How It All Started

James Bevan Coaches is one of the oldest Motor Coach Businesses in Gloucestershire.  The Company’s roots go back to the 1960s when James purchased Letheren’s with the help of his father Roy Bevan, who had a lot of experience in the coach business as he had run Soudley Valley Coaches. James took over Letheren’s  in 1967, he kept the Letheren’s name until the late 70s where he changed it to James Bevan (Lydney) Ltd.

Location Of The Company

The depot that James operated was on the former main A48 opposite Watts’ (Now Tesco) in Lydney. From there, in 1980 James moved his business to Hams Road Lydney at Lydney Bus Station. The company remained at Hams Road for 40 years until in 2010 the company had a premises built on land situated at Mead Lane Industrial Estate where they now remain.

Type Of Work

James Bevan Coaches have done lots work over the years from across all of Europe.  The Type of work the company used to do would range from many types. Private Hire was one, where they would take people to the likes of France and all over the UK. Additionally, the company has done many Services such as school runs for the local schools and colleges and also the generic local services. The company would also do lots of Holidays and Day trips to stunning locations such as Interlaken, the Lake District, Jersey, Southern Ireland, France and Austria. 

Fleet

Over the years James Bevan have operated over 85 coaches consisting of many different coach brands. Now the fleet consists many PSVAR compliant and Euro 6 emission standard coaches.

Present

At this moment in time James Bevan Coaches covers work such as Private Hire, School and College runs, Holidays and Day Trips.