Travel, Flights, Hotel Accommodation & Car Hire Information
CAR TRAVEL:
Dentalcareplus ™ patients from London, Birmingham, South Wales, and especially those who live south of the M4, usually choose to travel by car for convenience, taking one day off work, driving down for their treatment in the morning and driving back the same day, thus avoiding the cost of staying overnight. Others choose to spend an extra day in the area to visit some of the places of interest.
AIR TRAVEL :
Flybe are offering some exceptional deals with flights from as little as £10 + Tax if you book well in advance. They have flights to Exeter (45 minutes from our clinic) from: Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Norwich, Guernsey, Jersey. Flights also from Inverness and Dundee via Belfast and Manchester.
See the Flybe Route Map. To book your flights online www.flybe.com.
Some choose to fly direct to Plymouth Airport with the low cost airline Air South West. Flights are available from many UK and Irish airports, including London Gatwick and London City airports and cost from only £60 for return flights, if you book well in advance.To book your flights online www.airsouthwest.com
CAR HIRE :
For convenience we recommend www.carhire3000.com for low cost car hire at Exeter Airport.
To hire a car from Avis at Plymouth or Exeter Airports - Call Centre on 08445 818181 or Book Online at www.avis.co.uk
RAIL TRAVEL:
For finding the lowest cost rail travel click on this link: www.raileasy.co.uk or www.thetrainline.com
ACCOMMODATION :
Our receptionists can recommend accommodation.
SHORT BREAKS
Many patients choose to combine their treatment with a short break in the West Country, which is the most popular holiday destination for Brits in the UK. There are many local facilities and attractions to suit different tastes and age groups, such as: Fishing, Golfing, Horse Riding, Moorland, Riverside & Coastal Walks and visiting places of interest that are listed below.
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PLACES TO VISIT :
Twelve suggested day-trips.
Average driving times from Plymouth are shown in brackets.
Click on the underlined names on the list below for information.
- (10) The National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth's Historic Barbican, Mayflower Steps and Plymouth Hoe.
- (20) Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo on the River Yealm. (Have lunch at the famous Ship Inn)
- (30) Looe Fishing Harbour and the ancient Polperro Fishing Village & Harbour.
- (30) Cawsands, Kingsand, Rame Head in Plymouth Sound, and Mount Edgcumbe.
- (30) The National Trust's Cotehele House, Cotehele Quay and Morwellham Quay on the River Tamar.
- (40) Postbridge, Two Bridges, Dartmeet, Hexworthy and the rugged Tors of Dartmoor.
- (45) Kingsbridge, Hope Cove and Salcombe Yachting Harbour - known as Kensington-on-Sea.
- (50) The Eden Project, Charleston Harbour with its Maritime Museum, Fowey & Mevagissey Harbours.
- (60) Berry Head, Brixham Fishing Harbour, Cockington Thatched Village and Torquay in the Torbay Area.
- (60) King Arthur's Castle at Tintagel, and Boscastle Harbour on Cornwall's rugged North Atlantic Coast.
- (75) Padstow, Rock, Trebetherick, Polzeath and Port Isaac on the Camel Estuary.
- (90) Bude, Hartland Point and the steep cobbled street of Clovelly in North Devon.
Don't forget to sample the fresh locally caught fish, a Real Cornish Pasty and a Devon Cream Tea.
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