Guided tour of Stonehenge and Bath from London

I'll ask how many nights you have in London? To me this is a lot for a day tour. There is at least 5.5-6 hours on the road to get to Stonehenge, then Bath and back to London.

IF you chose just one of these destinations they would be easy to do on your own via public transport.

I do understand there are tour companies that do this and even some that add in Windsor which is just beyond my belief for a day trip.

I don't think I can, as that is just far too rushed for me. You will be in a coach on the road for more time than at the two places.
Salisbury and Stonehenge is I think doable and you can do it easily by train and the bus shuttle to Stonehenge. Or a day trip to Bath by train.

Mad Max has a great tour that leaves from Bath and visits Stonehenge, Avebury and a couple villages in the southern Cotswolds. It is a day tour in a van that holds about 10-12 passengers. However, I agree trying to do this from London would not be worthwhile.

While agree with others it's a long day, Evans Evans is probably the largest UK tour operator for these kind of tours. They offer one for Bath and Stonehenge together.

https://evanevanstours.com/tours/day-tours-from-london/stonehenge-and-bath/

When I was researching my trip I kept getting popup ads for just such a tour, it's a pretty common offering. And the merits of both those places have been widely discussed.

You might also consider checking with the guides Rick recommends to see if they are interested in taking you on such a tour in their own car.

I ended up doing a daytrip on the train to Bath and that was plenty for me.

On our first trip to England about 8 years ago, we used Premium Tours (https://www.premiumtours.co.uk/en/stonehenge-private-viewing-tour) for this tour to Bath and Stonehenge from London. It was a long day and rushed, of course, but we enjoyed it. We had enough time in Bath to see the Roman Baths but not much else. We skipped lunch and ate snacks on the bus to give us more time. There was a short dinner stop then the Stonehenge inner circle tour right about sunset. I thought the stones at sunset were spectacular! The bus encountered an unexpected detour which meant we had even less than usual for Stonehenge. We arrived back in London late in the evening. Since it was my first trip to England and I was afraid I’d never be back, I was trying to cram in as much as possible! I thought the tour was worth it to get a taste of both. I saw enough of Stonehenge on the tour but still hope to get back to Bath.

Seconding Evan Evans. We did the Windsor, Stonehenge, Bath tour and really enjoyed it. I believe it started around 8am and we were back in London before dark. Yes, it was a long day, but totally worth it in my opinion.

I agree with posters who say Bath and Stonehenge each deserve their own day. If you could manage it, that would be best.

But if you can't, and you won't be back in the UK for a long time, and you really want to see both and only have one day, a tour is not a bad idea. My husband and I did a one day tour of Windsor, Stonehenge, and Bath when we were in England for our honeymoon in 2004. I didn't get back to England until 2018, so I'm glad we did the tour. I remember all three places well enough, it wasn't a blur.

When I returned in 2018, it was with my two daughters (husband stayed home with the doggies and the garden), and we did a London Walks tour to Salisbury and Stonehenge which was great.

I did the Evan Evans tour to Stonehenge and Bath in 2017, and certainly don't regret it. It wasn't too much for a day in my opinion. I was very interested in Stonehenge, and the time there was adequate, although if you are wanting to see every single thing in the visitor's center and then shop for souvenirs, you could find it inadequate. There was quite a bit of history and preparation for Stonehenge from the guide before we got there. Bath wouldn't have been on my top 10 list of places to see in England, but if it's on yours, again you could find the time inadequate. Many people toured the baths, and E Evans pushed that, but I resisted and just hung out in town and at the abbey. I had time for a sit-down lunch at a restaurant. But I remember both places vividly and think I have a feel for them. A very fun day.

Why this obsession with Bath on this site?

Possibly because RS recommends it and everyone feels they have to go there. The same can be said for many other 'must see places' .... It's a bit like everyone has to go to London. There's a lot more to England than London, Bath and the Cotswolds.

For myself the Bath obsession has nothing to do with Rick. I first went there in the 70's, decades before I had ever heard of Rick. I love the juxtaposition of the Roman era baths and the Georgian era architecture. I am not a Jane Austen fan but I AM a Regency Ro-mance fan and love walking around the streets that are often mentioned in those novels.

I also really enjoy Salisbury - the cathedral, the Close, the water meadows and the city center.

I've been to Winchester and the cathedral but that city does not catch me as much as Bath and Salisbury do. I've been to Portsmouth Harbor area as well and it's more big city to me whereas Bath and Salisbury are smaller and take less effort to get around.

I've been to the Cotswolds but not a huge fan compared to some of the other places I've visited in Britain.

It's very interesting to hear other people's impressions of places. I would never personally think of Portsmouth as big city. I find all the parts I would ever need to go very easy to reach and walkable. Portsmouth, quite reasonably, to many is the Historic Dockyard. But the Southsea bit of Portsmouth and Southsea is proper seaside resort, as is the very close by Hayling Island.
And it's of course one of the main ports for the wonderful Isle of Wight.
It's the same as I get the impression that many of the visitors to Bath don't do nearby Bristol justice, and even fewer seem to do easy day trips into Somerset, directly in the hinterland of Bath, something which does surprise me.
Or everyone goes to Conwy in North Wales, yet getting people round the corner into Llandudno (or the other seaside towns on the coast), or exploring the rich industrial heritage of Snowdonia seems to be a harder task to achieve. All the wonderful scenery there has it's own story to tell, quite apart from the Castles. I'm not sure how many people get to explore Anglesey- beyond it being the last 30 minutes of the drive to Holyhead ferry port.