Private shuttle
A private shuttle from Salisbury station to Old Sarum castle costs £16.75 for up to 8 people, fixed and paid when you book. Sharing costs from £3.63 each. The drive is about 2.1 miles and takes about 6 minutes on clear roads.
Your shuttle is a licensed private hire car run by Premier Taxis Salisbury.
What you pay
Private: £16.75 a vehicle
The fare is £15.00 plus our booking fee of £1.75. Up to 8 people, for one price.
Shared: from £3.63 each
Share a vehicle with others, up to 8 people, and everyone pays an equal share of the fare: £7.50 each for 2 people, £5.00 for 3, down to £1.88 for 8, plus a £1.75 booking fee per booking.
Nothing extra on the day
You pay when you book. The driver doesn’t take money from you.
Who drives you
Your private shuttle is a licensed taxi from Premier Taxis Salisbury.
Shared Shuttles is a booking service, not a private hire firm. Every trip is driven by Premier Taxis Salisbury, a private hire firm licensed by Wiltshire Council. We send them your booking as soon as you pay.
Wiltshire Council licenses every private hire driver, vehicle and operator in Salisbury. Private hire cars must be booked in advance through a licensed operator, which is exactly how this works.
The route
From the station the car goes along Fisherton Street, round Churchill Way West and up the A345 Castle Road, then turns up the English Heritage driveway into the car park inside the earthworks. That is about 3.4 kilometres.
From the car park it is about 200 metres to the shop and admission point, across 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.
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
Photo: James Denham, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph
Booking takes a minute
1
Choose Shared shuttle or Private shuttle, and which way you are going.
2
When Pick the day and a pickup time. Pickups are every 15 minutes. Add a return if you want one.
3
Pay By card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. You get a text and an email with your trip link.
4
Travel On the day your trip page shows the driver, the car, the number plate and how far away they are.
What about the rank outside the station?
There is a rank outside Salisbury station on South Western Road where hackney carriages wait to be hired on the spot, with fares set by the meter. If one is waiting when you arrive, you can take it. Our shuttle meets you at the drop off point near the main entrance of Salisbury train station.
Booking with us means a fixed price you know in advance, the option to share and pay less, and a car that is already coming for you.
Run by Premier Taxis Salisbury, licensed by Wiltshire Council. Fixed price, no surprises.
Questions
Share a shuttle and everyone in it pays an equal share of the fare: £7.50 each for 2 people, £5.00 each for 3, down to £1.88 each for 8. Each booking adds a £1.75 booking fee. Your group never pays more than £9.25 for 1 person, £11.75 for 2 or £13.00 for 3, booking fee included. A private shuttle is £16.75 for up to 8 people. That is all you pay.
About 6 minutes from the station to the Old Sarum car park on clear roads. Allow longer at busy times.
Yes. Everyone in a shared shuttle pays an equal share of the fare: from £3.63 each when it's full, booking fee included, and never more than £9.25 on your own.
No. You pay online when you book, so there is nothing to pay on the day.
Premier Taxis Salisbury, a private hire firm licensed by Wiltshire Council. Shared Shuttles takes the booking and the payment; the licensed firm does the driving.
A shared shuttle is free to cancel from your trip page until 2 hours before pickup, whether you started it or joined it, and the hold on your card is released in full. Everyone else’s price goes back up, but never above what they were first held at. After that it’s non refundable, because the final price is set then. If you miss your shuttle, you can hop on a later one that day with free seats at no extra cost. A private shuttle is free to cancel up to 24 hours before pickup. If nobody joins, the shuttle can’t run, or we or the firm cancel, you get every penny back.
Check before you go
Times, prices and opening hours change, so we link to the official pages rather than copy them.
Private hire licensing, Wiltshire Council
Salisbury station facilities and car parks
Related pages
Facts last checked: 21 October 2026.
Shared from £3.63 each
Private £16.75 a vehicle
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