Transport

Getting to Ballard School

By Road

The School is located half a mile north of New Milton town centre on the B3058. Entry to the School grounds is by way of an entrance-only, private drive which feeds into a one-way system for safety. The main car park and drop-off lane serves the Lower-Prep, Upper-Prep and Senior School and there is an additional car park to the rear of the grounds for Nursery and Pre-Prep. Exit from the School grounds is via an exit-only gate back onto the B3058.

Our School Bus Service

The School has a fleet of private minibuses and offers an excellent service covering East Dorset and West Hampshire.

Pupils are picked up and returned to their front doors in most cases. Coverage includes: Bournemouth, Sandbanks, Lilliput,  Poole, Canford Cliffs, Penn Hill, Westbourne, Talbot Woods, Charminster, Queens Park, Southbourne, Ferndown, Christchurch, Mudeford, Highcliffe, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Ferndown, Beaulieu, Ringwood, Burley, Lymington, Lyndhurst, Minstead, Sway, Calmore, Ashurst, Brockenhurst, Boldre, Bransgore, Burton and Pennington.  Please email our Transport Manager; transport@ballardschool.co.uk, if your area is not currently shown.

Our buses are all modern and regularly renewed. All drivers are MiDAS trained or have a full bus/coach licence and have a full DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance. Buses are scheduled to arrive at School by 8.30am and leave School for home at 5.10pm. Routes are regularly under review and we will try to meet individual requirements where possible.

Train Service

New Milton railway station is only five minutes level walk from the School grounds. The station is on the main Waterloo to Bournemouth/Weymouth line with trains running to and from Southampton and Bournemouth/Poole every half an hour. In the darker winter months, the School provides a minibus service for children to and from the station in the mornings and evenings. Please ask our Transport Manager for information.

In the afternoon, there are at least two trains per hour leaving for stations to Bournemouth and Southampton.

Bus Routes

BUS 1  BUS 2
Sandbanks – Lilliput – Poole – Westbourne – Bournemouth  Corfe Mullen – Wimborne – West Parley – Ferndown – Avon Castle
BUS 3 BUS 4
Penn Hill – Canford Cliffs – Kings Park – Christchurch Lymington – Pennington – Milford-on-Sea
BUS 5 BUS 6
Brockenhurst – Sway Calmore – Lyndhurst
BUS 7 BUS 8
Ringwood – Hightown – Burley – Bransgore Talbot Woods – Charminster – Queens Park – Burton
BUS 9  BUS 10
Dibden Purlieu – Beaulieu – Norleywood – Lymington – Hordle Southbourne – Tuckton – Christchurch – Mudeford
BUS 11 BUS 12
Lymington – Pennington – Everton Southbourne – Tuckton – Christchurch – Highcliffe

 

 

If the current route/area does not meet with your needs the minibus co-ordinator will be happy to discuss re–routing one of our buses if possible.

Email:  transport@ballardschool.co.uk

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