6 people (3 adults,3 kids around 10 years). Plan to fly into LHR spend 3 nights in London and want to travel to Bath for 3 nights then return to a hotel near LHR for last night before flight home.
I would prefer train to Bath and rent a car there to self guide for those days then return car and, train back to London. I can’t find a vehicle large enough to accommodate 6 in Bath area. Should I rent car at LHR and drive to Bath use it 4 days in bath area and return? Train to Oxford, rent car return to Oxford and train back to London? While in Bath we plan to tour Cotswolds, Oxford, Blenheim palace, Stonehenge and enjoy rural England. Does this sound reasonable ? I feel very flummoxed by the transportation in UK.
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Have you looked on AutoEurope for a sizeable car/van and have you looked into Reading to pick it up?
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Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
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or Bristol.
Cars in Oxford don't work well - Oxford parking is awful and very expensive if you find any, and you need a paid permit from the city to drive there. There is a complete closure of the Botley Road next to Oxford station, where the rental companies are, making getting into or out of that part of Oxford very difficult.