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.
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.
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 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.