Southampton to Central London/Heathrow via Cotswold Villages & Downton Abbey Locations Transfer Tour

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Availability : March to December on select days
Depart: Southampton
Arrive: London/Heathrow
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Turn your Southampton cruise transfer into a day trip and experience a world of delightful villages, hidden valleys and meandering streams throughout the Cotswold Hills, visiting Downton Abbey filming locations on the way, before we make a stop for a fabulous lunch in a 15th century inn.

This service is available on all dates when Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Oceania, NCL, Celebrity, Princess & Disney cruise ships are visiting Southampton. Service also available to passengers on other ships not listed when dates and arrival times coincide with ships listed. Please note you will need to make your own way to the ship we are servicing on that date.

  • Door to Door service from Southampton to London & Heathrow 
  • Services of expert, friendly guide
  • Travel in a luxury, air conditioned touring coach with a maximum of 35 passengers
  • Lunch included in a traditional Cotswolds pub
  • If your ship is late, we will wait!
After meeting your friendly driver and expert guide in Southampton, please take your seats on our luxury coach as we depart northwards into the delightful and much loved Cotswold region of England, famous for its honey coloured stone villages and leafy valleys. Your local guide has a wealth of information about this beautiful part of the world. Learn of the wool trade and how it played an important role in the shaping of the history of the area, and hear how the regions decline as a cloth producer saw the Cotswolds become a sleepy backwater, frozen in time.
 
Thanks to the abundance of beautiful old houses that survive in the Cotswolds it has often been used as a place for period dramas on film and TV. Our first stop is the charming village of Bampton which many of you will recognise as the village of Downton from the hit TV series and hugely successful “Downton Abbey” film. Here we can stroll around the village green and visit the church where a lot of major events took place on screen, marriages, funerals and a jilting. See the Cottage Hospital, Mrs Patmore’s Bed and Breakfast, post office and Mrs Crawley’s house.
 
We drive along meandering lanes and rolling hills to the beautiful village of Burford where the ancient stone cottages seem to cascade down to the River Windrush. After a guided walk through the town, and a chance to see the ancient church of St John the Baptist we will enter an old tavern built in 1402. Here, we will enjoy a delicious lunch amongst the old stone floors and wood fires.
 
Continuing on our scenic drive we head further northwards eventually arriving at Stow on the Wold with history going back to Roman times. The vast market square would have held livestock fairs in the past where up to 20,000 sheep would have been bought and sold. Visit the charming 16th century church with its famous Yew trees and Roman Wells. Stroll down the narrow alleys designed to keep the sheep in the square and the cold north wind out!
 
Afterwards we continue our exploration of the Cotswolds, this time heading eastwards to take us to Heathrow airport and London to be dropped at your designated hotel or airport terminal.
 
A polite reminder to our guests to please bear in mind that although used as a filming location, Bampton is not a film set, and is home to many residents. Disrespectful behaviour, such as taking photographs through front room windows, sitting on or causing damage to residential property, or causing any distress to the residents of Bampton will not be tolerated. Any guests found to behave in this way may be asked to leave the tour and make their way to their destination at their own expense.

Departure
Nearly all cruises at Southampton arrive between 05:00am and 06:00am in the morning, with disembarkation starting around 07:00am. Your driver will meet you at the terminal building exit from 08:00am. Your driver will be holding a sign and will accompany you the car. We plan to leave Southampton by 08:30am. There are 4 cruise terminals at Southampton, all slightly different but you will have a typical walk of about 75 yards to the vehicle where the driver will load your luggage into the hold. In the unlikely event your ship is delayed into port, we will delay our departure time accordingly (applicable only to the listed ships we service). For all delayed ship arrivals we will aim to leave at the latest one hour after docking (earlier if possible).

Arrival at London & Heathrow
We depart Stow-on-the-Wold at 2:45pm and arrive at Heathrow hotels and terminals from 4:45pm subject to traffic, arriving in Central London 6.00pm and 6:30pm. We drop off at any London city centre of Heathrow airport hotel. We also drop at all London city centre train stations. If you are flying from Gatwick, Stansted or Luton Airports we can drop you at Victoria Rail or Coach Station around 7:00pm – 7:15pm, where there are frequent trains and airport buses to each airport. Please note on arrival in London we may use other vehicles to ensure we complete the drop offs as quickly and efficiently as possible. If this does happen our drivers, guides or tour managers will manage this.

Options for lunch:

Your lunch choice must be noted at the time of booking. The choices are as follows:

Roast chicken breast, mash, savoy cabbage, bacon & thyme jus

Chefs Vegetarian Choice Of The Day

Lunch also includes one soft drink per person. We typically lunch at The Lamb Inn, though this is subject to change. Offering vegetarian and vegan options, we can also advise on choices excluding certain allergens. 

Tour Timings

 

Departs
Arrives
08:30am
11:00am
Southampton Cruise Port
Bampton
Departs
Arrives
11:45am
12:00pm
Bampton
Burford
Departs
Arrives
1:30pm
1:45pm
Burford
Stow-on-the-Wold

Departs

 

3:00pm
4:45pm
6:00pm
Stow-on-the-Wold
Begins drop offs at Heathrow Airport
Begins drop offs in Central London

Please note that all timings above are estimated and assuming normal traffic conditions. Due to the changeable nature of road conditions, we cannot guarantee a precise time when you will arrive at Heathrow and London.

Luggage

Each person is allowed a maximum of 2 items of hold luggage (23kg each) and 2 items of carry on luggage (10kg each).

Should you wish to bring any mobility aids (wheelchairs or walkers) you MUST contact us in advance to let us know. We will require full dimensions and weight. These items must be able to be folded and stored in the luggage hold. Wheelchairs must be counted as 1 item of your hold luggage.

Additional charges will be incurred should you bring additional items of luggage or for items weighing more than the maximum weight stated above.

Transfer tour includes:

  • Shared Door to Door cruise transfer from Southampton to London & Heathrow
  • Services of expert, friendly guide
  • Travel in a luxury, air conditioned touring coach with a maximum of 35 passengers
  • Lunch included in a traditional Cotswolds pub
  • If your ship is late, we will wait!

Your lunch choice must be noted at the time of booking. The choices are as follows:

Roast chicken breast, mash, savoy cabbage, bacon & thyme jus

Chefs Vegetarian Choice Of The Day

Lunch also includes one soft drink per person. We typically lunch at The Lamb Inn, though this is subject to change. Offering vegetarian and vegan options, we can also advise on choices excluding certain allergens.

Departure Dates Adult   Child: Age 5 to 15
2024: March 25 $320 $310
2024: April 8 $320 $310
2024:  May 3, 9, 10, 15, 19, 31 $320 $310
2024: June 1, 2, 6, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 $320 $310
2024: July 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 $320 $310
2024: August 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 $320 $310
2024: September 1, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 29 $320 $310
2024: October 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 23, 28 $320 $310
2024: November 2, 12, 16, 28 $320 $310
2024: December 3 $320 $310

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