Taxis
Taxis are fairly reliable. If you flag a taxi down or get one from the taxi rank you will be charged from the meter, whereas if you book with a taxi company you will be charged considerably less. Most locals use taxis at night as far as the surrounding villages as night-buses are few apart from a regular link to Gloucester. At night taxis wait along The Promenade it can be very busy at pub-closing times.
Buses
The main bus company is Stagecoach (http://www.stagecoachbus....) which operates a number of buses around the town, mainly on routes with letters rather than numbers. The D bus goes from the station through the town centre to the racecourse and on to Bishop's Cleeve. A single from the town centre to the station costs £1.50, and a day ticket for all the stagecoach services within Cheltenham Megarider costs £3.00.