Whitchurch {Hants}

According to rome2rio.com, you can get there by train from Waterloo station in just over an hour.

The Great Western route from Paddington is the one that most people use to Cornwall as it is the fastest. However, another route exists from London (Waterloo) to Exeter and it is this route - operated by South-West Trains - that goes through Whitchurch (Hampshire). As this is a village, it is only the stopping trains that call (hourly) & not the trains that continue to Exeter.

Go to www.nationalrail.co.uk & put in for WAT to WCH. You will probably find the single fare is £27.80 - which is expensive for the distance covered. (Returns are often virtually the same price). It does not look like cheap advance purchase fares are available to reduce this but you may like to consider buying a railcard to reduce the fares but beware that these might not be valid before 9.30am. http://www.railcard.co.uk

Anyway, assuming that you have seen Whitchurch & armed with the train times going west, you will need to go to Exeter (St.David's) in order to connect with trains going into Cornwall. You would probably be advised to change at Andover bout I would consider going from Whitchurch to Salisbury & once again leaving the train to visit the medieval cathedral - which is about a 15 minute walk from the station. Salisbury also has shuttle buses to Stonehenge so you might like to make this a 1 night stopover before heading off to the south-west the following day. Doing Whitchurch & Salisbury & reaching Cornwall in 1 day is pushing it.

If returning to London on the Great Western route, you would be well advised to advance purchase tickets. You may also like to consider going from Cornwall to Bath for a night or 2 before returning to London.
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk
//www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk

Hi

I live quite near Whitchurch and the station is small and only staffed from 6 am to 11.15 am to cope with commuter rush and there isn't any left luggage as far as I can see. Here is the link to the station via National Rail enquiries site

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WCH/details.html

There is a bus service which connects with the town centre (more a big village really) every half hour (no. 76 or 86). It is a five to ten minute walk down the hill but it is a steepish hill so might take you a bit longer coming back. As well as the church the town centre is pleasant with two local attractions worth a detour if you have any time .
Whitchurch Silk Mill is a short walk from the centre and is both interesting in itself and very picturesque. A little further away and requiring you take a bus or use a taxi is Bombay Saphire which is an old paper mill which used to make banknotes but has been stylishly converted into a gin distillery with a visitor centre.
I also agree with the suggestion that Salisbury is well worth at least half a day.

Another thought. A google search would reveal taxi companies in Whitchurch or Andover to rendezvous with a specific train but do be certain that you specify Whitchurch Hampshire as there are a lot of other English and Welsh Whitchurches.

Especially want to thank David for the informaiton and link - I believe we'll switch the visit to another day - where we can travel without our luggage - cuts another site visit - but I really want to see Whitchurch! Walking distance of 15 minutes is very workable! All depends upon the weather! Thanks again!