2019 Coach Times and Locations

[Gnomicide]

With this year's times not due out until w/c 16th May, I'm trying to gather as up to date a list of coach times and locations as possible to give people an idea. It's probably one of the most asked questions.

I know there's an article in one of the local rags but that's a good few years out of date.

So far I've got:

Bath (Riverside Coach Park)
Wednesday 6:15
Thursday
Birmingham (Coach bays Inge St. Side of the Hippodrome)
Wednesday 7am; 10:45
Thursday 05:45; 10:45
Brighton (outside Sea Life Centre)
Wednesday 7:45am; 9:30am
Thursday 9am
Bristol (Anchor Rd BS1 5UA.)
Times prebooked
Cambridge
Wednesday 6am
Thursday
Cardiff (Tennis courts)
Wednesday 5:45am: 7am
Thursday 7:30am
Edinburgh
Tuesday! 21:00; 22:30
Leicester
Wednesday
Thursday 8am
Leeds
Wednesday 7am
Thursday 12:00
Lincoln
Wednesday
Thursday
Liverpool (Outside The Empire)
Wednesday
Thursday
London (O2 Area)
Times prebooked
Manchester (Corporation Street M600AL)
Wednesday 06:00; 08:30
Thursday 10:00
Newcastle (train station little car park) Wednesday 10am
Thursday 8am
Nottingham
Wednesday
Thursday
Oxford
Wednesday
Thursday
Plymouth
Wednesday
Thursday
Reading (near the station/football stadium)
Wednesday 10:30 am; 3pm
Sheffield (Pond St.)
Wednesday
Thursday 9am
Stoke (outside the train station)
Wednesday 8am
Southampton (Outside train station)
Wednesday
Thursday 6am
Swansea
Wednesday
Thursday 6am
Taunton (Tangier Way TA1 4AS)
Wednesday 6am 2:45pm
Thursday
York (Sovereign St. LS1 4BX)
Wednesday 7am
Thursday 7am; 8:45am

 

Any more?

Edited March 29, 2022 by Gnomicide
Updated with a few more locations/times

[gooner1990]

Thanks for this, I just asked this very question about the Oxford departure time/point in the Questions section on here! 🙂 

[rwhitehouse13]

Thanks for doing this - will be watching for Plymouth info as using the coach for the first time and on a Thursday...hoping it's an early departure...

[foggy1010]

We travelled from York in 2019 and these were the times

Thursday 08:45

Monday 16:00 (Return)

 

We're travelling from Manchester (Thursday) this year so interested in the departure times, hoping it's early!

[mjfiddy]

Top work as ever 👍

2019 Birmingham Thursday was 10.45.

[Stanton]

2019 Edinburgh Seetickets Coach

Depart 22.30 Tuesday. 

Return 10:30 Monday. 

[Kim Wrong-Un]

We got Thursday 06:00 from Manchester in 2019.

CORPORATION STREET COACH BAYS, M3 1NX

The location may change this year as there have been road layout changes. There was a suggestion on another thread of Hunts Bank by Manchester Arena which is where the return dropped us off.

Return was 11:30 on Monday.

Edited March 29, 2022 by Kim Wrong-Un
Formatting

[Gnomicide]

10 minutes ago, Stanton said:

2019 Edinburgh Seetickets Coach

Depart 22.30 Tuesday. 

Return 10:30 Monday. 

That Tuesday Night one must be an interesting journey!

[stuartbert two hats]

These are the SeeCoaches times I've had from Manchester:

2019
DEP WEDS 10:00 RET MON 08:30

2017
DEP WEDS 08:00 RET MON 06:30

2014
DEP THURS 09:00 RET MON 15:30


And yes, that Monday morning pack+hike in 2017 was terrifying, but I think I got on a later coach in the end.

Edited March 29, 2022 by stuartbert two hats

[DareToDibble]

Great thread. My friends are getting the coach from Cardiff for the first time this year so any info anyone has would be great!

EDIT: Wednesday coach.

Edited March 29, 2022 by DareToDibble

[ilovelanegan]

Does anyone know if Bristol location is the same as previous years - Anchor Rd? Also on Monday, does it return to the same location or to the bus station? We've got on onward NatEx coach to London and I'm really hoping there isn't a big trek in-between...

 

 

[MaxPower]

@Gnomicide you said previously that you got a Liverpool coach that left at noon - was that Wednesday or Thursday? 

[EMCsquared]

Thanks for compiling a list been looking everywhere since getting Thursday coach tickets for the first time. Does anyone have any idea about Nottingham times? 

[Mark_safc]

First year that I've had to resort to buying a coach ticket. Usually drive down Tuesday and stay overnight somewhere close to drive in early.

Looking at the Newcastle Wednesday coach time is giving me nightmares! If it leaves at 10am...possibly looking at pitching a tent at something like 8pm!

[clarkete]

18 minutes ago, ilovelanegan said:

Does anyone know if Bristol location is the same as previous years - Anchor Rd? Also on Monday, does it return to the same location or to the bus station? We've got on onward NatEx coach to London and I'm really hoping there isn't a big trek in-between...

 

 

I can only say that in the past it was Anchor Road and as I recall that's where it dropped off too.

[clarkete]

1 minute ago, Mark_safc said:

First year that I've had to resort to buying a coach ticket. Usually drive down Tuesday and stay overnight somewhere close to drive in early.

Looking at the Newcastle Wednesday coach time is giving me nightmares! If it leaves at 10am...possibly looking at pitching a tent at something like 8pm!

Coach can be quite nice to not have to worry about journey or traffic, plus everyone is so excited, just pack carefully so you don't take anything that's heavy and unnecessary.

Should still be some light at 8pm.

[Diamond24]

Any info on previous Cambridge pick up locations and/or times would be appreciated! 

 

 

 

 

[rubick]

BRISTOL, 2019 - Anchor Road, 13.30pm (Opposite City of Bristol College, Postcode BS1 5UA)

Was the same for us for in 2017 & 2016 too. 

Edited March 29, 2022 by rubick

[The Nal]

Taunton was 6am in 2019? Got the coach from there at 9.15am in 2016 and 2017.

Leaves from here

BAYS ON TANGIER WAY, NEAR BRIDGE OVER RIVER TONE, TA1 4AS

[Mark_safc]

3 minutes ago, clarkete said:

Coach can be quite nice to not have to worry about journey or traffic, plus everyone is so excited, just pack carefully so you don't take anything that's heavy and unnecessary.

Should still be some light at 8pm.

 

Yeah there are definitely benefits. Nobody has to drive home either after a 5 day bender which is a massive benefit.

I just love that feeling of being pitched up by mid day though...sun beaming and a warm can of beer!

[Gnomicide]

23 minutes ago, MaxPower said:

@Gnomicide you said previously that you got a Liverpool coach that left at noon - was that Wednesday or Thursday? 

Wednesday but that was 2017 - I don't know if it was the same in 2019.

[clarkete]

3 minutes ago, Mark_safc said:

 

Yeah there are definitely benefits. Nobody has to drive home either after a 5 day bender which is a massive benefit.

I just love that feeling of being pitched up by mid day though...sun beaming and a warm can of beer!

One of the things that grinds my gears is how many people in this parish put too much weight on being there as early as possible on Wednesday. 

There are up to 2m people who would happily trade our enforced late arrival (I'm going from a slightly further town on Thursday) for their current lack of a ticket.  This is a time to count your blessings if ever there was 🙂 

 

[clarkete]

9 minutes ago, rubick said:

BRISTOL, 2019 - Anchor Road, 13.30pm (Opposite City of Bristol College, Postcode BS1 5UA)

Was the same for us for in 2017 & 2016 too. 

My 2019 one was BRISTOL RETURN TRAVEL (DEP 10:30 RET 12:30)

[Hotchilidog]

2017 Brighton coach on the Wednesday was 7.45am departure Return 04.30 Monday!

To be honest was a struggle on the Monday but thanks to a driver that knew how to avoid the Brighton rush hour I was back home and in bed by around 8.45/9am

[Beerqueen]

Slightly off topic but I notice that National Express has this on my confirmation email:

"Please note that this service will be run by a third-party NX partner. Therefore, National Express Accessibility standards do not apply on this service. Please contact us.if you have special requirements to travel."

Translation - the coach will be old, stuffy, cramped and generally shit.  We also won't care if we leave on time or not although we wouldn't get away with this for any of our other routes.