Day 3 - Gold Hill, Shaftesbury (Andrew Chancellor) 
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£655.00 (2012)
7 nights
6 B&B, 1 night accommodation only
Luggage transfers between hotels
Medium
4.5 - 6.5 hours per day
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In the footsteps of Thomas Hardy
How to get there:

ARRIVING BY AIR

 

The best "local" airport is either Bournemouth, Southampton or Bristol. Intercontinental flights use London Heathrow or London Gatwick.

 

Flight information can change rapidly. Please do check for yourself directly with the airlines' websites before finalising any booking with us and do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.

 

Land by: 16:00 for public transport connections to Salisbury (c. 2 hrs).

Return flight earliest: 12:00 for public transport connections from Axminster (c. 3 hrs) 

 

In view of the large number of suitable airports in the south of England, if your inward flight lands after 16:00 or your return flight takes off before 12:00, please contact us for transfer advice. 


See "Getting to the start of the walk" below for transfer information

 

ARRIVING BY TRAIN

 

Nearest railway station:

Start: Salisbury

Finish: Axminster

 

Sample rail journey to Salisbury from Paris:

Paris Nord: Eurostar to London St Pancras, transfer by underground to London Waterloo. Catch train to Salisbury. ~ 5 hrs.

 

Axminster: Train to London Waterloo, underground to London St Pancras. Eurostar to Paris Nord. ~ 6½ hrs

Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is in the medieval city of Salisbury and the last in Lyme Regis, a lovely old fishing village. Transfer times and methods are suggestions from London Gatwick and London Heathrow airports, but if you arrive at either Bristol, Bournemouth or Southampton airports, then transfer times will be shorter in most cases.

 

LONDON GATWICK

Outward: Train to Salisbury (2½ hrs) then short walk or local taxi to first hotel

Return: Bus or local taxi to Axminster, then train to London Gatwick (c.3½ hrs)

 

LONDON HEATHROW

Outward: Bus then train to Salisbury (c.2½ hrs) then short walk or local taxi to first hotel

Return: Bus or local taxi to Axminster, train to Woking then bus to Heathrow (c.3½ hrs)

 

Full transfer advice, including timetables, is provided in your Walkers' Pack. Contact us if you would like additional pre-booking information