Getting around Emsworth

Can you live in Emsworth without a car?

In much of it, yes, though not all: the basics are within a walk, but frequent buses reach only part of it. The nearest station for most of its postcodes is Emsworth, a median 0.8 km away, with 50% of postcodes within 800 metres. It recorded 362,368 entries and exits between April 2024 and March 2025. On the timetable for a term-time weekday (3 November 2026), 48 trains leave Emsworth towards Havant and 48 towards Chichester between 7am and 7pm, about four an hour each way; westbound they run to Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour, eastbound to Horsham and Brighton. That day, bus route 700 calls within 400 metres of 50% of postcodes, about 36 times each way between 7am and 7pm, and 29 on a Sunday. 47% of postcodes have a route within 400 metres with at least 12 journeys each way between 7am and 7pm, one an hour on average. The nearest GP surgery for most postcodes is Emsworth Surgery, a median 0.7 km away; the nearest state primary school is Emsworth Primary School (0.7 km) and the nearest state secondary Bourne Community College (1.8 km), which is not necessarily the catchment school. The nearest food shop for most postcodes is Co-op Food (0.3 km). Gigabit broadband reaches 95% of premises and superfast 100%, averaged across 280 of Emsworth's 300 postcodes (Ofcom, January 2026). Distances are straight lines from each postcode's centre point, and every postcode counts once, however many homes it has.

Source: NaPTAN rail stations (Department for Transport) · ORR estimates of station usage · Bus Open Data Service timetables (Department for Transport) · NHS Organisation Data Service GP surgeries · Get Information about Schools (Department for Education) · OpenStreetMap shops, © OpenStreetMap contributors · Ofcom Connected Nations broadband coverage.