Local Information

Panaramic views of Bournemouth beachFor information about the local area please follow the link to Bournemouth Tourist Information Centre

 

Directions to the Royal Bath Hotel can be found here.




 

Travel Information - Getting to Bournemouth



By Air

Access to London's Heathrow and Gatwick Airports is easy and convenient from Bournemouth by train or by coach.

Low cost airlines which operate from Bournemouth include Ryanair and Thomsonfly as well as Flybe from Southampton Airport.


By Road

From London or the M25, take the M3 westwards. Follow the M27, A31 and A338 to Bournemouth and then the signs to the city centre.

Portsmouth is 40 miles away to the east, Salisbury 25 miles and Swindon 40 miles to the north.


By Rail

South West Trains operates a comprehensive service to London Waterloo with a journey time of as little as 97 minutes. This line also serves Southampton, Winchester and Basingstoke to the East, with Poole, Wareham, Dorchester and Weymouth to the West.

Virgin Trains serve destinations to the North with direct trains to Reading, Oxford, Birmingham & the Midlands, Manchester and the Northwest, Yorkshire (Sheffield, Leeds, York), Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland.

Southern's 'West-Coastway' services are available by changing at Southampton Central. The Sussex Coastal towns of Chichester, Worthing, Hove and Brighton are served and trains continue to Gatwick Airport and London Victoria.

National Rail Enquiries: 08457 484950