From Salisbury station

Leave the station by the main entrance: your driver meets you at the drop off point near the main entrance of Salisbury train station. The drive to the Old Sarum castle car park is about 2.1 miles and about 6 minutes on clear roads. From there it is about 200 metres on foot to the entrance.

Your shuttle is a licensed private hire car run by Premier Taxis Salisbury.

Step by step

1

Book before you arrive. On the train is fine. Pick a pickup time a little after your train is due, so you have time to get off and out.

2

Leave by the main entrance. Your driver meets you at the drop off point near the main entrance of Salisbury train station.

3

Open your trip page. The link is in your text and email. It shows the driver’s name, the car, the number plate and how many minutes away they are.

4

Tap "I’m here". If you are sharing, the others see that you have arrived, and you see when they have.

5

Ride about 6 minutes. Along Fisherton Street, round Churchill Way West and up Castle Road (the A345) to the English Heritage driveway.

6

Walk to the entrance. From the car park it is about 200 metres to the shop and admission point, over a wooden bridge.

Where to meet your shuttle

At Salisbury station: the drop off point near the main entrance of Salisbury train station. At Old Sarum castle: in the English Heritage car park, inside the outer bailey, about 200 metres from the shop and admission point. Your trip page shows the driver, the car and the number plate.

The red brick main entrance of Salisbury station, with its canopy, seen from the station forecourt.

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph

The English Heritage car park at Old Sarum, with cars parked below the grassy earthworks.

Photo: James Denham, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph

Arriving with bags or a bike

Salisbury station has cycle parking with space for over 100 bikes, some of it sheltered. South Western Railway says there is no bike hire at or near the station, so bring your own if you want to cycle.

A private shuttle takes up to 8 people. If you have big bags, book private so the boot is yours.

Cycling

If your train is late

Use the Message button on your trip page to tell the others sharing. If you are going to miss the pickup by a long way, nobody else has joined yet and it is more than 2 hours before, you can cancel for a full refund and book again.

Other ways from the station

Walk

About 3.3 kilometres, about 45 minutes, uphill at the end.

Bus

English Heritage lists the X4 from the station (stop SB). The nearest stop to Old Sarum is Old Castle, 0.4 miles from the entrance.

Walking

Bus

Run by Premier Taxis Salisbury, licensed by Wiltshire Council. Fixed price, no surprises.

Questions

English Heritage gives it as 2.1 miles. By road it is about 3.4 kilometres.

At the drop off point near the main entrance of Salisbury train station. Your trip page shows the car and its number plate.

About 6 minutes on clear roads.

Yes, any time before your pickup. The earlier you book to share, the more chance others join you.

Check the car and number plate on your trip page, and wait at the drop off point near the main entrance of Salisbury train station, where the driver can see you.