Julie

We're spending a week in London and as I am an Austen and Bronte fan would like to visit Bath and York. Question: While I know Bath is easily accessible from London timewise, how much longer is York to get to? Is it worth it in the amount of time I have to work with? I would also love to visit Wordsworth's Lake District but I fear I don't have enough time.<BR>Any other day trips I should be considering?<BR>Thanks!

andy

Julie<BR>You should consider a Britrail train pass. My son and I bought one for 8 days (now on sale for 200$), and used it to see Stonehenge, Salisbury, Bath, Oxford, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Cardiff in Wales, and York. You can even go to Edinburgh in 4 hours from London, making it a (long) day trip. <BR>There is also a Southeast England pass. IT is a little less expensive, but limits you to about 2 hours out of London. Cardiff would not have been included in that pass, nor would York.<BR>We are going back again soon, and want to do the same thing - stay in London, and use the train to see all of the day trip sites that we had no time for - Brighton, Cambridge, Dover, Hastings, Canterbury, Winchester, Exeter.<BR>The trains in England are great,and the tube in London makes it easy to get to any train station in the city.<BR>Feel free to ask for more info<BR>Andy<BR>

Jamila

I suggest a trip to Oxford University, Stratford-Upon-Avon (shakespeare's house) and Warwick Castle. It's a nice mix of 3 different locations. I took an Evans &amp; Evans bus day tour trip. We had time for a nice lunch in Stratford. Going with the bus tours might make you feel rushed. Oxford was okay, but for more time at the other places, you can skip it. We left at 8:30am and returned to London's Victoria Station at 6:30pm.

xxx

One week=7 days in London or 5 days in London+2 travel days?<BR>Either way, even 7 days is not enough time even for &quot;just&quot; London. However, I understand want to get out of the city as well. I would suggest Bath and Windsor Castle. IMHO, I would leave York and the Lake District for another trip focusing on Northern England.

Snoopy

The Lake District and York aren't day trips out of London . . . unless, like me, you'd be interested in getting up at 4:00am and driving, you can make it to the Lakes in about 4 hours. Its about 270 miles from London to Windermere, and then you'd have from 8 or 9am until you were ready to drive back to cruise the Lakes. This isn't recommended for the feint of heart or for anybody who doesn't like sitting in a car . . . and Im sure this post will bring out loud complaints about how awful this type of trip would be. Depending on how badly you want to go, it's certainly possible . . . Typically, on this site, unless you can see it from where you are standing, it's too far for a day trip.

Lori

You can do a day trip to York from London very easily - I have done it. Trains run from Kings Cross to York, takes about 2 hours. If you go fairly early in the a.m. you can spend all day in York, returning in the evening. If you have limited time and want to see York it's very do-able. You can buy reserved seat train tickets in advance as well on the GNER website or by calling them (which I did).

Shar

Skip YOrk and make your day trips more enjoyable by staying closer to London. you waste value time getting to the farther areas and then just look around the come home. Plan on the Lake District and York, Cotswald, etc for your next trip to England. Bath, Windsor Caste, or Hampton Court Palace are easy do-able day trips. Shar

Snoopy

Thanks Lori, I was being too sarcastic. Of course the Lakes and York can be day trips. My sarcasm simply referred to the too often taken position on this forum that to &quot;see&quot; London, for example, requires 20 minutes per square meter. For me, a two hour train ride or a 4 hour car trip are nothing . . . unless it's on I-70 crossing Kansas.

bettyk

I think this came up before, but I don't believe you can get to Edinburgh from London in 4 hours. I think it's more like 6 hours if memory serves.