Hi all,
I am working on my trip with my young adult daughters for early-March. We would like to take a train from London to the Cotswolds and rent a car for a few days. None of us feels super comfortable driving in the UK (including my 26-year old who lives there now - haha!) Can someone tell me about the drive from Oxford and Cheltenham to Stow-on-the-Wold?
There is an Enterprise Car Rental in Oxford and Cheltenham. One thought was to take the 2-hour GWR train to Cheltenham, grab a car then make our way about 30 minutes to our hotel in Stow-on-the-Wold. It seems like it is mostly quiet backroads so easy to navigate. The train tickets are 78 euro/pp for a return.
The other idea is to take a GWR train to Oxford and rent a car from Enterprise there. It looks like almost an hour drive from there to Stow-on-the-Wold on bigger, busier highways. It is a much cheaper train ticket at 24 euro/pp for a return ticket and the train trip is less than an hour.
Last, is it possible for us to start or end this Cotswolds journey with a tour of Windsor Castle? Or is that adding too much on a "travel" day? We can save Windsor Castle for another visit to London.
Thanks for any thoughts!