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Great West Way Discoverer

The Great West Way Discoverer travel pass gives you unlimited rail travel along a 200km- (125 mile)-long touring route between London and Bristol. 

The Great West Way touring route follows ancient routes (and Kingdom Isambard Brunel’s pioneering railway) between London and Bristol taking in idyllic countryside, lovely villages and historic towns and cities including Bath, Salisbury and Windsor.

The travel pass includes both rail and bus routes and it is possible to buy a pass for the complete route or just the eastern or western section. 

 AdultDiscountChild
Global pass – 7 days£239£215.10£119.50
East pass – 1 day£69£62.10£34.50
East pass – 7 days£159£143.10£79.50
West pass – 1 day£24£21.60£12
West pass – 7 days£69£62.10£34.50
Discount fare applied to holders of 16–25 Railcard, Two Together Railcard, Family & Friends Railcard, Senior Railcard, Disabled Persons Railcard and HM Forces Railcard.

Great West Way Discoverer pass

Great West Way Discoverer Global

The global Great West Way Discoverer pass covers the entire touring route between London and Bristol and it allows you to travel from either London Paddington or London Waterloo railway stations. It includes travel on trains operated by Great Western Railway and South Western Railway and includes the Thames branch lines to Henley-on-Thames and Windsor and Eton and it allows you to visit Amesbury, Andover, Avebury, Basingstoke, Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Bristol, Devizes, Marlborough, Oxford, Reading, Salisbury and Swindon.

It also includes travel on several bus routes including:

  • Thames Travel routes X2 and X32 between Oxford and Wantage (via Didcot Parkway)
  • Thames Travel River Rapids services (routes X38, X39 AND X40) between Reading and Oxford stopping en route in Henley-on-Thames and Wallingford.
  • Salisbury Reds X5 services (Salisbury–Amesbury–Pewsey–Marlborough–Swindon)
  • Stagecoach 49 Trans Wilts Express (Swindon–Trowbridge)
  • Stagecoach Gold 55 (Swindon–Royal Wootton Bassett–Chippenham)
  • Stagecoach Gold S6 (Swindon–Faringdon–Oxford)
  • Stagecoach routes 80 and 81 (Swindon–Marlborough)
  • Green Line bus routes 702 and 703 between Windsor and Heathrow Airport (stopping en route at Legoland Windsor)
  • local Reading Buses services except Greenwave, Kennections and football and special event services, and 
  • all First West of England buses except the Bristol Flyer

Great West Way Discoverer East

The eastern section of the Great West Way Discoverer pass lets you travel between London and Salisbury or Swindon and it allows you to travel from either London Paddington or London Waterloo railway stations. It includes travel on trains operated by Great Western Railway and South Western Railway and includes the Thames branch lines to Henley-on-Thames and Windsor and Eton and it allows you to visit Amesbury, Andover, Avebury, Basingstoke, Marlborough, Oxford, Reading, Salisbury and Swindon.

It also includes travel on several bus routes including:

  • Thames Travel routes X2 and X32 between Oxford and Wantage (via Didcot Parkway)
  • Thames Travel River Rapids services (routes X38, X39 AND X40) between Reading and Oxford stopping en route in Henley-on-Thames and Wallingford.
  • Salisbury Reds X5 services (Salisbury–Amesbury–Pewsey–Marlborough–Swindon)
  • Stagecoach Gold S6 (Swindon–Faringdon–Oxford)
  • Stagecoach routes 80 and 81 (Swindon–Marlborough)
  • Green Line bus routes 702 and 703 between Windsor and Heathrow Airport (stopping en route at Legoland Windsor), and
  • local Reading Buses services except Greenwave, Kennections and football and special event services

Great West Way Discoverer West

The western section of the Great West Way Discoverer pass covers the western end of the touring route allowing you to travel from Bristol to Salisbury and Swindon. It includes travel on trains operated by Great Western Railway and South Western Railway and allows you to visit Amesbury, Avebury, Bath, Bradford-on-Avon, Bristol, Devizes, Marlborough, Salisbury and Swindon.

It also includes travel on several bus routes including:

  • Salisbury Reds X5 services (Salisbury–Amesbury–Pewsey–Marlborough–Swindon)
  • Stagecoach 49 Trans Wilts Express (Swindon–Trowbridge)
  • Stagecoach Gold 55 (Swindon–Royal Wootton Bassett–Chippenham)
  • Stagecoach Gold S6 (Swindon–Faringdon–Oxford)
  • Stagecoach routes 80 and 81 (Swindon–Marlborough), and 
  • all First West of England buses except the Bristol Flyer

The Great West Way Discoverer pass lets you travel on trains operated by the following companies:

Great Western Railway (GWR) South Western Railway