How To Get Here

The Bournemouth International Centre is nestled under the cliffs, right in the heart of the town centre, with panoramic views across Bournemouth Bay. With an uninterrupted vista from the Isle of Wight’s Needles to the east to Old Harry Rocks on the Purbecks to the West.

Bournemouth’s venues, hotels and attractions are all within easy reach of the UK’s major business centres.


By Road

Easily accessible from the M3, M27, A31 and A338. Just two hours from London, Bristol and Brighton and with a convenient choice of car parks nearby.

Pop the postcode BH2 5BH into the sat nav.

From Bournemouth West Roundabout: Take the first exit and follow the brown signs to the BIC. The BIC multi-storey car park is off the roundabout at the bottom of Priory Road.

From the North and West: Head for the A31/A338 junction (Ashley Heath) just outside Ringwood, taking the A338 (Wessex Way) to Bournemouth. Then follow the directions above from the Bournemouth West Roundabout.

On-Site Parking: The BIC is attached to a cashless, multi-storey public car park (644 spaces), open 24 hours a day. It has lift (and steps) access to the foyer from all levels, with wider accessible parking spaces on levels 1, 2 and 3.

Height Restriction for the car park is 6’ 6” or 2 metres. This is indicated by a fixed yellow barrier at the entrance.

There are 35 accessible parking bays in our car park located on levels 1 and 3.

To get the exact location of our entrances use the following what3words:

Front doors - ///golf.boxer.chimp

Purbeck doors - ///certified.tolls.turkey

Car park - ///fever.both.squad

FromDistance to Bournemouth in miles/kmApproximate drive time
London107/1722 hours
Birmingham169/2713 hours
Bristol78/1252 hours 15 mins
Southampton32/5145 mins

By Rail

The Bournemouth International Centre is just 1 hour 45 minutes from London and around two hours from Bristol and Brighton.

Check times and ticket prices at:

thetrainline.com

southwesternrailway.com

raileasy.co.uk