Travel Information

When booking transport and travel arrangements for your son or daughter, please note that we offer a scheduled coach service, in partnership with Centurion Coaches, to London (Richmond), Heathrow Airport and Bath Spa railway station for the end of Term breaks and Exeat weekends.

Information regarding how to book the Downside transport services listed above can be found below.

Transport Available for Downside School

• Daily School Minibus 
• Centurion Coaches 
  Heathrow Airport Collection Point: A School chaperone will collect students from Terminal 3 from the designated meeting point at the collection time detailed in the termly travel information document. The designated meeting point in Terminal 3 is Caffè Nero, located near arrivals, outside security, Level 0. A map showing the location of Caffè Nero, Terminal 3, is available here.
  For flights arriving at Terminal 5, please advise your child to use the free shuttle train to travel from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3. A member of staff will be waiting at the Caffè Nero store (a link can be found above).
  This Heathrow Airport map shows where the two terminals are in relation to each other.
  Please note: the above are private coach services for pupils of Downside School only. All bookings made are a personal arrangement/contract of engagement between you as the parent or guardian, and Centurion Coaches, not with Downside School.
  
• Taxi
  Taxi transport plans must be arranged directly by parents/guardians with any business you chose. A link to a list of taxi companies near Bath is available here.
  A local taxi company, Atlas South West Ltd, offer service routes to Downside and you can make a booking directly with them via a dedicated email address they have set up for this purpose at downsidetravel@gmail.com. Atlas South West Ltd are familiar with the practice of providing transfers for Downside and have experience of collecting and delivering pupils to our site.
  Parents are advised to copy in your House Master / House Mistress to email communications so that they are fully informed of your children’s travel plans.
  Downside School is not recommending any of the taxi companies listed. All taxi bookings are a personal arrangement/contract of engagement between you as the parent or guardian, and the taxi company, not with the School.
• National Rail
• Skyscanner
• Bristol Airport
• Heathrow Airport

Downside School Responsibility Statement

The school remains in loco parentis and responsible for the pupils until they are collected by parents, guardians or parent-arranged transport. Pupils arriving or leaving on foot are the responsibility of the school until they leave the premises when parents assume responsibility. Pupils travelling on the school organised coach to/from Bath, Richmond Deer Park or Heathrow will remain under the care of school staff whilst on the coach. Parents and/or guardians assume responsibility for the pupils when they are not on the school coach, this includes the time waiting for the coach or after they have disembarked from the coach.