Journey Barnstaple, North Devon to Bristol Airport.
I recently needed to travel from Barnstaple to Bristol Airport but found getting to Bristol Airport by public transport not easy and Bristol Airport car parking expensive so I researched other ways of getting to Bristol Airport.
I eventually decided to travel by car to Weston Super Mare and then the Weston Flyer coach to Bristol Airport (Stand 23).
The route was so easy and cheap that I am putting the details on this webpage so that others may find it useful.
I travelled light with only flight cabin luggage. A lot of luggage would be more difficult because of 130 metres walk from public carpark to Weston Flyer bus and lots of steps from Stand 23 to Departures at Bristol Airport (150 metres).

Locking Road Car Park, Weston-super-Mare. Car Parking 1 week £30.00.
Weston Flyer coach to Bristol Airport Adult £5.00 single or £7.00 return.
 First Leg 
DRIVE from Barnstaple to Weston Super Mare, Locking Road Long Stay Carpark

Barnstaple
Follow A3125 to Barbican Rd/A39. 54 sec (0.2 mi)
Follow A361 and M5 to Francis Fox Rd/A370 in Weston-super-Mare. 1 hr 31 min (75.5 mi)

At TA Roundabout, continue straight onto Barbican Rd/A39. 0.3 mi
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Victoria Rd/A39
Go through 2 roundabouts 0.9 mi
At Portmore Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A361 1.1 mi
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A361 7.2 mi
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A361 0.9 mi
Continue onto A361 0.6 mi
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A361 2.0 mi
Continue onto A36 15.6 mi
At Bolham Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A361 6.4 mi
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the M5 slip road to Bristol/Taunton 0.3 mi
Merge onto M5 31.2 mi
At junction 22, take the A38 exit to Weston-S-Mare/Burnham-On-Sea/Bristol(South)/Airport 0.3 mi
At Edithmead Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Bristol Rd/A38 1.7 mi
At E Brent Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bridgwater Rd/A370
Continue to follow A370 5.2 mi
At Uphill Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bridgwater Rd/A370 0.6 mi
Turn right onto Devonshire Rd/A3033
Continue to follow A3033 1.1 mi
At Drove Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Hildesheim Bridge/A370 0.3 mi
Continue on Francis Fox Rd/A370 to your destination 1 min (0.2 mi)
Locking Road Car Park Francis Fox Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 3DE
Second Leg
WALK from Locking Road Long Stay Carpark to Bus Stop on Station Approach Road. 130 metres.
Third Leg
BUS from Weston Super Mare to Bristol Airport.
The A3 Airport Flyer serves Weston-super-Mare, Worle, Congresbury, Cleeve and Bristol Airport, hourly. Buses are fitted with on-board wifi. At Bristol Airport, buses serve Stand 23 at the Airport Bus Station.
BUS TIMES
A3 - Weston Airport Flyer - Weston-super-Mare, Station Approach - Bristol Airport, Airport Bus Station Timtables
A3 - Weston Airport Flyer - Weston-super-Mare, Station Approach - Bristol Airport, Airport Bus Station Map Tracking 2 Buses
FIRST BUS
BOARD BUS at Station Approach Road
Fourth Leg
WALK from Bristol Airport bus station (stand 23) to Departures. 160 metres.
Arrived at Bristol Airport Departures

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