Getting there

Planes

Bournemouth International Airport (www.bournemouthairport.com) has links with Glasgow | Dublin | Shannon and New York | as well as many European cities. There’s a shuttle bus that connects the airport to Bournemouth railway station (www.yellowbuses.co.uk).

Boats

There are passenger ports at Poole and Weymouth, with connections to France and the Channel Islands.

Trains

From London, the South Western Main Line runs down to Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester and Weymouth; or there’s the West of England Main Line, which passes through Sherborne. Go to www.nationalrail.co.uk to plan your journey.

Automobiles

Not a single motorway carves through Dorset; from London | take the M3 to Andover or Winchester | then it’s A roads all the way.