Edwards Coaches

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If you have found a holiday from the brochure that you would like to make a booking for, please feel free to make a booking here

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About the company, The Edwards family has operated buses and coaches in South Wales since 1925

This page provides an outline of our extensive fleet of coaches used for both coach holidays and private coach hire

A list of our awards and trophies we have won to date

Download our Summer / Winter Brochure here.

Edwards Coaches welcomes your group travel enquiries, use this page to request a quotation via the Internet

If you would like to contact us, all the information you need is available on this page

Links to various sites that we think will interest you

Complete Brochures may be downloaded as PDF files or you can view parts of the Brochure on-line

Welcome to Edwards Coaches Jobs and Careers page, where people are at the heart of our business and success.

About us

Edwards Coach Holidays

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At Edwards Coach Holidays it is not just about destination, it is about your whole holiday experience. From start to finish, we pride ourselves on the high standard we offer you.

You can book Edwards coach trips on-line twenty four hours a day at www.edwardscoaches.co.uk where all of our tours including edwards coach trips and edwards coaches day trips are available at just a click of a button.

If you prefer, our friendly staff are available to help choose your Edwards holidays or Edwards coach travel most suitable to you.

You can always phone or pop into one of our travel shops based at Llantwit Fardre, Cardiff, Swansea or Blackwood.

Our head office is open for Holiday Reservations 6 days a week:
Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 6:00 pm & Saturdays 08:30 am - 12:30 pm.
(During January, Saturday & Sunday: 08:30 am - 16:00 pm)

Cardiff Staff

Cardiff Travel Shop ~ 02920 348811: (based in Central Square, Cardiff)
The Regional Manager is Tony Mahoney
He is supported by reservation staff – Sally McGrath, Hannah Williams & Kelly Jones.

Cardiff Travel Shop is open six days a week:
Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 6:00 pm & Saturdays 9.00 am - 5.00 pm.

Cardiff Staff

Blackwood Travel Shop ~ 01495 222272: (based in High Street, Blackwood)
The Travel Shop Manager is Carol Richards
She is supported by the reservation staff – Lee Turner, Kelly-Anne Rees, Christine Evans & Jeanne Brewer.

Blackwood Travel Shop is open six days a week:
Monday - Saturday 9 am - 5:00 pm.

Cardiff Staff

Swansea Coach Holiday Shop ~ 01792 456600: (Near the New Bus Station)
The Travel Shop Manager is Dawn Davies.
She is supported by the reservation staff – Christine Loveday, Kristen Clark, Jessica Davies & Lyndsey Panico.

Swansea Coach Holiday Shop is open six days a week:
Monday - Friday 9 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday 09:00 am - 16:30 pm.

Cardiff Staff

Edwards Coach Holidays, Diamond Depot ~ 01792 791981: (based at Swansea Enterprise Park, SA6 8QG)
The Manager is Nichola Wood
She is supported by the reservation staff - Julie Knight, Kirsty Davies

Diamond Holidays is open six days a week:
Monday - Friday 9 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday 09:00 am - 13:00 pm.

Edwards Coaches

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Edwards coach tours has operated in South Wales since 1925. The first coach or "charabanc" as they were commonly known, was a 1920 Spa. The adjacent photograph shows this vehicle with Cyril Edwards at the wheel. The gentleman with the moustache in the centre of the picture is the company founder George Edwards.

During the next 20 years or so, the company's main source of income was the "local bus service" into the market town of Pontypridd. Business increased as the near-by Treforest Industrial Estate expanded where many factory workers were transported to work and also to the munitions factory at Bridgend during the Second World War by Edwards Coaches.

The fifties and sixties brought new ambitions for the company and indeed its clients. Edwards Luxury coaches boasted a heater and radio, travelled from all over the South Wales Valleys to popular holiday destinations, such as London, Blackpool, Bath and Stratford. During the early sixties the company organised tours as far afield as Paris, Belgium and Austria.

Since those early days, Edwards has expanded progressively. We now operate a fleet of over 160 buses and coaches from our operating centre at Pontypridd, employing 240 personnel. Last year we carried over 6,300 students to school each day and provided over 60,000 clients with our own customised package holidays. We also undertake day excursions and transfers for numerous organisations.