
OP
19 posts
Sorry, meant Leeds Castle. Thanks all for excellent feedback.
Posted by
Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA
53 posts
Here's the link I bookmarked for myself, for visiting Leeds Castle.