My husband and I are staying in Bath for a few days in May. We would like to do a day trip to Stonehenge, Salisbury and Stourhead. Can anyone recommend a good Tour
company that we could use? Are we trying to do too much to see all three places in one day?
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
14821 posts
I've done a couple of day tours with Mad Max. However, they do not have a tour that goes to all 3 places in one day. I've done their Stonehenge tour and their Cotswolds tour.
You can easily do Salisbury on your own from Bath via train. To me it's a full day to see the Cathedral, a few of the museums, see the city center and the water meadows.
It is possible to do Stonehenge with local transit as well. The Salisbury Reds which is the local bus company, run a shuttle out to Stonehenge from the train station, then come back via Old Sarum. With the Mad Max tour we also went to Avebury and another place or two so that was interesting.
Posted by
Atlanta
5236 posts
In the past there have been many reports about using the Mad Max tours from Bath. There might have been one or two that were not completely happy with the tours (there always is), but I can't recall ever seeing one of them. Base on the positive reports I have seen, I would not hesitate to use them.
Posted by
Freedonia
16411 posts
I've taken a few MadMax tours and enjoyed them. Rabbies is also offering a couple of tours out of Bath.
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8 posts
The dates we want are booked with Mad Max (we have 5 of us, not enough seats). I've been looking for another tour like that- multiple locations. Any thing else from Bath?
Posted by
Westland, MI
802 posts
In addition to Mad Max we've used Scarper tours but Stonehenge is their only destination. It worked out well because we once had limited time. The Mad Max tour worked out well when we had a full day available.
Posted by
2599 posts
You could simply take the train from Bath to Salisbury and then the > https://www.thestonehengetour.info/bus-timetable/
On returning to Salisbury - be sure to see the wonderful medieval cathedral before taking a train back to Bath.
Trains > www.nationalrail.co.uk
https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk
This recent thread might be relevant to you.
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Posted by
Lake District, England
8135 posts
Stourhead is the awkward place to get to without a car. This is a recent thread on how to do it- https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/london-to-stourhead-national-trust
Do Bath to Salisbury as above, then follow that thread (Salisbury is on the London Waterloo to Gillingham and Exeter route).
To reach Bruton you would change from Salisbury at Westbury. From Bath Bruton is a direct train, every hour, which takes 50 to 55 minutes. The destination of the train outbound is Weymouth, and on the way back is Bristol Temple Meads.