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Road trip advise - London to Bristol, where to go in between? how best to travel?

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We have only three days of travel time between leaving London and flying out of Bristol. We are fairly open to destinations, but had hoped to include Bath and Stratford-upon-Avon. Other than that, we've kicked around lots of ideas such as Oxford, Cotswold drive a bit, etc.

Any advise? Also trying to figure out best car hire plans. Rent London/Drop Bristol? Or rent somewhere else and drop Bristol? Or even train to Bristol, get car and do a circle trip from there. One way rentals on the car might be expensive.

Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated. Been researching this for a while and just having a hard time figuring out the best way to approach this given our super short trip and not really knowing the geography well.

Thanks!

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We did this in reserve and visited Bath and Woodstock. We visited the Cotswalds from Woodstock and also spent a day in Oxford while traveling to LHR to drop off the car. We then took a taxi into London.

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The places you mention could be covered by car from one central base. I would suggest that Cirencester would be suitable. If you click this link - you will see it near the centre of the map with Bath at the bottom and Stratford-upon-Avon at the top. The Travelodge at Cirencester would provide suitable accommodation - unless you wish to go upmarket.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7839036,-1.9947883,10z/data=!5m1!1e1
https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/86/Cirencester-hotel

Bath and Oxford are not easy for parking/driving. Best to go to one of the Park & Rides on the outskirts - where you park the car and take a shuttle bus to the centre.

Consider taking the train (from London Paddington) to Swindon and then hiring a car. This will save you from having to drive out from central London.

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Bath's core area has very crowded traffic with restrictions at some times. The locals park in satellite lots on the edge of the city and take a shuttle into the centre. The train, however, arrives right downtown.

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