We may clear a day and do a private tour with this company. Anyone do a half or full day tour with them and where did you go? Thinking countryside since we
can access London on our own? Wondering about Windsor castle...
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
8913 posts
You can easily access Windsor Castle on your own as well. It is just a matter of taking a train.
Posted by
OP
35 posts
Good to know. Didn’t realize it wasn’t that far out :)
Posted by
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
4088 posts
https://www.rct.uk/visit/windsor-castle
The Windsor Castle website indicates the train stations serving the castle. Enter either in the Transport for London website plus your hotel address to see the route and times.
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
Also Hampton Court Palace. Website: https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/
Again not countryside, it has been swallowed up as a suburb of London. It does have extensive grounds. Easy run with a commuter train from Waterloo to Hampton Court station.
The problem with your desire for countryside, is that trains all go to towns. The stations are all in the middle of towns, the trains don't stop in the countryside between towns (too few customers).
Other suggestions: Canterbury, Lewes (lovely small town), Oxford, Cambridge, St Albans.
Leeds castle - a long way from a station, many companies do bus trips there from London.