On foot
Southampton City Centre is fairly spread out along a North-South axis, however it is easily possible to walk from the popular Bedford Place student area on the Northern fringe of the central area to the waterfront, much of the route being pedestrianised.
By bike
Southampton has a few dedicated cycle routes; they are not particularly well linked but cyclists should not have a problem navigating the city centre. The city centre itself is mostly flat; Hampshire tends to undulate. Southampton cycle map is at (http://www.southampton.go...)
Sustrans Cycle Map
By bus
Southampton has a good network of bus services, with some principal services operating as often as every ten minutes during the day. Most of the services radiate out from the city centre but there are also some cross-city routes.
Uni-link (http://www.uni-link.info/)
Solent Blue Line (http://www.solentblueline.com/)
First (http://www.firstgroup.com...)
Wilts & Dorset (http://www.wdbus.co.uk/)
Stagecoach (http://www.stagecoachbus....)