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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2025 No. 1288
HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND
The Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road
and Ferry (Revision of Tolls) Order 2025
Made - - - - 9th December 2025
Coming into force - - 30th December 2025
The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 6(2) and (6) of the Transport Charges &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954(1) (“the
Act”), as modified by section 26 of the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Act 1956(2)
and section 23 of the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Act 1986(3) (“the 1986 Act”).
The Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road & Ferry Company (“the Company”) has applied to the
Secretary of State for an order to be made in exercise of the powers in section 6(2) of the Act, as
modified, in respect of the motor road and ferry.
The Secretary of State has consulted with those who have a substantial interest in the undertaking
and has complied with the local inquiry requirement in accordance with section 6(2)(i) and (5) of
the Act, respectively.
In deciding to make this Order in respect of the ferry, the Secretary of State has had regard to the
financial position and future prospects of the Company in accordance with section 6(3) of the Act.
She has concluded that this revision of tolls is likely to result in the Company receiving an annual
revenue which will be merely adequate to meet the expenditure and costs of the Company and will
provide a reasonable return upon the investment of the Company in the motor road and the ferry.
1. This Order may be cited as the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry (Revision of
Tolls) Order 2025 and shall come into force on 30th December 2025.
2.—(1) In this Order—
(a) “the Company”, “the motor road” and “the ferry” have the meanings given to those
expressions by section 2 of the 1986 Act;
(b) “goods vehicle” and “trailer” have the meanings given to those expressions by
section 138(3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(4) (“the 1984 Act”);
(1) 1954 c. 64.
(2) 1956 c. lxiii.
(3) 1986 c. xvii.
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(c) “passenger vehicle” means a vehicle constructed or adapted solely for the carriage of
passengers and their effects; and
(d) “distribution” shall have the meaning given to that expression by section 829 of the
Companies Act 2006(5).
(2) For the purposes of this Order the operating weight of a goods vehicle shall be determined
as provided in section 138(2) of the 1984 Act.
3. The maximum tolls which the Company may take for the use of the ferry are hereby revised
in accordance with Tables 1A and 1B in the Schedule to this Order.
4. The Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry (Revision of Tolls) (Amendment) Order
2021(6) is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Samantha Collins-Hill
A Senior Civil Servant
9th December 2025 Department for Transport
(5) 2006 c. 46.
(6) S.I. 2021/854.
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SCHEDULE Article 3
1. The tolls for the single use of the ferry set out in this part should take effect from 30th December
2025.
Table 1A – Single Use Tolls for the use of the ferry
Class of Traffic Single use Toll £ from 30/12/25
Pedestrian (one way toll from Sandbanks) 1.18
Pedestrian (one way from Shell Bay) 0.00
Pedal or motor cycle 1.18
Car/light van up to 3500kg gross vehicle weight 6.26
Passenger vehicle > 16 persons (coaches) 12.52
Goods vehicle or similar over 3500kg gross vehicle weight 12.52
2. The discounts for bulk purchases of tickets or passes for use of the ferry set out in this part
should take effect from 30th December 2025, with the percentage discounts shown below in Table
1B applied to the single fares shown in Table 1A.
Table 1B – Discounts applicable to single use tolls to use the ferry for bulk purchases
VEHICLE / CLASS Quantity Until 01/04/26 01/04/27 01/04/28
31/03/26 to to onwards
31/03/27 31/03/28
Pedestrian 50 10% 10% 10% 10%
Pedestrian 100 15% 15% 15% 15%
Pedal or motor cycle 50 10% 10% 10% 10%
Pedal or motor cycle 100 15% 15% 15% 15%
Car/light van up to 3500kg gross 10 36.3% 33.0% 29.0% 24.0%
vehicle weight
Car/light van up to 3500kg gross 50 39.6% 36.7% 32.8% 28.0%
vehicle weight
Goods vehicle or similar over 10 36.3% 33.0% 29.0% 24.0%
3500kg gross vehicle weight
Goods vehicle or similar over 50 39.6% 36.7% 32.8% 28.0%
3500kg gross vehicle weight
Passenger vehicle > 16 persons 10 36.3% 33.0% 29.0% 24.0%
(coaches)
Passenger vehicle > 16 persons 50 39.6% 36.7% 32.8% 28.0%
(coaches)
3. The Company may make an adjustment in only April of any year after 2025 in the amount
of tolls specified in the Schedule (Table 1A); and any such adjustment will be no more than the
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percentage difference between the consumer price index for January of that year and the consumer
price index for the January immediately preceding the making of this Order.
4. References in paragraph 3 to the consumer price index are to be the United Kingdom Index of
Consumer Prices (for all items) published by the Office for National Statistics (or such other index
or substitute for that index which replaces it).
5. Subject to paragraph 2 and 3, the Company at any time by resolution may determine the amount
of any tolls under paragraph 1, provided it does not exceed the maximum amount set out in that
paragraph.
6. Whenever the Company proposes to exercise its power pursuant to paragraph 1, the Company
must give notice to the Secretary of State for Transport and not less than 7 days thereafter must
publish in at least one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the ferry is situated, and on
the Company’s website, a notice substantially in the form set out in Part 2 of this Schedule.
7. The Company may charge the tolls set out in a notice, given under paragraph 6, from 28 days
after the day on which the notice is published. However, the adjustment cannot be made before the
first day of the following April.
8. The toll in respect of any vehicle or class of traffic may not be varied pursuant to this paragraph
if less than 12 months have passed following the previous exercise by the Company of its power
to amend the toll.
9. The Company will make available for inspection at its principal office and publish on the
Company’s website its annual accounts for the previous accounting period not less than 28 days
prior to any notice under paragraph 6 until after the date of any revision of tolls comes into effect.
10. In any 12-month period the Company may not make any distribution to shareholders which
exceeds 6% of the Company’s net asset value or if the Motor Ferry Replacement Reserve is in deficit
as shown in its annual accounts for the previous accounting period.
11. Where a vehicle is drawing one or more trailers, in addition to the toll chargeable under this
Order for the use by that vehicle of the ferry, a toll of the same amount as that chargeable for the
drawing vehicle shall be chargeable for each trailer.
PART 2
FORM OF NOTICE
THE BOURNEMOUTH AND SWANAGE MOTOR ROAD AND
FERRY COMPANY INC NOTICE OF REVISION OF TOLLS
The tolls applicable to the Bournemouth and Swanage Ferry shall be—
State revised tolls
The revisions set out above shall take effect on: [a date not less than 28 days after the date of this
notice but not before the first day of this coming April].
Signed:
Name:
By a Director for and on behalf of The Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road & Ferry Company Inc.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made in consequence of an application by the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and
Ferry Company, revises the maximum tolls which the Company may charge for use of the ferry and
supersedes the toll levels set out in the Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry (Revision of
Tolls) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/854), which this Order revokes.
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