{"id":62110,"date":"2022-12-15T14:21:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/?p=62110"},"modified":"2022-12-16T07:52:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T07:52:45","slug":"free-travel-offered-on-bikes-and-buses-over-christmas-by-bcp-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/free-travel-offered-on-bikes-and-buses-over-christmas-by-bcp-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Free travel offered on bikes and buses over Christmas by BCP Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beryl bikes will be free for the first 15 minutes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the run up to Christmas whilst More Bus is offering cheaper travel over the festive period. <\/p>\n<p>Beryl is offering the free minutes for free on pedal bike journeys finishing in specific Beryl Bays in each of the three town centres.<\/p>\n<p>The offer is available on specific days and times, including Thursday 15 and 22 December from 5pm to midnight and across all weekends running up to Christmas. It will also be available on Christmas Eve. Rides must either start or end at specified bays to qualify for the offer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information including the location of relevant Beryl bays, download the Beryl app <a href=\"https:\/\/beryl.app.link\/RRB44wStQW?_p=c81129c399077af5e6038cfdea\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Morebus is offering a \u20185 for a Fiver\u2019 group ticket. For \u00a35, up to five people travelling together can hop on and off buses to and through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole town centres. The \u00a35 ticket can be bought from the driver as you board. It\u2019s available anytime on Saturdays and Sundays until 24 December, as well as after 6pm on Thursday late night shopping nights until 22 December 2022. Details of the offer can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morebus.co.uk\/christmas-days-out-just-5-fiver\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Mike Greene, BCP Council\u2019s Portfolio Holder for Sustainability and Transport said: \u201cJourneys by bus and bike are stress-free, low-cost and environmentally friendly ways of travelling this Christmas. If you can, why not leave the car at home and jump on a bus or grab a Beryl bike to visit the brilliant Bournemouth Christmas Tree Wonderland, Christchurch\u2019s Yuletide Festival or Poole\u2019s new Christmas Maritime Light Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phil Ellis, Beryl CEO and co-founder, said: \u201cWe know that December can be a busy time for town centres and we hope our offer will encourage people to leave the car at home and use our bikes as a cheaper and more sustainable alternative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy doing this they can help reduce traffic congestion and harmful carbon emissions, improve their physical and mental health and the quality of the region\u2019s air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nikki Honer, Go South Coast\u2019s Head of Marketing said: \u201cWe hope our festive \u2018five for a fiver\u2019 group offer will help families with the cost of living and congestion in our towns in the run up to Christmas. Both Poole and Bournemouth have fantastic free Christmas light events this year and we are keen for local people to be able to enjoy these without the need for their car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Beryl Bays included in the promotion:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bournemouth town centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richmond Gardens<br \/>\nHorseshoe Common<br \/>\nTurtle Bay<br \/>\nBournemouth Town Hall<br \/>\nBurlington Arcade<br \/>\nBeales Place<br \/>\nGervis Place<br \/>\nBournemouth Square<br \/>\nAvenue Rd East<br \/>\nAvenue Rd West<br \/>\nBournemouth Triangle<br \/>\nCommercial Rd<br \/>\nTerrace Rd<br \/>\nExeter Crescent<br \/>\nWestover Rd<br \/>\nBath Hill Roundabout<br \/>\nHarry Ramsdens<br \/>\nBath Rd<br \/>\nLower Gardens<br \/>\nBournemouth Gardens<br \/>\nHotel Collingwood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christchurch town centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Town Quay<br \/>\nMayors Mead Car Park<br \/>\nWillow Way Car Park<br \/>\nRegent Way<br \/>\nRegent Centre<br \/>\nDruitt Hall<br \/>\nChristchurch High St<br \/>\nTravelodge High St<br \/>\nWaitrose Christchurch<br \/>\nBeaconsfield Rd<br \/>\nStour Rd<br \/>\nChristchurch Train Station South<br \/>\nChristchurch Train Station North<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poole town centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Labrador Drive<br \/>\nNewfoundland Drive<br \/>\nDolphin Swimming Pool<br \/>\nPoole Bus Depot<br \/>\nLighthouse<br \/>\nPoole Station<br \/>\nPoole Station Holes Bay<br \/>\nCycle Paths Falkland Square<br \/>\nFalkland Square<br \/>\nKingland Crescent<br \/>\nPoole High St<br \/>\nRNLI College<br \/>\nQueen Mary<br \/>\nPoole Old Town<br \/>\nLagland St<br \/>\nPoole Quay<br \/>\nPoole Museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beryl bikes will be free for the first 15 minutes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the run up to Christmas whilst More Bus is offering cheaper travel over the festive period. The promotion is subject to many terms which can be seen on our website at BournemouthOne.com!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":62111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,156,12],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-62110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bournemouth","category-christchurch","category-news","category-poole","tag-bcp-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62110"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62177,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62110\/revisions\/62177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}