Editing Cirencester (section)

==Transport==
===Roads===
Cirencester is the hub of a road network with routes to [[Gloucester]] ([[A417 road|A417]]), [[Cheltenham]] ([[A435 road|A417/A435]]), [[Warwick]] ([[A429 road|A429]]), [[Oxford]] ([[A40 road|A40]] via the [[B4425 road]]), [[Wantage]] (A417), [[Swindon]] ([[A419 road|A419]]), [[Chippenham]] (A429), [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] ([[A433 road|A433]]) and [[Stroud]] (A419). The A417 also connects Cirencester to the [[M5 motorway]] at junction 11A, whilst the A419 connects Cirencester to the [[M4 motorway]] at junction 15 east of Swindon. The town is also signed from the M4 at junction 17 with the A429.

===Buses===
Bus operators serving Cirencester include [[Stagecoach West]] and Cotswold Green. The latter operates the hourly route 58 circular bus service within Cirencester, connecting the town centre and [[Stratton, Gloucestershire|Stratton]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norris |first=Phil |date=2019-07-15 |title=All we know about Stagecoach bus service changes |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/wheres-bus-stagecoach-reveals-major-3051813 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=GloucestershireLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Alice |date=2022-10-18 |title=Outrage after vital Cirencester bus route axed |url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/23057434.outrage-vital-cirencester-bus-route-withdrawn/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Alice |date=2022-11-21 |title=Joy after vital Cirencester bus route saved |url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/23138818.joy-vital-cirencester-bus-route-saved/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard |language=en}}</ref>

===Railway===
[[File:The former Cirencester Town station (geograph 4017870).jpg|thumb|The former Cirencester Town station building in 2014]]
Since [[Cirencester Watermoor railway station|Cirencester Watermoor station]] was closed in 1961 and the [[Cirencester branch line|Kemble to Cirencester branch line]] to [[Cirencester Town railway station|Cirencester Town station]] was closed to passengers in 1964, the town has been without its own station. The nearest station is now at [[Kemble railway station|Kemble]], {{convert|3.7|mi|0}} away. It is served by regular [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] trains between [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]] and {{stnlnk|Gloucester}}.<ref>[https://www.gwr.com/travel-information/train-times/ B7 London and Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa timetable] [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]</ref>

There is an active campaign to restore the line from Kemble to Cirencester.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-19 |title=Plans for Cirencester to Kemble railway line move ahead |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64318647 |access-date=2023-02-26}}</ref>

===Air===
The nearest international airport is [[Bristol Airport|Bristol]]. A [[general aviation]] airport, [[Cotswold Airport]], is around {{Convert|5|mi|4=0}} to the south-west, near [[Kemble, Gloucestershire|Kemble]].