Commuting to central Bristol from Gloucs…

How do YOU do it?

All being well I’ll be working in Central Briz soon, but will live in Stroud/Nailsworth.

Was thinking it would be best to drive to Almondsbury/Aztec West/Bradley Stoke, park-up, get a bike out the back of the car and cycle the rest? Or get a bus into town?

Annoyingly there’s no P&R in N Bris (Shirehampton/Portway is much further down the M5).
Train from Stroud prohibitively expensive and will include a change. And take an age.

Car/bike scenario best option?

Train?

Bike to Dursley train station.

Train to Brizzle.

Bike to work.

And welcome to Stroud, let me know when you get here and we can discusss trails over a pint if you want.

And welcome to Stroud

… the local time is 1986 😉

Change the record mate it’s broken 🙄

If its actually Nailsworth, best to head down the A46 I would say, then either 1) M4/M32 or 2) carry on over M4 then cut down A420 through Wick in towards the Kingswood area of Bristol. If Stroud then yes M5 into Almondsbury or Bradley Stoke. Sorry can’t comment on parking and cycling into the centre as never tried to do that.

EDIT: Yes, welcome to Stroud by the way 🙂

Record? Out here we all use MP3

Hi Pete. Thought you were in Yate (Yah-té)?

Stroud to Temple meads by train and take the hit, and then bike the first and last bits.

Do you really want to be driving in Bristol (or anywhere near!)….. Are you sure…..

Or do what some I know do from Cheltenham, ride the whole way a couple of times a week.

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just looked on Thetrainline. £25!!!!! for a peak day return!!!!! season ticket might save some money but even so!!!! FFS, 70mile ish is what £10 in petrol ish plus parking on top but even so how the **** can they charge that much!!!!!

If its actually Nailsworth, best to head down the A46 I would say, then either 1) M4/M32

That was my route from Tetbury (I did quite a lot of work in Bristol for a few years). Leave half an hour early and it’s fine. Leave ‘on time’ and it’s not.

Hi Thurman, Moved to Stroud about 18 months ago.

I know someone doing the same commute your are contamplating. The route I have put above is the one he does.

As you have found out there is no direct train to Bristol from Stroud. Hence the Dursley option.

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just looked on Thetrainline. £25!!!!! for a peak day return!!!!!

Train from Stroud prohibitively expensive and will include a change. And take an age. 😉

Long time ago I used to do Worcester to Bristol, drove down M5 parked up off Whiteladies Road and bus down to Wine Street. Due to finishing past 12 would share a taxi back to car.

Parking restrictions have put the colleybosh on that.

It’s actually neither Stroud nor Nailsworth, but Inchbrook. The GF lives there.

I know the area quite well having spent quite a lot of time there over the last year or two. Have ridden round Cranham, Wooton etc so know ho good it is. And done a lot of walking up there, too. Nice area. Looking forward to getting the road bike out too.

But my problem is/will be the commute. Weighing up all the options right now.

Where exactly in central Bristol?

It makes all the difference, trust me….

Is parking the problem? The commute is fine, except the last mile at the end.

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Where exactly in central Bristol?

It makes all the difference, trust me….
Ah, yes…

Where exactly in central Bristol?

Unsure as yet as are there are 3 or 4 central sites, but potentially near College Green.

There is a Park and Ride in Stoke Gifford, which would be around 45 mins from Nailsworth (as others have said…via A46/M4/M32). Jeez, bummer of a commute though. You’re kinda wrong side of Stroud for the M5, otherwise I’d have said just continue on down to the Portway P&R. Easier journey by bus in the winter, but rideable (a lot traffic free…well, you can use a good stretch of footpath on the Portway if you want or use cycle/bus lane) in Spring/Summer/Autumn. Follows the river so it’s fairly level.

And, yes, where in Central Brizzle? It can make quite a bit of difference.

You’re kinda wrong side of Stroud for the M5

Not really, Horsley, Wotton-under-Edge and onto the M5 is fine.

FWIW, I used to commute from Ciren to Brizzle via Tetbury, it was fine really. I was out in Brierley Furlong though, took me about 50 mins. The other half drove into central Brizzle and parked in St Marks. Took her about an hour.

Well at least you will be on the Nailsworth/Stroud cycle path.This would get you as far as the turning off the Ebly bypass to the Stanleys and Dursley.

Two great things in Stroud = http://www.stroudbrewery.co.uk & http://www.rushskatepark.co.uk there are others. Welcome.

Not really, Horsley, Wotton-under-Edge and onto the M5 is fine.

Oh yes, true. Only ten minutes longer to Portway P&R, so do-able.

And

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And

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And

Welcome

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Inchbrook you’re still better off heading towards Nailsworth and taking one of the A46 routes or as someone else suggested Horsley, Wotton-Under-Edge and down onto M5 J14. Heading towards Stroud is going to add quite a bit to your journey time. Still can’t comment on the Brizzle end though 🙂

Have you ridden Standish/Randwick/Stockend Woods or Selsley? Stinchcombe Woods? We head out to FoD quite a lot and ride off-piste stuff out there if you fancied tagging along some time

Don’t be coming through horsley; been a landslip and the road is closed. Going to take a while according to the highways guy I spoke to.
I live between nailsworth and Horsley. The train from cam is a good option(either ride or drive to station). Or the suggestions as above.
My friend Ted James, custom frame builder has his workshop in inchbrook. Black8bikes do a Wednesday eve ride. I mince about and know the area very well if you want a look about.

or

park at Yate / Bike or train from there?

they have those regular commuter bike storage things as well at the station

mix using bike and train? Carparking at Yate station is V cheap

Cheers, All. Train from Dursley’s well worth looking into.

Don’t be coming through horsley; been a landslip and the road is closed.

I know this to be true. Been dropping the GFs son off at his workplace in Dursley some mornings.

park at Yate / Bike or train from there?

Good shout, that. Cheers, Rob.

[Edit] Actually, I think the Rob that I know is T2000… Sorry!