Stonehenge Day Trip from London with Windsor and Bath

Included in Every Option

Every booking on this listing includes the superior coach with Wi-Fi and USB charging on board, the expert guide and a personal audio headset. The guide stays with the group across all three stops, which matters because the commentary at Stonehenge and the drive between sites is the main added value of the tour. Entry tickets are never automatic. They appear only in the options that name them, and the cheapest listed option explicitly excludes entry to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths.

The option ladder runs from excluding entrances, through Stonehenge only, Stonehenge plus Roman Baths, Windsor plus Stonehenge, up to all three entries. Pick the one that matches what you actually want to go inside, because a cheaper option that skips the castle is no bargain if you then queue for a ticket on the day.

Not Included, and What You Pay on the Day

Hotel pickup and drop-off are excluded, so you make your own way to Victoria Coach Station. Food and drinks are excluded on every option, and there is no stated lunch stop arrangement in the listing, so bring something or budget for café prices at the sites. Gratuities are not included.

If you book an entries option, the ticket is in the price, but extras inside the sites cost more on top.

What the Entries Would Cost Alone

If you are weighing the options against buying tickets yourself, the official prices are public. Windsor Castle adult tickets cost £32 booked in advance, and on-the-day tickets cost £2 to £4 more. The Roman Baths charge £2 less for advance tickets than for tickets bought on the day.

English Heritage does not print a fixed Stonehenge walk-up price, but booking online before midnight the day before saves up to 15% and same-day tickets are full price. The table below sets out the whole money picture for this listing.

Check-in at Victoria Coach Station

Arrive at 7:30 AM and head inside Victoria Coach Station to Gate 1, where Evan Evans staff check you in. The departure is at 8:00 AM from Gate 1-5, 164 Buckingham Palace Road. Victoria Tube station is about a 300 metre walk from the coach station, which is convenient if you are staying anywhere near Victoria, less so if your hotel is across town.

There is no hotel pickup, so allow Tube time in the morning.

First Stop

The coach leaves London at 8:00 AM and drives out of the city. The listing does not state which of the three sites comes first, and it warns that the order of stops may change, so the guide on the day sets the sequence. Each of the three stops is a short visit by the standards of the sites themselves.

A typical Windsor Castle visit lasts 2 to 3 hours on its own, so expect a compressed version of each.

Stonehenge

With a Stonehenge entry option you ride the free visitor bus to the stones, about 5 to 10 minutes each way, and walk the visitor path around the circle. The walk between the visitor centre and the stones is about 2.6 miles round trip if you go on foot, which is why most visitors take the bus. Bring only essentials, because Stonehenge has no cloakroom or left luggage.

Windsor Castle

Windsor options are not sold on Tuesdays and Wednesdays because the castle closes those days. St George's Chapel is open to visitors on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and closed on Sundays, which further narrows which castle option you can buy on which day. Because the castle is a working royal palace, the whole castle or the State Apartments can close at short notice.

If you skip the entry option, the town itself, the Thames towpath and the Long Walk are all free to walk.

Bath and the Return

The Roman Baths sit in Abbey Church Yard in the centre of Bath, and the city around them is compact and walkable, so free time here works even without an entry ticket. The Royal Crescent, The Circus and Pulteney Bridge are free to see from the street. The listing gives no return time to London.

With an 8:00 AM departure and an 11-hour total duration, plan to be back in the city in the evening.

Travellers Who Want Depth at One Site

Three sites in 11 hours leaves little time at each after the drives, and the listing itself calls it a taster. A typical visit to Windsor Castle alone lasts 2 to 3 hours, so you are seeing highlights, not whole sites. If Windsor is your priority, the Windsor Castle half-day trip at $118 gives you 2.5 hours at the castle with admission included in a 4-hour day.

Travellers Who Want Inside the Stones

On this tour, entry or no entry, you stay on the visitor path around Stonehenge. Only special tickets go inside the circle. If standing within the stones is the whole point, look at the Stonehenge inner circle access day trip from $254.21, which includes a private viewing outside regular opening hours in a coach of up to 51.

Its listing dates ended on 21 September 2026 and the official Stone Circle Experience has no sessions in October or November, so check availability first.

Travellers Who Hate Crowds and Want a Small Group

This coach carries up to 52 people, so you queue, board and move as a large group. If that sounds grim, the Bath, Avebury and Lacock small-group day trip runs a 16-seat minibus at $111 and swaps Stonehenge and Windsor for Avebury and Lacock, though its Roman Baths visit is optional and not guaranteed.

Travellers with Limited Mobility, Small Children or Tight Budgets

The listing asks for at least a moderate level of physical fitness. It is wheelchair accessible, but only if you contact the operator at least 7 days before travel to arrange an accessible vehicle. Infants 0-2 sit on an adult's lap, and prams and strollers are allowed, though a coach day with three site walks is hard work with a toddler.

Food is never included, and the options that add entries raise the per-person cost above the $106.26 starting figure, so budget travellers should price the option they actually need, not the headline.

Windsor by Train Is the Easy One

Trains from London Paddington reach Slough in as little as 13 minutes, and a 6-minute branch line train runs on to Windsor and Eton Central, about 35 minutes in total. South Western Railway also runs direct from London Waterloo to Windsor and Eton Riverside in about 55 minutes. Both stations are a few minutes' walk from the castle gates.

Windsor Castle adult tickets cost £32 in advance, the castle closes every Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Changing the Guard ceremony starts at 11:00 inside the Lower Ward. This is one of the classic day trips from London by train, and the free Long Walk and the one-hour Thames bridges loop make a no-ticket day work too.

Bath by Train Is Almost as Easy

London Paddington to Bath takes less than 90 minutes by train, and the city centre is compact and best explored on foot. The Roman Baths entrance is less than ten minutes' walk from Bath Spa station, and tickets bought in advance are £2 cheaper than on the day. The Royal Crescent, Pulteney Bridge and the free twice-daily Mayor of Bath guided walks from the Pump Room cost nothing at all.

Visit Bath suggests weekdays, because the city is busier at weekends.

Stonehenge Is Where the Train Stops Short

Salisbury is the nearest station to Stonehenge, 12 miles away, with a direct train from London Waterloo taking about 1.5 hours. From Salisbury, the Stonehenge shuttle bus costs £15 per person return without admission, takes about 30 minutes each way and picks up next to the station. Add a Stonehenge ticket, booked online before midnight the day before to save up to 15%, and you have a workable solo day.

What the train cannot easily give you is all three sites in one day, and that is what the coach is actually selling. If one site per day suits you, a 2 day trip from London gives you more time at each place.