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Travel updates
Bateman's
PLEASE NOTE: The bus
service to Bateman’s was changed on April 29, 2015, and the authors
have not personally verified the new bus route (Bus 31). Readers
should check the TheSussexBus.com website for current information.
Based on current
information, there are two options:
(1) From London Charing Cross Rail Station, take the Southeastern
train towards Hastings Rail Station and get off at Etchingham Rail
Station (about an half and 15 minutes). It is about a four minute
walk to the bus stop which is opposite the rail station. Take Bus 31
toward Heathfield and Burwash. Bateman’s is near Burwash, and you
should tell the driver you want to exit at Bateman’s because it is
not a clearly marked stop. It is a very pretty half mile walk to the
house.
(2) From London Bridge
Rail Station, take Southern train toward Uckfield (about an half and
15 minutes). From the Uckfield Rail Station, it's two or three
minutes to the bus station. Come down the lane and go right until
there's a street crossing. On the other side of the street, continue
in same direction, and go left at first corner (just past Boot's
chemists). The bus station is just feet away. From the bus station,
take Bus 31 toward Burwash and exit at Bateman's. (You should tell
driver you want to exit at Bateman’s because the stop isn’t clearly
marked.) It is a very pretty half mile walk to the house.
Agatha
Christie's Greenway
A
direct route from
London Paddington to Paignton has been added, and there have been
changes in the Dartmouth Steam Railway schedule and in the vintage
bus schedule to Greenway:
It would be possible to
travel from London to Greenway and back in the same day, but it
would be a long day. You could take the 7:30 am First Great Western
train from London Paddington toward Paignton (which is on the South
Devon coast near Torquay) arriving at 11 a.m. The Paignton Rail
Station is adjacent to the Dartmouth Steam Railway Station which has
a 10:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. train (20 minutes) to Greenway Halt.
From there it is a very pleasant 30-minute walk to the Greenway
house. The return trip would get you back to Paignton in time for
the 4:50 or 5:45 p.m. train and a 3 1/2 hour trip back to London
(via Newton Abbot). The steam train round trip fare is £8.5.
Another alternative from Paignton to Greenway would be to catch a
vintage bus from Paignton directly to Greenway House (Tuesday
through Saturday, March 7 to October 31). The bus departs Paignton
at 10:15 am (March and October) and at 11 am (April through
September) from the bus stop on the seaward side of the road on
Paignton Seafront opposite the new play park. This would be about a
20-minute walk from the rail station. The fare is Adult £12 and
Child £8.
Hatfield House
The train to Hatfield
House has had a name change. You now catch the Great Northern train
to Hatfield Station.
St.
Michael's Mount
To get from Penzance to
Marazion (and St. Michael's Mount) you take Bus 2, 17 or 300.
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