plan to be with the family in Bath in early June and will take a day
trip to see Glastonbury and Wells (including the Evensong in Wells).

thinking about a day trip to Winchester from Bath.
will there be enough time to do a visit justice while driving from
Bath to Winchester, view the town and cathedral and then drive back to
Bath and arrive for dinner time?

how long a drive is it from Bath to Winchester? the maps don't tell
the "real" story so wondering if anyone has experience doing this.

if you suggest spending the night in Winchester, any suggested B&Bs?

steve

    > plan to be with the family in Bath in early June and will take a day
    > trip to see Glastonbury and Wells (including the Evensong in Wells).
    > thinking about a day trip to Winchester from Bath.
    > will there be enough time to do a visit justice while driving from
    > Bath to Winchester, view the town and cathedral and then drive back to
    > Bath and arrive for dinner time?
    > how long a drive is it from Bath to Winchester? the maps don't tell
    > the "real" story so wondering if anyone has experience doing this.
    > if you suggest spending the night in Winchester, any suggested B&Bs?

http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner is your friend.
From experience I would say about an hour and a half. There is also a 1/2
hourly train service, with a change at Southampton Central, which again
takes about 1 1/2 hours. Winchester is so compact you don't need a car, and
anyway parking is extortionate.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:56:52 +0100, "Tomas" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >> plan to be with the family in Bath in early June and will take a day
    >> trip to see Glastonbury and Wells (including the Evensong in Wells).
    >> thinking about a day trip to Winchester from Bath.
    >> will there be enough time to do a visit justice while driving from
    >> Bath to Winchester, view the town and cathedral and then drive back to
    >> Bath and arrive for dinner time?
    >> how long a drive is it from Bath to Winchester? the maps don't tell
    >> the "real" story so wondering if anyone has experience doing this.
    >> if you suggest spending the night in Winchester, any suggested B&Bs?
    >http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner is your friend.

local.google.co.uk will almost certainly give you better maps to look
at, if not necessarily better directions.

Jim.

"Tomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >> plan to be with the family in Bath in early June and will take a day
    >> trip to see Glastonbury and Wells (including the Evensong in Wells).
    >> thinking about a day trip to Winchester from Bath.
    >> will there be enough time to do a visit justice while driving from
    >> Bath to Winchester, view the town and cathedral and then drive back to
    >> Bath and arrive for dinner time?
    >> how long a drive is it from Bath to Winchester? the maps don't tell
    >> the "real" story so wondering if anyone has experience doing this.
    >> if you suggest spending the night in Winchester, any suggested B&Bs?
    > http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner is your friend.
    > From experience I would say about an hour and a half. There is also a 1/2
    > hourly train service, with a change at Southampton Central, which again
    > takes about 1 1/2 hours. Winchester is so compact you don't need a car,
    > and
    > anyway parking is extortionate.

I'd say you're being a bit optimistic. I'd probably allow 2 hours each way
to drive. And, if the OP hans't done so previously Stonehenge and
Salisbury stand out as possible en route stops (one each way).

I'd agree with the train option - times can be found here
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney/time_table/ and, again, two
hours is a more realistic journey time. You do, however, need to be a bit
careful about the different routes that are available by train and whether
all tickets are valid by all routes.

"Graham Harrison" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Tomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >> plan to be with the family in Bath in early June and will take a day
    > >> trip to see Glastonbury and Wells (including the Evensong in Wells).
    > >>
    > >> thinking about a day trip to Winchester from Bath.
    > >> will there be enough time to do a visit justice while driving from
    > >> Bath to Winchester, view the town and cathedral and then drive back to
    > >> Bath and arrive for dinner time?
    > >>
    > >> how long a drive is it from Bath to Winchester? the maps don't tell
    > >> the "real" story so wondering if anyone has experience doing this.
    > >>
    > >> if you suggest spending the night in Winchester, any suggested B&Bs?
    > >
    > > http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner is your friend.
    > > From experience I would say about an hour and a half. There is also a
1/2
    > > hourly train service, with a change at Southampton Central, which again
    > > takes about 1 1/2 hours. Winchester is so compact you don't need a car,
    > > and
    > > anyway parking is extortionate.
    > >
    > >
    > I'd say you're being a bit optimistic. I'd probably allow 2 hours each
way
    > to drive. And, if the OP hans't done so previously Stonehenge and
    > Salisbury stand out as possible en route stops (one each way).
    > I'd agree with the train option - times can be found here
    > http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney/time_table/ and, again, two
    > hours is a more realistic journey time. You do, however, need to be a
bit
    > careful about the different routes that are available by train and whether
    > all tickets are valid by all routes.
I frankly don't understand these driving times.
I often drive from West Surrey to both Bath and Winchester.
Keeping to all speed limits, etc., from my home to Bath is 90 minutes, from
my home to Winchester is 45 minutes at most.
Thus, if one drove from Bath, then far to the east to my home, and then
returned south west to Winchester, it would THEN take 2 hours 15 minutes.
Driving direct has to be far, far quicker!
I'd guess at 90 minutes max.

Surreyman

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:47:52 GMT, "a.spencer3"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Keeping to all speed limits, etc., from my home to Bath is 90 minutes, from
    >my home to Winchester is 45 minutes at most.
    >Thus, if one drove from Bath, then far to the east to my home, and then
    >returned south west to Winchester, it would THEN take 2 hours 15 minutes.
    >Driving direct has to be far, far quicker!

Not necessarily, there's a good chance I'd go the M25 route in busy
summer holiday time, so you're probably not that far off the route
really.

but certainly if it wasn't peak time down to the 303 then to
winchester would be a pretty confident 90 minutes. That's knowing the
route though, if you're going to allow some time for getting lost and
not finding places to park etc. then 2 hours is perhaps reasonable for
a tourist.

Jim.