SANTA EXPRESS 2024
Poole Rotary's Santa Express has been helping start Christmas in Poole now for 22 years . Santa and his elves are out and about once again from Monday 2nd December, bringing their special Christmas cheer.
The elves will be knocking on doors again and looking forward to meeting you along the route while collecting for needy local charities.
Please note: Where door to door collections are made we will probably take the full 2 hours to get around each route.
Local charities are in great need of funds this year, with even more demand for their services. We hope you'll support our Santa Express. Please use our on-line facility via JustGiving.
www.justgiving.com/rotaryclubofpoole
Donations each night will be given to the organisers of that evening.
You can also donate at Tesco (Branksome) on Monday or Tuesday 16th/ 17th December and Asda Canford Heath on Saturday 14th December. For more details please see further below.
Just check the dates below to find the closest route to you.
Simply click on each route in the table below to access the map for that night. All our mid-week routes start about 6pm (5pm on Saturdays) and take about 2 hours to complete.
Listen out for the music - as we approach!
Please remember that all of our helpers are volunteers
Please note: All timings are approximate and these together with the exact routes may vary depending on traffic conditions and weather. In the event of extreme weather an evening may be cancelled.
For the regular updates, please check our Facebook page:
@rotaryclubofpoole
Evening Routes
Date Route Lead Organisation Start time
Mon 2 Dec Longfleet Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Tues 3 Dec Upper Parkstone (N) Homestart 6.00pm
Wed 4 Dec Canford Heath - Verity Cresc Poole Rotary 6.00pm Thur 5 Dec Creekmoor Poole Soroptimists 6.00 pm
Sat 7 Dec Waterloo Estate Poole Lions 5.00pm
Mon 9 Dec Stanley Green Waste not Want Not 6.00pm
Tue 10 Dec Upper Parkstone (S) Dorset Mind 6.00pm
Wed 11 Dec Hamworthy (E) Poole Rotary 6.00pm Thur 12 Dec Oakdale Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Sat 14 Dec Turlin Moor (as bus route) Poole Lions 5.00pm
Mon 16 Dec Talbot Village My Time 6.00pm
Tues 17 Dec Upton (W) Upton Scouts 6.00pm
Wed 18 Dec Upton (E) Upton Residents 6.00pm
Fri 20 Dec Hamworthy (W) Parkstone RC 6.00pm
Mon 23 Dec Lower Parkstone Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Daytime Appearances
Sat 14 Dec Asda, Canford Heath Poole Lions 10 - 2.00pm
Mon16 Dec Tesco, Branksome Poole Rotary 9 - 4.30pm
Tues 17 Dec Tesco, Branksome Poole Rotary 9 - 4.30pm
SANTA EXPRESS 2022
This is the 20th year for Poole's Rotary Santa Express. Santa and his elves will be out and about from Friday 2nd December, bringing some Christmas cheer.
This year, knocking on doors once again, the elves are looking forward to meeting you along the route when collecting for needy local charities.
Update: Door to door collections mean we will probably take the full 2 hours to get around each route. So, please note, the Santa Express may be a little slower travelling along each route this year.
Charities are in desperate needs of funds, with even greater demands on their services. We hope you'll support our Santa Express once again this year. Please use our on-line facility via JustGiving.
www.justgiving.com/rotaryclubofpoole
All cash donated each night will be given to the lead organisation for that evening. Money donated via JustGiving will be split equally between the participating organisations.
You can also donate at Asda, Canford Heath on Saturday 3rd at 3pm, Tesco, Fleetsbridge on Saturday 17th December or Tesco (Branksome) on Thursday or Friday 22nd/23rd December. For more details please see below.
Just check the dates below to find the closest route to you.
Simply click on each route in the table below to access the map for that night. All our mid-week routes start about 6pm (5pm on Saturdays) and take about 2 hours to complete.
Listen out for the music - as we approach!
Please note that all timings are approximate and these together with the exact routes may vary depending on traffic conditions and weather. In the event of extreme weather an evening may be cancelled.
For the regular updates, please check our Facebook pages:
@rotaryclubofpoole
@poolebayrotary
Please remember
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all our helpers are volunteers
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all timings are approximate and are for guidance only
Evening Routes
Date Route Lead Organisation Start time
Fri 2 Dec Longfleet Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Sat 3 Dec Broadstone* Tolleford Rd Poole Lions 5.00pm Sun 3 Dec Talbot Village Poole Hospital Cancer Trust 6.00pm
Mon 5 Dec Oakdale Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Tue 6 Dec Upper Parkstone (N) HomeStart 6.00pm
Fri 9 Dec Creekmoor Poole Soroptimists 6.00pm
Sat 10 Dec Broadstone* Kitchener Cr Poole Lions 5.00pm
Mon 12 Dec Canford Heath - Verity Crescent Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Tues 13 Dec Upper Parkstone (S) Dorset Mind 6.00pm
Thur 15 Dec Stanley Green Waste Not Want Not 6.00pm
Fri 16 Dec Hamworthy (E) Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Sat 17 Dec Broadstone*West Way Poole Lions 5.00pm
Mon 19 Dec Upton (E) Upton Community 6.00pm
Tue 20 Dec Hamworthy (W) Parkstone Rotary 6.00pm
Wed 21 Dec Lower Parkstone Poole Rotary 6.00pm
Thu 22 Dec Upton (W) Upton Scouts 6.00pm
Daytime Appearances
Sat 3 Dec Asda, Canford Heath Poole Lions 3.00pm Sat 17 Dec Tesco, Kinson Bournemouth North Rotary 9-4.30pm
Thurs 22 Dec Tesco, Branksome Poole Rotary 9-4.30pm
Fri 23 Dec Tesco, Branksome Poole Rotary 9-4.30pm
For those of you who live in Bournemouth, Westbourne Rotary have a range of routes they are running with their brand new Santa Sleigh. For dteails please just click on the image below.