I am traveling to Cardiff, Stonehenge & Bath, and Hampton Court over a Friday, Saturday and Sunday time span (all consecutive days). Would my best rail pass option be the Britrail 3 day consecutive pass or should I pay as I go? Also, is the Hampton Court Southwest train included in this Rail pass?
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Northamptonshire, England
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Yes it can be included, but at a cheap day return ticket price of only £12.90 for the 30 minute journey it would be a real waste of money. In order to include Stonehenge you will need to arrange a tour from another town. No trains go to Stonehenge. Nearest large city is Salisbury. For Hampton Court any version of the Britrail pass would work if you want to spend that much money, from the Britrail London Plus Pass upwards. The same is the case for both Salisbury and Bath. For Cardiff you would need to pop up two levels, as it is in the Principality of Wales. The Britrail England Pass won't do it so you need to add in all of England, Wales and Scotland with the whole-hog Britrail Pass to account for the short hop from Bristol to Cardiff, all of £4.50 each way - £9.00 (2x off peak advance singles) or £11.80 cheap day return. The map showing the overlapping passes is at http://www.britrail.com/images/stories/britrail-map.pdf. Match that against the 3 day you speak of. I can't see the dollar prices but take the amount they quote and divide by 3 for the price per day of use.