Suggestion for some town interesting to stay for 1 night somewhere between Heathrow and Southampton. Car transfer info.

[buchanan101]

17 hours ago, jeh10641 said:

Hello, John Bull,

I guess the deciding factor is time. On our last trip to London (2009), we drove from Chiswick (west London) to Canterbury and then to Hastings on our first day. We stayed overnight in Hastings. On the next morning we visited Battle and the Battle of Hastings site. After our visit, we drove to Salisbury, stopping in Plymouth to see Nelson's Victory. Even though we were driving "on the wrong side of the road", it was an easy drive.

Jim

Portsmouth not Plymouth.... That's a hell of a detour otherwise! 

[jeh10641]

On 3/16/2023 at 9:20 AM, buchanan101 said:

Portsmouth not Plymouth.... That's a hell of a detour otherwise! 

I stand corrected. Misread my atlas. I did mean Portsmouth. Sorry about the confusion.

Jim

[debsjc]

Windsor is definitely worth a visit if you haven't been before, or Marlow if you like somewhere smaller (would recommend eating at the Ivy Garden there)

If you don't mind being 25 mins past Southampton I would recommend Brockenhurst in the New Forest. The Pig hotel there is excellent. 

[gam888]

The U.K. Cruising board has been down for a few days, so I couldn't pose my question there. Wondering if the folks on this board could help. We are sailing on Cunard Queen Victoria in May. We will need a car transfer for the 2 of us from Heathrow airport to Windsor, where we will stay in a hotel for 1 night. The next day we will need a transfer from Windsor to the cruise terminal in Southampton. Then at the end of our cruise, we will need a transfer from Southampton to Heathrow airport. With our luggage, we are not into taking a train. We have gotten some quotes from a few taxi/transfer companies, they vary in price quite a bit. Does anyone have a taxi/transfer company they have used that they would recommend? We don't need a luxury car, just a reliable service will do. Thank you in advance.

[John Bull]

 

For LHR to Windsor no recommendations from me, other than to use one of the Windsor-based operators that I listed in another post of yours..

 

For Windsor to Southampton try

https://westquaycars.com/

https://gunwharf-executive-travel.co.uk/

https://www.aquacars.co.uk/

All are based at the Southampton end.

Or try those Windsor-based operators.

 

JB 🙂

[Host Kat]

23 hours ago, gam888 said:

The U.K. Cruising board has been down for a few days, so I couldn't pose my question there. Wondering if the folks on this board could help. We are sailing on Cunard Queen Victoria in May. We will need a car transfer for the 2 of us from Heathrow airport to Windsor, where we will stay in a hotel for 1 night. The next day we will need a transfer from Windsor to the cruise terminal in Southampton. Then at the end of our cruise, we will need a transfer from Southampton to Heathrow airport. With our luggage, we are not into taking a train. We have gotten some quotes from a few taxi/transfer companies, they vary in price quite a bit. Does anyone have a taxi/transfer company they have used that they would recommend? We don't need a luxury car, just a reliable service will do. Thank you in advance.

 

@gam888

 

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[Crown Vic]

On 3/15/2023 at 6:57 PM, jeh10641 said:

…Even though we were driving "on the wrong side of the road", it was an easy drive.

Wrong side of the road?? For shame…

[Traveller155]

JB-  Thank you for taking the time to help us all out.