Thursday 29 November 2012

Getting To Lands End Airport


Now that the helicopter service from Penzance to The Isles of Scilly  have shut down, a record number of people are travelling to Lands End Airport.

The most common method that people get to Lands End Airport is to drive. Follow the instructions to Lands End until you reach Crows An Wra close to Sennen. Then take the right and follow the road north until you see the airport on your left. There is an open air car park which is charged at £7.00 per day if you don’t book it in advance and £6.00 per day if you do. There are no reductions for longer stays. Because of the expensive rates, there seems to be a few people prepared to rent their driveways surrounding the area to park a car. A quick internet search would reduce this cost.

Another parking option is to use the 100% free car park in Saint Just. A taxi from St Just to Lands End Airport is approximately £15.00 so for longer stays on the Scillies this may be best.

Buses run a service from the bus station in Penzance to Lands End Airport. The airport is in a particularly rural area so the buses run a rural service but a handful go past Lands End Airport and stop outside. Western Greyhound run a service from Penzance, Sennen Cove and St Ives but are dramatically decreased at winter time. It is recommended to find out before travelling and leave plenty of time in case of delays or cancellations.

The questionable “shuttle bus” runs from Penzance taxi rank a couple of days a week and is substituted by private hire cars and taxis when it is not running. There is no set schedule or information at Penzance taxi rank displaying delays with the service so people have been known to wait an hour for it. The best thing to do is to get hold of Lands End Airport and save the number in your mobile for when you arrive and phone them to get up to date info.

The best way is to use a Lands End Airport taxi company.  A internet search brings up a few companies that operate to and from there. If you need a taxi when you land on the return to Lands End Airport then ask them about it when you book the first ride. There is no website or app for taxi companies at Lands End Airport to keep them updated with the arrival times and any delays, so it typically means some waiting for you to be picked up. For this reason it is a lot more difficult to get a taxi from Lands End Airport than it is to get a taxi to Lands End Airport, so always ask about your return journey as you book the taxi to Lands End Airport. Also tell them the time you have to check in by and not when you want picking up.