You may be entitled to a bus pass that allows you to travel on local buses in England for free during off-peak hours if you have an eligible disability.

Off-peak hours are 9:30am to 11pm Monday to Friday and all day on weekends and bank holidays.

If you are blind or partially sighted, you can travel without any time restrictions as long as you board the bus within Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole. These passes will have an "all day local" logo.

You must be a Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole resident to apply. If you have a second home, you must apply to the council where your main home is.

Check if you're eligible

Not everyone with a disability will qualify for a bus pass.

There are 8 different categories of qualifying disability, if you qualify for more than one category, you can choose which one to apply under.

You can apply for a disabled person's bus pass if you have one of the following disabilities which has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months:

• are blind or partially sighted
• are profoundly or severely deaf
• are without speech, for example, you are unable to communicate orally in any language
• do not have arms or have lost the use of both arms
• have been or would be refused a driving licence for medical reasons (excluding the misuse of drugs or alcohol)
• have a disability, or suffered an injury, which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to walk
• are a member/veteran of the Armed Services seriously injured in service
• have a learning disability - the disability must have started before adulthood and have a lasting effect on development with a reduced ability to understand new or complex information, a difficulty in learning new skills and you may be unable to cope independently