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West Coast Lodges Scotland Argyll & West Coast Travel and Tourist Guide
Journey by train or plane to the Loch Caolisport, Argyll
Is the long journey from the south the only issue holding you back from a holiday in the Argyll & Bute region? If this is the case there are many interesting travel options, should you really want to avoid the long drive from the South.
Rail
Glasgow Central and Queen Street stations are served by direct Anglo / Scottish train services. 1. There are regular (almost every hour) day trains between London Euston and Glasgow Central between 0700 and 1800 hours (4/5 hours approx journey time) Also....a daily direct sleeper service operated by Scotrail from London Euston departing around (2345 hours) calling at intermediate stations via Watford, Birmingham, Crewe. Preston delivering you "bright and breezy" in Glasgow Central at (approx 0700 hours) and a corresponding return service departing from Glasgow Central (approx 2345 hours) arriving London Euston at around 0700 hours). 2. There is also a regular service operated by GNER from London Kings Cross calling at intermediate stations via Huntingdon, Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Newcastle to Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street (5 hours approx journey time) More information is available through national rail enquiries Tel 08457 484950 and their website
Air There are 2 airports serving Glasgow, Strathclyde and Ayrshire
Glasgow (Paisley) Airport
Has a major airport taking regular service flights from the following... British airways Tel 0870 850 9850 who operate to/from Aberdeen, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Isle of Man, Leeds/ Bradford, Manchester, Plymouth, Southampton, London City, Gatwick, Heathrow. Easy Jet Tel 0870 6 000 000 who operate to/from Amsterdam, Belfast, Bristol, East Midlands, London Luton and Stansted. British Midland (BMI) Tel 0870 607 0555 who operate to/from Leeds, Manchester, London Heathrow, East Midlands, Copenhagen and Flybe Tel 0871 700 0123 who operate to/from Exeter, Southampton, Belfast and Birmingham
Car Hire Car hire from as little as £99 a week from the following...all desks located within the airport. Hertz, Avis, Europcar, National, Alamo, Budget and Enterprise
Prestwick (Ayrshire) Airport Just 32 miles from Glasgow has an airport taking regular service flights from the following.... Ryanair Tel 0871 246 0000 operate to/from Bournemouth, Frankfurt, London Stansted, Dublin, Paris and Stockholm. British Midland Tel 0870 607 0555 operate to/from Cardiff.
Car Hire Car hire from as little as £99 a week from the following...all desks located within the airport. Hertz 01292 511 281 National 01292 671 222 Avis 01292 477 218 Europcar +44 (0)1292 678 198
To the Loch Caolisport Argyll
To reach Loch Caolisport from Glasgow International Airport follow the M8 to the Erskine Bridge, cross this bridge and take the A82 westbound (left hand turn) and continue on the A82 to Tarbet then take the A83 towards Campbelltown. Follow this road passing through, Arrochar, Cairndow, Inverary to Lochgilphead Leave Lochgilphead on the A83 in the direction of Campbeltown, turn right two miles after Ardrishaig onto the B8024 signposted Kilberry, turn right, five miles later onto the unclassified road signposted Ellary. (approx 120 minutes minutes journey time from Glasgow)
N.B. All travel information listed is intended as a guide only and we recommend that you contact personally any of the companies you intend travelling or hiring with through, the word hyper links we have provided.
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