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Pre and Post British Isles cruise suggestions

We will be taking a 12 day British Isles cruise out of Southampton in June and need some assistance in figuring out the plans for before and after the cruise. Yes, it's last-minute trip planning. We have been to London four times and have also gone to York and Liverpool so we thought of doing maybe Bath, Stonehedge, Cotswold and maybe somewhere else. We also thought of Wales but that may be too far away. We would like to use public transportation to get around if possible and are open to guided tours as well. It looks like there is train service to/from Southampton from the areas we are looking into. I don't know what parts of Cotswold would be good to visit.

We arrive in London on a Sunday at 2:15pm
The cruise leaves Thursday at 4:00pm. We plan on staying Wednesday night in Southampton. That gives us close to three full days to explore.
The cruise ends on a Tuesday at 8:00am
Our flight out of London is Friday and we should be at the airport by 3:00. That gives us three plus days to explore.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Will you be hiring a car? That would make it a lot easier to see Stonehenge (a disappointment in my opinion, but who am I) the Cotswolds (a series of small, pretty towns and villages) and out of city places like Blenheim Palace . It would give you somewhere to store bags and make it easy to get to Southampton.

In cities like Oxford and Bath , cars can be a bit of liability, on the other hand.

Also, how many in the party? Rail travel can get expensive for a party of, say, 4 adults.