Simply Bournemouth Hotels
At Simply Bournemouth Hotels, we feature selected hotels in Bournemouth as well as hotel accommodation in nearby areas to suit every taste and budget.
Suitable Hotel Accommodation & Comfortable Surroundings
A warm welcome awaits you at our selected hotels, where polite, friendly staff are available to make sure that your stay at the hotels is both memorable and pleasurable.
With accommodation to meet a range of budgets, the selected hotels have been specially hand picked to offer easy access for sightseeing and business, a comfortable stay and hospitality, traveller facilities and business services.
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Travel and Transport
Bournemouth Location & Travel Links
Many now refer to Bournemouth as London by the sea, situated on the south coast of England with extensive road, rail and air links, and one of the United Kingdoms warmest climates, this town truly is a dream location.
Situated at the centre of the south coast of Great Britain, Bournemouth is well linked by Rail, Road, Sea and Air.
Bournemouth by Road
Bournemouth Town Centre is linked to London and along the South Coast, via the M3 and M27. Fast access may also be gained via the A34 to the M4 north of Newbury. These high standard road links keep Bournemouth's within easy reach of the rest of Great Britian
Bournemouth by Coach
National Express Coaches serves Bournemouth Travel Interchange, Boscombe and Westbourne. There are frequent departures to London Victoria Coach Station and also direct services to the West Country, Sussex coast (Brighton and Eastbourne), Bristol, Birmingham and the Midlands, the North West, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland.
National Express Airport Coaches serve Heathrow Airport with connections to Gatwick and Stansted and other airports.
Megabus, coach service connects Bournemouth University and the Triangle in the Town Centre with London Greenline Coach Station.
Bournemouth by Rail
Bournemouth is well served by the rail network with two railway stations in the Borough - the main Bournemouth station and Pokesdown to the East.
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.
South Central Trains '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.
Connections will link Bournemouth with the full national network. National Rail Enquiries: 08457 484950
PLUSBUS
Bournemouth is now part of the national PLUSBUS integrated Rail & Bus ticketing scheme.
Travellers to Bournemouth by train, can now enhance their rail ticket to give unlimited bus travel for the day (on both Yellow Buses and Wilts & Dorset buses) throughout the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch area.
If you are travelling to Bournemouth you will need to ask for the PLUSBUS addition when you purchase your ticket at the rail station of origin.
If you are going from Bournemouth to another rail station please check before you travel to see if PLUSBUS is available at your destination. The PLUSBUS ticket is only available from Rail Station ticket offices as it is linked to rail journeys. The ticket is not available from the bus driver or any bus ticket outlets.
Bournemouth by Sea
The Port of Poole, conveniently situated within five miles of Bournemouth, offers scheduled "Ro-Ro" services and regular passenger sailings to the Continent and Channel Isles. The port also offer freight services.
Brittany Ferries offers regular sailings to the Continent.
Condor Ferries offers fast catamaran sailings to France and the Channel Islands.
Southampton, Weymouth and Portsmouth with their many port and transport links are also close to Bournemouth and are easily accessible by road and rail.
Bournemouth by Air
Bournemouth International Airport is only a ten minute drive or 15 minute bus journey from the Town Centre or Travel Interchange.
Ryanair operates daily scheduled flights from Bournemouth to Glasgow (Prestwick), Dublin and Barcelona (Girona).
Thomsonfly.com operates scheduled services to and from Amsterdam, Paris, Pisa, Palma, Valencia, Malaga & Faro.
Jet2.com operates daily scheduled services to and from Belfast International Airport.
Both Heathrow and Gatwick Airports are easily accessible by car, coach or rail.
