Warrens Coaches was founded in 1919 by Philip G. Warren on his return from military service in the 1914 - 1918 war. Initially two model "T" Fords operated a twice-a-day carriers service to Tunbridge Wells. Philip's wife, Annie, was an active partner and often drove one of the vehicles. It was not long before they found that by fitting "toast rack" seats, passengers could be carried at the weekends to supplement income.

In 1923 the first vehicle specifically designed to carry passengers was purchased by the Warrens. Having longitudinal seating it would sometimes be used to carry goods in its central gangway. As customers demanded greater comfort Philip and Annie specialised more and more in carrying passengers, and in 1929 the carriers business was sold, and by 1930 the name "Warrens Comfort Coaches" was in use.

By the outbreak of the second World War five coaches were in the fleet and P.G. managed to keep the business running throughout the war years with the help of loyal staff. The war years were not without incident, and in 1940 two vehicles were badly damaged and part of the original garage was destroyed by a stray bomb which fell close to Ticehurst High Street.

Twenty five years after Philip Warren first took to the road, Warrens Coaches Ltd was incorporated in July 1944. After hostilities ceased in 1945 much of the fleet was used to transport prisoners of war to the many farms in and around the area.

1946 saw the return of Philip and Annie's son Derek from the war where he had been a Prisoner of War before escaping to Switzerland. With the knowledge of Europe that Derek had gained and the gradual relaxation of continental travel restrictions in the 1950's, Warrens Coaches began to be frequent visitors throughout mainland Europe.

Expansion continued throughout the 1950's mainly due to the company's increased activities in European travel. Soon larger premises were required and Warrens moved to a new site in Ticehurst High Street. This was shortly followed by a second depot being opened in 1955 at Tenterden, Kent under the directorship of David Turner.

With operations now well established in both counties the company continued to grow throughout the 60's with Derek Warren as Managing Director following the death of his father in 1960. The company continued to flourish under Derek's leadership with a large programme of tours operated each year.

1969 saw Graham Fry (Derek's son-in-law) join the Company as General Manager and with this combination of Derek, David and Graham at the helm, the seventies and eighties were very successful for the two Companies.

After 43 years with the Company Derek Warren died in 1989, and Graham Fry took over the Managing Directorship formally in 1990. With the changing face of operations in the nineties Warrens entered into bus services for several years to further consolidate its business. This was further enhanced with the purchase of Rye Coaches in 1993. 1993 also saw the retirement of David Turner after 40 years with the Company.

Today Warrens Coaches is a very prominent, successful and well respected operator with a fleet of high quality coaches. Although their European tour programme pays a smaller part in the overall business they have used that experience to great effect with the expansion of their incoming group traffic which is now used by organisers throughout the World.

To summarize therefore, if you require to hire a high quality coach from a company you can trust; a company that has a fine pedigree with almost 80 years experience and staff that from your first enquiry have the customers needs at the forefront, you can do no better than :

Warrens Coaches