--- title: "London to Shipton Gorge – 4 ways by car, bus, train | Mixroutes" description: "London to Shipton Gorge is 201 km. Fastest: drive in 3h 13m. Cheapest: bus from £18. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-shipton-gorge" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-shipton-gorge.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from London to Shipton Gorge [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge) [Shipton Gorge to London](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shipton-gorge-to-london) **Fastest:** 3h 13m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £18\ by bus\ **Distance:** 201 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 10\ 4 ways, Sat 31 Oct\ ## 4 ways to travel 201 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sat 31 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 £2 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest 3h 13m£21–28 Estimated 231 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge) - [**Bus** cheapest 4h 13m£18–117 Estimated 2 departures · National Express](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge) - [**Train** Least hassle 3h 32m£25–181 Estimated 8 departures · South Western Railway](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge) - [**Taxi** 3h 13m£325–460 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge) 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. [07:59 → 11:39 3h 40m · 2 changes · South Western Railway SWR£73–163](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [08:29 → 12:15 3h 46m · 2 changes · South Western Railway SWR£73–163](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 3. [08:45 → 13:58 5h 13m · 3 changes · South Western Railway SWR£30–106](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 4. [08:52 → 14:50 5h 58m · 2 changes · National Express 035£18–53](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 5. [08:52 → 12:24 3h 32m · 1 change · GWR£66–181](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t4) 6. [08:57 → 13:58 5h 1m · 4 changes · London Underground (TfL) Bakerloo£30–107](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t5) 7. [08:59 → 15:13 6h 14m · 1 change · South Western Railway SWR£25–129](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t6) 8. [08:59 → 12:31 3h 32m · 2 changes · South Western Railway SWR£73–163](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge&date=2026-10-31&time=08%3A00&it=t7) 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 Shipton Gorge? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 13m door to door. The straight-line distance is 201 km. What is the cheapest way from London to Shipton Gorge? Bus is the cheapest, from £18. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from London to Shipton Gorge? Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 3h 32m. How much is the bus from London to Shipton Gorge? Buses take about 4h 13m and cost £18–117 depending on operator and seat type. 2 departures appear in today's timetable window. How far is Shipton Gorge from London by road? About 231 km, roughly 3h 13m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £21–28; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - South Western Railway - GWR Buses - South Western Railway - CrossCountry - First Wessex - Dorset & South Somerset - National Express - FlixBus-gb Metro - London Underground (TfL) Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Shipton Gorge Village and civil parish in Dorset, England Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridport. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350. In the 2011 national census, results have been published for the parish of Shipton Gorge combined with the small neighbouring parish of Chilcombe to the east; the population of these areas was 381. 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