Getting around Southbourne

Can you live in Southbourne without a car?

Yes, more easily than in most places we cover. Locals say the same. The nearest station for most of its postcodes is Southbourne, a median 0.6 km away, with 73% of postcodes within 800 metres. It recorded 229,080 entries and exits between April 2024 and March 2025. On the timetable for a term-time weekday (3 November 2026), 48 trains leave Southbourne 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 59% of postcodes, about 36 times each way between 7am and 7pm, and 29 on a Sunday; bus route 56 calls within 400 metres of 47% of postcodes, about twice each way between 7am and 7pm, and none on a Sunday. 56% 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 Southbourne Surgery, a median 0.8 km away; the nearest state primary school is Southbourne Infant School (0.7 km) and the nearest state secondary Bourne Community College (0.8 km), which is not necessarily the catchment school. The nearest food shop for most postcodes is Juicy Fruits (0.4 km). Gigabit broadband reaches 74% of premises and superfast 99%, averaged across 201 of Southbourne's 215 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.