Aeroplane Click here for the most suitable airports and links to airlines offering good prices and online booking. Bristol is a very convenient airport - try KLM for cheap flights to here. A taxi transfer Bristol - Torquay - Bristol is available from £50.

Coach International Coaches usually arrive at London- Victoria Coach Station. Cheap prices from over 100 towns and cities
http://www.eurolines.com/

You can take a National Express Coach to Torquay from London - Victoria- see below

Train International Trains arrive at London Waterloo. From here, take bus number 211, which will take you directly to Victoria coach station (NOT Victoria train station) Buses are every 15 minutes, and the journey takes about 20 minutes.You can take a National Express Coach from here - see below

Car The cheapest and shortest ferry crossing is from Calais - Dover. You can pay at the port, or book online with P+O for busy periods. See below for directions once in England.

Boat/Ferry - From Spain (Santander) or France (Roscoff) to Plymouth (near Torquay) Services operated by Brittany Ferries

Coach - The easiest, cheapest and most convenient way to arrive in Torquay. Over 95% of our students use this service. There is a regular direct coach service from London Victoria and Heathrow Airport, or you can connect to/from Stansted, Gatwick and Luton Airports.

Book tickets on-line or the school can book coach tickets for you for a £5 booking charge. An adult return fare will be between £25-£45 depending on which airport is used, the date of booking(advanced bookings get a discount), and time of travel.

Timetable for coaches to Torquay click here.

To make an online booking yourself, visit

All coaches arrive at Torquay coach station. Your host family will meet you there.

Train - London (Paddington Station) to Torquay. From Heathrow Airport take the "Rail-Air Link" bus to Reading Train Station, then train to Torquay. Journey time is about 3 hours. There are some direct trains, but one change may be necessary.

Car - From Dover take the following route - M2(northbound), M25 (westbound -clockwise), M4 (westbound), M5 (Southbound), A380 follow signs to Torquay

Taxi - Heathrow £180 Gatwick £190 Stansted £220
Prices are per car for a maximum of three people for a single journey, not return. These are guide prices only, and will be confirmed at time of booking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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