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Coach Hire London
When you choose our London coach hire service we guarantee top quality vehicles and first class service.
Our range of coaches, minibuses with 16 seats to 53 seat executive coaches, double deckers etc. mean we have a vehicle to suit your needs and budget. All our coaches are modern, reliable, ULEZ & LEZ compliant, have air conditioning, comfortable reclining seats and offer both a standard service or a luxurious executive experience. All coaches have luggage space, USB ports, Wi Fi (free of charge) and toilets. We pride ourselves on safety and have the highest standards of compliance including; Driver CPC qualified & experienced professional PCV licensed drivers who have undergone enhanced DBS checks, hold a UK Operator's Licence, have full public liability insurance and are CPT accredited.
Our London minibus & coach hire service caters for all types of passenger transportation within Greater London, to all London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton & City), UK & Europe coach tours and can be hired for many special occasions, events and purposes; such as; professionally run & safe school trips (all drivers DBS checked), corporate events, sight seeing tours, weddings etc.
By booking a minibus or coach directly with us, rather than a broker, you benefit from no hidden extras, have a direct line of communication with us and get the best prices. Booking your minibus hire or coach hire is easy...
- Ask us for a FREE quote.
- Agree journey details.
- Receive driver details.
- Relax & enjoy your journey on your travel date.
Estimated Coach Travel Times from Central London to Top 10 UK Tourist Spots
| Rank | Tourist Spot | Location | Est. Coach Time from London | Important Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tower of London | London, England | 0 – 45 mins | Assuming departure from within Greater London. |
| 2 | Windsor Castle | Berkshire, England | 1 to 1.5 hours | Very accessible via the M4 motorway. |
| 3 | Stonehenge | Wiltshire, England | 2 to 2.5 hours | Journey usually takes about two to three hours by coach depending on traffic. |
| 4 | Roman Baths | Bath, England | 2.5 to 3 hours | Driving time is roughly 2.5 hours in good conditions. |
| 5 | Warwick Castle | Warwickshire, England | 2 to 2.5 hours | Can take up to 3–3.5 hours depending on traffic and tour routing. |
| 6 | Snowdonia National Park | Wales | 4.5 to 5.5 hours | A convenient 4 to 5-hour drive from London, making it a popular weekend getaway. |
| 7 | York Minster | York, England | 4.5 to 5.5 hours | Fastest coach journeys from London to York take around 4.5 to 5.5 hours. |
| 8 | Lake District National Park | Cumbria, England | 5 to 6 hours | Average journey time from London and the south east is around 5 hours by road. |
| 9 | Edinburgh Castle | Edinburgh, Scotland | 8 to 10 hours | Direct coach services from London to Edinburgh take a fastest journey time of around 9 hours 40 minutes. |
| 10 | Giant's Causeway | Co. Antrim, N. Ireland | 10+ hours (Multi-day) |
Requires a ferry crossing. Typically done as a multi-day tour from London, or a day trip from Belfast/Dublin. |
Our vehicle fleet is varied and the coaches range in size from 16 up to 70 passengers. The fleet includes coaches from a variety of manufactures including Mercedes and Ford to name a few. All are regularly serviced and maintained with up to date MOTs. Depending upon the vehicle, some will come with air conditioning, seat belts, comfortable seats and luggage storage space. We aim to recommend the most suitable coach for your hire requirements when we are asked for a quotation and will consider such factors as the size of your booking, luggage requirements and type of journey.
Our Vehicle Fleet & Capacities
| Coach Type | Seating Capacity | Typical Luggage Capacity | Best Used For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Seater Minibus (e.g., Mercedes Sprinter) |
16 passengers | 8–12 large suitcases + hand luggage | Small groups, airport transfers, city tours |
| 30-Seater Midibus | 30 passengers | 15–20 large suitcases | Medium groups, school trips, short regional tours |
| 50–55 Seater Full-Size Coach | 50–55 passengers | 50–60 large suitcases (approx. 1 per passenger) |
Large groups, multi-day UK tours, airport transfers |
| 70-Seater Double-Decker Coach | 70 passengers | 70+ large suitcases (multiple large underfloor holds) |
Very large groups, festivals, long-distance travel |
We have been in the industry for over 15 years. Our experience over the years has helped us understand the different transport requirements of groups travelling around London.
The buses that we have are equipped to accommodate passengers with disabilities. Our drivers can assist disabled passengers with boarding and alighting from our coaches where assistance is required. We arrange pickups according to the times agreed when the journey is booked. For instance, if you hire our coaches for a wedding ceremony, the pickup time and destination can be agreed when making the booking.
Coach Size & Capacity Reference
| Coach Size | Passenger Capacity | Luggage Space (Large Bags) | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minibus | 16 people | ~10 bags | Small groups, airport transfers, short trips |
| Midi Coach | 30 people | ~20 bags | Medium groups, school trips, regional travel |
| Standard Coach | 50 people | ~40 bags | Large groups, corporate events, long-distance |
| Double Decker | 70 people | ~70 bags | Very large groups, festivals, maximum capacity |
Coach Hire to the Top 20 Most Visited UK Cities
| Rank | Destination City | Approx. Miles (from London) | Available Sizes & Capacity | Max Luggage Space | Estimated Price Range (Return) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 0 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £320 – £480 |
| 2 | Edinburgh | 400 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £720 – £1,040 |
| 3 | Manchester | 200 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £560 – £720 |
| 4 | Birmingham | 120 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £480 – £640 |
| 5 | Glasgow | 400 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £720 – £1,040 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 220 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £560 – £720 |
| 7 | Bristol | 120 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £480 – £640 |
| 8 | Brighton | 50 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £320 – £480 |
| 9 | Cardiff | 150 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £560 – £720 |
| 10 | Leeds | 190 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £560 – £720 |
| 11 | Newcastle | 280 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £640 – £880 |
| 12 | Nottingham | 130 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £480 – £640 |
| 13 | Cambridge | 60 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £400 – £560 |
| 14 | Oxford | 60 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £400 – £560 |
| 15 | Belfast | 350 miles + Ferry | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £720 – £1,040* |
| 16 | York | 210 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £560 – £720 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 240 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £640 – £880 |
| 18 | Southampton | 75 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £400 – £560 |
| 19 | Aberdeen | 530 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £800 – £1,200 |
| 20 | St Albans | 25 miles | 16, 30, 50, or 70 pax | Up to 70 bags | £320 – £480 |
About This Pricing & Table Contents
Destination & Mileage: The table lists the top 20 most visited cities in the UK, ranked by annual tourist footfall. The "Approx. Miles" represents the estimated one-way driving distance from central London, which is the primary driver of fuel and operational costs.
Capacity & Luggage: All routes support our full fleet range (16, 30, 50, and 70-seater vehicles). The "Max Luggage Space" column reflects the upper limit (70-seater), scaling down proportionally for smaller vehicles (e.g., ~10 bags for a 16-seater minibus).
We will also ensure that you are driven to every place that you may request to be driven to as long as it is within the city and as agreed in the contract. One of the events that our coaches are frequently hired for is business trips and seminars. For instance, instead of a company hiring several taxis to carry their staff to a business meeting or conference, it can hire one of our coaches that matches the number of people to be transported. It can also be easier to organise the group when passengers are travelling together. Those are some of the reasons why you may need to hire coaches at our company in London. We maintain £10 million public liability insurance. For more information, you can contact our customer care services.
Coach Hire FAQs
How many people can we take in the coach?
We want to take our group to an event but are not sure where to pick everyone up from? Is that possible?
Totally possible. For example, a football match at Wembley Stadium may have a whole host of people wanting to make the journey, whether they’re football fans going to see their team on match day, going to a concert, a school group or an organised trip.
Lots of people live within driving distance of Wembley but a group travelling together may want to organise a coach rather than taking a number of cars and dealing with traffic and the restrictions around the stadium. A coach could easily pick a number of passengers up from a town like Harrow, Uxbridge or Romford, or within Central London, to take to Wembley.
It would be best to organise this well ahead of the actual match/concert day and allow for delays and restrictions on the day.
We’d like to take a group to an airport to pick someone up. Can we arrange a coach for that?
What are popular coach trips for London groups?
Popular day trip destinations can include shopping trips, whether that be a social club wanting to visit Oxford Street & Regent Street or tourists that want to shop at Westfield London in White City, or Westfield in Stratford in East London. Again, it is always worth checking the pick up/drop off/parking situation ahead of your trip.
Trips to see friends/relatives, events (ExCeL London in Royal Docks is very popular for exhibitions and conferences; a group could easily pick up colleagues/delegates in Canary Wharf, Liverpool Street, King’s Cross or Victoria), heritage trips (a whole class or year could travel to the Natural History Museum in South Kensington so a Bromley/Enfield/Ealing school would probably want a bigger vehicle for this type of journey depending on the number of pupils/teachers travelling), sightseeing trips (Tower of London – popular with all types of visitors; remember to think about the parking/drop off situation, especially congestion in the Tower Hill area, and organise the coach trip around entry times) or school trips.
Weddings are also a popular reason for people to hire a minibus/coach. Richmond and Twickenham are popular wedding venues and it’s probably best to look into your transport requirements as soon as you know your wedding date (especially within the busy summer wedding season) and guest numbers.
Obviously you’ll need to think about where you’ll collect guests from and of course where the wedding is, but it may be worth also considering whether you need transport afterwards too, back to hotels or home etc.
So how do we work out a price for our private trip?
As above, there’s a myriad of reasons and destinations people can travel to by coach/minibus so obviously the longer/more detailed your enquiry the better! Date of travel, pick up/drop off points, number of passengers travelling, time of collection, whether the vehicle will be needed all day and for how long etc.
Day trips could be local e.g. Islington office workers that need transporting to a conference in ExCeL London, Royal Docks, or longer, for example, a group of passengers in Hammersmith, Wembley or Lewisham could all be travelling to Oxford University to support someone, on a day trip, or maybe a school trip.
Longer private day trip hires outside of London can include day trips to Brighton, Windsor, Canterbury, Oxford etc, so a group could easily get the coach in Greenwich, Croydon, Stratford, Ealing etc for a trip like this.
Obviously a trip like this from say Bromley to Windsor and back is a slightly different equation to the Islington to ExCeL example above, so it is always helpful to know all details e.g. pick up and drop off (can sometimes be difficult stopping outside certain offices/hotels so helpful to agree a pick up point), are there any other stops en route, timings etc, to get the best quote possible.
