HISTORY
• The X1/X2 was a lifeline for the elderly and less able
Mudeford residents and, for many years Mudeford was an integral
part of the half hourly X1/X2 bus service that travelled from
Lymington to Bournemouth
• It also enabled everyone travelling on the service direct
access to both Christchurch and Royal Bournemouth Hospitals and the
Highcliffe Medical Centre where many of Mudeford residents are
registered patients.
• The X1/X2 service connected each community to all the
villages and towns it passed through, socially, medically and each
supported the variety of local economies.
• Residents moved to live in the locality because of the
security of the bus service in later life.
• In 2023, An additional stop at Somerford Sainsbury was added
to the service and then:-
Mudeford only, was unexpectedly and without notice or consultation
totally axed from the X1/X2 service, severing all links with its
neighbouring communities and vital medical access.
• An hourly interchange service 1c was introduced as a
replacement service, beginning and terminating at Somerford
Sainsbury but did not encompass vital medical services of either
hospital or Highcliffe Medical Centre & virtually isolates the
whole of Mudeford.
• To gain access to the medical services and its neighbouring
communities, Mudeford residents now have to take 2 buses: the 1c
and then re-connect at Sainsbury to the X1/X2, the service that was
removed from them, for the onward journey plus the cost of two
standard fares there and to return, even for the relatively short
journey between Mudeford and Highcliffe.
• Restoring the X1/X2 bus service is not just about
convenience, it is a lifeline and vital for our elderly and less
able citizens for appointments and care.
• Visitors too from Lymington to Highcliffe and in between,
all have to take 2 buses to reach Mudeford and its beaches.
• Is it fair or acceptable in 2026 to expect elderly, infirm
and less able citizens from a predominantly elderly community where
almost 50% are 65+ to have to get 2 buses to get to their local
Doctor’s surgery or the hospitals for appointments or
treatment?
If you would be willing to help us fight to regain our equality and
our rightful place again, to be included and reunited with our
neighbours. Our elderly community once again allowed the dignity of
direct access to a lifeline of medical support then please sign our
Mudeford Matters petition.
This ePetition runs from 14/04/2026 to 31/07/2026.
18 people have signed this ePetition.