St Chris is conveniently located in Letchworth Garden City, just off the A1(M) and on a major train line between London and Cambridge. We also run an extensive school bus service.
School buses run from North London (Highgate or Cockfosters), St Albans and Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City and Hadley Wood with several stops en route. There is also a bus from Hitchin railway station to meet trains from London, Cambridge and Peterborough.
Children are welcome to take the school bus from Year 5 in the Junior School and upwards.
For more information about bus routes and prices, or to book a place on a bus, please visit the website of our school transport provider:
All bus costs and routes can be found on the above website, but for information, the ad hoc daily return charge for buses are as follows:
Route | Adhoc daily return cost |
SC01 | £24.00 |
SC02 | £20.00 |
SC03 | £20.00 |
SC05 | £9.00 |
St Chris is located close to Letchworth Garden City station, which is on the London to Cambridge railway line and is served by fast trains from both cities, with many children either commuting on a daily basis or becoming weekly boarders.
A school bus runs each day to Hitchin station to meet the London, Cambridge and Peterborough trains, so children are brought directly to school.
For more information and to book our station pick up bus from Hitchin visit the St Chris Bus Service website.
For more information about train services visit the National Rail Enquiries website
St Chris is located just off Junction 9 of the A1(M) giving good road access from London and towns along the A1 corridor, and links to Royston, Cambridge, Harpenden and Luton.
Limited car parking is available on site.
The visitors car park is located in front of the school theatre on Barrington Road, directly off Baldock Road (A505.)
London’s airports are easily accessible to St Chris by road and rail for families who live outside of the UK.
Travel time by car to airports:
London Luton – 21km, 25 minutes
London Stansted – 47km, 45 minutes
London Heathrow – 78km, 60 minutes
London Gatwick – 140km, 90 minutes