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==Hitching Out==
===Hitching out of City Centre===Follow signs for A335 (St Mary's Rd - Onslow Rd - Bevois Valley Rd) - it soon goes into Thomas Lewis Way aka "Portswood and Swaythling Bypass" - if you fail to get a lift from its start, you can walk towards the North - there is a Shell Petrol Station in Swaythling a 1.5 miles to the North. Please note that Thomas Lewis Way is not the safest road to walk - there is no pavement, and no-stopping restrictions are in operation. However, [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] managed to get a lift in about 20 minutes while walking (and only trying to obtain a lift at the traffic lights when they were red - the road has many traffic light-regulated junctions which are not far from one another).
If you are stuck in the city centre and are hitch-hiking '''North or East via M27''', follow signs for A335 (St Mary's Rd - Onslow Rd - Bevois Valley Rd) - it soon goes into Thomas Lewis Way aka "Portswood and Swaythling Bypass" - if you fail to get a lift from its start, you can walk towards the North - there is a Shell Petrol Station in Swaythling a 1.5 miles to the North. Please note that Thomas Lewis Way is not the safest road to walk - there is no pavement, and no-stopping restrictions are in operation. However, [[User:Lnx|Lnx]] managed to get a lift in about 20 minutes while walking (and only trying to obtain a lift at the traffic lights when they were red - the road has many traffic light-regulated junctions which are not far from one another).* Option 2
===South towards Cowes, [[Isle of Wight]]===
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The ferries for [[France]] depart from [[Portsmouth]] and [[Poole]].
==Hitching Out of City Centre== ===North towards Eastleigh, or East via [[Winchester]], ([[West Midlands (England)|The West Midlands]], [[A34 M27 (GB)|A34]]), [[LondonM27]]===If you are in the north of the city, try hitching from near Chilworth roundabout, where the [[M3 (GB)|M3]] starts.* Option 1
Alternatively, you could try walking along The Avenue/Bassett Avenue (A33) - although it has bus lanes in places, it's definitely worth giving it a try (especially in Southampton Common area, where there is one very wide lane each way)
===South towards Cowes, [[Isle of Wight]]===
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==Hitching Out from the Outskirts==
===North towards Eastleigh, [[Winchester]], ([[West Midlands (England)|The West Midlands]], [[A34 (GB)|A34]]), [[London]]===
If you are in the north of the city, try hitching from near Chilworth roundabout, where the [[M3 (GB)|M3]] starts.
===West towards [[Ringwood]], [[Bournemouth]], [[Poole]]===
Use M271 (going into M27 West and then A31), or A35 West via Totton.
Walk west for 3 miles out of city (hitching on the way) along A3024/A35, or take a bus or a train to Redbridge station (no barriers there, but there are ticket inspectors on board, and penalty fares are in operation) and walk to Redbridge Roundabout.
The only train that stops at that station is Romsey-Totton train which operates every 30 minutes and calls at: Romsey, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway, Swaythling, St Denys, Southampton Central, Millbrook, Redbridge, Totton.
===East towards [[Fareham]], [[Portsmouth]], [[Brighton]]===
Use M27 East from junction 5 (Southampton Airport) - see below for directions
==Public transport==
