Might be one for the car, a mixed transport option, or stay overnight, (see below for places to lay your hat), or get a daughter who lives in the town, but here's the best on offer by rail at the moment.
(Though if you leave early, have a cab waiting outside; the 22.00, in at Paddington at 00.33, is available at £9!)
Examples
OUTWARD (Tuesday December 14th)
London Paddington 13.48 - Cheltenham Spa 16.01 - £21.00
London Paddington 15.48 - Cheltenham Spa 18.01 - £23.50
INWARD (Wednesday December 15th)
(Though if you leave early, have a cab waiting outside; the 22.00, in at Paddington at 00.33, is available at £9!)
Examples
OUTWARD (Tuesday December 14th)
London Paddington 13.48 - Cheltenham Spa 16.01 - £21.00
London Paddington 15.48 - Cheltenham Spa 18.01 - £23.50
INWARD (Wednesday December 15th)
Cheltenham Spa 09.40 - London Paddington 12.00 - £21.00 (via Swindon)
Cheltenham Spa 11.40 - London Paddington 14.06 - £14.00 (via Swindon)
For all train bookings to Cheltenham go to: www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Cheltenham Station is over two miles from the ground, but walkable if you want to stop in town for a pit stop.
Plenty of taxi's are always waiting at the station or a bus right outside will get you to the high street, see 2nd paragraph.
If you are going to embark on the 35-40 minute walk then turn right out of station car park and follow Queens Road for around half a mile. At end of Queens Road, turn left into Lansdown Road.
At the next (Montpellier) roundabout, turn left into Montpellier Walk, (which later becomes the Promenade). At the end of the Promenade, turn right into the High Street.
Go along High Street for around 100 meters and then turn left into Winchcombe Street, (by a branch of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building society, if it hasn't gone bust!) Continue straight along Winchcombe Street and into Prestbury Road. Straight across the next roundabout and then first right into Whaddon Road.
The entrance to the away end is down on the left.
(Thanks to www.footballgroundguide.co.uk for their help with this article.)