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Getting to College

 

Here you can find information on public transport and pricing to help you get to College, as well as details of road access, care parking and park and ride services. As a student at Bath College you can also apply for a College Bus Pass, download the form below to apply for a Bus Pass. If you have any questions you can email them to our Student Advice Team by emailing info@bathcollege.ac.uk.

 

 

 

City Centre Campus

 

Bath College City Centre Campus is located in the city centre a short walk from both the train station and bus station.

 

By Road

Sat Nav - If you are using a Sat Nav to get to the College, our BA1 1UP postcode will take you to Corn Street at the back of the College. As you reach the back of the College, there is an NCP car park on the right. This is the nearest place to park. For alternative parking, please see VisitBath. Park & Ride Services - Bath benefits from a regular park and ride service from Lansdown, Odd Down and Newbridge. Services run every 15 minutes into the city centre and the College is within easy walking distance of each drop-off point. Please click here for locations of park and ride services including postcodes for your GPS. You can find current Park & Ride timetables and fares on the council website.

 

 

Fare Saver offer child rates if you show your student ID card on their buses. To see their routes available please click here. The First Bus Company offer reduced student bus passes. You can show your College ID card on the bus and receive a 30% discount or if you buy your pass from the College Shop, you will get a 10% discount to the prices available from the bus station.

 

There are different types of bus passes available, weekly and monthly for different zones of travel:

* If you live within the Bath or Bristol zones then you may want to consider a Bath/Bristol outer zone bus pass.

 

By Air

Bath’s nearest airport is Bristol Airport which supports many European destinations. Bristol Airport is 20 miles (32 km) from the College, a journey which will take approx 45 minutes depending upon traffic.

 

From Wells

173 (via Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Chilcompton and Gurney Slade)  264/265 (via Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge and Westbury)

 

From Warminster

 

From Urchfont

 272 (via Box, Melksham, Melksham Forest, Bowerhill and Devizes) 273 (via Box, Melksham, Bowerhill, Devizes and Easterton)

 

From Frome

267 (via Beckington and Rode) 184 (via Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Chilcompton, Coleford and Mells)

 

From Chippenham

 X31 (via Batheaston, Box, Rudloe, Corsham)

 

By Bus

Public Buses - Bath’s bus station is a five-minute walk from the main College site and is located next to Bath Spa railway station. Local buses either set down at the station or near the college.

 

From Bristol

39/639/649 (via Newbridge, Saltford, Keynsham and Brislington) X39 (via Newbridge, Saltford and Brislington) 178 (via Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Paulton, Marksbury and Keynsham) 332 (via Hanham, Longwell Green, Bitton and Kelston)

 

For more details of train times and fares, please use these links:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ or http://www.mytrainticket.co.uk/

 

Scholar season tickets

These are termly train passes available between your nearest train station to Bath Spa. They are valid for 1 term between Monday and Friday. See below for prices as of October 2016 (To buy one call the sales line on 03457 660 228).

 

Trowbridge to Bath Spa £169 per term Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa £211 per term Chippenham to Bath Spa £169 per term

 

By Rail

Bath Spa Railway station is within easy walking distance of our City Centre Campus. Bath Spa is a mainline station with regular services from London and Bristol. National Rail enquiries will give you times of trains and fares.

 

Fares & Times

A young person’s railcard is available at £30; this offers 1/3 off all rail travel after 10:00. If you travel before 10 and the cost of your travel is £12 or more the 1/3 off discount also applied. If you have an NUS Extra card, you can get 11% off the cost of your railcard, as well as discounts in many shops and restaurants. Visit the NUS website to find out more. On offer now there is also a 16-17 Rail Saver Card, this gives students aged 16 & 17 50% off their journey, at the same cost of £30. 

From Frome – on average every 40 minutes From Chippenham – every 30 minutes From Bristol Temple Meads – every 20-30 minutes From London Paddington – every 30 minutes From Trowbridge – every 20 minutes

 

Somer Valley Campus

 

College Bus

From 2018 the college has a new timetable and a new system for its college buses. Students will need to pay for a yearly bus pass in order to use one of the buses to get to Somer Valley Campus.

Low-income students can apply for funding towards the cost, the figures below show what you will need to pay depending on your income. 

 

Please Note: To find out where our buses pick up, please email or call our Student Advice Team via 01225 328 720 or info@bathcollege.ac.uk

 

Household income  Cost
Over £30,000 £720 – must be paid in full prior to the start of term
Under £30,000 £120 – upon successfully applying for student funding

 

  Bus Pass Form

 

Public Buses

There are 47 local bus services to Radstock – click on any place name below to get the service information from the TravelSearch website:

 

Bath;

Bath, Bus Station;

Bath, Green Park;

Bath, Kingsway;

Bath, Moorland Road;

Bath, Odd Down;

Bath, Odd Down St Gregory’s School;

Bath, Oldfield Park;

Bath, Oldfield Park Hayesfield Lower School;

Bath, Oldfield Road;

Bath, The Oval;

Bear Flat;

Bear Flat, Bloomfield Road;

Belluton;

Binegar;

Bishop Sutton;

Bowlish;

Brislington;

Brislington, Eagle Road;

Bristol, Arnos Vale;

Bristol, Bath Road;

Bristol, Bus Station;

Bristol, City Centre;

Bristol, Broadmead;

Bristol, Old Market;

Bristol, Temple Meads Rail Station;

Bristol, Temple Way;

Bristol, Victoria Street;

Bristol, Wells Road;

Buckland Dinham;

Burnett;

Camerton;

Chelwood;

Chilcompton;

Cholwell;

Clandown;

Clutton;

Combe Hay;

Compton Dando;

Chilcompton, Coop;

Croscombe;

Dinder;

 

 Downside;

Dulcote;

Dunkerton;

East Horrington;

Edford;

Englishcombe;

Farmborough;

Farrington Gurney;

Faulkland;

Frome;

Frome, College;

Greyfield;

Hallatrow;

Haydon;

Hengrove;

High Littleton;

Hobbs Wall;

Holcombe;

Inglesbatch;

Keynsham;

Keynsham, Wellsway School;

Kilmersdon;

Knowle;

Little London;

Longhouse;

Marksbury;

Meadgate;

Midsomer Norton;

Midsomer Norton, Somervale School;

Nailwell;

Norton Down;

Norton St Philip;

Oakhill;

Old Down;

Oldfield Park, Sainsburys;

Paulton;

Peasedown St John;

Pensford;

Priston;

Publow;

Queen Charlton;

Radstock;

Rockley Ford;

Rode;

 Shepton Mallet;

Shepton Mallet, Community Hospital;

Shepton Mallet, Hospital;

Shepton Mallet, Somerfield;

Shoscombe;

South Horrington;

South Twerton;

Southdown;

Southdown, Coronation Avenue;

Southdown, Southdown Road;

Southwick;

Specklemead;

Spring Gardens;

Stoke St Michael;

Stratton on the Fosse;

Temple Cloud;

Thicket Mead, Old Mills;

Thicket Mead, Paulton Tesco;

Thicket Mead; Timsbury;

Timsbury, Bloomfield;

Totterdown;

Trowbridge;

Tunley;

Tyning;

Upper Studley;

Wellow;

Wells;

Wells, Bus Station;

Welton;

West Horrington;

West Shepton;

Westfield;

Whitchurch;

White Cross;

White Hill;

White Post;

Whitley Batts;

Paulton, Winterfield;

Paulton, Winterfield Paulton Hospital;

Withyditch;

Woolverton;

Writhlington;

Writhlington, School;