Departure Points

Convenient Local Joining Points

Join your coach at your nearest joining point – we’ve hundreds to choose from throughout England, Scotland and Wales and to make sure your journey to the port is as direct as possible we guarantee this will be a maximum of five stops (excluding comfort stops, service areas, motorway junction points and trunk road pick up points) to pick up other passengers – then travel to Stop 24 Services to meet your tour coach.

On Silver Service and Luxuria tours, for operational reasons, your transfer coach journey may be by Executive, Silver Service or Luxuria coach. Your tour coach, which you will join at Stop 24 services, will be a Silver Service or Luxuria vehicle, depending on which you have booked.

Find your pickup point by region

Please note some pick up points incur supplements (prices in brackets)

England pick up points


Pick up times approximately 6:30-8:30am.

  • Bristol

Pick up times approximately 9:00-11:00am.

  • Bedford (£15)
  • Biggleswade (£20)
  • Leighton Buzzard (£20)
  • Luton
  • Toddington Services

Pick up times approximately 9:30-11:00am.

  • Bracknell (£15)
  • Chieveley Services
  • Maidenhead
  • Newbury (£15)
  • Reading
  • Slough

Pick up times approximately 9:00-11:00am.

  • Cambridge
  • Ely (£20)
  • Huntingdon
  • March (£20)
  • Peterborough (Centre)
  • Peterborough Services
  • Soham (£20)
  • St. Neots (£20)
  • Wisbech (£20)

Pick up times approximately 5:00-7:00am.

  • Altrincham
  • Chester
  • Chester Services
  • Crewe
  • Knutsford Services
  • Lymm Services
  • Macclesfield (£30)
  • Nantwich (£20)
  • Northwich (£15)
  • Runcorn
  • Sale
  • Sandbach Services
  • Stockport
  • Warrington

Pick up times approximately 4:00-5:30am.

  • Billingham (£15)
  • Guisborough (£15)
  • Hartlepool
  • Middlesbrough
  • Redcar (£20)
  • Stockton

Pick up times approximately 3:00-4:00am.

  • Bodmin (£20)
  • Camborne (£30)
  • Falmouth (£30)
  • Hayle (£30)
  • Helston (£30)
  • Launceston (£20)
  • Liskeard (£20)
  • Newquay (£30)
  • Penzance (£40)
  • Redruth (£30)
  • Saltash (£20)
  • St. Austell
  • Truro (£30 supplement)

Pick up times approximately 3:30-5:30am.

  • Bishop Auckland (£15)
  • Chester Le Street (£15)
  • Consett (£20)
  • Darlington
  • Durham
  • Newton Aycliffe (£15)
  • Peterlee (£15)
  • Spennymoor (£20)
  • Stanley (£20)

Pick up times approximately 3:00-4:00am.

  • Barrow in Furness (£50)
  • Carlisle (£50)
  • Kendal
  • Penrith (£40)
  • Whitehaven (£50)
  • Workington (£50)

Pick up times approximately 6:30-8:30am.

  • Alfreton (£15)
  • Belper (£20)
  • Chesterfield
  • Derby
  • Donington Park Services
  • Dronfield (£15)
  • Heanor (£15)
  • Ilkeston (£15)
  • Long Eaton (£15)
  • Ripley (£15)
  • Swadlincote (£20)
  • Tibshelf Services

Pick up times approximately 4:00-6:00am.

  • Barnstaple (£30)
  • Dawlish (£15)
  • Exeter
  • Ilfracombe (£30)
  • Newton Abbot
  • Okehampton (£30)
  • Paignton (£15)
  • Plymouth
  • Sidmouth (£20)
  • Tavistock (£30)
  • Tiverton (£20)
  • Torquay (£15)

Pick up times approximately 5:00-7:00am.

  • Bournemouth
  • Bridport (£20)
  • Christchurch (£15)
  • Dorchester (£15)
  • Poole (£15)
  • Weymouth (£15)
  • Wimborne Minster (£15)

Pick up times approximately 9:30-12:00noon.

  • Basildon
  • Birchanger Green Services
  • Braintree (£20)
  • Brentwood
  • Chelmsford
  • Clacton On Sea (£15)
  • Colchester
  • Epping (£20)
  • Halstead (£20)
  • Harlow
  • Ilford (£20)
  • Loughton
  • Rayleigh (£20)
  • Romford
  • Southend (£20)
  • Thurrock Services
  • Witham

Pick up times approximately 6:30-8:30am.

  • Cheltenham (£15)
  • Cirencester (£15)
  • Gloucester (£15)
  • Severn View Services
  • Stroud (£15)

Pick up times approximately 6:30-9:30am.

  • Aldershot (£20)
  • Andover (£20)
  • Basingstoke
  • Cosham (£15)
  • Eastleigh
  • Fareham
  • Farnborough (£15)
  • Fleet
  • Gosport (£15)
  • Havant
  • Portsmouth
  • Ringwood
  • Romsey (£15)
  • Southampton
  • Totton (£15)
  • Waterlooville (£20)
  • Winchester (£15)

Pick up times approximately 5:00-7:00am.

  • Bromsgrove (£15)
  • Hereford (£15)
  • Kidderminster (£15)
  • Leominster (£30)
  • Malvern (£20)
  • Redditch (£15)
  • Ross on Wye (£20)
  • Worcester (£15)

Pick up times approximately 9:00-11:00am.

  • Barnet (£15)
  • Borehamwood (£20)
  • Cheshunt
  • Hatfield (£15)
  • Hemel Hempstead
  • Hertford (£20)
  • Hoddesdon (£20)
  • Letchworth (£15)
  • Rickmansworth (£20)
  • Royston (£20)
  • South Mimms Services
  • St. Albans (£20)
  • Stevenages (£15)
  • Ware (£20)
  • Watford
  • Welwyn Garden City (£15)

Pick up times approximately 11:30am-1:00pm.

  • Ashford
  • Bexleyheath (£15)
  • Bromley (£15)
  • Canterbury
  • Chatham (£15)
  • Clacket Lane Services
  • Dover Eastern Docks
  • Dartford
  • Gillingham (£15)
  • Gravesend
  • Maidstone
  • Maidstone Services
  • Medway Pavilion Services
  • Orpington
  • Rochester (£15)
  • Sittingbourne (£15)
  • Stop 24 Services
  • Strood (£15)
  • Swanley (£20)
  • Tunbridge Wells (£15)

Pick up times approximately 4:00-6:00am.

  • Accrington (£15)
  • Ashton Under Lyne
  • Blackburn
  • Blackpool
  • Bolton
  • Burnley (£15)
  • Bury
  • Chorley (£15)
  • Cleveleys (£15)
  • Lancaster
  • Leigh (£15)
  • Leyland (£15)
  • Lytham (£15)
  • Manchester
  • Morecambe (£15)
  • Nelson (£15)
  • Oldham
  • Preston
  • Rawtenstall (£15)
  • Rochdale
  • Wigan

Pick up times approximately 8:00-10:00am.

  • Ashby De La Zouch (£20)
  • Coalville (£15)
  • Hinckley (£15)
  • Leicester (Braunstone)
  • Leicester (Centre)
  • Leicester Forest East Services
  • Loughborough (£15)
  • Lutterworth (£15)
  • Market Harborough (£15)
  • Melton Mowbray (£30)
  • Oakham (£20)

Pick up times approximately 5:00-7:00am.

  • Boston (£20)
  • Bourne (£20)
  • Cleethorpes (£20)
  • Gainsborough (£20)
  • Grantham
  • Grimsby (£20)
  • Horncastle (£30)
  • Lincoln (£15)
  • Louth (£30)
  • Scunthorpe
  • Skegness (£30)
  • Sleaford (£20)
  • Spalding (£20)
  • Stamford

Pick up times approximately 10:00-11:00am.

  • Barking (£20)
  • Dagenham (£20)
  • Enfield
  • Harrow (£20)
  • Hornchurch (£20)
  • Hounslow
  • London Victoria
  • New Malden (£20)
  • Surbiton (£20)
  • Twickenham (£20)
  • Uxbridge

Pick up times approximately 4:00-5:30am.

  • Birkenhead
  • Bootle (£15)
  • Ellesmere Port (£15)
  • Formby
  • Liverpool
  • Prescot (£15)
  • Southport (£15)
  • St. Helens
  • Wallasey (£15)

Pick up times for this region are approximately 6:30-8:30am.

  • Attleborough (£15)
  • Diss (£20)
  • Downham Market (£20)
  • Gorleston (£15)
  • Great Yarmouth (£15)
  • Kings Lynn (£20)
  • Norwich
  • Thetford (£15)
  • Wymondham (£20)

Pick up times for this region are approximately 8:00-10:00am.

  • Corby (£15)
  • Kettering (£15)
  • Northampton
  • Rothersthorpe Services
  • Rushden (£15)
  • Towcester (£20)
  • Watford Gap Services
  • Wellingborough (£15)

Pick up times approximately 4:00-5:30am.

  • Cramlington (£30)

Pick up times approximately 6:30-8:30am.

  • Arnold (£15)
  • Beeston (£15)
  • Blyth Services
  • Hucknall (£15)
  • Mansfield
  • Newark
  • Nottingham
  • Retford (£15)
  • Sutton in Ashfield (£15)
  • Worksop

Pick up times approximately 10:00-11:00am.

  • Abingdon (£20)
  • Banbury
  • Chipping Norton (£20)
  • Didcot (£20)
  • Oxford
  • Witney (£20)

Pick up times approximately 6:30-8:30am.

  • Ludlow (£30)
  • Oswestry (£15)
  • Shrewsbury
  • Telford

Pick up times approximately 6:00-9:00am.

  • Bath
  • Bridgwater
  • Clevedon (£15)
  • Frome (£30)
  • Gordano Services
  • Ilminster (£30)
  • Sedgemoor Services
  • Taunton
  • Weston-super-Mare (£15)
  • Yeovil (£20)

Pick up times approximately 7:00-8:30am.

  • Burton Upon Trent (£15)
  • Cannock (£15)
  • Hilton Park Services
  • Leek (£15)
  • Lichfield
  • Newcastle under Lyme
  • Rugeley (£20)
  • Stafford (£15)
  • Tamworth (£15)
  • Uttoxeter (£15)

Pick up times approximately 7:00-8:30am.

  • Beccles (£20)
  • Bury St. Edmunds (£20)
  • Felixstowe (£20)
  • Ipswich
  • Lowestoft (£15)
  • Mildenhall (£20)
  • Newmarket (£20)
  • Stowmarket (£15)
  • Sudbury (£20)

Pick up times approximately 9:30-12:00noon.

  • Camberley (£15)
  • Caterham (£15)
  • Chertsey (£20)
  • Cobham Services
  • Croydon
  • Dorking (£20)
  • Epsom (£15)
  • Godalming (£15)
  • Guildford
  • Leatherhead
  • Redhill
  • Staines (£15)
  • Sutton (£15)
  • Woking (£15)

Pick up times approximately 9:30-12:00noon.

  • Bexhill on Sea (£20)
  • Bognor Regis (£15)
  • Brighton
  • Burgess Hill (£20)
  • Chichester
  • Crawley (£15)
  • Eastbourne (£15)
  • Hailsham (£20)
  • Hastings (£20)
  • Haywards Heath (£20)
  • Horsham (£20)
  • Lewes (£20)
  • Littlehampton (£20)
  • Pease Pottage Services
  • Seaford (£20)
  • Worthing

Pick up times approximately 3:30-5:30am.

  • Gateshead
  • Gosforth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • South Shields (£15)
  • Sunderland
  • Wallsend (£15)
  • Washington
  • Whitley Bay (£15)

Pick up times approximately 8:00-10:00am.

  • Atherstone (£20)
  • Bedworth (£20)
  • Coventry
  • Nuneaton (£15)
  • Rugby
  • Stratford Upon Avon (£20)
  • Warwick

Pick up times approximately 7:00-8:30am.

  • Birmingham (Centre)
  • Birmingham (NEC)
  • Dudley (£15)
  • Frankley Services
  • Halesowen (£15)
  • Oldbury (£15)
  • Solihull (£15)
  • Stourbridge (£15)
  • Sutton Coldfield
  • Walsall
  • West Bromwich (£15)
  • Wolverhampton

Pick up times approximately 8:00-10:00am.

  • Caln (£30)
  • Chippenham
  • Devizes (£30)
  • Leigh Delamere Services
  • Membury Services
  • Salisbury (£30)
  • Swindon
  • Trowbridge (£30)
  • Warminster (£30)

Pick up times approximately 4:00-6:00am.

  • Beverley (£15)
  • Bridlington (£15)
  • Cottingham (£15)
  • Driffield (£20)
  • Goole (£15)
  • Hull

Pick up times approximately 4:00-6:00am.

  • Harrogate
  • Knaresborough (£15)
  • Northallerton (£20)
  • Pickering (£20)
  • Ripon (£15)
  • Scarborough (£15)
  • Selby (£15)
  • Skipton (£20)
  • Tadcaster (£15)
  • Thirsk (£20)
  • Whitby (£20)
  • York

Pick up times approximately 5:00-7:00am.

  • Barnsley
  • Chapeltown (£20)
  • Doncaster
  • Doncaster (North) Services
  • Mexborough (£15)
  • Rotherham
  • Sheffield
  • Woodall Services

Pick up times approximately 4:00-6:30am.

  • Bradford
  • Brighouse (£15)
  • Castleford (£15)
  • Dewsbury
  • Ferrybridge
  • Halifax
  • Huddersfield (£15)
  • Keighley (£15)
  • Leeds
  • Otley (£20)
  • Pontefract (£15)
  • Pudsey (£15)
  • Wakefield
  • Wetherby

Wales pick up points


Pick up times approximately 3:30-5:30am.

  • Abergele (£15)
  • Bangor (£20)
  • Colwyn Bay (£20)
  • Llandudno Junction (£20)
  • Llangefni (£20)
  • Mold (£15)
  • Prestatyn (£15)
  • Rhyl (£15)
  • Wrexham

Pick up times approximately 3:00-7:00am.

Please note: For locations that incur a supplement, you will be transferred to one of our main pick-up points shown in bold.

  • Aberdare (£20)
  • Abergavenny (£20)
  • Abertillery (£20)
  • Ammanford (£20)
  • Barry (£15)
  • Blackwood (£15)
  • Bridgend
  • Caerphilly (£15)
  • Caldicot (£20)
  • Cardiff
  • Cardiff West Services
  • Carmarthen (£15)
  • Chepstow (£15)
  • Cwmbran
  • Ebbw Vale (£20)
  • Gorseinon (£15)
  • Haverfordwest (£40)
  • Llanelli
  • Maesteg (£20)
  • Merthyr Tydfil (£15)
  • Milford Haven (£40)
  • Neath
  • Newport
  • Penarth (£20)
  • Pontypool (£20)
  • Pontypridd (£20)
  • Port Talbot
  • Porth (£20)
  • Porthcawl (£20)
  • Swansea
  • Tenby (£40)
  • Tonypandy (£20)
  • Tredegar (£20)
  • Treharris (£20)

Scotland pick up points


Pick up times approximately 10:00pm-2:00am.

Please note: Departures from Scotland may travel to England via National Express or Megabus.

  • Aberdeen (£50)
  • Dundee (£50)
  • Edinburgh (£50)
  • Glasgow (£50)
  • Inverness (£50)
  • Perth (£50)

FAQ's about our coaches

Departure times given for each region are approximate. Please check your travel documents to confirm the actual timings.

Front row seats can be reserved for £14pp (up to 6 days duration), £22pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £25pp (9 days duration and over) on all European tours. In addition to this seats on the second row can be reserved for £7pp (up to 6 days duration), £14pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £15pp (9 days duration and over). This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on feeder journeys to/from the U.K. port. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law. Central view seats are free.

Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.

If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.

Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.

We guarantee that all passengers on the same booking will be seated together on the main tour coach. Seats on the feeder coaches to and from the U.K. port are not allocated.
Hot and cold drinks are served on the main tour coaches. Prices are approximately £1 or 1.25 Euro per drink. Prices will be confirmed by the driver. Drinks may also be served on the feeder coaches but this is not guaranteed.

Feeder vehicles are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure and will depend on where passengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.

With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.

All main tour coaches have on-board toilets. Feeder vehicles to and from the U.K. port may not have on-board toilets. When non-British coaches are used on transfers and tours (air holidays only) an on-board toilet may not be available. However, comfort stops will be made during long journeys.
All coaches feature air-conditioning. Should the air-conditioning system break down for a period exceeding 12 hours, compensation will be awarded up to a maximum of £10 per fare-paying passenger per tour.
Depending on the location of your pickup point, you may be picked up by coach (not necessarily the on you are touring on), minibus, taxi, National Express or Megabus service. You may then be taken to another centralised pickup location or service station. We operate a passenger interchange at Stop 24 Services, where you will meet the tour coach you are holidaying on and then continue on with your outbound journey. Similarly, on the way home, you may also change transfer vehicles at another location, to take you to your final drop off point.
All our coaches and transfer vehicles operate a 'no smoking on board policy'. The use of electronic cigarettes is strictly forbidden.
In the interest of fellow guests, do not take hot food or ice cream on board.
alcohol can only be taken on board our vehicles at the discretion of your driver.

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