--- title: "London to Holnest – 4 ways by train, car, bus | Mixroutes" description: "London to Holnest is 179 km. Fastest: train in 2h 35m. Cheapest: drive from £19. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-holnest" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-holnest.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from London to Holnest [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Holnest) [Holnest to London](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/holnest-to-london) **Fastest:** 2h 35m\ by train, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £19\ by car\ **Distance:** 179 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 11\ 4 ways, Sun 25 Oct\ ## 4 ways to travel 179 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 25 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 25 min quicker than driving for £18 more; for most people the time is worth more. - [**Train** best fastest Least hassle 2h 35m£20–160 Estimated 7 departures · South Western Railway](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Holnest) - [**Drive** cheapest 2h 59m£19–25 Estimated 208 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Holnest) - [**Bus** 5h 50m£56–111 Estimated 4 departures · National Express](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Holnest) - [**Taxi** 2h 59m£290–415 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Holnest) 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](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. [08:09 → 10:44 2h 35m · direct · South Western Railway SWR£37–126](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [08:52 → 14:42 5h 50m · 2 changes · National Express 040£57–95](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 3. [09:09 → 11:44 2h 35m · direct · South Western Railway SWR£37–126](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 4. [09:52 → 15:42 5h 50m · 2 changes · FlixBus-gb FlixBus UK046£56–92](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 5. [10:09 → 12:44 2h 35m · direct · South Western Railway SWR£37–126](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t4) 6. [10:25 → 13:13 2h 48m · 1 change · GWR£57–160](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t5) 7. [10:32 → 16:42 6h 10m · 2 changes · National Express 040£65–107](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t6) 8. [11:22 → 20:29 9h 7m · 3 changes · FlixBus-gb FlixBus UK045£62–111](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Holnest&date=2026-10-25&time=08%3A00&it=t8) 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 London to Holnest? The fastest way is by train: about 2h 35m door to door. The straight-line distance is 179 km. What is the cheapest way from London to Holnest? Drive is the cheapest, from £19. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from London to Holnest? Yes. Today's timetable shows 3 direct trains, the fastest taking 2h 35m. Fares run £20–160 across classes. How much is the bus from London to Holnest? Buses take about 5h 50m and cost £56–111 depending on operator and seat type. 4 departures appear in today's timetable window. How far is Holnest from London by road? About 208 km, roughly 2h 59m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £19–25; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - South Western Railway - GWR Buses - National Express - First Bristol - Bath & the West - FlixBus-gb - Stagecoach South West - South Western Railway - South West Coaches Metro - London Underground (TfL) Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Holnest Village and civil parish in Dorset, England Holnest is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Sherborne. It is a scattered village, sited on Oxford clay which is drained by a small stream called The Cam. The A352 main road passes through the village. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 220. In the 2011 national census the population of Holnest parish combined with the small parish of Lillington to the north was 342; figures have so far not been published for Holnest parish alone. 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