Pulham & Sons (Coaches) Ltd, are specialists in providing passenger transport solutions throughout the UK, continually reinvesting in the fleet and providing customers with a selection of styles and sizes to meet individual needs and budgets. With a dedicated, loyal team of professional drivers and operations staff, we have an outstanding reputation with our clients for quality, reliability and excellent customer service.
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We are incredibly lucky to have over 139 foundation years behind the Pulhams brand where quality and reliability have been top of the agenda. Over the last ten years Andy & Kathryn have concentrated on building on that fabulous reputation; investing in the fleet, developing the business, growing our client base and further improving what we do best.
When a Pulhams' coach passes by, you may just see that it carries an inscription celebrating the fact that the company commenced operation in 1880. What it does not say is that this makes it not only by far the oldest-established coach business in Gloucestershire, but probably one of the top five in the whole country in terms of years of loyal service.
As the Cotswolds premier coach operator and only member of the Guild of British Coach Operators in Gloucestershire, we boast a modern and efficient fleet, offering luxury coaches. Our uniformed drivers are professionally trained to the highest of standards and have a wealth of experience travelling in the United Kingdom and across Europe.
Join our training school to gain a professional qualification that will stay with you for life. Our Trainee Bus and Coach Driver Programme enables you to obtain your full category D licence entitlement and Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), while learning all aspects of the job you would be doing once you qualify.
Pulham & Sons (Coaches) Ltd, the executive coach travel and bus Company, is a fourth generation, family owned and operated business, formed in 1880.
The business has been serving the Cotswolds community for over 140 years, providing twenty two crucial bus routes within Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire; school transport; school, college and university groups with educational tours; as well as corporate coach travel throughout the UK and Europe.
The business has been serving the Cotswolds community for over 140 years, providing twenty two crucial bus routes within Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire; school transport; school, college and university groups with educational tours; as well as corporate coach travel throughout the UK and Europe.
Reviews (10)
Kamilia Khairul Anuar
Sep 22, 2021
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Have used this bus several times now since I arrived to live with my in laws in Bourton and it seems to almost never be on time. It is bad enough that the frequency is so low (one bus an hour if you’re lucky), but when it IS scheduled to arrive it is most often 10 minutes late and on two occasions now it was an APPALLING 15-30 minutes late! If you are going to run a public bus service it is absolutely unacceptable to be that late. People are relying on your bus to go places and make it to their meetings and reservations etc and you squander that responsibility by having no respect for punctuality
Dave Flint
Sep 08, 2021
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Ian Hempsall
Aug 25, 2021
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David Clifton
Apr 08, 2021
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Emma Wilkinson
Mar 30, 2021
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Really appalling policy on Year 12 travel. Despite two months of school closures, there is no flexibility at all on refunds or credits, as they've decided to only give these on the basis of continuing custom. We signed up for a one-year travel contract, as we won't need it in Year 13 due to other arrangements. Apparently, this makes us not eligible for a refund - only Year 11 and 13. I was really shocked that they could do this.
Damian Gray
Dec 09, 2020
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Was nearly crashed into by one of these coaches today in Oxford.
The bus lane ended, I had right of way and was in my lane.
Driver tried to force me out of the way even though I was already ahead of him.
He then tailed me very closely whilst flashing his headlights in an awful display of aggression.
Terrible driving, Pulhams coaches.
Do better.
The bus lane ended, I had right of way and was in my lane.
Driver tried to force me out of the way even though I was already ahead of him.
He then tailed me very closely whilst flashing his headlights in an awful display of aggression.
Terrible driving, Pulhams coaches.
Do better.
John Todd
Oct 15, 2019
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Over the past few years, I have never been able to pluck up the courage to write a review on this service, but following the traumatic and abominable events of this morning, I quite frankly MUST take action.
My companion and I arrived at a particular bus stop at 8:19 this morning, to wait for the 801 bus service to take us to Bourton on the Water at 8:25. This is the only bus that travels to this stop each day (which, may I point out, is most inconvenient for the elder members of society, of whom Pulhams should be supporting). After waiting for approximately 20 minutes, our agitation began to
My companion and I arrived at a particular bus stop at 8:19 this morning, to wait for the 801 bus service to take us to Bourton on the Water at 8:25. This is the only bus that travels to this stop each day (which, may I point out, is most inconvenient for the elder members of society, of whom Pulhams should be supporting). After waiting for approximately 20 minutes, our agitation began to
Pad Foot
Sep 15, 2019
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Hotspur
Aug 11, 2018
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Would just like to share how ridiculously inconvenient it is for the 99 service between GRH and CGH to not accept cards as a means of payment.
Having required to get the bus from Cheltenham Park and Ride this morning as a one-off, I boarded the bus to be informed there was a £1 charge....... cash only. I have no change on me and thus no means to travel.
The £1 I have zero problem with..... the fact that they won’t even accept a card payment, even if further charges were to apply, is ridiculous in the 21st Century.
Having required to get the bus from Cheltenham Park and Ride this morning as a one-off, I boarded the bus to be informed there was a £1 charge....... cash only. I have no change on me and thus no means to travel.
The £1 I have zero problem with..... the fact that they won’t even accept a card payment, even if further charges were to apply, is ridiculous in the 21st Century.
Rosie Jones
Dec 27, 2016
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Booked a 33 seat coach to go from Witney to Windsor on Saturday 29th October. From the moment of phoning for a quote, everything about your company worked like clockwork. I unfortunately was poorly and therefore couldn't go on the trip but those that went were full of praise about the coach and driver. Thanks Pulham's for making our trip to Windsor such a success, just sorry I couldn't attend.
