COACHES TO THE MARCH

The traditional way for groups to get to events like this is by booking a coach – and a full coach is environmentally efficient too. We are not organising coaches centrally, but we will advertise here any spare capacity anyone can offer on coaches that they have booked. Let us know if you’ve got one you’d like us to add.

Here is a map of where coaches can drop off, park and collect people.

  • Barnsley: NEW PICK UP INFO.  Barnsley GMB and Barnsley College UCU are organising a coach that leaves Wakefield at 7am, Barnsley 7.30am.  To book a ticket and to get coach details contact Henry on 01226 292613.
  • Birmingham: coaches will leave from Carrs Lane Church opposite Moor Street Railway Station at 8am on March 28th in order to arrive in London by 11am and to return by 8pm. Places are still available. Other pick ups from the Midlands may be possible if there is demand.  Tickets £12 each for the return journey and concessions £8.  Contact Ruth ruthtetlow@btinternet.com to book a place. 
  • Bristol: a NUT sponsored coach (open to all £5 waged/unwaged free) leaves Anchor Rd, Bristol at 8am. Reserve your seat by contacting pletnorth@blueyonder.co.uk
  • Bristol (UNITE): Regional UNITE will provide FREE transport to members, contact your branch.
  • Bristol (UNISON): Unison have a free coach.  contact j.vowden@unison.co.uk or 07900 566 877.
  • Cambridge: Seats available. £7 Waged/£4 Unwaged. Contact and bookings: 07712893552 / woodcocktom@hotmail.com
  • Cambridge: Organised by Unite. Contact 01223 353 048 amie.carr@unitetheunion.com
  • Cambridge: also picking up in Ely, Bishops Stortford & harlow.  Contact Liz Brennan, unison@cambridge.gov.uk, 01233 457047
  • Chelmsford: Organised by Unite. Contact 020 8800 4281 jayne.watkin@unitetheunion.com
  • Chester: Coach will leave Hoole URC Church, Hoole Road, Chester at 6.15 a.m.  It will leave London on the return journey at approximately 4.00 p.m.  Cost £15.00 a head.  Contact Linda Manning 01244 682143 or email lindamanning@uwclub.net.  (Cars can be parked for the day at Hoole URC).
  • Chesterfield: Organised by Chesterfield & District Trades Union Council. Departs Chesterfield Town Hall, Rose Hill, 8.00am. £15/£8 unwaged. For Tickets call 07778480484 or email jeaden@tesco.net
  • Chippenham: NUT sponsored coach leaving from Hardenhuish/Sheldon coach park at 9.00. Picking up at Swindon.  FREE to NUT members (£5 to others). Contact 01225 789490
  • Colchester: Organised by Unite. Contact 01473 250 321 jeanette.farrow@unitetheunion.com
  • Derby: Coach being organised by UNISON.  Seats are free to Unison members or £10 to non-members.  To book places people ring Anne on 0115 847 5476.
  • Darlington: Buses being arranged by Unison. Contact Alan, tel 01325 388270 and 0771 588 1901 or email alan.docherty@ntlworld.com to book a place. £15 (£10 unwaged).
  • Dorset (new information): The bus will leave Yeovil bus station at 07:00, and stop to pick people up in Ringwood (Hampshire).  The bus will go via Sherborn and Blandford Forum so can stop to pick people up there if need be.  It will leave London at 17:00.  Tickets are £11.  People should bring cash along on the day to pay.   Contact Tim, mobilizingagainstg20@hotmail.co.uk to book seats.
  • Durham (South): Buses being arranged by Unison. Contact Alan, tel 01325 388270 and 0771 588 1901 to book a place. £15 (£10 unwaged).
  • Ely and Cambridge: Unison coach from Ely. Leaving 8am from Barton Road Cark Park, (opposite King School Playing Fields). Leaving Cambridge at 9am from Victoria Avenue, Midsummer Common (next to the toilets).  Contact Liz on 01223-457047 or unison@cambridge.gov.uk for more information and to book seats.
  • Farnham: Coach leaves Farnham at 9:30am and leaves London to return at 6pm. Tickets are £5. Contact Anne Scrase: jdc@networkfarnham.org.uk
  • Glasgow:  New prices for students and low waged. Leaving 12:00 midnight from George Square at City Chambers. Tickest: employed £25; student / unemployed £15; low waged £20.  Web address for bookings,  http://www.ts.com/portal/event/10526.  Or contact stevenmccaw@yahoo.co.uk
  • Great Yarmouth: Organised by Unite. Contact 01603 624 052 sophie.sofokleous@unitetheunion.com
  • Hastings: PCS organised minibus will be departing from Hastings seafront opposite the White Rock Theatre at 9.15 am March 28th. Details available from swpsam@hotmail.com
  • Hillingdon: Organised by Unite. Contact 020 8573 9494 linda.stevens@unitetheunion.com
  • Ipswich: Unite are organising a coach to leave from Crown Street, Ipswich at 8am on Saturday 28 March.  To book a place on the coach, please contact 01473 250 321 jeanette.farrow@unitetheunion.com
  • Ipswich: also picking up from Colchester and Chelmsford.  Contact Malcolm Gibb, suffolkcounty@btconnect.com, 01473 584333
  • Ipswich: also picking up from Norwich and Diss.  Contact Alison Birmingham, unison.norfolkcounty@btconnect.com, 01603 222384
  • Leicester: Being organised by UNISON.  Seats are free to Unison members or £10 to non-members.  To book places people ring Anne on 0115 847 5476.
  • Lincoln: Being organised by UNISON.  Seats are free to Unison members or £10 to non-members.
    To book places people ring Anne on 0115 847 5476.
  • Loughborough Uni (NEW INFORMATION): see Mansfield coach below. 
  • Luton: Organised by Unite. Contact 01582 726 122 alyson.read@unitetheunion.com
  • Luton: also picking up Hemel Hempstead & Watford.  Contact Lee James, unison@luton.gov.uk, 01582 546602
  • Manchester (Trades Union Council):  is organising a coach that will leave Chorlton Street Bus Station, near Piccadilly, at 7.00am and will return from London shortly after 5.00pm.  Tickets are £15, £10 unwaged, £20 solidarity price.  To book a seat or for more information, email secmtuc@googlemail.com or phone 07857610426.
  • Manchester (Manchester University Students’ Union): Coach leaves at 6:30am, returning from London at 6pm that evening with those who need to return.  Tickets are £5 and can be bought in the Student Union ticket office. Students are the priority.  For more information contact campaigns@umsu.manchester.ac.uk or call 07900111025.  There is a possibility that a second coach will be booked and leave from the Union as this one is nearly full.
  • Manchester (TUC):  leaving 7am from Manchester city centre, contact secmtuc@googlemail.com or 07857 610426 for bookings etc.  Tickets are £15, £10 unwaged, £20 solidarity price.
  • Manchester (UNITE): leaving 6am from UNITE’s Prestwich office.  Free to UNITE members, family and friends.  Contact Alison.jones@unitetheunion.com or 0161 798 8976 to book.
  • Manchester (UNISON):  Contact Paul Foley on 0845 355 0845.
  • Mansfield (and Loughborough Uni): see Mansfield coach below. Co-ordinated by Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Council.   £10/£5 unwaged.  Contact Richard of the Trades Council at Unison@ashfield-dc.gov.uk or by telephone on 07940952825
  • Middlesbrough: Buses being arranged by Unison. Contact Alan, tel 01325 388270 and 0771 588 1901 to book a place. £15 (£10 unwaged).
  • Northampton: Being organised by UNISON.  Seats are free to Unison members or £10 to non-members. To book places people ring Anne on 0115 847 5476.
  • Norwich: Organised by Unite. Contact 01603 624 052 sophie.sofokleous@unitetheunion.com
  • Norwich, Diss, Ipswich: Organised by Unison. Seats are free but have to be booked in advance with unison.norfolkcounty@btconnect.com or 01603 222384. 8.00am leave Norwich from outside the Theatre Royal.  8.30am Diss Bus Station. 9.15am Ipswich, Copdock Tesco. The time of return will be 4.30pm
  • Nottingham: Co-ordinated by Mansfield and Nottingham Trades Council.  Nottingham coach(es) will depart from the Salutation Inn in Nottingham at 7.30am [NOTE earlier time than previously listed].  £10/£5 unwaged.  Contact Richard of the Trades Council at Unison@ashfield-dc.gov.uk or by telephone on 07940952825.
  • Nottingham: Being organised by UNISON.  Seats are free to Unison members or £10 to non-members. To book places people ring Anne on 0115 847 5476.
  • Nottingham: Nottingham TUC coach leaves The Salvation Inn on Maid Marion Way at 7:30am.  Tickets are £10 (£5 unwaged).  Call 07940 952825 to book.
  • Oxford: Organised by Unison health branch. Tickets are £10 waged/£8 unwaged and can be bought online here. Alternatively organisers can arrange to meet someone with a cheque payable to Oxfordshire UNISON Health Branch. People are urged to buy tickets as soon as possible to avoid a last minute rush on seats where people might be disappointed. Coaches leave St. Giles, central oxford for London at 9am on 28th March.
  • Peterborough: also picking up in Huntingdon and Stevenage.  Contact Rona Hendry, unison@peterborough.gov.uk, 01733 863837
    Plymouth: Plymouth Trade Union Council (TUC) is organising a coach that will leave Plymouth Bretonside bus station at 7am, calling at Exeter Sowton Park & Ride and Tiverton Parkway Rail Station, returning to Plymouth by 11pm. Tickets £5 per seat. Phone or text Tony on 07803 620390 or book on-line at www.plymouth-tuc.co.uk. 
  • Portsmouth: Portsmouth City UNISON is organising a coach.  Coach will leave Fratton Bridge at 9 am and will pick up in Cosham at 9.20 am. The coach is aiming to return to Portsmouth by 8 pm. Tickets are £15 waged and £10 unwaged and can be paid for on the day of the protest. You do not have to be a UNISON member to book a place on this coach but it is vital that people book places on the coach as soon as possible by contacting Jon Woods on 07921 775828 so that we can ensure we have enough transport in place.
  • Sheffield: Several coaches are being organised by NUJ, UCU, PCS and others. Departing 7am from Paternoster Row, Sheffield. Tickets £20/£25 and £10 for students and unemployed. Contact Phil Turner phil@truner.demon.co.uk or 07810 824223
  • Shrewsbury and Telford: Telford UNISON Branch have booked a coach – it leaves Shrewsbury (abbeyforegate) at 7am and picks up at Telford (bus station) at 7:30am to return from London about 5pm. Anyone wanting a free place contact the UNISON office 01952 567111 to reserve your place.
  • Southampton: A Double Decker bus being arranged from Southampton. For more information contact Matt Tipper or Ian Woodland in the Unite District office on 02380 835914
  • Southend: also picking up in Thurrock, Basildon and Castle Point.  Contact Clare Wormald, unison@southend.gov.uk, 01702 215980
  • St Albans: Coach leaving from St Albans Vineyard Church, 7 Brick Knoll Park, Ashley Rd Industrial Estate, St Albans AL1 5UG at 9am.  Suggested donation £7. To book a place leave a message on 01582 623924
  • Swindon: NUT sponsored coach leaving from Chippenham also picking up from Swindon.   FREE to NUT members (£5 to others). Contact 01225 789490
  • Swindon: GMB are putting on a coach from Swindon.  Coach leaves from Swindon Bus Station at 9am. Cost is by donation.  Booking is essential.  Call 01793 600755 to book seats.
  • Tyneside / Newcastle / Sunderland / Durham: To book a place contact Tony on 0771 994 6814, nessnsec@googlemail.com
  • Watford: also picking up Luton and Hemel Hempstead.  Contact Lee James, unison@luton.gov.uk, 01582 546602
  • York: Coach leaves from Memorial Gardens (bottom of Leeman Road) at 6.15am and Goodricke College Car Park 6.30am. We aim to arrive back at 11pm. Tickets £16 waged/£12 unwaged from Fairer World, Gillygate (01904 655116).

If you are think that you might like to book a coach, but are worried about not filling it you might like to use PledgeBank to see if others want to attend. Again we can publicise these on this website. Alternatively there are various commercial coach companies which probably provide the cheapest way for individuals to get to London – and here’s a site that can search out cheap train tickets.