There is very limited parking at the Minster however there are several car parks within easy walking distance around Wimborne. For a map of Wimborne showing these please click here.
For those guests without cars, we will be arranging transport to Merton Grange after the ceremony, and back to Wimborne and Bournemouth after the evening's festivities. Please make sure to let us know when you RSVP whether you require these.
The reception will be held at Merton Grange, Wheelers Lane, Bearwood, Bournemouth, BH11 9QJ - please click here for a map.
Though Uber is yet to yet to tap into the rich rural Dorset market, there are several taxi firms locally including:
Wimborne Minster Cars & Taxis - 01202 888888
Colehill & Wimborne Radio Cabs - 01202 888810
Canford Taxis - 01202 886666
Wimborne Taxis - 01202 884444
Wimborne Cabby - 01202 887766
For the Bournemouth area, taxi reservations and a fare calculator can be found online or using the United Taxis app.
Directions from Wimborne Minster to Merton Grange (BH11 9QJ)
• From the car-park nearest the Minster Church turn right and almost at once right again. Follow round Wimborne clockwise and, at the fourth roundabout by St Catherine’s RC Church, take the second exit on to the A349 sign-posted Poole.
• If parked in the Waitrose car-park, turn right as you exit and the St Catherine’s roundabout is about 100 yards ahead of you.
• Drive for about a mile, crossing the River Stour, and turn left immediately before the Willett Arms pub.
• Through Canford Magna the road curves sharply to the right, passing Canford School on the left.
• At the T-junction turn left along the Magna Road A341. Continue for about a mile, go through 2 sets of traffic lights, pass Knighton Garage on the left and take the next turning on the right* – King John Avenue, sign-posted “Bearwood Primary & Nursery School. Community Library.”
• DO NOT TURN INTO WHEELERS LANE, THE FIRST TURN ON THE RIGHT, EVEN IF YOUR SATNAV TELLS YOU TO – IT’S A CUL DE SAC!
• *Take the third turning on the right just before the electricity pylon – Barons Road.
• *Left at the mini-roundabout – Wheelers Lane.
• *Merton Grange drive is about 200 yards down on the right just before a wooden fence.
(*At these junctions there will be heart-shaped direction signs featuring the Union Jack and the Maple Leaf flag of Canada embellished appropriately with two gold wedding rings!)