Short local hops
Quick village-to-village runs, quoted on the spot when you call the dispatch line.
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Farnham & surrounding area
Rowledge is a working commuter village of around 1,600 people with a real centre: a butcher, a convenience store and post office, a café and a garage. Its oddity is the county line running straight through it, with the church and the primary school in Hampshire while most of the houses are in Surrey, so a single short taxi fare can cross the county line.
Tell us you're in Rowledge when you call. Most local fares are quoted on the spot.
Closest to Farnham
Same drivers, same phone number, wherever you're starting from.
Quick village-to-village runs, quoted on the spot when you call the dispatch line.
A standing weekly booking with a consistent driver, arranged once and repeated as needed.
Return journeys booked together from the start, so you're not left arranging the trip home separately.
Nearby coverage
Part of the same closest to farnham group we cover from Farnham.
Local knowledge
Rowledge sits right on the edge of Alice Holt Forest, which shapes a lot of its visitor traffic, and straddles the Surrey and Hampshire border in a way that catches people out. The bulk of the village is in Waverley in Surrey, while St James' Church and Rowledge Primary School are on the Hampshire side.
Every journey starts at your own door, so nobody has to walk to a meeting point. These are simply the places people name when they book, and the landmarks drivers navigate by. The Hare and Hounds on The Square is the landmark people give, along with the village hall and the recreation ground, home of Rowledge Cricket Club. St James' Church of 1869 and Rowledge Primary sit just over the county line. Alice Holt Forest is immediately south-west and Birdworld to the west.
Bus cover here is thin and weekday-only, which makes the evening return the staple fare. Alice Holt is a major day-visitor site and its car parks fill at weekends and in the school holidays, so groups heading there are usually better off booking both legs rather than driving in and hoping.
The cars
Luggage is where most airport bookings go wrong. These are the real limits, not the optimistic ones.
The standard car for one to four people. Two checked-in bags in the boot plus two items of hand luggage.
Six seats with room for two large suitcases in the back plus four items of hand luggage.
Seven seats filled, with five large suitcases in the boot plus six items of hand luggage.
Questions
What people usually ask about local journeys from Rowledge.
Yes, both are on the village doorstep. The Forestry England car parks at Alice Holt fill at weekends, so being dropped off and collected saves circling for a space.
Not really. The daytime service to Farnham and Aldershot runs on weekdays only and roughly hourly, so evenings and Sundays are effectively taxi-only here.
About three miles north-east, so allow ten minutes via Wrecclesham. Farnham is the nearest station by a clear margin.
The Hare and Hounds on The Square, which is now the village's only pub. The Cherry Tree closed in 2018 and was converted to housing, so sat navs sometimes still point at it.
Book now
Most local fares are quoted on the spot once we know your postcode.
A dispatcher will text your fixed quote to the mobile you gave us, usually within ten minutes. Need it sooner? Call 01252 280 717.
The dispatch line is answered by a person, in Farnham, at any hour. Or request a quote and we'll text you back within ten minutes.