Travel by train or bus

Use Google Maps to plan a journey by public transport, or National Rail or in London TFL.

Cheaper fares: Several annual Rail Cards are available to save money on off-peak travel. 

Coach travel: National Express, megabus.

For longer distance rail travel: The Man in Seat Sixty-One

Travel Healthy - 'Active Travel'

Travelling by foot or bicycle (or by public transport since some walking is always involved) has enormous health benefits, some of which are described here by the NHS.

Active travel is good for mental health as well as physically.

It's good to start young by walking or cycling to school if possible. That is why Ealing Council like many other councils is establishing School Streets.

Use Google Maps to plan a journey by foot or bicycle.

For longer distance cycling and walking, visit the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust website which has maps of the National Cycle Network and lots of help and tips.

Learning to Cycle: Ealing offers free cycle training at schools. There is also cycle training available in London for adults. Check out too: The Big Bike Revival, Ealing Cycling Campaign and London Cycling Campaign.

Driving Less and a Smaller Car

Car manufacturers find that they can make bigger profits selling larger, over-powered cars. Heavier cars even if EVs, use more energy, cause far more CO2 emissions in their manufacture, generate more polluting tyre-dust, damage the roads more, and are considerably more dangerous to other road users and to pedestrians (especially children*). They are also more expensive to buy and run. Avoid SUVs unless you are farmer!  'SUVs are setting new sales records each year – and so are their emissions' - International Energy Agency

 * 'Being hit by an SUV increases the likelihood of death or serious injury' - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Holiday local

UK holidays can be more expensive because of accommodation costs. Campsites and the YHA are possible lower cost options.