GTOs and coach tour operators travelling to Arena MK for the 2025 Group Leisure & Travel Show can take advantage of free coach travel, with various routes available.
Coach travel is available free of charge to this year’s Group Leisure & Travel Show, which takes place on Thursday 2nd October 2025 at Arena MK, Milton Keynes.
Three different routes depart from Waterloo Station, London; Colchester, Essex; and Newark, Nottinghamshire, courtesy of Passenger Plus, Kings Coaches and Marshalls Coaches.
Details of 2025 coach routes
Passenger Plus
- 7.15am: Waterloo Station, Bus Stop C, Waterloo Road, SE1 8SB
- 7.35am: Charing Cross Station, Bus Stop H, The Strand, WC2N 5HX
- 7.50am: Victoria Station, 292 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1V 1AE
- 8.15am: Paddington Station, 146 Praed Street, W2 1EE
- 8.45am: Kings Cross / St Pancras, Bus Stop T, Pancras Road, NW1 2SD
Kings Coaches
- 7.15am: North Train Station (bus stops outside station), North Station Road, Colchester, CO1 1XD
- 8.00am: Train Station, Victoria Coach Stop, Chelmsford, CM1 1GN
- 9.30am: Outside Train Station, Stevenage, SG1 1XT
Marshalls Coaches
- 7.15am: Newark – Bus stop just past the Harbour Master Café, The Wharf, NG24 1EU
- 8.00am: Nottingham – Coach lay by outside Gala Casino, Mount Street NG1 6HS
- 8.40am: Derby – Bus stop S1, outside Derby rail station, Railway Terrace DE1 2SQ
- 9.30am: Leicester – Fosse Park Avenue outside ASDA petrol station, Leicester LE19 1HX
Seats should be pre-booked as early as possible as they are subject to demand and availability.
Various pick up locations are available and coaches are expected to arrive at Arena MK no later than 11am, offering plenty of time to be inspired by the exhibitors and free Seminar Theatre talks.
What is the GLT Show?
The Group Leisure & Travel Show brings together a variety of specialist exhibitors, group travel organisers and coach operators to find new inspiration and ideas about where to go and what to do in the UK and abroad.
Exhibitors range from attractions, hotels and tour operators to cruise lines, ticket agents, tourist boards and much more, providing GTOs with opportunities to meet with experts from their field in person and gather ideas for future trips.
This year’s Seminar Theatre line-up features Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost, Antiques Roadshow regular Mark Smith and award-winning travel journalist and Group Leisure & Travel Show favourite Simon Calder. Each will provide advice, stories from their careers and answer questions from the audience.
Have you registered to visit the 2024 Group Leisure & Travel Show?
Other travel options
Visitors choosing to travel to Milton Keynes by train can take advantage of a complimentary shuttle service between Milton Keynes Central railway station (Bus Stop Z6) and Arena MK. The service will run approximately every half and hour over the duration of the show open period on 2nd October. You do not need to pre-book this service.
Visitors driving to the show can take advantage of free parking at Arena MK. The postcode is MK1 1ST, and remember: it doesn’t register with some older sat nav systems. If this happens either use MK1 1QB or Peverel Drive.
For full details of the coach routes, times, pick-ups and to book seats, go to grouptravelshow.com/coach-transport.
To register to attend the GLT Show 2025, complete the form at grouptravelshow.com/register
