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Visit Longborough Festival Opera car-free
Travel a greener way and enjoy a free tea or coffee.
It’s easy to visit Longborough Festival Opera car-free, as it is located on the edge of Longborough.
From Moreton-in-Marsh train station, you can choose to:
- Book a shuttle bus (15 mins)
- Book a taxi (15 mins)
- Book an on-demand bus
- Walk (60 mins)
- Cycle (30 mins)
Check out our recommended route (below) and then use our journey planner (above) for door-to-door train, bus and walking routes.
Discount: Enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee with a valid train ticket, bus ticket, bike helmet, or evidence of your walk.
For money-saving tips see our handy guides to trains and buses or travel in Gloucestershire.
A Cotswolds Discoverer Pass gives you unlimited local travel by train and Stagecoach bus services (not to Longborough).
An Oxfordshire Day Ranger train ticket is valid between Oxford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Reading and Banbury.
View quaint hills and hear them narrated with an audio tour on the Cotswold Line from Hereford via Malvern, Charlbury (Brunel’s Italianate station), or Oxford to Moreton-in-Marsh.
View streams, fields and limestone villages from bus 801, which runs between Cheltenham and Chipping Norton via Moreton-in-Marsh.
A heritage bus tour offers hop-on-hop-off options with discounts at places en-route between Minster Lovell (Witney) and Moreton-in-Marsh.
Kids’ activities are available at Platform Rail.
Bikes can be hired from Cotswold Cycles or TY Cycles who both deliver. Bike spaces can be reserved on GWR trains. The opera is about a 30-minute cycle from Moreton-in-Marsh train station. Plan your cycle route here.
Walk from Moreton-in-Marsh train station to Longborough Festival Opera with the map and instructions on the website, mostly following the Monarch’s Way. Here’s another map for good measure.
Footpath the Donnington Way passes the opera. Heart of England Way and Evenlode also go through Longborough village.
Taxis to book are recommended on the opera website: A2B – 07949 270340,
Cotswold – 07710 117471 or Jay – 07554 424793. The Robin on-demand or flexi-bus can also be booked.
Find accessibility information for buses and trains and Longborough Festival Opera. The Traveline South West website and app offers some step-free journey-planning. Moreton-in-Marsh train station has step-free access and toilets.
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Get updated bus information with web or app or by texting the stop code to: 84268.
Getting to Longborough Festival Opera car-free
Here's our recommended route to Longborough Festival Opera. To get bus and train times and walking routes use our journey planner.
By train
There are direct trains to Moreton-in-Marsh from:
- Cotswolds Line + audio guide: Charlbury (15 mins), Evesham (15 mins), Great Malvern (60 mins), Hereford (95 mins), Ledbury (80 mins), Oxford (35 mins), Worcestershire Parkway (25 mins), Worcester Shrub Hill (30 mins).
- London line + audio guide: Didcot Parkway (55 mins), London Paddington (85 mins), Reading (55 mins).
- From Birmingham you can change at Worcester (30 mins).
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(The train station is close to a mini-supermarket and a short walk into town).
You now have 4 options:
Book the shuttle bus The Hedgehog in advance via the website. This takes about 15 minutes.
Book a taxi recommended on the website: A2B – 07949 270340, Cotswold – 07710 117471 or Jay – 07554 424793. This takes about 15 minutes.
Book the on-demand bus / flexi-bus The Robin and check the operating times.
Walk using the map and instructions on the website, which mostly follow the Monarch’s Way. This takes about 60 minutes.
About Longborough Festival Opera
Longborough Festival Opera offers a summer of world-class opera in a purpose-built theatre, nestled in a beautiful Cotswold village just minutes away from Stow-on-the-Wold.
Longborough is perfect for both newcomers and opera veterans: a high-quality experience in lovely surroundings. Bring a picnic for the interval and enjoy the spectacular views, or make your visit extra special by dining in the on-site restaurant.
For any queries about visiting contact Longborough Festival Opera on 01451 830292 or [email protected]
Address: Longborough Festival Opera, New Banks Fee, Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0QF. Visit Website