Bourne Community Bus

InOurArea is a community-based CIC with no profit motive. Their main funded and managed project is the Bourne Community Bus. InOurArea has launched a new website showcasing its mission, projects and ways communities, parishes and funders can support. To see the new InOurArea website go to www.inourarea.org InOurArea creates and supports projects that benefit local […]

As we roll into summer, the Bourne Bus is back to record numbers of passengers once again, as one of our recent Friday trips shows! Wednesday has become popular with our trips from Southbourne and Westbourne to Rowlands Castle for shopping and Stansted for the cafe, garden centre, shop and fish stall on a Wednesday […]

In September the Bourne Bus had a record breaking month in making 444 passenger journeys, the second month we’ve broken the 400 journeys a month barrier (August was 400). There was also another record broken too. Our weekly Friday run is the most popular and on 5th September we made a record 48 passenger journeys […]

The Bourne Community Bus celebrates its third successful year with over 10,000 passengers carried and 25% annual growth in numbers. The Bourne Bus now runs under a new bus licence, so we can claim back for bus pass use, making the service more financially self-sufficient. Founder Andrew Kerry-Bedell said, “Whilst a few now pay £3 […]

With a 20% annual growth in Bourne Bus passengers we needed an official operations manager and Nick Hedges has agreed to help us manage the bus. Nick joined the volunteer driving team right at the start in Summer 2022 and has the record for the most half-day shifts on our weekday routes with 146 drives […]

The Bourne Community Bus has moved from Community Transport Sussex to a more local community organisation called In Our Area. This local Emsworth based Community Interest Company had already been involved with local events like beer festivals, a QR code trail called the Bourne Heritage Trail and a review of fundraising for a PG Wodehouse […]

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 on local resident need the Bourne Bus has added nine new stops and four destinations for residents in South Downs National Park villages in Bourne. This new service runs Wednesday mornings 09.30 to 13.00, stopping at safe locations and pubs in local Bourne villages. We pick up at […]