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0330 440 3999, monday - friday 9am to 5pm, barnes coaches.

Our 2020 brochure is packed full of great new ideas for holidays, plus of course plenty of the old favourites.  Our holidays are delivered in our extremely modern fleet of coaches and most importantly, by our great drivers. We are offering over 30 new tours for 2020 and we continue to move towards ever higher quality hotels as this is the feedback we receive from our customers. All Day Trips and Entries are included and combined with our Home Pickup Service we really do take care of your holiday from start to finish.

Home Pickup On all tours 4 days or over we pick you up and drop you at your front door. Our pickup area stretches from Corsham in the west to Reading in the east, Cheltenham in the north to Andover in the south. If you live outside of this area, we can still often pick you up although there may be a small additional charge. On tours of 3 days or under we just ask you to get to a central point in your town or village that is accessible by coach and in our pickup area. 

Coaches We run an extremely modern fleet with an average age of under 3 years. All coaches have air con, toilets, a fridge and a USB charging point per seat.

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Head Office Address:  Barnes Coaches, Woodside Rd, South Marston Park, Swindon, SN3 4AQ.

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Barnes Coaches

Established in 1920.

Average rating:

( 4.92 out of 5 from 2124 reviews )

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8 seat Luxury MPV

19 seat Luxury Mini Coach

30 seat Executive Coach

41 seat Executive Coach

49 seat Executive Coach

61 seat Executive Coach

72 seat Standard Coach

96 seat Executive Double Decker

96 seat Standard Double Decker

100 seat Standard School Bus

Barnes Coaches are one of the leading coach companies in the area, hopefully you may well have heard of us and seen our distinctive green coaches out on the road. For those of you who already use our services, thank you for your continued custom, for those of you who haven’t used us before, why not give us a go and see what you are missing out on.

We have a range of coaches from 8 seat mini-buses to 96 seat double deck coaches.

We always offer an exceptional service and can offer you some amazing deals on coach hire! The safety of our passengers has always been of paramount importance and we have been vindicated in the pursuit of this goal as we were amongst one of only 11 founder members nationwide of the DVSA’s EARNED RECOGNITION scheme for coach operators.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Luke Barnes

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Barnes Coaches currently holds a International licence.

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Company address: Unit E, Spitfire Building , Woodside Road, South Marston Park , Swindon , SN34AQ

Customer Reviews

(4.92 out of 5 from 2124 reviews )

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Su , Doherty

"Hi, we were met by our Driver ahead of time, he was very friendly and waited patiently when I thought someone was missing, the return pick up was prompt too! I would recommend. Vehicle was clean and comfortable this took place on 15 May."

Would they recommend: Yes

Customer , Ramsbury

"We had a great experience with Barnes Coaches. Our driver David was friendly, helpful, professional, and a great driver. The coach was clean and comfortable with plenty of room for our party of 6. The service was easy to book and the process was incredibly efficient and professional - couldn't fault it - will definitely be booking more trips in the future."

Customer , Swindon

"Amazing driver we have just spent 4days isle of Wight . Really looked after us and handled coach great in those roads"

Stagecoach Abingdon , Abingdon

"Our journey was great from start to finish with excellent service and our driver was very professional. The executive coach was so comfy and clean. We would highly recommend Barnes Coaches and intend to use them for our next event"

"Overall, the journey went extremely well. The diver had been very helpoful and was professional throughout. The only reason I gave 4 Stars is that there was not enough water in the toilet and for the coffee making facility."

Operator replied on 3rd June 2024, 12:17pm: "Hi, I can only apologise that the water ran out, I will metion this to our coach prep team for future reference. Apologies again!"

Iona Richardson , South Cerney

"We used Barnes coaches to ferry wedding guests to and from our wedding. The driver and the cleanliness of the coach was amazing. We are so grateful for your help."

Jon Holloway , Swindon

"Once again fantastic service from Barnes Coaches and their brilliant drivers. Many Thanks from Swindon Town FC Community Foundation"

Customer , Highworth

"The journey smooth, he offered a toilet stop before getting there, as he knew at Coton Manor there were not many toilets. Helped load and unload all the plants we had bought."

Tadpole Farm School , Swindon

"Great service. Andy Pandy was our driver and he was amazing with our group of young children to take them on their first school trip."

Mrs. Rosemary Nash (for Melksham 60 Plus Club) , Melksham

"We had a wonderful day out! Your driver was excellent! Being a group of older people she made sure that every time she parked we were very close to the shops and entrance to garden centre. She was helpful, and really made our day out special for us all. Well done Barnes Coaches. Will definitely recommend you and will be using you again in the future."

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Company Registered in England No: 12066038 VAT Registration No: 184097777

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The team from Barnes Travel share their review of 2022!

Barnes Coaches are the largest coach operator in the Swindon, Wiltshire area with over 102 years’ experience in travel and tourism across the UK & Europe. They offer a wide variety of sectors including coach holidays, day trips (Inc. theatre show trips & concerts) as well as private hire. Here they share their five positives from 2022!

2022 has been our year for getting back to normality! We’ve had a full year of getting back on the roads doing what we do best, out and about exploring with our customers. 

• During the School Summer Holidays, we carried 4,146 passengers on summer day trips, being a great increase from our last comparable year in 2019. We had numerous trips to the seaside, shopping trips and great family attractions.
• We’ve seen a massive increase in returning customers that have been with us for many years, plus being able to welcome on brand new customers which is always a pleasure. More and more people are now choosing to travel by coach, where you can sit back, relax and enjoy the journey in an environmentally friendly way.
• Many of our coach tours for both our holidays and day excursions have been selling out quicker than ever! For example, our Isle of Scilly dates for 2023, (which were released at the start of November in our new holiday brochure) sold out within a matter of a few days of going on sale!
• We’ve welcomed new vehicles to our fleet, Two new 53 seaters in March, plus our new team coach in September. (Insider knowledge…We also have a new 19-seater minibus joining our fleet in January, and another 53-seater and a 61-seater in March!)
• Our coach driver apprenticeship scheme has been a great success for another year running, passing 6 new coach drivers on the road in 2022 (Plus 3 more just about to take their final tests!)

May we take this opportunity to thank our customers for a great year and a very Merry Christmas, we look forward to taking you all away on new adventures in 2023.

You can view their website at www.barnescoaches.co.uk

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