Getting Here

Contacting Poole Welcome Centre Situated on Poole Quay Tel: 01202 253253, enquiries will be answered in person during opening hours, recorded information all other times. Write to: Poole Welcome Centre, Enefco House, Poole Quay, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1HJ. Email to info@pooletourism.com

Parking For parking near Poole Quay:
Quay Visitors - multi-storey, 550 spaces, 6 for disabled use
Prosperous Street - 10 spaces, 1 for disabled use
New Orchard - 19 spaces, 1 for disabled use
Harbourside Park 1 - 205 spaces, 4 for disabled use
Harbourside Park 2 - 199 spaces, 4 for disabled use 
 
For parking near Town Centre:
High Street Shops - multi-storey, 335 spaces, 4 for disabled use
Chapel Lane 1 & 2 - 110 spaces, 10 for disabled use
Supermarket - 552 spaces, 12 for disabled use 
 
For parking near Dolphin Shopping Centre:
Kingland Road Disabled - 6 for disabled use
Shopping Centre 1 & 2 - multi-storey, 353 spaces, 4 for disabled use
Serpentine Disabled - 14 for disabled use
Dolphin Shopping Centre - multi-storey, 1160 spaces, 41 for disabled use
Serpentine Lane - 20 spaces  Pay by Plastic to Park in Poole Motorists using council owned car parks across Poole can pay for their parking by mobile phone in 31 of their pay and display areas look out for RingGo.

Poole Station is situated in the town centre - Daily services to all major cities including London Waterloo, Edinburgh, York, Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton.

National Rail Enquires Tel: 0845 7484950
Rail Bookings tel: 0845 6000650
web: www.travelinesw.com

South West Trains Tel: 0845 6000650
web: www.southwesttrains.co.uk 

Arriving by train? Ask for a Plusbus ticket. If you are arriving in Poole by train, for an extra £3 on the price of your rail ticket (£1.50 for children) you can enjoy unlimited travel for the day on most local bus services. Wilts & Dorset, Yellow Buses, First and the majority of smaller bus operators are included and you can hop on and off the buses all day with your rail plusbus ticket. Passengers can travel over a wide area including not just Poole but also neighbouring towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Wimborne. Ask at your local train station for details of Plusbus or visit the website at www.plusbus.org.uk

From the Port: Daily services to Cherbourg, France with Brittany Ferries. Daily Summer sailings to St Malo, France and the Channel Islands with Condor Ferries.

Ferry Terminal car park
If you require a car parking space it is advisable to book in advance. £6 per 24 hours.
Tel: 01202 440220

Local Ferries & Boat Trips

Sandbanks to Studland Ferry 
Bramble Bush Bay (the floating bridge) - Car and Passenger Ferry linking Poole and the Purbecks. From 0700am until 2300 hrs. approx every 20 mins. £3.00 per car (single) 90p pedestrian (return). Daily service except for Christmas Day. Tel: 01929 450203. www.sandbanksferry.co.uk

Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd
Boat trips from Poole Quay and Sandbanks to Brownsea Island, Wareham and around the Harbour. Tel: 01929 462383  www.brownseaislandferries.com

Blue Line Cruises
Boat trips from Poole Quay to view Studland Bay, Old Harry Rocks and Swanage. Tel: 0800 0960695.  www.bluelinecruises.com

Dorset Cruises
Boat trips from Poole Quay to Bournemouth, Isle of Wight, Swanage and Purbeck Coast. Tel: 01202 558550   www.dorsetcruises.co.uk

Greenslades Pleasure Boats
Boat trips from Poole Quay to Brownsea Island, Wareham and around the Harbour. Tel: 01202 669955  www.greensladespleasureboats.co.uk

Wight Link Ferries
Daily service to the Isle of Wight from Lymington, Hampshire Tel: 0870 5827744.   www.wightlink.co.uk

National Express offers a regular service to most major towns and cities plus a new Flightlink
service, up to 24 times per day to/from Heathrow Airport and central London with connections to Gatwick Airport.
Reservations: 08705 808080
Fax: 0141 332 8055   www.nationalexpress.com

Bournemouth Airport Shuttle
Bournemouth Airport Shuttle runs between Bournemouth town centre and the airport once an hour from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, serving the Travel Interchange, East Cliff, the Pier, West Cliff and the Square. Journey times from the Travel Interchange to Bournemouth Airport take just 15 minutes. At the Travel Interchange you can transfer to a bus or train to Poole.
Tel: 01202 557007     www.bournemouth-airport-shuttle.co.uk

Sea View Coaches (Day Tours)
Tel: 01202 773124
www.seaviewcoaches.com

Discover Dorset Tours offer day tours and half day tours around Dorset and the surrounding areas. Tel: 01202 557007
www.discoverdorset.co.uk

Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 6SE
Situated approximately 9.5 miles from Poole with regular services to Ireland and the Mediterranean.
See below for details of the shuttle service to the airport.

Booking Hotline Tel: 01202 578515,
Information Hotline Tel: 01202 364000
Fax: 01202 364109     www.bournemouthairport.com

Thomsonfly.com 
Offers flights direct to Bournemouth Airport
Tel: 0871 2314787  www.thomsonfly.com

Ryanair
Operate a daily service to/from Glasgow, Dublin, Barcelona, Madrid, Pisa, Shannon and the Marseille Provence. For more information please visit www.ryanair.com or call 0871 2460000