Please note all prices are correct as of February 2019. Group Save and Day Tickets Wilts and Dorset buses: An Explorer Ticket allows all day travel on Out of Car Experiences - 2019 Wilts and Dorset buses. It costs £8.80 per adult, £5.70 per young person (aged 7 to 18) or £23 for up to 5 people (no age restrictions) travelling all day together. Under 7’s travel free with an individual paying full cash adult fare. Car Free Days in North Purbeck by Foot, Cycle, Bus, Boat & Train Route One bus: Travel between Poole Quay and Poole Bus Station. It costs £1.80 all day or 60p single trip (adult fare). Under 7s travel free. Mon - Sat every 15 minutes. Train routes South Western Railway: London Waterloo to Weymouth, calling at Holton Heath (for Sandford), Wareham, Wool (for Bovington and Lulworth), and Moreton. Tel: 0345 6000 650. www.southwesternrailway.com Swanage Railway: Norden to Swanage calling at Corfe Castle, Harman’s Cross and Herston. Tel: 01929 425800. Further Ideas This leaflet contains only some of the places which can be visited without the use of a car. Contact the Information Centres detailed below, pick up the ‘Poole Harbour Trail’ leaflets or go to visit-dorset.com for further ideas for car free days. Maps and Timetables Most of these route ideas can be followed in reverse. Pick up bus, train and boat timetables from the Discover Purbeck Information Centre in Wareham (tel: 01929 552740) or Swanage Information Centre (tel: 01929 766018). Alternatively visit www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/travel-dorset for more information. Please note: The representation of a track or path is no evidence of a public right of way. This is not a Definitive Map of Rights of Way and has no legal status. Users of all routes shown in this leaflet do so entirely at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety, and the safety of others using the same route. We cannot guarantee that all routes will be passable, particularly in wet weather. Photograph credits: Wareham Boat Hire Wareham, Abbots Quay Whilst every care has been taken in the production of this leaflet, Dorset Council cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information and accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions. Starting from Bere Regis, Lytchett Minster and Wareham Large print leaflets are available on request. Designed by Dorset Council Please call 01929 557237 for further information. Designed by Purbeck District Council 2009, printed on environmentally www.visit-dorset.com friendly paper. From Bere Regis From Upton and Lytchett Minster cont. |dea 1: Bere Regis to Athelhampton House – Idea 3: Upton/Lytchett Minster to Wareham and Wareham Forest – Catch the 187 bus from West Street to the beautiful 15th Century Athelhampton House (entrance fee applies), Catch the 40 or X54 bus from Upton Triangle Shops, South Lytchett Manor (Camping passing through the pretty villages of Briantspuddle and and Caravan Park) or St Peters Finger pub to the Post Office in Wareham. Straight on Affpuddle, and by the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum. You from the bus stop is the Discover Purbeck Information Centre with lots of ideas of things could then continue to the county town of Dorchester to do during your visit. Make sure you visit the Quay: a great place to sit and relax or and visit the many museums including The Tutankhamun hire a boat (March to October) to row or motor along the River Frome. Exhibition, Teddy Bear House or Dinosaur Museum (entrance fee applies). Catch the 40 or X54 bus back to Lytchett Minster or Upton. Price (adult): Explorer ticket £8.80 (allows all day travel Athelhampton House on the 187). Price (adult): Bus, £6.00 return on the 40 bus (every hour), From Upton and Lytchett Minster or the X54 bus (every 2 hours) Boat hire from £3.75 per person Idea 2: Upton Country Park – Catch the 40 bus from St Peters Finger pub, South Lytchett Manor (Camping and Caravan Park) or Upton Travelling Triangle Shops to Upton Country Park bus stop. Cross in a group? See the road, turn left and keeping walking straight on until the back page you reach the entrance gates. There are many walks to of this leaflet for explore, plus Upton House, the Walled Gardens and the group save Tea Rooms. tickets. Price (adult): Bus, £5.50 return. Wareham Walls River Frome Wareham Forest From Wareham Wareham Quay Idea 4: Walking the Wareham Forest Way – Idea 6: Wareham to Poole – Catch the 40 bus from South Bridge bus stop Catch the 40 bus from the Red Lion bus stop (in Wareham) (opposite the Discover Purbeck Information Centre) to Poole Bus Station, and then change onto the X8 (for to Poole Bus Station for the town centre, Poole Park Blandford Forum) getting off at Sturminster Marshall War and connecting buses to Poole Quay (Route One Memorial. Walk back to Wareham along the Wareham bus). If you have children with you, why not stop Forest Way (13 miles). Why not stop halfway at East en-route at the fantastic Farmer Palmers Farm Morden for lunch in the village pub? Park in Organford (bus stop outside) which has been specially created for young children? You Price (adult): Explorer Ticket £8.80 (allows all day travel will get 10% off your admission price with your Wareham Forest on the 40 and X8. bus ticket. Return to Wareham by bus or catch a Greenslade Pleasure Boat from Poole Quay to Idea 5: Wareham to Bovington Tank Museum Wareham Quay. and Lawrence of Arabia Trail – Price (adult): Catch the train from Wareham Railway Station to Wool 40 bus between Wareham and Poole Bus Station, £5.00 one-way and Station. Walk or cycle (you can take your bike on the train) £7.40 return the 1 ¾ miles to the Tank Museum by turning right out Boat trip, £7 one-way of the railway/bus station and right again over the level Route One bus between Poole Quay and Poole Bus Station, 60p one-way. crossing. Pass the petrol station and turn left following the cyclepath (blue signs) over Wool Bridge towards Bovington. The Museum is on your right. Morden At the Museum (cycle parking available) you can join The Lawrence of Arabia Trail walking route (6 ¾ miles) which passes by places associated with T.E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) such as Clouds Hill (his Dorset residence and now a National Trust property) and Moreton where he is laid to rest. Why not stop for lunch or afternoon tea at Moreton? Please note that Clouds Hill is open from mid March to late October, Monday to Sunday. Entry fee applies to non- National Trust members. Clouds Hill Price (adult): Train, from £3.80 one-way and £4.60 return Entrance to Tank Museum £14 Adult and £9 Child Entrance to Clouds Hill £7.70 Adult and £3.90 Child River Frome Moreton Church 5 - Daily from 25 May to 21 Sept Sturminster Marshall X8 - Hourl y 30 - From 25 May to 21 Sept Detailed leaflets of The Purbeck Way walk, 40 - Hourly 50 - Every 30 mins - hourly Purbeck Way West walk, Lawrence of Arabia Trail, To Winterborne Wareham Two Rivers Walks, Wareham Forest Way Kingston X54 - Monday to Friday only s walk and the five Purbeck cycle routes are available 55 - Daily from 8 April until 20 July from the Discover Purbeck Information Centre, South Street, Wareham. Tel: 01929 552740. 60 - Every 30 mins - hourly 187 - Mon-F ri except public holidays Some bus services are reduced on Sundays, Bus Route Public holidays and in winter. Upton Country Vehicle, cycle Park and foot ferry X8 - hourly 40 - Ever y 30 mins - hourly 50 - Ever y 20 mins - hourly 52 - Ever y 30 mins - hourly X53 - every 2 hours 44 - Mon-Sat only 103 - Mon-Sat only 104 - Mon-Sat only 387 - Mon-Sat only 275 - Thursday only Norden Car Park Lulworth Castle Purbeck Ridge and Park ‘ ) t s a o C (Jurassic Coast) c Durlston i Country Park Bike Hire s Centre s a r (Jurassic Coast) u (J.