Leave Rochdale Town Hall Square 7.45am and turn
right into The Esplanade proceed straight ahead at
roundabout and into South Par (which is for Buses
and Taxis only but we have had clearance!) turn left
into Constantine Road
(and
around the rear of the Bus Station)
which changes into Baillie Street
then turn right into Milton Street and right
again into Smith Street and past the former Yelloway
Office building then turn left into Drake Street
then follow A640 Milnrow Road – through Newbold and
along Rochdale Road to Milnrow.
At traffic lights (with Elizabethan
Way in front of you) turn left into Bridge Street,
then follow the road to the right with the
continuation becoming Dale Street, travel through
Milnrow centre onto Newhey Road then back on A640 at
Newhey. Follow A663 Shaw Road - Milnrow Road -
Crompton Way to Shaw.
Then follow the B6194 Oldham Road - Heyside -
Higginshaw – along Shaw Road until you go over
railway bridge then turn right into Brook Street and
follow until reaching the large roundabout (with
railway bridge above) at junction of A669 Lees Road.
Proceed to the right at roundabout heading for (
Oldham
Town
Center)
passing
Lees
Road
and
Oldham Way
(the
bypass) then turn left into The Mumps and pull into
Bus Station on left. Stop here for 5 mins whilst
photos are taken of coaches opposite the former
Yelloway Booking Office.
Turn
left out of Bus Station into Yorkshire Street
and almost immediately bear left and along
Union
Street
to
junction of
A627 King Street
.
Turn left and follow signs for A62
Manchester.
Travel along
the A62
Manchester Road - Oldham Road -
through Hollinwood - Failsworth -
to the
traffic lights junction of Swan Street and Great
Ancoats Street at New Cross Manchester.
Turn left into Great Ancoats Street then 3rd right
into Newton Street.
Follow Newton Street and straight across Piccadilly
into Portland Street,
follow
Portland Street to the traffic lights junction of
Oxford Road. (which is the A34). Go straight across
Oxford Road and into Chepstow Street (passing
the rear of East Street Coach Station
on the right where the Yelloway coaches
departed for Torquay)
and continue into Great Bridgewater Street.
to the traffic light junction of Lower Mosley
Street.. ('Britons Protection' pub on left hand
corner!).
Go
straight ahead and under long railway arches to the
traffic light junction of Deansgate.
Turn left Here and follow A56 Chester Road.
Keep in middle lane and pass over the A57M then
after approx ¼mile at Cornbrook there is a set of
traffic lights with the new Bridgewater Way in front
of you.
Bear
left
at these
traffic lights and take the old A5014, which
is still Chester Road, and follow to Trafford Bar
where it changes to Talbot Road, follow until the
junction with Chester Road at Gorse Hill then follow
A56 through Sale to Altrincham.
Leave
Altrincham via
A56
Dunham Road
towards
Chester.
At junction of M56 take A556 Chester Road - at first
set of traffic lights (Swan Hotel) turn left into
A5034 Mereside Road and follow until the junction of
A50 - Turn left to Knutsford then A50 to Holmes
Chapel - Church Lawton, then A34 to
Newcastle-under-Lyme.
*About three quarters
of mile before Newcastle on the A34 Liverpool Road
and opposite the Newcastle College, pull into the
First Bus Garage (former PMT Bird-in-Hand Cafe and
Yelloways first refreshment stop) where photos will
be taken*
Proceed on A34 via Stone - Stafford (by pass) to
Dunston then A449 Penkridge - Wolverhampton.
*When approaching
Wolverhampton,
on
A449
Stafford Road,
follow signs for Molineux Stadium and travel along
Waterloo Road
pass
the football ground until you come to the Ring Road.
Go straight ahead here, still
Waterloo Road,
across
Darlington Street
and
into
School Street
then
turn left into
Salop Street
then
right into
Worcester Street.
At roundabout go straight ahead into
A449 Penn Road
*
Follow A449 - Kidderminster.
Worcester
-
Tewkesbury
-
Coombe Hill then A4019 to
Cheltenham
and
St
Margaret's Road
Coach
Station.
Arrival at Cheltenham
approx.
1.30pm
-
Departure spot on 2pm
Via A40
Gloucester
- A38
Bristol
.
From
Cheltenham
Coach
Station turn right into North Place
and
Right at traffic lights into St Margaret’s Road
which becomes
Swindon Road.
At traffic lights in front of modern red building,
bear left into
Poole
Way
and shortly after go right at next traffic lights
into
Tewkesbury Road.
Pass under the railway bridge and then at traffic
lights turn left into
Gloucester Road.
Proceed ahead following signs to A40 and
Gloucester.
Join the
A40 dual carriageway, passing GCHQ on the
right. At roundabout take 3rd exit onto
B4063, signposted Churchdown and Airport.
Follow B4063 passing under M5 continuing ahead
through several sets of traffic lights. At
roundabout with A40, take 4th exit to
continue on the B4063 Cheltenham Road
signposted Longlevens and University
of
Gloucestershire
.
Continue, going ahead at roundabout, signposted City
Centre, and bear right at traffic lights into London
Road. Pass Stagecoach depot on right, pass under
railway bridge and turn left at traffic lights into
Bruton Way. Continue
on dual carriageway past bus station set back on
Right hand side and
Gloucester
railway station on the left.
After
dual carriageway ends (you are now on
Trier Way
) and
with park on right hand side, continue ahead at
traffic lights (signposted A4173 Stroud) into
Park
End Road
(i.e.
not bearing right for
Bristol
). At
traffic lights turn left into
Stroud Road
.
Continue on passing a High School on the right hand
side, go ahead across mini roundabout and over
railway bridge to a large roundabout. Turn right
into Southern Avenue (Bristol
A38)
At
major traffic light junction go straight ahead onto
B4008 signposted Hardwicke and Quedgeley (NOT left
on new dual carriageway) continue on B4008 across
several roundabouts. Pass over dual carriageway and
at large roundabout, with McDonalds and Services,
turn right taking the Bristol, Stroud A38 exit which
is a single carriageway road.
Continue on A38 through Whitminster,
Cambridge,
Berkley
Heath,
Newport,
Stone, Falfield,
and
follow the A38 until traffic lights (with petrol
station on the right hand side) at Alveston. Then
right onto B4061 signposted Thornbury/Aust, (passing
the Ship
Inn, in Alveston where the 1911 Yelloway coach
stopped for the night!) then left after 100 yards
onto B4461 towards Aust. After
1/4 mile this road takes a right turn at a
crossroads. At Aust motorway junction turn left onto
the A403 and follow this road along the coast
towards Avonmouth.
At Avonmouth follow signs across two roundabouts for
A4, Bristol.
There is a bus lane on some of this section, however
it's not very wide and can suffer from overhanging
trees.
Then take
B4461 to Aust then
take the coast road to Avonmouth then onto the A4
toward Bristol.
*If anybody wants a
picture of their coach with the old
Severn
bridge in the background get into the outside
lane of the dual carriageway after the
motorway
roundabout and take the first left to Aust
Wharf/Old
Passage (NOT Aust village) and follow this
road for
1/4 mile. This then opens up to a wide road
with
plenty of parking and the bridge in the
background.
After this follow the same road, in the same
direction, for 1/4 mile and turn right at the
junction
with the dual carriageway to rejoin the main
route.
*If anybody wants a
picture of their coach with the
Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background there
are
a couple of parking areas on both sides of the road
across Bedminster Down, just after the hill.
After
passing under the Clifton
Suspension Bridge
keep left following signs for Bristol
City
centre.
Proceed along
Hotwell Road
passing the SS Great
Britain
and at the roundabout turn right into
Anchor Road.
At first set of Traffic Lights turn Right into
Canons Way and into Millennium
Square.
Saturday 15th September
Depart; Harbourside, Millenium Square,
Anchor Road,
Bristol
at
10am
.
Proceed out of Millennium Square to traffic lights
at junction of Anchor Road. Turn left and up to
roundabout then bear left along Hotwell Road passing
the SS Great Britain then follow signs for 'Bristol
Airport' to take you through various parts of the
Cumberland Basin road system, then past the site of
Britstol Omnibus's Winterstoke Road depot (on the
left soon after the VOSA vehicle testing station;
now a Currys/McDonalds!) onto the A38 at Bedminster
Down.
Follow A38 from here through Redhill -
Churchill - East Brent - Highbridge - Bridgewater -
Taunton - Wellington - then - Via B3181 (formerly
A38) - Cullompton - Pinhoe - then via B3212 Pinhoe
Road until it changes into Blackboy Road, at
roundabout go straight ahead along Sidwell Street
then take second left into Cheeke Street and right
into Exeter Bus/Coach Station.
Arrive
Exeter
Bus/Coach Station approx
1.30pm
.
Depart
2.30pm.
Via
A377 Alphington Road
-
Alphington - then follow A38
signs for Torquay/Plymouth
then
A380
Torquay. At Sandygate on A380 take the A383
into Kingsteignton
and on into Newton Abbot. Pass the railway station
and follow signs for Torquay
*At
Kennford
where the A38 and A380
split
and to avoid
going up Telegraph Hill
carry on on the A38 to
Harcombe and
take the B3344 to
Chudleigh/Chudleigh Knighton then take the B3193 to
Kingsteignton then on to Newton Abbot.
Arrival; Torquay,
Lymington Road
Coach
Station
at
3.45pm
(To Civic Welcome by Mayor of
Torbay!!
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