Bath is the closest city to Avebury by some distance — under an hour across the downs. That makes the Bath departures the shortest guided days available, and it means almost all of the day is spent out of the vehicle rather than on the motorway.
North Parade at quarter past eight, sixteen seats, and both circles plus Castle Combe and Lacock in nine hours. The cheapest guided way to the stones.
From $103 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your Bath hotel to Stonehenge, the circle, the long barrow and Silbury Hill in eight and a half hours, in a car for six. Non-refundable, so fix the date.
From $1,513 per group, up to 6
Final sale — this one is not refundable, so fix your date before you book.
Two very different days from the same city: a sixteen-seat minibus at the lowest fare anywhere, and a private car for six. Check live dates.
Check AvailabilityA nine-hour circuit of north Wiltshire that starts and ends in the city. Because the drive to the stones is under an hour, the day is built around stops rather than around distance, and both departures give you the same ninety minutes inside the circle.
Where they differ is what fills the rest of it. The small-group day goes west into the Cotswolds for Castle Combe and Lacock before turning onto the downs. The private car goes south to Stonehenge and then works the Neolithic landscape: the long barrow, Silbury Hill and the henge.
Under an hour each way against two from London. On a nine-hour day that is roughly two extra hours out of the vehicle, and it is the single strongest argument for basing yourself here if you have the choice.
The small-group day is $103 per person, which is the cheapest guided way to reach Avebury from anywhere. It is also the most-reviewed of all the departures, by a wide margin.
One is villages and stones, the other is stones and more stones. Most cities offer variations on one theme; Bath offers a real choice between a Cotswolds day and a Neolithic one.
North Parade is a ten-minute walk from Bath Spa station, so the day works as an add-on to a rail trip without a hotel change.
These two are the whole of the Bath offer, and they are opposites: sixteen seats at $103 a head against a car for six at a single fare. Everything else follows from that.
| Small-group day | Private car | |
|---|---|---|
| Departure | North Parade, 8:15am | Your Bath hotel, 8:30am |
| Length | 9 hours | 8 hours 30 minutes |
| At Avebury | 1 hour 30 | 1 hour 30 |
| Also visits | Castle Combe, Lacock, Stonehenge | Stonehenge, West Kennet Long Barrow, Silbury Hill |
| Group | Up to 16 | Private, up to 6 |
| Fare | $103 per person | $1,514 per group |
| Cancellation | Free to 24 hours | Final sale, no refund |
Under an hour to the stones, ninety minutes among them, and the shortest guided day to Avebury that anyone runs.
Check AvailabilityYou get the transport and a guide on both. The private day adds hotel pickup, parking fees and the Avebury car park charge; the small-group day adds two Cotswold villages.
You don't get the Stonehenge entrance fee on either, or lunch on either. Avebury itself costs nothing, so the Stonehenge ticket is the only admission you will buy on the day — and buying it at the gate costs more than booking ahead, as the visiting page explains.
Fares: $103 per person, or $1,514 per vehicle for up to six. Departure: 8:15am from 1 North Parade for the minibus, 8:30am from your hotel for the private car. Length: nine hours and eight and a half hours respectively.
Age limits: the small-group day takes children of seven and over; the private day takes twelve and over. Both are firm operator rules rather than guidance, and they are the first thing to check if you are travelling as a family — see Avebury with kids.
Anyone staying in London. Getting to Bath to take a Bath tour is a two-hour train each way on top of the day, and the London departures exist precisely to avoid that. Three of them include the Stonehenge ticket, which neither Bath day does.
Anyone who wants a long stay at the stones should also look elsewhere: both Bath days give ninety minutes, and the Glastonbury departure gives four hours. And if your dates might move, note that the private Bath day is a final sale with no refund — the departures with a 24-hour refund are marked in the Avebury tours comparison.
Comparing Bath against the other starting points? Avebury Tours lists every departure, and how to choose an Avebury tour works through the four things that actually separate them.