Bourne Community Bus
As of April 2025 we’re delighted to celebrate our third birthday running the Bourne Community Bus. It’s not always been easy, with the tough task of getting grants and funding to the tune of £25,000 a year. But we’re glad to provide this worthwhile service to residents of all ages, in many local Bourne towns […]
The Bourne Bus service is now two years old, having started our service when we had to plan for passengers wearing masks at the end of Covid! From the outset the free bus service has been really popular with local residents from Southbourne, Westbourne, Hambrook and Nutbourne, heading to popular destinations such as Emsworth and […]
After review with Compton and Stoughton Parishes the Bourne Bus has now added nine new stops and five destinations for residents in the South Downs National Park area of Bourne. This new service runs Wednesday mornings and stops at safe locations and many of the pubs in all of the local Bourne villages. We pick […]
The Bourne Bus is running theatre trips in partnership with Chichester Festival Theatre. Travel FREE both ways with discount theatre tickets from £10.00. Book your bus place when you book your theatre ticket. We’ll pick you up in your Parish and take you to the theatre door, then drop you back home to the same […]
As of January 2024 the Bourne Bus has officially joined Community Transport Sussex. The joint objective of both CT Sussex and the Bourne Bus is the reduction of social isolation and loneliness. Matt Roberts, CEO of CT Sussex said, “The stated aim of CT Sussex is to create an integrated community transport network across the […]
At the end of a first successful year the Bourne Bus is fundraising £120,000 for years 2 – 5 of operation. As a thankyou any business that sponsors the bus for £1,000 or more will get their logo added to the bus! As we run the bus free for users this costs us £30,000 a […]
The Bourne Bus service celebrates its first anniversary in June, having achieved around 3,000 completely free passenger journeys since its launch. With 20 stops covering Thorney Island, Hambrook, Southbourne, Nutbourne and Westbourne our local residents have continued to enjoy their trips to Havant, Emsworth and Chichester for shopping, medical and social trips as well as […]
Due to popular demand, from January 2023 we’ve added in a new stop at Westbourne. Along with the current stops at The Square, The Cricketers pub and Homefield we’ve now added in a stop at the Wren Centre to the West of Westbourne for residents of Rivermead Court and Oakmeadow Close as well as Redlands […]
We’ve taken the opportunity to revamp the bus timetable to add some of the new stops you’ve requested, as well as to remove stops that are rarely used. This has enabled us to simplify the timetable for the whole route and give residents more suitable times to pick up the bus and better lengths of […]
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday the Bourne Community Bus arrives at Bourne Community College at 3.30, enabling Thorney Island based pupils to attend an hour of after school activities such as exam study, sports and dance classes. This free service then takes them back to Thorney to drop off at Church Road and Canberra road […]