Hampshire Hawks and The Ageas Bowl are pleased to offer a new, free bus provision for fans travelling to and from all of this summer’s seven Vitality Blast matches at The Ageas Bowl.
Free buses will be available for fans from both Hedge End Station and Southampton Airport Parkway, running before, during and after each T20 match.
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Fans travelling via public transport will now have their final leg of the journey made easier – and cheaper - by access to the free shuttle bus provision available on T20 matchdays.
Travel times from popular destinations to Southampton Airport Parkway or Hedge End are listed below:
| Swaythling | 3 minutes | Fratton | 31 minutes | ||
| St Denys | 6 minutes | Portsmouth & Southsea | 35 minutes | ||
| Winchester | 9 minutes | Salisbury | 37 minutes | ||
| Southampton Central | 10 minutes | Bournemouth | 38 minutes | ||
| Shawford | 10 minutes | Portsmouth Harbour | 40 minutes | ||
| Fareham | 11 minutes | Reading | 41 minutes | ||
| Millbrook | 14 minutes | Guildford | 59 minutes | ||
| Portchester | 17 minutes | Swindon | 1 hour 15 minutes | ||
| Totton | 18 minutes | Oxford | 1 hour 17 minutes | ||
| Redbridge | 18 minutes | Dorcester | 1 hour 30 minutes | ||
| Cosham | 22 minutes | Brighton | 1 hour 35 minutes | ||
| Ashurst | 23 minutes | Weymouth | 1 hour 42 minutes | ||
| Romsey | 25 minutes |
Following feedback from members and fans, we are delighted to be able to provide this free service, offering fans a more sustainable travel option while making it even easier and cheaper to get to the ground for Vitality Blast fixtures than ever before. We are looking forward to what promises to be a huge summer of Blast at The Ageas Bowl.
Greig Stewart, Head of Customer Experience at The Ageas Bowl
This service is the latest new initiative at The Ageas Bowl for this summer’s Vitality Blast, following the announcement of new Vitality Blast Plus tickets last week and will complement the public buses also running on matchdays, with the First Bus 8 running every 30 mins from Southampton City Centre to Hedge End Station via The Ageas Bowl on match days, whilst the Xelabus X4 runs every hour from Eastleigh to Hedge End Town Centre via Moorgreen Hospital which is just outside the ground.
2022 Vitality Blast tickets go on general sale in March, but you can jump to the front of the queue by registering for priority ticket access.
By signing up, you’ll be able to secure discounted Early Bird tickets to all of Hampshire Hawks' matches – including the huge 'el clasicoast' against Sussex Sharks at The Ageas Bowl on Saturday 4th June – from 10am on Thursday 10th February!
To sign up, simply follow the link below.
Super Early Bird Passports – which grant general admission to all seven Hampshire Hawks matches at The Ageas Bowl in 2022 – are currently available for just £99 and can be purchased by following the link below.
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