Directions

We’re easy to find, and even easier to use!

The Sandbanks Ferry is an iconic landmark in South Dorset, and simple to find.  Just use your satnav or maps app to navigate to the postcodes below, which will bring you right to our terminals.

If you don’t have satnav, then just follow the plentiful local signage to Sandbanks or Studland, using the easy directions below.

Sandbanks

Satnav postcode: BH13 7QN

From Bournemouth or Poole town centre, follow signs for Sandbanks Beach.

Continue straight along Banks Road (B3369), picking up the harbour shore to your right and The Sandbanks Hotel to your left. Keep going, directly over the mini roundabout by Rick Stein’s, until you reach the very end of the peninsula, following the signs to the ferry which is just after The Haven Hotel. There’s parking available at the terminal.

Sandbanks Ferry Terminal

Shell Bay, Studland

Satnav postcode: BH19 3BA

From Swanage, head north out of town and pick up the B3351 towards Studland. From Corfe Castle, take the B3351 signposted for Studland and Shell Bay.

Continue through Studland village, following signs for Shell Bay and the ferry. The road leads you all the way to the terminal at the northern tip of the peninsula – the ferry terminal is at the end of Ferry Road right by the beach.

Shell Bay Terminal, Studland

If you need a little more help. check out Google Maps.