Taxi options to/from Bristol Airport

[bryano1000]

Hi folks,

 

We're landing into BA at 4pm on the Wednesday. Current plan is to grab a taxi there, stop for booze en route, and then make our to Worthy View. Our flight back is 7pm on the Monday then.

 

Couple of Qs:

- Can anyone recommend a decent taxi service to arrange one back? Had one lined up but they won't collect past 12.30pm which is a bit early for us.

- I presume the collection point is the Bath and West Showground?

- Are there any coach options for just the trip to Bristol Airport on  Monday? Checked National Express but only seems to do return services 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[incident]

2 hours ago, bryano1000 said:

Hi folks,

 

We're landing into BA at 4pm on the Wednesday. Current plan is to grab a taxi there, stop for booze en route, and then make our to Worthy View. Our flight back is 7pm on the Monday then.

 

Couple of Qs:

- Can anyone recommend a decent taxi service to arrange one back? Had one lined up but they won't collect past 12.30pm which is a bit early for us.

- I presume the collection point is the Bath and West Showground?

- Are there any coach options for just the trip to Bristol Airport on  Monday? Checked National Express but only seems to do return services 

 

Thanks!

I would be very, very wary of the reliability of any taxi service on the Monday. With most of 200,000 people leaving site over the space of a few hours, local roads can get jammed potentially in both directions. So by the time the afternoon comes around they could easily be hours behind schedule - this is likely why they're not prepared to arrange a later pickup.

Collection points can vary - Taxis that have the correct pass (which won't be a huge number) can use the Private Hire coach station near Gate A. Otherwise they have to go to B&W.

National Express do offer one way services, just enter Glastonbury Festival as the departure point.

[clarkete]

4 hours ago, bryano1000 said:

Hi folks,

 

We're landing into BA at 4pm on the Wednesday. Current plan is to grab a taxi there, stop for booze en route, and then make our to Worthy View. Our flight back is 7pm on the Monday then.

 

Couple of Qs:

- Can anyone recommend a decent taxi service to arrange one back? Had one lined up but they won't collect past 12.30pm which is a bit early for us.

- I presume the collection point is the Bath and West Showground?

- Are there any coach options for just the trip to Bristol Airport on  Monday? Checked National Express but only seems to do return services 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

As @incidentsays, they seem to have national express options to and from the airport here https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/events/glastonbury

Also as m Indicated taxi could take ages and therefore cost a lot, which would be exacerbated by going to Shepton or somewhere for booze.  Either ask a friend  to pick some up that you collect from the car park when you arrive (which can be quite a, walk), get a shuttle into town after you set up camp, or use the money you save on the taxi in the bars for nicer/colder drinks 😉

[bryano1000]

Thanks all, appreciate the responses.

I've found the way one service - not sure how I was missing it. That's perfect, we're on the 3pm Direct one.

It says it takes an hour so I'm hoping that even with delays we should be good for a 7pm flight?

Re the taxi from the airport out - there's 3 of us travelling over so we're willing to pay a bit extra in the taxi from the airport to secure the alcohol en route. There's also no direct coaches after we arrive (they all seem to take over 2.5 hours) so it's a necessary evil!

Cheers again 

Edited April 4 by bryano1000

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