Getting Around Britain

Britain's Heritage Cities are well served by air, road and rail. Once in Britain hiring a car is easy and means you can take your time exploring the countryside. But you don't necessarily need a car to explore our Heritage Cities. There are fast and frequent train services to and from major airports and also good train connections with London and between each city. Once in the cities, much can be explored on foot or by using local buses and tours.

Distance by road miles between Heritage Cities (and London)

  Bath Canterbury Chester Durham Oxford Stratford York Lincoln
Bath - 184 149 292 62 72 230 194
Canterbury 184 - 259 318 132 175 258 196
Chester 93 259 - 171 143 93 100 124
Durham 292 318 171 - 241 210 75 141
Oxford 62 132  143  241 - 39 174 128
Stratford 72 175  93 210 39 - 141 97
York 230 258 100 75 174 141 - 81
Lincoln 194 196 124 141 128 97 81 -

Minimum train times between destinations
(changes not indicated & times shown in hours.minutes)

  Bath Canterbury Chester Durham Oxford Stratford York Lincoln
Bath - 3.57 3.40 5.00 1.26 2.50 4.40 4.32
Canterbury 3.57 - 4.31 5.01 3.19 4.30 4.00 4.16
Chester 3.40 4.31 - 3.40 2.47 2.90 2.70 3.48
Durham 5.00 5.01 3.40 - 4.27 4.44 0.46 2.35
Oxford 1.26 3.19 2.47 4.27 - 1.13 3.48 3.53
Stratford 2.50 4.30  2.90 4.44 1.13 - 2.75 4.43
York 4.40 4.00 2.70 0.46 3.48 2.75 - 1.28
Lincoln 4.32 4.16 3.48 2.35 3.53 4.43 1.28 -

 

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