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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
International travel to the UK - coming to Melksham

Melksham is about 100 miles to the west of London - a town with a population of around 24,000. It is set in a lovely part of the country for touring, and there are many businesses based here, including the UK headquarters of a number of international companies.

This page has been prepared by the team at Well House Manor. If you're an international visitor to the UK, we would be delighted if you choose to stay with us. We're a quiet hotel specialising in welcoming business guests who are new to the UK - so we're available for advise, early and late checkins and departures, onward travel arrangements, payment by international credit cards, unlimited internet and Skype access. And we even have a range of power adaptors, and local contacts through whom we can arrange tours of the area.

• If you're arriving into London,final destination Melksham, what options are available for you?

via London (Heathrow) airport
Heathrow Airport is about 20 miles to the west of London (same side as Melksham). Your options:
1. There's a direct coach (National Express) at 18:45 from the central bus station to Melksham
2. The "Heathrow Express" train will take you London (Paddington) station
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)
3. The RailAir link coach will take you to Reading Station
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)
4. National Express Coach to Chippenham
then taxi (taxi stand at National Express sop)

via London (Gatwick) airport
Gatwick Airport is about 35 miles south of Central London. Your best choice:
Train to Reading ... connect to
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)

via London (Stansted) airport
Stanstead Airport is 45 miles north of Central London. Your best choice:
Train to Liverpool Street
Underground to Paddington
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)

via London (City) airport
London City Airport is 12 miles to the east of London (opposite side to Melksham). Your best choice:
Docklands Light Railway and Underground to Paddington
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)

via London (Luton) airport
Luton airport is about 35 miles north of Central London. Your best choice:
Shuttle bus to Luton Airport Parkway Station
Train to London (St Pancras)
Underground to Paddington
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)

via Eurostar - St Pancras Interational station in London
St Pancras station is in Central London. Your best choice:
Underground to Paddington
Train to Chippenham then taxi (or connecting bus or train - see below)

Trains run from Chippenham Station to Melksham at 06:29 and 19:01 (Monday to Friday), 15:38 and 21:44 (Saturdays) and 18:22 or 18:35 on Sundays.
Buses run from Chippenham Station to Melksham on Monday to Saturday at 15:17, 16:37, 17:35, 18:42, 19:24, 20:22 and 22:10.
These times are current as of 3rd May 2011, and are unlikely to been greatly changed for the rest of the year.

• You may find it easier to fly into BRISTOL airport rather than London. That's about 30 miles (one hour by car or taxi) to Melksham.

In all cases, you could also:

a) Arrange for a taxi / collection service to meet you at the airport. It's best to ask your hosts in Melksham to arrange that for you ahead of time, as taxis direct from the airport can be much more expensive and will not necessarily know where to take you. If you're staying at Well House Manor or on a Well House Consultants course, we'll be happy to make the booking for you, with payment to the driver on the day

b) Hire a car at the airport. Please bear in mind that in the UK we drive on the left, and that you'll be in heavy traffic from any of the London gateways listed above. You will not need a car if you're attending a course, and you shouldn't need a car if you're visiting another local business in the Melksham area - there are plenty of taxis available for you.

• if you are driving to the UK overland and arriving by ferry or through the Channel Tunnel, we have a page of driving time estimates [here].

• if you want to know what the weather will be like, see [here].

• There's a slide show - pictures of Melksham [here]
(written 2011-05-03)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
M103 - Getting to and from Well House Manor
  [814] Melksham Railway Calendar 2007 - (2006-07-25)
  [952] Coming from London to Melksham by train for a course - (2006-11-28)
  [1200] Training information - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - (2007-05-22)
  [1452] Santa on the train to Melksham - (2007-12-01)
  [1511] Buses from Well House Manor, Melksham, to Bath - (2008-01-18)
  [1802] Motorcycles welcome at Well House Manor - (2008-09-19)
  [2248] Getting home from Melksham - (2009-06-19)
  [2249] Public Transport from London to Melksham, Wiltshire - (2009-06-19)
  [2493] Melksham buses to/from Chippenham, Trowbridge, Bath, Devizes, London - (2009-11-05)
  [2634] London to and from Melksham by public transport - (2010-02-13)
  [2789] Melksham to London (Heathrow, and Central London) - (2010-06-02)
  [2791] Bath to Melksham buses - times - (2010-06-03)
  [2926] Journey times to Melksham, Wiltshire - (2010-08-17)
  [3751] Public transport for international arrivals into Melksham - (2012-06-04)
  [3752] Melksham Visitors Map - Bus routes and train lines to and from the town - (2012-06-04)
  [3849] New bus times - Melksham to Bath - (2012-08-25)
  [4174] What would the extra trains from Melksham mean to your journey? - (2013-09-15)
  [4175] An alternative format for a new train service timetable - (2013-09-15)
  [4264] Weekend breaks by train to Melksham, Wiltshire - (2014-04-19)

G101 - Well House Consultants - Getting to and from Melksham
  [40] Take the train to training - (2004-09-06)
  [154] Railway train service, Melksham station - (2004-12-17)
  [187] a popular bus number - (2005-01-23)
  [413] Save the train - (2005-08-13)
  [486] Rail services under threat - Swindon, Melksham ... and Newquay and Bicester too - (2005-11-05)
  [538] A company we can work with - (2005-12-23)
  [606] Train service from December - (2006-02-14)
  [715] First way to get rid of customers - (2006-05-09)
  [790] Shadow Transport Minister to visit Melksham - (2006-07-02)
  [796] Busy day in Melksham - (2006-07-08)
  [856] The train returns for a few weeks - (2006-09-05)
  [1085] Lawrence Webb's Melksham Taxi service - (2007-02-18)
  [1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game - (2007-11-11)
  [1567] Melksham - Swindon. Train v Bus v Car - (2008-03-07)
  [1594] Please support improvements in our train service - (2008-03-28)
  [1723] Bath - Melksham - Devizes. Bus route changes, new timetable - (2008-07-26)
  [1997] Travelling to a course - station pickups - (2009-01-16)
  [2057] Train and Coach fares from London (and airports) to Melksham - (2009-02-26)
  [2367] Learning to program - how to jump the first hurdles - (2009-08-20)
  [4168] Travelling to and from courses - much easier from December 2013 - (2013-09-08)
  [4701] Pretty at the station too - (2016-07-06)


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