FAQ & How To Get There

How do I get there by public transport?

BY TRAIN:

Mainline Services:  Southampton Airport Parkway and Eastleigh stations are about 25 minutes walk away from the site (or see bus details below).  Both are served by local and long-distance services from London and the South as well as by Cross Country services from further away.

Eastleigh Lakeside Railway:  Frequent services from Eastleigh Parkway (ample free parking) to Monks Brook Halt.  From the halt it is 5 minutes walk to Chestnut Avenue and Barton Peveril College.  Let the (smaller) train take the strain…..  The ELR is at Lakeside Country Park, about 5 minutes walk from Southampton Airport Parkway Station.  Check out their website here 

ELR will be running additional services in support of the exhibition.  The last train back to Lakeside will leave Monks Brook station at 5:10pm.

BY BUS

The links open the respective Blustar Bus timetable page for Saturday 27th April 2024.

Bluestar Route 5, (Boyatt Wood to Romsey, 2-hourly) to/from Eastleigh Railway Station, stops outside the college in Chestnut Avenue.  Check out the  timetable here: Bluestar Route 5

Bluestar Route 2, (Southampton to Fair Oak, 2-4 buses per hour) from Eastleigh station or Southampton has several stops within a few minutes walk of the college.  If travelling from Southampton (City Centre/Swathling) alight at The Cricketers Arms pub (Chestnut Ave) and walk to the East along Chestnut Ave to the College.  If travelling from Fair Oak or Eastleigh Station alight at the Tennyson Road stop on Derby Road (to the rear of the college) and walk down Tennyson Road to the College entrance.  Once in the College keep right and walk round the perimeter road to the main entrance.  Both these stops are about 7 minutes walk from the Exhibition entrance.  Check out the  timetable here: Bluestar Route 2

Bluestar Route 24, (Eastleigh to Hedge End – 2-hourly) to/from Eastleigh Railway Station & Southampton Airport Parkway, stops outside the college in Chestnut Avenue.  Check out the  timetable here: Bluestar Route 24

BY CAR

Barton Peveril College is located in Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, Hants. 

Set your SatNav to SO50 5BX

Parking on site is very limited.  Some additional “pay-and-display” street parking is available in Chestnut Road adjacent to the college.  Please note:  All vehicles are parked at the owners risk whilst on Barton Peveril College premises.   Please do not park in the service road opposite the college.

There is plenty of free parking at Lakeside Country Park.  You might prefer to use the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway service to Monks Brook Halt as an alternative access – see the BY TRAIN section above.

LOCATION MAP:

Barton Peveril College is in Chestunt Avenue at the top of the map, Eastleigh Lakeside Railway is in the Lakeside Country Park in the centre (access signposted from A335/Wide lane (Doncaster Drove)) and Southampton Airport Parkway station is towards the bottom of the map.

ACCESSIBILITY:

The exhibition halls are on one floor and are fully wheelchair accessible.   The college canteen also on one floor and is located in an adjacent and slightly higher building to the main exhibition; the canteen is also fully accessible via ramps.

 

Last updated:  16 April 2024