--- title: "Bristol to Alweston – 3 ways by car, bus, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Bristol to Alweston is 59 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 36m. Cheapest: drive from £8. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-alweston" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-alweston.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Bristol to Alweston [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Alweston) [Alweston to Bristol](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/alweston-to-bristol) **Fastest:** 1h 36m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £8\ by car\ **Distance:** 59 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 3 ways, Fri 23 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 59 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 23 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 1h quicker than the bus and £80 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 36m£8–10 Estimated 85 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Alweston) - [**Bus** 2h 36m£72–105 Estimated 3 departures · First Bristol, Bath & the West](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Alweston) - [**Taxi** 1h 36m£120–170 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Alweston) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:42 → 11:18 2h 36m · 1 change · First Bristol, Bath & the West 376£72–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Bristol&to=Alweston&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [09:42 → 12:18 2h 36m · 1 change · First Bristol, Bath & the West 376£72–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Bristol&to=Alweston&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 3. [11:43 → 14:19 2h 36m · 1 change · First Bristol, Bath & the West 376£72–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Bristol&to=Alweston&date=2026-10-23&time=08%3A00&it=t3) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Bristol to Alweston? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 36m door to door. The straight-line distance is 59 km. What is the cheapest way from Bristol to Alweston? Drive is the cheapest, from £8. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How much is the bus from Bristol to Alweston? Buses take about 2h 36m and cost £72–105 depending on operator and seat type. 3 departures appear in today's timetable window. How far is Alweston from Bristol by road? About 85 km, roughly 1h 36m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £8–10; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - First Bristol - Bath & the West Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Alweston Village in Dorset, England Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. It lies just off the A3030 road, with Haydon to the north, North Wootton to the west, Caundle Marsh to the southeast and Folke to the south. [The Alweston guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/alweston) [Hotels in Alweston Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-alweston, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt