I wonder if anyone has been to Butser Ancient Farm just a bit north of Portsmouth? I would love to visit there from Oxford at the beginning of September but I'm very unsure how to take a train there and how to get back and forth between where I would stay and the farm itself. I really don't want to rent a car, but I thought maybe if someone had done this they could give me some advice.
Posted by
Cornwall
332 posts
You can get a train from Oxford to Petersfield which is five miles from the Farm, then a taxi.
Posted by
Lake District, England
8136 posts
According to their website you catch a South Western Railway train from Portsmouth to Petersfield, then bus 37 which stops 1/2 mile away. (runs hourly at xx.30 from Petersfield, 17 minute journey)
https://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/how-to-find-us
The train takes 32 minutes, runs every 30 minutes. No advance booking needed- turn up and go. Off peak day return £10.40
https://www.southwesternrailway.com/buy-train-tickets/ticket-search-results.
From Oxford it is a 2 hour journey changing at Reading and Guildford-
£37.90 Off Peak Day Return,- no advance fares, just buy on the day,
https://www.buytickets.northernrailway.co.uk/book/results?origin=0e6da112a2b18d098aed555779286a7b&destination=efe712fb159e3d3bc15e08a48e92dcc2&outwardDate=2023-04-06T09%3A00%3A00&outwardDateType=departAfter&journeySearchType=return&passengers%5B%5D=1993-03-04&directSearch=false&inwardDate=2023-04-06T14%3A00%3A00&inwardDateType=departAfter&selectedOutward=X%2Fhf49C53%2BI%3D%3AKl2Il114lXI%3D&selectedInward=AV5rnvExsvE%3D%3AyitisM24W54%3D
(the train arrives at xx32 so misses the hourly bus by a fraction)
Posted by
Portsmouth
5553 posts
I love it there, it's a fantastic place.
As has been mentioned, train to Petersfield and then a taxi would be the easiest option. Do you know where you will be staying?