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Car Free Days in North Purbeck by Foot, Cycle, Bus, Boat & Train

Out of Car Experiences - 2019

Wareham, Abbots Quay

Starting from Bere Regis, Lytchett Minster and Wareham

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www.visit-dorset.com

Please note all prices are correct as of February 2019.Group Save and Day TicketsWilts and Dorset buses: An Explorer Ticket allows all day travel on 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.

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 routesSouth 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 IdeasThis 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 TimetablesMost 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

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.

Wareham Forest

Wareham Walls

River Frome

From Bere Regis|dea 1: Bere Regis to Athelhampton House – Catch the 187 bus from West Street to the beautiful 15th Century Athelhampton House (entrance fee applies), passing through the pretty villages of Briantspuddle and Affpuddle, and by the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum. You could then continue to the county town of Dorchester and visit the many museums including The Tutankhamun Exhibition, Teddy Bear House or Dinosaur Museum (entrance fee applies).

Price (adult): Explorer ticket £8.80 (allows all day travel on the 187).Athelhampton House

Idea 2: Upton Country Park – Catch the 40 bus from St Peters Finger pub, South Lytchett Manor (Camping and Caravan Park) or Upton Triangle Shops to Upton Country Park bus stop. Cross the road, turn left and keeping walking straight on until you reach the entrance gates. There are many walks to explore, plus Upton House, the Walled Gardens and the Tea Rooms.

Price (adult): Bus, £5.50 return.

From Upton and Lytchett Minster

From Upton and Lytchett Minster cont.

Idea 3: Upton/Lytchett Minster to Wareham and Wareham Forest – Catch the 40 or X54 bus from Upton Triangle Shops, South Lytchett Manor (Camping and Caravan Park) or St Peters Finger pub to the Post Office in Wareham. Straight on from the bus stop is the Discover Purbeck Information Centre with lots of ideas of things to do during your visit. Make sure you visit the Quay: a great place to sit and relax or hire a boat (March to October) to row or motor along the River Frome.

Catch the 40 or X54 bus back to Lytchett Minster or Upton.

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Price (adult):

Bus, £6.00 return on the 40 bus (every hour), or the X54 bus (every 2 hours) Boat hire from £3.75 per person

Moreton Church

From Wareham

Clouds Hill

Wareham Forest

Morden

Idea 4: Walking the Wareham Forest Way –

Catch the 40 bus from the Red Lion bus stop (in Wareham) to Poole Bus Station, and then change onto the X8 (for Blandford Forum) getting off at Sturminster Marshall War Memorial. Walk back to Wareham along the Wareham Forest Way (13 miles). Why not stop halfway at East Morden for lunch in the village pub?

Price (adult): Explorer Ticket £8.80 (allows all day travel on the 40 and X8.

Idea 5: Wareham to Bovington Tank Museum and Lawrence of Arabia Trail – Catch the train from Wareham Railway Station to Wool Station. Walk or cycle (you can take your bike on the train) the 1 ¾ miles to the Tank Museum by turning right out of the railway/bus station and right again over the level crossing. Pass the petrol station and turn left following the cyclepath (blue signs) over Wool Bridge towards Bovington. The Museum is on your right.

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.

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

Idea 6: Wareham to Poole –

Catch the 40 bus from South Bridge bus stop (opposite the Discover Purbeck Information Centre) to Poole Bus Station for the town centre, Poole Park and connecting buses to Poole Quay (Route One bus). If you have children with you, why not stop en-route at the fantastic Farmer Palmers Farm Park in Organford (bus stop outside) which has been specially created for young children? You will get 10% off your admission price with your bus ticket. Return to Wareham by bus or catch a Greenslade Pleasure Boat from Poole Quay to Wareham Quay.

Price (adult): 40 bus between Wareham and Poole Bus Station, £5.00 one-way and £7.40 return Boat trip, £7 one-way Route One bus between Poole Quay and Poole Bus Station, 60p one-way.

River Frome

Wareham Quay

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Detailed leaflets of The Purbeck Way walk, Purbeck Way West walk, Lawrence of Arabia Trail, Wareham Two Rivers Walks, Wareham Forest Way walk and the five Purbeck cycle routes are available from the Discover Purbeck Information Centre, South Street, Wareham. Tel: 01929 552740.

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