Cotswolds North area Current bus routes and new proposals
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43 TEWKESBURY - GOTHERINGTON / BISHOPS CLEEVE Runs Mondays to Saturday daytimes. All journeys subsidised. Option 1: Merge with Bishops Cleeve - Gotherington service 527 Option 2: This service could be withdrawn and extend to serve Tredington, Stoke Orchard, Walton Cardiff and and replaced by a flexible transport service*. Tewkesbury to provide access to shopping and health services there and Depending on the type of service offered, at Bishops Cleeve on Monday to Saturday mornings. you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
525 SHURDINGTON - TEWKESBURY Runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays. All journeys subsidised. Option 1: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible Option 2: This service could be withdrawn transport service* serving Staverton, Barrow and Boddington to connect and replaced by a flexible transport service*. into other services. All other communities served by alternative services. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Connections available for Tewkesbury via Cheltenham. Depending on Departure times and precise pick-up/drop the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. off points will be confirmed when you make Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed your booking. when you make your booking.
526 BISHOPS CLEEVE - WINCHCOMBE - TEWKESBURY Runs on Wednesdays and Saturdays. All journeys subsidised. Option 1: A service to run between Dumbleton and Bishops Cleeve to Option 2: This service could be withdrawn provide connections for Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. and replaced by a flexible transport service*. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
527 CHELTENHAM - GOTHERINGTON Runs on Mondays to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Most journeys will run between Gotherington, Bishops Cleeve The service may run via another route and Woodmancote and connect at Bishops Cleeve with service D to between Bishops Cleeve and Cheltenham. and from Cheltenham. Certain journeys may be extended to serve Tewkesbury in place of the current service 43. 528 BISHOPS CLEEVE - ALDERTON - CHELTENHAM Runs on Tuesdays only. Service subsidised. Option 1: This service could be withdrawn and may be served by No other proposal. a flexible transport service* to serve villages between Gretton and Oxenton connecting at Bishops Cleeve for services to Tewkesbury and Cheltenham. You may need to book your trip on a flexible transport service* in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
540 CHELTENHAM - TEWKESBURY - EVESHAM Runs on Mondays to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: This service is managed by Worcestershire County Council. No other proposal. Some changes could be made to the timetable but current service levels are likely to be maintained within Gloucestershire.
543 DUMBLETON - EVESHAM Runs on Thursdays. Service subsidised. Option 1: This service could be withdrawn. Laverton, Stanton and Option 2: This service could be withdrawn Stanway are served by other services between Broadway and and replaced by a flexible transport service*. Cheltenham. Connections will be available at Broadway for Evesham. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
554 CHIPPING CAMPDEN - EVESHAM Runs on Mondays to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Worcestershire County Council propose to revise the service Option 2: This service could be withdrawn such that it will no longer serve Chipping Campden. Minor revisions to and replaced by a flexible transport service*. times of the Broadway - Evesham service will enable connections to be Depending on the type of service offered, made to and from the Moreton-in-Marsh - Chipping Campden service 21. you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
606 WILLERSEY - WINCHCOMBE - CHELTENHAM Runs on Mondays to Saturday daytimes. The first journey between Winchcombe and Cheltenham and most journeys between Winchcombe and Willersey are subsidised. Option 1: On Mondays to Saturdays fewer journeys will run between Option 2: The service between Winchcombe and Willersey but where possible, connections with the Winchcombe and Willersey could be Evesham service will be improved at Broadway. withdrawn and replaced by a flexible transport service. Depending on the type of service offered you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
608 MICKLETON - CHIPPING CAMPDEN - DUMBLETON - CHELTENHAM Runs on Thursdays and Saturdays. All journeys subsidised. Option 1: Saturday Option 2: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible transport service* serving service could be villages between Aston Magna and Teddington and connecting at Bishops Cleeve for services withdrawn. to Tewkesbury and Cheltenham. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking. 612 BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER - MORETON-IN-MARSH - EVESHAM Runs on Saturdays. Service subsidised. Option 1: This service could be withdrawn. Where Option 2: This service could be withdrawn and replaced possible, connections with other bus services at Moreton- by a flexible transport service*. Depending on the type in-Marsh and Chipping Campden will be improved. of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
656 DUMBLETON - ALDERTON - GRETTON - BISHOPS CLEEVE Runs on Mondays and Fridays. All journeys subsidised. Option 1: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible No other proposal. transport service* serving Dumbleton, Alderton, Teddington, Gretton and villages between Winchcombe and Broadway. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
801 MORETON-IN-MARSH - BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER - CHELTENHAM Runs daily. Monday to Saturday daytime journeys are provided WITHOUT subsidy, Summer Sunday journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Summer Sunday journeys will run earlier from Moreton-in- Option 2: This service could be withdrawn. Marsh and will be extended to serve Cheltenham Spa station.
802 BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER - RISSINGTONS CIRCULAR Runs on Monday to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Journeys between the Option 2: Subject to the availability of funding from a developer, there may Rissingtons and Bourton-on-the be an opportunity to improve the service from Upper Rissington and provide Water for commuters connecting to direct links to Stow-on-the Wold and Kingham Station connecting with trains and from Cheltenham will continue. to Oxford and London. During the daytimes the frequency of service will be reduced.
803 BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER - UPPER ODDINGTON - MORETON-IN-MARSH Runs on Tuesdays and Fridays. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Run on Tuesdays only. Option 2: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible transport service* serving villages between Upper Oddington and Donnington to Moreton-in-Marsh. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
804 TEMPLE GUITING - CHELTENHAM Monday to Friday rush hour journeys and journeys for shopping purposes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to and from Cheltenham. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Run a service between Option 2: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible transport Temple Guiting and Andoversford service* serving villages between Temple Guiting and Syreford, connecting to connect with other services to at Andoversford for services to Cheltenham. Depending on the type of and from Cheltenham. Journeys for service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times workers will continue but shopping and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your journeys could run on fewer days. booking.
809 CLAPTON ON THE HILL - CHELTENHAM Runs on Wednesdays. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: This service will run Option 2: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible transport from Farmington to Clapton on the service* serving villages between Clapton on the Hill and Farmington connecting Hill and then to Northleach where at Northleach and at Andoversford from Turkdean, Hazleton and Shipton Oliffe connections will be available for for services to Cheltenham. Depending on the type of service offered, you may Cheltenham. need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking. 810 STOW-ON-THE-WOLD - KINGHAM - CHELTENHAM Runs on Thursdays. Subsidised service. Option 1: This service could be withdrawn and replaced by a flexible transport service* No other proposal. serving villages between Upper Oddington and the Rissingtons and from Cold Aston and Notgrove connecting at Bourton-on-the-Water for services to Cheltenham. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
833 NORTHLEACH - CHELTENHAM Runs on Monday to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: Journeys that duplicate or run close to the Cheltenham - Northleach - No other proposal. Oxford service will be withdrawn. The service will be diverted in Cheltenham to serve the hospital. The service to Little Barrington, Windrush, Sherborne Farmington, Hazleton, Compton Abdale, Withington and Shipton Oliffe could be replaced by either local bus services connecting with other bus services to Cheltenham at Andoversford or Northleach or a flexible transport service* connecting at Northleach for services to Cheltenham. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
852 GLOUCESTER - CIRENCESTER Runs on Monday to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: More direct buses will be provided on Mondays to Fridays and an earlier No other proposal. journey from Cirencester to Gloucester on Saturdays. The service to Little Witcombe, Birdlip, Brimpsfield, Elkstone and Duntisbourne Abbots will be reduced but could be replaced by a flexible transport service* connecting at Brockworth for services to both Gloucester and Cheltenham. A similar arrangement will apply to the Chester Road/ York Road area in Gloucester. Depending on the type of service offered, you may need to book your trip in advance. Departure times and precise pick-up/drop off points will be confirmed when you make your booking.
855 MORETON-IN-MARSH - CIRENCESTER - KEMBLE Runs on Monday to Saturday daytimes. All journeys are subsidised. Option 1: On Mondays to Saturdays the frequency Option 2: On Mondays to Saturdays the service will run of service will be reduced. Journeys for workers and between Cirencester and Bourton-on-the-Water where students in the Cirencester and Kemble areas will connections can be made for Stow-on-the-Wold and continue. Moreton-in-Marsh.
* Concessionary bus passes will be accepted on registered local bus services but may not be accepted on some community transport. Service Number 43
There were 39 responses regarding the number 43 bus service. 76% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 14 7 7 86 Paid Employment - Option 2 10 40 60
Voluntary Work - Option 1 15 7 27 13 53 Voluntary Work - Option 2 11 9 9 27 55 Option 1 (32) 9 34 56
Health Services - Option 1 25 24 32 28 16 Health Services - Option 2 16 13 6 63 19
Education - Option 1 14 7 14 79 Education - Option 2 8 38 63
Essential food shopping - Option 1 31 16 35 35 13 Option 2 (if applicable) (20) 10 10 80 Essential food shopping - Option 2 18 6 22 56 17
Provide care for someone - Option 1 15 20 13 20 47 Provide care for someone - Option 2 11 9 9 45 36 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
6% were aged under 45, 6% were aged 45-60 and 88% were aged 61 or over
29% of respondents had a disability.
95% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 5% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Tewkesbury Town Council. • Mrs Herbert • TEWKESBURY TOWN COUNCIL Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 43.
Any other comments
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 24% Essential for shopping 20% Poor explanations at roadshows 20% Service is good as it is 16% Essential for medical appointments 16% Reduce the number of services / merge them 12% Won't have a bus service 12% No other means of transport 8% Essential for elderly / disabled 8% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 8% Essential for work 8% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 8% Booking not a good idea 8% Essential for visiting friends / family 4% Service would be worse 4% Not enough room on buses 4% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 4% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 4% Accept that changes and cuts need to be made 4% Need better timetables / advertising 4% Prefer option 2 4% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 4% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 4% Other 16% Base: All respondents for this service (25)
The list below shows all responses for service 43 .
Disappointed roadshow scheduled for Bishops Cleeve was not there. Regularly travel to Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, hence comments on 527 & 43 services. Cannot understand how proposed 527 route would work. Problems making connection in Bishops Cleeve for Gotherington assuming service hourly. Presume 2 Do not drive. Am over 70 and the bus is the only way to get to Bishops Cleeve from Beckford via the number 540 or 43 bus. People enjoy the market at Tewkesbury on Wednesdays and also the swim sessions at Cascades. Oxenton Hill I am guessing, as we do not know what 527 will be offering as a service. We need buses for the afternoons Oxenton Hill for hospital visiting, appointments, treatments, etc. Why do we pay our Council Tax? We will have NO benefits except the bin collection. Please reduce our Council Tax accordingly. I cannot even get a paper delivered! There is a constant erosion of benefits for the elderly. I need many hospital visits but there is no bus service. Oxenton Hill Will the 527 be an improvement? We do not know the proposal, so how can I comment. A 09.00 to 16.00 service is essential for medical reasons. We need an earlier morning service for 09.00 starts in Tewkesbury and an afternoon service. No times are Oxenton Hill mentioned for Option 2, but feel this isn't going to work. Local residents need this and Tewkesbury to get to Bishops Cleeve, which is a popular route. Essential for Tewkesbury Town with Mitton Gotherington. Options are not described sufficiently or clearly. The service should remain as it is, with priority given to Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff services on a Wednesday and Saturday. Bus pass no use on Dial A Ride. Oxenton Hill We need the 43 bus to run in the afternoon/evening and also not be cut totally. Please leave as it is at the moment. Cleeve Grange We can do all the shopping on one bus. Tewkesbury Prior's Park The members agreed that there should be no change on this service and that it should be retained as it is. Tewkesbury Town with Mitton This service is very poorly used. Often I am the only passenger. Would suggest it operates only on Cleeve West Wednesday and Saturday (market days), the service is then used. Could also be just 2 round trips. All passengers seem to be travelling for shopping, giving passengers two hours to shop at the main drop-off points: 1. Tesco at BC. 2. Tewkesbury. 3. Morrisons at Tewkesbury. The 43 buses to Tewkesbury is good for the market and shops, even though it only runs to lunchtime, and to Oxenton Hill do voluntary work. Be nice to have two buses in the morning and two in the afternoon. Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff The service was put in place to substitute for the loss of the 540 service to Tewkesbury. It only runs in the Cleeve Grange morning so only provides for rushing in and out, rather than having a more relaxed time. This would be fine provided there is a sufficient number of buses covering the route. Winchcombe The 43 service is already restricted in its timetable to go for option 2 whereby you book your seat is not Oxenton Hill sensible in that you have to plan your trip well in advance. The current timetable is only for morning travel and no access from Tewkesbury to Gotherington after 1pm. Option 2 depends on community transport. If it could be achieved this would be a good solution. Neither Oxenton Hill option addresses the problem of employment travel, which is currently nonexistent to Tewkesbury and remains so under both these options. Social travelling would be more difficult Cleeve St Michael's The members agreed that there should be no change on this service and that it should be retained as it is Tewkesbury Town with Mitton As the service is poor at the moment, with no buses in the afternoon, I hope the proposals could lead to an Cleeve Hill improvement. We might be able to get to Tewkesbury, where we pay our council tax, and back without having to go via Cheltenham. I am not disabled but I do not drive. invaluable for accessing Tewkesbury hospital Cleeve St Michael's use it frequently to get to Tewkesbury hospital Service Number 525
There were 12 responses regarding the number 525 bus service. 80% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 4 100 Paid Employment - Option 2 5 20 80
Voluntary Work - Option 1 4 25 75 Voluntary Work - Option 2 4 25 75 Option 1 (7) 14 86
Health Services - Option 1 6 33 17 17 33 Health Services - Option 2 6 17 50 33
Education - Option 1 5 20 80 Education - Option 2 4 100
Essential food shopping - Option 1 8 13 25 63 Option 2 (if applicable) (7) 14 86 Essential food shopping - Option 2 7 14 86
Provide care for someone - Option 1 5 20 80 Provide care for someone - Option 2 5 20 80 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
0% were aged under 45, 0% were aged 45-60 and 100% were aged 61 or over
30% of respondents had a disability.
92% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 8% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Tewkesbury Town Council. Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 525.
Any other comments
Essential for shopping 33%
Reduce the number of services / merge them 33%
Service is good as it is 22%
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 11%
Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 11%
Not enough room on buses 11%
Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 11%
Prefer bus on specific day 11%
Prefer option 2 11%
Booking not a good idea 11%
Other 11%
Base: All respondents for this service (9)
The list below shows all responses for service 525 .
Very helpful drivers, especially towards the disabled, which I am. Churchdown St John's Difficult to get to the library as the local van is to be cancelled. Books are heavy and so is shopping, which Badgeworth makes carrying hard. No need to go all the way around Stoke Orchard and Tredington. Nobody has ever used this bus in years Badgeworth and I travel on it every week to my singing class and shopping. Bus runs twice weekly, once would be better than nothing. Route goes through Treddington and Stoke Churchdown Brookfield Orchard. No one ever gets on/off there - cut out of route, save petrol. Essential that timetables of server buses dovetail with timing of main buses from Hub. Gloucester/ Badgeworth Cheltenham every 12 minutes, but Cheltenham/Tewkesbury less certain. This is the old Borough bus for shoppers, but there are alternatives if route 71 is retained. It was agreed to Tewkesbury Town with Mitton recommend option 2. If possible, I would like just the Wednesday 525 service to run as normal. It is very inconvenient for me to Hucclecote have to use the 71 service from Gloucester to Tewkesbury, especially with the proposed new 71 timetable. The 525 on Saturday runs too late at 10.45. The Wednesday bus is best. Last week the bus was full with Brockworth people standing. Cut out Hardwick and Tredington as nobody ever gets on. This would save mileage. Booking a trip in advance will not work. Residents need to plan around a regular service. Badgeworth Service Number 526
There were 21 responses regarding the number 526 bus service. 78% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 4 50 50 Paid Employment - Option 2 4 25 75
Voluntary Work - Option 1 3 33 67 Voluntary Work - Option 2 3 100 Option 1 (19) 16 84
Health Services - Option 1 15 13 87 Health Services - Option 2 11 100
Education - Option 1 7 14 86 Education - Option 2 6 100
Essential food shopping - Option 1 20 15 85 Option 2 (if applicable) (15) 7 93 Essential food shopping - Option 2 16 6 94
Provide care for someone - Option 1 4 25 75 Provide care for someone - Option 2 5 80 20 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
5% were aged under 45, 5% were aged 45-60 and 89% were aged 61 or over
41% of respondents had a disability.
95% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 5% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Tewkesbury Town Council. • Mrs Herbert Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 526.
Any other comments
Service is good as it is 32% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 26% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 26% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 21% Essential for shopping 21% Essential for medical appointments 16% Essential for elderly / disabled 11% Not enough room on buses 11% Won't have a bus service 11% Booking not a good idea 11% No other means of transport 5% Essential for visiting friends / family 5% Service would be worse 5% Essential for work 5% Reduce the number of services / merge them 5% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 5% Longer walks to get a bus 5% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 5% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 5% Poor explanations at roadshows 5% Other 11% Base: All respondents for this service (19)
The list below shows all responses for service 526 .
We are very poorly served in Winchcombe, with Castleways having the monopoly. We need more buses and Winchcombe not less than at 18.10. Not enough time. Winchcombe Not enough time. Visit library - no library service in village, mobile discontinued. Only one bus per day. Winchcombe Connecting services - no time to get back. This proposal is not clear. Mobile library is being cut. Nearest all services - only one bus per day. Library, Winchcombe Wincombe or Bishops Cleeve, proposals to cut, reduce bus. How do we get to the library? The proposals are destroying village communities. Not enough time. Winchcombe Doctor's hours difficult at the moment, but extra half hour on journey will prevent me seeing doctor and Winchcombe hospital appointments, bank in Tewkesbury and dentist and travel agents. This is an essential service to keep as it is. Option 2 is ridiculous. Winchcombe Essential for hospital (blood tests and consultant appointments), doctors (three different surgeries), banks, building society, library. Essential for residents to meet family (children in particular) who have had to move to town to be employed - early or afternoon transport no longer available market days. These services are essential and work very well. They are also necessary for hospital and doctor Winchcombe appointments. Essential service for survival. Winchcombe Alderton to Bishops Cleeve Monday to Friday - these are for the heavy shopping and we have 1.5 hours Winchcombe there. Cheltenham - Tuesday is well used because the return journey is from outside M&S. Thursday bus means that the shopping has to be carried right round to Royal Well for the return journey. These are elderly people. Tewkesbury service is well used on a Saturday for shopping, the market and library. It returns at 12.20.** We need this service, doesn't anybody think about the people who have no transport? Winchcombe I use the 526 service regularly and it very much needed and is well patronised. Winchcombe This route brings people into the market and it was agreed that this service should remain the same. Tewkesbury Town with Mitton We do not have any shops in the village and rely on this service to enable us to go to the shops and market. Isbourne At the moment it is a direct route to Tewkesbury taking about 15 minutes. The proposed route will go miles Isbourne out of the way and probably take about an hour. As for booking a trip, pensioners don't always know in advance when they are going out. There is no mention of Alderton but this is one of the most popular buses from the village at present. We Winchcombe very much hope it will continue otherwise it is difficult to get to the shops. I live in Alderton and don't find that any of the bus services currently meet my needs as they are too Winchcombe infrequent. The thing that would make the most difference to me and make public transport an option is if a route like the 606 came closer to Alderton (it seems to come tantalisingly close, but just not close enough) - or even if there were a safe bike park close to a bus stop in Winchcombe and/or Bishops Cleeve, so it would be possible to cycle to either of those places and then catch the bus into Cheltenham from there. My husband and I are reluctant to buy a second car because we would prefer to find a more environmental alternative way to make journeys when we can't car share, but currently this seems like the only realistic option. I work in the village,therefore the saturday 526 service meets my needs exactly,the village shop is good but Winchcombe restricted in what it can offer. Service Number 527
There were 102 responses regarding the number 527 bus service. 98% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 45 7 13 80 Paid Employment - Option 2 39 3 13 8 77
Voluntary Work - Option 1 49 2 8 24 65 Voluntary Work - Option 2 42 5 21 14 60 Option 1 (88) 5 31 65
Health Services - Option 1 77 4 34 55 8 Health Services - Option 2 60 8 38 37 17
Education - Option 1 45 13 22 64 Education - Option 2 37 3 11 24 62
Essential food shopping - Option 1 82 2 29 57 11 Option 2 (if applicable) (69) 9 52 39 Essential food shopping - Option 2 71 7 44 37 13
Provide care for someone - Option 1 48 4 10 15 71 Provide care for someone - Option 2 44 2 20 20 57 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
5% were aged under 45, 5% were aged 45-60 and 89% were aged 61 or over
28% of respondents had a disability.
98% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 2% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Woodmancote Parish Council • Gotherington Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 527.
Any other comments
Reduce the number of services / merge them 21% Service is good as it is 20% Essential for elderly / disabled 18% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 18% Essential for shopping 18% Poor explanations at roadshows 16% Essential for work 13% Essential for medical appointments 11% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 9% Longer walks to get a bus 9% Essential for education 7% No other means of transport 5% Service would be worse 5% Willing to pay small charge 5% Prefer option 2 5% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 5% Not enough room on buses 4% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 4% Prefer option 1 4% Essential for visiting friends / family 2% Poor publicity for the consultation 2% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 2% Accept that changes and cuts need to be made 2% Need better timetables / advertising 2% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 2% Better service needed (e.g. cleaner, friendlier drivers, bus shelters/stations) 2% Other 2% Base: All respondents for this service (56)
The list below shows all responses for service 527 .
My view is that this service is well used. Cleeve Hill Pity that Gotherington loses the D services, other option could be less D buses between Bishops Cleeve to Cheltenham, Cleeve St Michael's say 20-30 minutes instead of 10 minutes, but otherwise a service to Gotherington. Could one D bus an hour be diverted, to cover the Cheltenham Road part of B/C, to enable the less mobile to use public transport. Disappointed roadshow scheduled for Bishops Cleeve was not there. Regularly travel to Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, hence comments on 527 & 43 services. Cannot understand how proposed 527 route would work. Problems making connection in Bishops Cleeve for Gotherington assuming service hourly. Presume 2 tickets needed if operated by different companies. Therefore would take car to Bishops Cleeve and use service D to Cheltenham, hence decline of 527 ** Until you give details of the route and times, the questionnaire makes no sense. Cleeve Hill I would prefer proposal 1 if it ran more frequently than every hour. I live too far away from the bus stop to be able to Oxenton Hill carry a heavy load of shopping home. A bus running to the top end of the village would help. Insufficient detail provided for option 2. Cleeve Hill Several mornings the 527 needs a bigger bus as it gets really crowded with passengers having to stand. The OAP Cleeve Hill accommodation on the Cheltenham Road is only covered by the 527. Bishops Cleeve to Prestbury and on to Cheltenham would be a useful route. Cleeve St Michael's Do not stop the Gotherington Lane stop as I will not be able to catch the bus as the D is too far for me to walk. Cleeve St Michael's I walk a quarter of a mile to the bus stop. If buses stop serving Gotherington Lane, I would have to walk half a mile. I Cleeve St Michael's am elderly. It is essential that both Gotherington and Woodmancote have frequent bus journeys as BOTH villages have many Cleeve Hill elderly people and people without cars. My answers may have been different if I knew frequency and the routes of the options. Oxenton Hill The Government should never have made travelling free, half fare was fair up to a point. Cleeve Hill Need the bus service essentially for daughter's school travel every day there and back. Oxenton Hill Option 2 does not state whether Gotherington and Woodmancote are covered. Cleeve Hill One hour service. Oxenton Hill If no service to Gotherington my child will be unable to catch the bus to and from school, along with many others. Oxenton Hill Both proposals are bad. I do voluntary work for 3 organisations in Cheltenham and would have to give it all up. Oxenton Hill However, proposal one is marginally less disastrous than Option 2. Would have to discontinue all voluntary work. All senior citizens and people with disabilities would be very badly Oxenton Hill affected. Live in a residential apartment. Have a problem getting to Bishops Cleeve's shops and surgery, due to medical Cleeve Grange restrictions, if the 527 is taken off. It would be easier if we had a bus every half hour. Cleeve Hill The 1 hour bus service bus service is suitable for my requirements. Any less would mean long waiting periods. No car Central means the bus is essential. If this service is withdrawn my granddaughter will be unable to get to Cleeve school. Travel by family car is not possible. Oxenton Hill There needs to be a bus from Gotherington to Two Hedges Road. I am more concerned about her than myself. The option outlined would be OK provided the service to Woodmancote is not reduced further from hourly Monday to Cleeve Hill Saturday. Option 2 makes no mention of Woodmancote which definitely needs a bus service to Bishop's Cleeve for the Post Office, Cleeve Hill health services and essential food shopping, so option 2 no good at all. Option 1 is okay but needs to be more frequent than hourly. We pay our community charge the same as Bishop's Cleeve people but they get a 10 minute service to Cheltenham. Could alternative D buses not travel via Woodmancote rather than via Longlands Road. Need for doctor, etc., food, Post Office and banks. Cleeve Hill I prefer Option 2 to give access to the doctors and shopping and visits to Cheltenham. Oxenton Hill I use this service for shopping trips to Cheltenham and hospital appointments. I would certainly miss it. Cleeve Hill D bus runs every 20 minutes. Cancel bus passes - concession, pay half full fare. Very little information available. Cleeve Hill It would be helpful if the 527 called in at the racecourse to link with the 99. Also important that the 527 travels along Cleeve Grange the Cheltenham Road/Two Hedges Road in Bishop's Cleeve. Woodmancote Parish Council has received many telephone calls with regard to the revision of bus routes. Regrettably, Prestbury the meeting at Bishops Cleeve was not advertised in Woodmancote and the article in the Gloucestershire Echo was inserted on the day. As most of the Echos are delivered to residents during late afternoon most would not have seen it until after the event was over. We note that there are two proposals for our route, ** Essential to keep evening services for return from/to work and social activities of all ages. Cleeve Hill Essential to maintain evening and weekend services via Woodmancote and Gotherington for work and social activities. Oxenton Hill Gotherington Lane has no footpath or street lights, therefore extremely dangerous. Essential to maintain evening services for return from work and social activities (all ages). Cleeve Hill Option 1 - it would make connections on return journey from Cheltenham to Bishops Cleeve to the 527 bus difficult. Oxenton Hill Option 1 - rather ridiculous situation having to change buses for a 6 miles journey. Just increase the fare. Cleeve Grange Option 1 would mean changing the bus in Cleeve to go to Cheltenham. Oxenton Hill Provides a useful service and could replace the 43 and instead of duplicating a service could return to Cheltenham via Cleeve Grange Southam and Prestbury. It would enable residents to access the facilities at Bishops Cleeve, i.e. supermarket. If Orchard House plans come to fruition then the bus would be well used by visitors who cannot, or don't want to drive.** Option 1 would be the same as it is currently unless the route in Woodmancote is altered, so that I was unable to travel from Two Hedges Road (top of Britannia Way) to Cleeve (Badham's Chemist) and back. But - what about the residents of the retirement apartments in Evesham Road (next to the Esso petrol station) in Bishops Cleeve, who currently have a bus stop outside these apartments? Will the 527 go that far on its round trip? If not, the residents may well not be able to walk to either of the two nearest D bus stops. Option 2 could very well be worse depending on the route chosen. insufficient information given. option 1 regularity of service to connect with D bus? Option 2 what is the proposed Cleeve Hill route? Option 1 would be difficult for the many elderly people in Woodmancote to cope with especially the return journey when they have shopping as well as walking aids to cope with. Option 2 would the route take in Bishops Cleeve on outward and inward journeys? This is essential for using the Post office and food shopping.The review has not been widely advertised,many people for whom the bus service is a lifeline do not have computers and do not know how to use them. I use this frequently. My daughter will be travelling from Gotherington to Cleeve School and Cleeve School to Gotherington from September, I Oxenton Hill want to be assured that this service will still be running. We do also use this service to and from Cheltenham occasionally, so would not want this service to stop. Best option would be to extend route of alternate D buses from Bishops Cleeve to Woodmancote and Gotherington to serve this area. If option 1 is used how will the travel from Cheltenham to Gotherington work. How often will the service between Cleeve Oxenton Hill and Gotherington take place. It could result in a long wait at Cleeve for the bus to Gotherington. I have seen no proposals about the pricing structure where the hub system will require travel with two different bus Oxenton Hill companies. There is still no provision for a bus service to Tewkesbury for employment use - an essential requirement. Suggested new route for 527 (not overlapping with the D route): 2-way route: Gotherington-Bishops Cleeve- Cleeve Hill Woodmancote-Southam(Old Road loop)-Prestbury-Priors Road Sainsbury's-Hewlett Road-Cheltenham We would favour option 2 as this would still make it possible to get to Cheltenham from Gotherington during the day Oxenton Hill without having to change buses. Waiting for buses is onerous particularly for old and infirm individuals in inclement weather unless the hubs are undercover, heated etc and with comfortable seating. Without knowing how frequently the connecting bus in proposal 1 will run or the exact route of proposal 2- not Cleeve Hill duplicating the D service- it is difficult to form an opinion so I have pessimisticallly assumed the worst. keep 527 the same Cleeve Grange service D to go down Linworth Rd to Two Hedges Rd into Dale Walk Cleeve Grange keep the same route Cleeve St Michael's keep same route Older people value the 527, vital route is not changed Cleeve St Michael's keep route the same; essential for shopping in village and local surgeries Cleeve St Michael's keep same as lifeline to shops and health services Cleeve St Michael's Service Number 528
There were 19 responses regarding the number 528 bus service. 47% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 6 17 83 Paid Employment - Option 2 2 50 50
Voluntary Work - Option 1 3 33 67 Voluntary Work - Option 2 1 100 Option 1 (18) 11 89
Health Services - Option 1 12 100 Health Services - Option 2 7 100
Education - Option 1 2 100 Education - Option 2 2 100
Essential food shopping - Option 1 14 14 86 Option 2 (if applicable) (11) 18 82 Essential food shopping - Option 2 10 20 80
Provide care for someone - Option 1 4 25 75 Provide care for someone - Option 2 2 50 50 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
16% were aged under 45, 5% were aged 45-60 and 79% were aged 61 or over
22% of respondents had a disability.
100% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 0% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Mrs Herbert Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 528.
Any other comments
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 31% Essential for medical appointments 25% Won't have a bus service 25% Essential for shopping 19% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 19% No other means of transport 13% Essential for visiting friends / family 13% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 13% Service is good as it is 6% Service would be worse 6% Essential for work 6% Reduce the number of services / merge them 6% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 6% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 6% Connect buses to other forms of transport 6% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 6% Booking not a good idea 6% Other 6%
Base: All respondents for this service (16)
The list below shows all responses for service 528 .
Only one bus per week picks up on Tuesdays in Teddington and service 526 would be greatly missed. Isbourne Need a better service between Winch and Tewkesbury/Cheltenham. Needs a better service between Winchcombe, Tewksbury and Cheltenham. Isbourne Needs a better service between Winchcombe, Tewksbury and Cheltenham. Isbourne Gretton currently only has one service per week to Cheltenham. It would be disastrous to cut this for non car Winchcombe owners. Not enough time. Winchcombe Not enough time - GP and dental appointments. Choice would be wonderful. What is the point of a bus pass Highnam with Haw Bridge when no bus available - all services on daily bus! Not enough time. Winchcombe Essential service for Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals and for residents to visit family, particularly children Winchcombe who have had to move into town to be near jobs, as this service was reduced to two a week therefore no transport for workers. Early and late buses already taken from them. Essential too, to reach National Express Coaches. Too expensive for elderly and unemployed. Option 1 would double the journey time to Tewkesbury and would be impractical with heavy shopping. The Winchcombe community bus would also be impractical. Essential for the doctor surgery and chemist. Winchcombe We need this service as there is no other way to get to Cheltenham. Winchcombe As far as possible we make appointments for hospitals, surgery and dentist to fit in with the Tuesday bus. Isbourne We rely on the buses to enable us to go shopping. We do not have any shops in the village. It is very difficult Isbourne having to change buses when you have a lot of shopping to carry. I need this bus as I travel from Alderton to Bishops Cleeve and then take this bus into Cheltenham to visit my Winchcombe daughter, care for my son who is epileptic, and to do shopping which I cannot get in the village or Bishops Cleeve. I live in Alderton and don't find that any of the bus services currently meet my needs as they are too infrequent. Winchcombe The thing that would make the most difference to me and make public transport an option is if a route like the 606 came closer to Alderton (it seems to come tantalisingly close, but just not close enough) - or even if there were a safe bike park close to a bus stop in Winchcombe and/or Bishops Cleeve, so it would be possible to cycle to either of those places and then catch the bus into Cheltenham from there. My husband and I are reluctant to buy a second car because we would prefer to find a more environmental alternative way to make journeys when we can't car share, but currently this seems like the only realistic option. Service Number 543
There were 18 responses regarding the number 543 bus service. 88% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 6 17 83 Paid Employment - Option 2 6 17 83
Voluntary Work - Option 1 7 43 57 Voluntary Work - Option 2 6 33 67 Option 1 (17) 6 94
Health Services - Option 1 12 8 75 17 Health Services - Option 2 12 83 17
Education - Option 1 6 17 83 Education - Option 2 6 17 83
Essential food shopping - Option 1 17 6 94 Option 2 (if applicable) (13) 8 92 Essential food shopping - Option 2 14 14 86
Provide care for someone - Option 1 7 43 57 Provide care for someone - Option 2 7 14 29 57 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
0% were aged under 45, 18% were aged 45-60 and 82% were aged 61 or over
35% of respondents had a disability.
94% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 6% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Stanton Parish Council. Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 543.
Any other comments
Essential for elderly / disabled 47% Won't have a bus service 40% Essential for shopping 33% No other means of transport 27% Service is good as it is 27% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 27% Essential for medical appointments 20% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 7% Not enough room on buses 7% Reduce the number of services / merge them 7% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 7% Willing to pay small charge 7% Vast improvement / Wonderful / Quite happy 7% Longer walks to get a bus 7% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 7% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 7% Booking not a good idea 7% Other 13%
Base: All respondents for this service (15)
The list below shows all responses for service 543 .
If we lose this one bus it means all who use it (pensioners) will lose independence. It's awful feeling unwanted as one gets old. Isbourne Please keep out weekly trip going. I do have to rely on this bus. If the 543 service is withdrawn it is imperative that the 606 is retained. Isbourne The Parish Council requests that if the 543 is withdrawn that service 606 will offer a viable return connection to Evesham. Please don't leave Dumbleton without this essential service. I have no other way of getting to Evesham and it is vital to me for Isbourne shopping, banking, health services, etc. It would be lovely to have a more frequent service from Dumbleton direct to Evesham. There are no other bus services to Broadway or Cheltenham, proposal two has it wrong. Withdrawal of the Thursday bus will Isbourne leave those of us who cannot drive absolutely isolated. Most of us are elderly and have used the bus for many, many years. The present bus service is excellent, just once a week at Wormington, as I will be giving up driving. Bus is essential for shopping, Isbourne please keep. This is the only bus to Evesham once a week. We need to go to the bank, dentist, etc. One lady is 85, please help us. Isbourne We ask so little in old age. How could any thinking person take one bus a week away. Shame on you. Isbourne This weekly service is a lifeline for anyone elderly or who does not have their own transport. Isbourne 543 is an excellent service covering all my needs. I have used public transport into Evesham regularly for 60 years and if the Isbourne service is withdrawn I will be totally isolated. Please do not take this bus from us. You are taking away the old people's independence. It is mainly pensioners using it, we Isbourne would all be willing to pay bus fares. I am a widow, entirely on my own and have to rely on this bus. How am I going to get my food and pension and pay bills or go Isbourne to the doctor, dentist, haircut, feet, eyes. My independence will be gone. We are told not to use cars because of pollution but you are planning to cut our only bus to Evesham. There are usually 5 Isbourne people regularly travelling on this bus from Wormington. This is the only bus we have each week to Evesham. Vital for the elderly and many people using the bus have no other means Isbourne of getting to a town for shopping. Being on a Thursday gives an opportunity to stock up for the weekend. Time available in town is perfect as don't want to spend longer just looking. Daily bus from Broadway to Cheltenham uses a stop which is over 2 miles away. The 2 buses that come through to Cheltenham rarely used.** Provided it continues to service Alderton it will be OK. Service Number 554
There were 3 responses regarding the number 554 bus service. 100% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 2 100 Paid Employment - Option 2 2 100
Voluntary Work - Option 1 2 100 Voluntary Work - Option 2 1 100 Option 1 (3) 100
Health Services - Option 1 1 100 Health Services - Option 2 1 100
Education - Option 1 1 100 Education - Option 2 1 100
Essential food shopping - Option 1 2 100 Option 2 (if applicable) (2) 100 Essential food shopping - Option 2 1 100
Provide care for someone - Option 1 1 100 Provide care for someone - Option 2 1 100 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
0% were aged under 45, 0% were aged 45-60 and 100% were aged 61 or over
0% of respondents had a disability.
67% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 33% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Weston-sub-Edge Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 554.
Any other comments
Service is good as it is 50%
Essential for shopping 50%
Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 50%
Won't have a bus service 50%
Poor explanations at roadshows 50%
Other 50%
Base: All respondents for this service (2)
The list below shows all responses for service 554 .
As far as I know this is the only regular service to the West, including neighbouring villages. A vital link to shops, etc., will be Campden-Vale lost to a whole community. Cannot comment on Option 2 because the details are unknown. How about Gloucestershire County Council support the Campden-Vale service as run now in the county? Service Number 606
There were 68 responses regarding the number 606 bus service. 86% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 38 11 29 61 Paid Employment - Option 2 25 4 36 60
Voluntary Work - Option 1 41 10 34 56 Voluntary Work - Option 2 27 41 59 Option 1 (62) 2 11 87
Health Services - Option 1 54 4 11 76 9 Health Services - Option 2 40 3 3 85 10
Education - Option 1 32 9 22 69 Education - Option 2 21 38 62
Essential food shopping - Option 1 56 18 66 16 Option 2 (if applicable) (51) 6 94 Essential food shopping - Option 2 41 7 76 17
Provide care for someone - Option 1 37 14 41 46 Provide care for someone - Option 2 25 52 48 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
12% were aged under 45, 18% were aged 45-60 and 70% were aged 61 or over
29% of respondents had a disability.
94% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 6% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Snowshill Parish Meeting • Weston-sub-Edge Parish Council • Willersey Parish Council • Stanton Parish Council. • Mrs Herbert Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 606.
Any other comments
Essential for medical appointments 32% No other means of transport 21% Service is good as it is 19% Essential for shopping 19% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 13% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 13% Reduce the number of services / merge them 11% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 11% Essential for visiting friends / family 9% Essential for work 9% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 9% Won't have a bus service 9% Essential for elderly / disabled 6% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 6% Service would be worse 6% Connect buses to other forms of transport 6% Booking not a good idea 6% Essential for education 4% Longer walks to get a bus 4% Poor explanations at roadshows 4% Vast improvement / Wonderful / Quite happy 2% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 2% Prefer option 1 2% Other 13% Base: All respondents for this service (47)
The list below shows all responses for service 606 . No other way of shopping or getting to surgery, also Lloyds Pharmacy. I live alone, I have had bowel cancer and an stroke. Campden-Vale I use the service from Toddington to both Cheltenham and Broadway. Would not wish to see a reduced level of service to the Isbourne service operating at present. Why change? Campden-Vale Existing service is much better than either option. It's too far for me to walk to the main road down a bank, then back with shopping. Isbourne An increase in the number of buses and schemes to encourage fewer of the very large number of road journeys between Winchcombe and surrounding villages to and from Cheltenham would lead to a decrease in highway maintenance, police and emergency services, i.e. redistribution of available monies between services. We have no bus service, even twice a week would be wonderful. Isbourne Access to Evesham Train Station and Cheltenham Spa Station. Winchcombe Without the 606 bus there would be no local transport. Isbourne We use this route for country walks. We like to walk from A to B rather than doing circular walks. It is always difficult to Prestbury organise public transport to and from walks. Any cuts in services may make it impossible altogether. For God's sake leave the buses alone. This sort of cut is so short-sighted and counter-productive. All the hard work of Fosseridge building up services painstakingly since 1997 will be undone. Need a better service between Winch and Tewkesbury/Cheltenham. Needs a better service between Winchcombe, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham. Isbourne Needs a better service between Winchcombe, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham. Isbourne What is needed by people from Weston-sub-Edge is a service which links with the three daily 21 service buses. I cannot Campden-Vale answer Option 2 as I don't know what is on offer. We are very unhappy about both of these options as they affect no car owners in the village. Campden-Vale I use the service to visit my doctor at Tewkesbury. I travel to Cheltenham and catch other services from town. Leave the Isbourne service as it is. This service is important to our local villages. I also have seen many people use the service to visit Broadway from Cheltenham. If service 606 is withdrawn people dependent on local transport will not be able to live in this community. The Parish Council voted to retain the service, albeit with reduced frequency. There is very little we villagers ask for and put so much into our community - how cheap to stop our bus. Isbourne Withdrawing this bus service will tend to leave most villages isolated, not a good idea in my opinion. Isbourne Option 1 - This would be the best option. Please don't stop this service, it is so needed for hospital appointments and visiting, also the railway station from where we travel to the West Country, because we have no car. Only a short time ago everybody was being encouraged to use public transport to cut down on pollution, etc. Any cutbacks Campden-Vale can only be a step backwards. Save the buses. Campden-Vale Need buses to Cheltenham for shopping and hospital. Campden-Vale Cannot get to information evenings as I am a disabled pensioner and unable to find out about all the proposals. Campden-Vale Buses are essential for people with no other transport. It seems unfair to me that at 60 you can drive to a Park and Ride park Isbourne all day for free and use the bus. Continued service between Winchcombe and Cheltenham essential for medical access to hospital. Winchcombe Many people rely on that bus for health services, PO and bank and food. Volunteers for charity shops also. Most villagers using the 606 bus go to Winchcombe or Cheltenham (surgeries, part time work, banks, PO, etc.). Could a mini Isbourne bus be used on the route? This service, 606, is essential for older people no longer driving to make their way to Cheltenham Hospital is needed for Campden-Vale appointments or to visit family. This service is essential for older people as many no longer drive, they need to get to Cheltenham Hospital for appointments Campden-Vale or to visit family and friends who are patients there. NHS dentist, optician and hospital all in Cheltenham. 606 bus service is my only way to these services. My husband, 86, has suffered two strokes and has numerous health problems, having spent four periods in Cheltenham Hospital which were just about manageable using the 606 bus. Any curtailment of the 606 Castleways bus would make things impossible for me. I do not drive and my husband can no longer drive as he is partially sighted now. ** There are too few journeys to and from Broadway already. Very difficult to arrange to book things in advance. Isbourne NHS dentist in Cheltenham, inpatient in Cheltenham. Local bus service is the only way to go to these services. It was only by chance that we learned about the review into future provision of local bus services. Many, many people seem not to know anything about it. When we first moved to Broadway there were no NHS dentists with vacancies in nearby Evesham so we had to contact the Health Authority covering Gloucestershire ** My 16 year old daughter is seeking work and will rely on the bus. My 12 year old son uses the bus to visit Winchcombe Isbourne friends. Advance booking system for bus journeys have been tried before and simply do not work. The bus is important for medical services in Broadway and Cheltenham and for shopping in Broadway. Willersey is a village Campden-Vale in Gloucestershire although we have a Worcestershire postcode. Our local hospital is Cheltenham which is 17 miles away and the taxi fare return is more than £30. Our local GP surgery is in Broadway - 2 miles away. Our local general store, chemist, post office, butcher, and for some, church are all in Broadway. ** This service is used as a link to the facilities in Cheltenham. Campden-Vale Although a WR postcode, Willersey is in Gloucestershire. Doctor's surgery is in Broadway and patients are referred to Campden-Vale Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals for treatment. It will feel that the Winchcombe, Toddington, Broadway to Willersley route will not be provided and there will be no easily available bus as an alternative access for travel to Cheltenham Hospital. It will mean finding car travel through the car service, which is not always available. Many elderly and infirm passengers who are not affluent but have lived all their lives among this route and supported their county, so do not deserve to have this already limited service reduced. Please do not further decrease their prized independence. The 606 is my lifeline, I am unable to drive (medical blackouts and a mild heart condition). I cannot stay living here if the Campden-Vale buses are taken off. This service is a lifeline and I will be completely cut off if this service is affected. This is essential for me, the village and non- Isbourne drivers. I have no car, do not drive and rely on the 606 bus for health appointments, caring for my friend and shopping. I am a widow and I have asthma. Sometimes this bus is the nearest I can get to Alderton. I get off at Black Sheds and walk accross the fields to Alderton. It will Winchcombe be worse if I have to book it as I sometimes use it if I miss the bus to Alderton. I live in Alderton and don't find that any of the bus services currently meet my needs as they are too infrequent. The thing that would make the most difference to me and make public transport an option is if a route like the 606 came closer to Alderton (it seems to come tantalisingly close, but just not close enough) - or even if there were a safe bike park close to a bus stop in Winchcombe and/or Bishops Cleeve, so it would be possible to cycle to either of those places and then catch the bus into Cheltenham from there. My husband and I are reluctant to buy a second car because we would prefer to find a more environmental alternative way to make journeys when we can't car share, but currently this seems like the only realistic option. Service Number 608
There were 11 responses regarding the number 608 bus service. 78% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 3 33 33 33 Paid Employment - Option 2 2 50 50
Voluntary Work - Option 1 1 100 Voluntary Work - Option 2 1 100 Option 1 (9) 33 67
Health Services - Option 1 5 20 60 20 Health Services - Option 2 3 100
Education - Option 1 3 33 33 33 Education - Option 2
Essential food shopping - Option 1 9 11 33 56 Option 2 (if applicable) (6) 50 50 Essential food shopping - Option 2 6 50 50
Provide care for someone - Option 1 4 50 25 25 Provide care for someone - Option 2 4 50 50 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
9% were aged under 45, 0% were aged 45-60 and 91% were aged 61 or over
20% of respondents had a disability.
100% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 0% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Mrs Herbert Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 608.
Any other comments
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 25%
More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 25%
Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 25%
Won't have a bus service 25%
Essential for elderly / disabled 13%
Essential for shopping 13%
Essential for visiting friends / family 13%
Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 13%
Willing to pay small charge 13%
Longer walks to get a bus 13%
Other 38%
Base: All respondents for this service (8)
The list below shows all responses for service 608 .
I want to give up my car being an OAP. I want the bus so I can go shopping and see my daughter, who is ill. Isbourne This service is also only once a week on a Thursday and it would be missed. Isbourne Mickleton, furthest North of all Gloucestershire villages, furthest South East of all Warwickshire villages. If Gloucestershire Campden-Vale and Warwickshire cut bus services to outlying villages, Mickleton would be busless. Not enough time. Winchcombe The Government are encouraging the public to use public transport, why are Local Government doing the opposite. Why not Winchcombe charge 50p/£1 for journey even with bus pass. Cut council salaries not cut taxpayer facilities. This service is poor - to return home elderly people particularly are expected to walk from high street all the way to Royal Winchcombe Wells to pick up bus, this is not possible. I take the bus from Alderton to Dumbleton and then take this bus to get into Cheltenham and do the same on the way back. Winchcombe I live in Alderton and don't find that any of the bus services currently meet my needs as they are too infrequent. The thing Winchcombe that would make the most difference to me and make public transport an option is if a route like the 606 came closer to Alderton (it seems to come tantalisingly close, but just not close enough) - or even if there were a safe bike park close to a bus stop in Winchcombe and/or Bishops Cleeve, so it would be possible to cycle to either of those places and then catch the bus into Cheltenham from there. My husband and I are reluctant to buy a second car because we would prefer to find a more environmental alternative way to make journeys when we can't car share, but currently this seems like the only realistic option. Service Number 612
There were 4 responses regarding the number 612 bus service. 100% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 2 50 50 Paid Employment - Option 2 2 50 50
Voluntary Work - Option 1 2 50 50 Voluntary Work - Option 2 2 50 50 Option 1 (4) 100
Health Services - Option 1 2 50 50 Health Services - Option 2 2 50 50
Education - Option 1 3 67 33 Education - Option 2 3 33 33 33
Essential food shopping - Option 1 4 75 25 Option 2 (if applicable) (4) 25 75 Essential food shopping - Option 2 4 25 50 25
Provide care for someone - Option 1 2 50 50 Provide care for someone - Option 2 2 50 50 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
0% were aged under 45, 50% were aged 45-60 and 50% were aged 61 or over
25% of respondents had a disability.
75% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 25% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Bourton on the Water Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 612.
Any other comments
Service is good as it is 33%
Essential for education 33%
Reduce the number of services / merge them 33%
Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 33%
Prefer option 2 33%
Booking not a good idea 33%
Other 67%
Base: All respondents for this service (3)
The list below shows all responses for service 612 .
Your flexible service isn't flexible if it has to be booked in advance. People like to act on the spur of the moment. Fosseridge How can you improve connections with other bus services when you are taking them off? Warwickshire bus drivers say they are taking off a lot of their buses in September. We would very much like this bus to continue. The service goes back a very long way. Fosseridge 2 appears to offer the most frequent opportunity for residents to travel - once they are made aware of the need to Bourton-on-the-Water book in advance it could mean that they are able to travel on more days. The Parish Council is concerned at any reduction in service to the outlying villages for whom Bourton acts as their main Service Centre. CDC's Local Development Framework for the next 25-30 years is based on the continuing development of Bourton as a Main Settlement which will serve these outlying villages and the Parish Council is keen to ensure a continuity of access to amenities for these villagers who are lacking in these facilities, especially as those who use the bus are often the least mobile and less financially wealthy sectors of the population. However, we also recognise the need to address gaps in funding for heavily subsidised services and the need to find alternative solutions. In that respect, the Council would support GCC seeking contributions from developers who se building projects expand these communities at a level which will fund these services in the future. Equally, the Council would suggest that GCC investigates whether it would be possible to expand the School Bus services to allow other passengers to use these buses. We would ask that opening up School Buses to other passengers be considered for all bus services which serve outlying villages to Bourton to ensure their communities can access our amenities. Equally, we would ask that the comments of the Parish Councils in these outlying villages, who will be best placed to respond on behalf of their residents, are given appropriate weight in the consultation process. Service Number 656
There were 12 responses regarding the number 656 bus service. 67% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 3 67 33 Paid Employment - Option 2 4 25 50 25
Voluntary Work - Option 1 3 67 33 Voluntary Work - Option 2 3 67 33 Option 1 (11) 36 64
Health Services - Option 1 9 11 89 Health Services - Option 2 8 88 13
Education - Option 1 5 20 80 Education - Option 2 5 80 20
Essential food shopping - Option 1 11 36 64 Option 2 (if applicable) (9) 22 78 Essential food shopping - Option 2 10 20 70 10
Provide care for someone - Option 1 3 67 33 Provide care for someone - Option 2 4 25 50 25 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
9% were aged under 45, 9% were aged 45-60 and 82% were aged 61 or over
40% of respondents had a disability.
100% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 0% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 656.
Any other comments
Essential for medical appointments 33% Essential for shopping 33% Service is good as it is 22% Poor explanations at roadshows 22% Essential for elderly / disabled 11% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 11% Essential for visiting friends / family 11% Service would be worse 11% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 11% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 11% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 11% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 11% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 11% Won't have a bus service 11% Booking not a good idea 11% Other 22%
Base: All respondents for this service (9)
The list below shows all responses for service 656 .
This service should be subsidised by Tesco as about 80% of users shop there. Winchcombe Not clear, not enough time. Winchcombe This proposal is not clear. Mobile library is being cut. Nearest all services - only one bus per day. Library, Wincombe or Bishops Winchcombe Cleeve, proposals to cut, reduce bus. How do we get to the library? The proposals are destroying village communities. Absolutely essential for food shopping, doctor and chiropodist, library (Winchcombe doctor and library). Cresswells - excellent Winchcombe bus drivers who care for the elderly passengers and an essential drop off service near home in Alderstop. Option 2 is ridiculous. Winchcombe Essential for food shopping and home shopping, doctor, chiropodist, etc. May use doctor in Winchcombe and library. Essential for families to meet up. Cresswell bus is excellent for Tesco - put up 9.55 return to 12 o'clock. Drivers caring for elderly. Option 1 would double the journey time to Tewkesbury and would be impractical with heavy shopping. The community bus Winchcombe would also be impractical. Essential for the doctor surgery and chemist. Winchcombe I live in Alderton and don't find that any of the bus services currently meet my needs as they are too infrequent. The thing that Winchcombe would make the most difference to me and make public transport an option is if a route like the 606 came closer to Alderton (it seems to come tantalisingly close, but just not close enough) - or even if there were a safe bike park close to a bus stop in Winchcombe and/or Bishops Cleeve, so it would be possible to cycle to either of those places and then catch the bus into Cheltenham from there. My husband and I are reluctant to buy a second car because we would prefer to find a more environmental alternative way to make journeys when we can't car share, but currently this seems Service Number 801
There were 50 responses regarding the number 801 bus service. 78% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 23 13 17 4 65 Paid Employment - Option 2 16 6 19 75
Voluntary Work - Option 1 26 15 15 8 62 Voluntary Work - Option 2 17 6 24 71 Option 1 (42) 33 48 19
Health Services - Option 1 32 19 31 22 28 Health Services - Option 2 21 5 57 38
Education - Option 1 29 14 17 17 52 Education - Option 2 19 5 32 63
Essential food shopping - Option 1 30 17 40 27 17 Option 2 (if applicable) (27) 26 74 Essential food shopping - Option 2 19 21 58 21
Provide care for someone - Option 1 26 12 19 23 46 Provide care for someone - Option 2 19 5 42 53 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
9% were aged under 45, 22% were aged 45-60 and 70% were aged 61 or over
27% of respondents had a disability.
96% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 4% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Bourton on the Water Parish Council • Cold Aston Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 801.
Any other comments
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 52% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 20% Essential for education 20% Connect buses to other forms of transport 16% No other means of transport 12% Essential for medical appointments 12% Essential for visiting friends / family 12% Essential for work 12% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 12% Service is good as it is 8% Essential for elderly / disabled 8% Service would be worse 4% Not enough room on buses 4% Reduce the number of services / merge them 4% Vast improvement / Wonderful / Quite happy 4% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 4% Prefer option 1 4% Only reduce services in quieter times 4% Better service needed (e.g. cleaner, friendlier drivers, bus shelters/stations) 4% Other 16% Base: All respondents for this service (25)
The list below shows all responses for service 801 .
An earlier and later service, Monday to Sunday would help workers in Cheltenham and get more drivers onto public Bourton-on-the-Water transport. Can this service be rescheduled to link up with service 22 from Stratford? At present it does not and is not Campden-Vale convenient in any way. Hospital visits. An early Sunday bus would be nice to Cheltenham. Pensioners are trapped at home on Sundays with no public Moreton-in-Marsh transport. A Sunday service would be good for hospital visiting. Moreton-in-Marsh Caravan tourists use Sunday to Bourton-on-the-Water. Moreton-in-Marsh Glad 801 usual service continues, Sunday summer service occasionally. Valuable for teenage travel to Cheltenham Sandywell and Moreton-in-Marsh. This service is well used and often by the time it leaves Bourton-on-the-Water it is almost full. I feel that this service Moreton-in-Marsh is essential. This route should be reviewed in the light that my son needs to get to school on time (Cotswold School) and the Battledown morning bus doesn't arrive until 09.35, Cheltenham to Bourton. We also want to encourage our children to use public transport. Option 2 would be a disaster. I use this service at least once a week and feel it would be detrimental to the town if Moreton-in-Marsh withdrawn. For people without cars, this service is a lifeline. Also needed for people working in Cheltenham. Moreton-in-Marsh Option 1 would be a vast improvement, much needed and would be better all year round. Rissingtons If Sunday service withdrawn there would be no other way of visiting relatives in Cheltenham and Bourton Hospitals Moreton-in-Marsh for non-drivers (as myself). Summer Sunday buses to both railway stations. Brilliant idea! Our family would definitely aim to use those services Sandywell for trips to Bath,Bristol, Malvern- great. But PLEASE could you not do the same to get people from the east of Cheltenham to the railway station direct and early enough to get commuter trains EVERY DAY, and then to get home again the same evening? This is a great opportunity to achieve some great integrated transport with the really good rail network that we are lucky to have in Cheltenham. They get that if they live to the North, South and possibly even the West of Cheltenham, but never have from the East (since the railway was torn up!). Go do great things out of adversity! I do not use the 801 service on a Sunday but I use it regularly Monday- Saturday. Moreton-in-Marsh You do not ask about the use of buses for leisure and entertainment. Perhaps you believe that is not an important Bourton-on-the-Water use for subsidised services, but I disagree. My overall "better" figure relates to the summer Sundays proposal to improve the train connections. As to, "does the current ... essential travel needs", I do not think that all would agree on what "essential" means - the reason I said "no" is because of the lack of evening services. Very hard to climb the steps and drivers refuse to help put shopping and buggies in luggage compartment. Beacon-Stow On the basis that changes would provide better connection with the train times from Moreton Station Option 1 Bourton-on-the-Water appears to offer an improvement to the service. If the service is withdrawn this will mean that the many visitors travelling to Bourton on summer Sundays without their own transport (a large proportion of the foreign visitors) would be forced to take a taxi to get to their onward destinations. I would request that the 801 bus from Cheltenham to Bourton be changed to run in line nwith the school start of 8.45 There would be a saving for the authority because pupils would be using public transport more tickets would be purchased thus bringing in much needed revenue also helping to ensure a local bus service remains for the elderly and those without transport Cold Aston Parish Council wishes to point out how can it be both economically and environmentally better (given Bourton-on-the-Water the geographical position of Cold Aston on the route to Cheltenham) for parishioners wishing to use this service to have to travel in the opposite direction to Bourton using a smaller mode of transport, to than travel back in the same direction on a bus, twice over for the return journey. Surely it would make better economical and environmental sense to continue with the current service going through Cold Aston on its way to Cheltenham. We need the service from Moreton in Marsh to Cheltenham to remain the same. We would have great difficulty in Moreton-in-Marsh getting to hospital appointments at Cheltenham General if you were to drastically reduce or eliminate this service. Thank you for your valuable time. Although I only use the Summer Sunday Service infrequently it is to visit an elderly relative who is otherwise Bourton-on-the-Water housebound. I would also welcome the extension of the service to serve Cheltenham Spa station first 801 Monday-Friday service from Cheltenham to Bourton arrives too late for our son and other Cheltenham Charlton Park students to get to the Cotswold School on time. As a result, we rely on non-entitled bus travel organised by Shire Hall but we never know each year, until very near the start of term, whether he will get a place. Last year, we were told there were no places so for several weeks our son had to use the first 801 from Cheltenham, which meant he didn't arrive at school until after 9.45.am. After protests, we did get a place (the school bus was running with several empty seats), but we have been told that again, he may not have a place on the bus for September 2011. We know that he is not the only Cotswold School student in this situation. We understand that the Cotswold School is continuing to expand, and it is likely that there will be more students travelling from Cheltenham to the school in the future. We also know that many of the school staff live in Cheltenh am; if there was a bus that arrived in Bourton at a suitable time, they might well be bus users also. We ask that that there should be consideration of moving the time of the first 801 on Mon-Fri so that school students could use it and get to school on time. Students would use it in preference to the school bus because the journey time would be faster than that of the school bus. If the existing 801 service were to be withdrawn, quite apart from the huge effect on the local Cotswold communities, any Cheltenham students who travel to the Cotswold school and have after school activities, have no way of getting home. Any student who doesn't manage to get a non-entitled place on the school bus, would have no way of getting to school either. If you make a minor adjustment to the timetable in the morning so that it get pupils and sixth formers to school on Pittville time leaving from cheltenham then many more young people would use the public transport. The young people would get use to using public transport and would then continue when they start employment. The bus needs to arrive in Bourton-on -the- water before 8.40 a.m. It would also make the service more viable helping to fund the route when it is used less during the day. Young people can get home on the 801 but they cannot get to school in the morning. Please review the situation as promissed by Alan Bennett at the Road show at the Park Campus Cheltenham i am a pupil at the cotswold school. I travel from Cheltenham to school but public transport is not an option as it Pittville gets to school late. if the bus could get me to school at 8:40 this would not make a large difference in the timetable but could gain many more customers. Service Number 802
There were 8 responses regarding the number 802 bus service. 71% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 5 20 60 20 Paid Employment - Option 2 4 75 25
Voluntary Work - Option 1 5 20 60 20 Voluntary Work - Option 2 3 100 Option 1 (8) 13 88
Health Services - Option 1 7 14 86 Health Services - Option 2 5 40 40 20
Education - Option 1 6 17 50 33 Education - Option 2 4 75 25
Essential food shopping - Option 1 7 14 71 14 Option 2 (if applicable) (5) 80 20 Essential food shopping - Option 2 5 20 40 20 20
Provide care for someone - Option 1 5 20 40 40 Provide care for someone - Option 2 3 67 33 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
13% were aged under 45, 25% were aged 45-60 and 63% were aged 61 or over
13% of respondents had a disability.
88% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 13% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Bourton on the Water Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 802.
Any other comments
Essential for elderly / disabled 29%
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 29%
Poor explanations at roadshows 29%
Essential for medical appointments 14%
Essential for work 14%
Reduce the number of services / merge them 14%
Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 14%
Connect buses to other forms of transport 14%
Accept that changes and cuts need to be made 14%
More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 14%
Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 14%
Won't have a bus service 14%
Other 14%
Base: All respondents for this service (7)
The list below shows all responses for service 802 .
The 802, Rissington Circular, to meet the Cirencester bus. All buses from Upper Pass connect with the service to, or from, Cheltenham. Cutting back would result in hours Rissingtons waiting to get home, or to Cheltenham. I would be forced to retire if buses at 9 a.m. and 2.50 no longer ran. Also, health appointments would be very Rissingtons difficult. We require a transport option from Bourton & The Rissingtons to Kingham station, as there are too many vehicles traveling these routes, and limited parking at the Station. Servicing Stow would be an added benefit. I do not know where the putative development is, and I trust it is appropriate. But the lack of a bus between Bourton-on-the-Water Bourton-on-the-Water and Kingham station is a great problem for us (as the last bus from Moreton means leaving Paddington around 1630) Parish Council is concerned at any reduction in service to the outlying villages for whom Bourton acts as their main Bourton-on-the-Water Service Centre. CDC's Local Development Framework for the next 25-30 years is based on the continuing development of Bourton as a Main Settlement which will serve these outlying villages and the Parish Council is keen to ensure a continuity of access to amenities for these villagers who are lacking in these facilities, especially as those who use the bus are often the least mobile and less financially wealthy sectors of the population. However, we also recognise the need to address gaps in funding for heavily subsidised services and the need to find alternative solutions. In that respect, the Council would support GCC seeking contributions from developers whose building projects expand these communities at a level which will fund these services in the future. Equally, the Council would suggest that GCC investigates whether it would be possible to e xpand the School Bus services to allow other passengers to use these buses. This is already a fairly infrequent service. Availablility of connections for shoppers as well as commuters is Bourton-on-the-Water imperative. It is also a valuable service for elderly people in the areas of Rissington Road, Rye Close and Lamberts Field and might attract more users if it was a 'hail and ride' service along with the existing stops. It is impossible to comment on the extension of the service without further details although certainly a link with Stow and Kingham Stations could be useful. Service Number 803
There were 4 responses regarding the number 803 bus service. 100% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 1 100 Paid Employment - Option 2 1 100
Voluntary Work - Option 1 1 100 Voluntary Work - Option 2 1 100 Option 1 (4) 100
Health Services - Option 1 3 100 Health Services - Option 2 2 100
Education - Option 1 1 100 Education - Option 2 1 100
Essential food shopping - Option 1 2 50 50 Option 2 (if applicable) (3) 100 Essential food shopping - Option 2 2 100
Provide care for someone - Option 1 1 100 Provide care for someone - Option 2 1 100 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
0% were aged under 45, 33% were aged 45-60 and 67% were aged 61 or over
67% of respondents had a disability.
75% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 25% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Bourton on the Water Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 803.
Any other comments
Essential for elderly / disabled 67%
Essential for medical appointments 33%
Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure 33% purposes
Essential for shopping 33%
Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 33%
Accept that changes and cuts need to be made 33%
Prefer option 2 33%
Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed 33% location
Won't have a bus service 33%
Base: All respondents for this service (3)
The list below shows all responses for service 803 .
The retired, walking disabled - will affect their surgery appointments, shopping and trips elsewhere. Fosseridge Extra time at Moreton would be beneficial, one hour is not enough. Fosseridge 2 would seem to offer the better alternative of the 2, as once residents are aware of the need to book in advance this Bourton-on-the-Water may become second nature, and would ensure that they could travel more often than with Option 1, when travel would be restricted to one day only. The Parish Council is also concerned at any reduction in service to the outlying villages for whom Bourton acts as their main Service Centre. CDC's Local Development Framework for the next 25-30 years is based on the continuing development of Bourton as a Main Settlement which will serve these outlying villages and the Parish Council is keen to ensure a continuity of access to amenities for these villagers who are lacking in these facilities, especially as those who use the bus are often the least mobile and less financially wealthy sectors of the population. However, we also recognise the need to address gaps in funding for heavily subsidised services and the need to find alternative solutions. In t hat respect, the Council would support GCC seeking contributions from developers whose building projects expand these communities at a level which will fund these services in the future. Equally, the Council would suggest that GCC investigates whether it would be possible to expand the School Bus services to allow other passengers to use these buses. Service Number 804
There were 32 responses regarding the number 804 bus service. 85% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 22 9 45 45 Paid Employment - Option 2 16 44 56
Voluntary Work - Option 1 20 5 35 60 Voluntary Work - Option 2 15 33 67 Option 1 (27) 4 15 81
Health Services - Option 1 22 5 9 64 23 Health Services - Option 2 15 67 33
Education - Option 1 20 25 75 Education - Option 2 15 20 80
Essential food shopping - Option 1 26 15 73 12 Option 2 (if applicable) (23) 100 Essential food shopping - Option 2 20 90 10
Provide care for someone - Option 1 19 37 63 Provide care for someone - Option 2 14 36 64 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
14% were aged under 45, 36% were aged 45-60 and 50% were aged 61 or over
14% of respondents had a disability.
81% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 19% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Guiting Power Parish Council • Sevenhampton Parish Council • Sevenhampton Parish Council • Andoversford Parish Council • Hawling Parish Meeting • Temple Guiting Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 804.
Any other comments
Essential for shopping 28% No other means of transport 21% Essential for elderly / disabled 21% Reduce the number of services / merge them 21% Prefer option 1 21% Not enough room on buses 17% Essential for work 17% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 14% Service is good as it is 10% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 10% Booking not a good idea 10% Essential for medical appointments 7% Essential for education 7% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 7% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 7% Poor explanations at roadshows 7% Essential for visiting friends / family 3% Service would be worse 3% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 3% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 3% Connect buses to other forms of transport 3% Need better timetables / advertising 3% Prefer bus on specific day 3% Won't have a bus service 3% Better service needed (e.g. cleaner, friendlier drivers, bus shelters/stations) 3% Other 10% Base: All respondents for this service (29) The list below shows all responses for service 804 .
I have a disability that puts me at constant threat of losing my driving licence. I also have children. The bus service Winchcombe provides essential back-up, although we do not use it frequently. This bus service is used by a lot of people who have no other means of transport. Three Rivers I am a regular bus user who cannot drive so need the 804 to get to town for my elderly gran. Three Rivers The number 801 is usually full by the time that it reaches Bourton-on-the-Water. Three Rivers If we are to have only one bus a week could it possibly be on a Thursday? I have shopped on a Thursday for years Sandywell and it is better to get shopping on a Thursday so that it's fresher for the weekend. I go to Cheltenham on the service that leaves Guiting Power at 07.15, Tuesday and Thursday. It is just better for me Three Rivers in lots of ways. Frequently the 801 route bus is full. How will extra passengers from the 804 route be accommodated? The elderly Sandywell will become isolated. Option 1 - can you guarantee there will be seats on the connecting 801 bus into Cheltenham? Will others users Sandywell have to pay again for the link into Cheltenham? The bus shelters might not be sufficient. Will the service be adequate for children going to school. Option 2 - Don't believe that a local scheme could be utilised or able to cope. ** Booking a service, leave the worry of certainty of not being met. Changing buses is not helpful for the elderly with Sandywell shopping or children. These are the people who need it most. A reduced bus service for shopping, etc., to two or even one per week, would be preferable to Option 2, which I Three Rivers believe would cause more problems than it would solve. Carrying heavy shopping and waiting around would be difficult for the elderly and mothers with children. A reduction to two, or even one bus, would be preferable to either option. The 801 service is often full when it Three Rivers arrives at Andoversford en route to Cheltenham. I travel to Cheltenham for shopping, the dentist, the optician. One day a week would be better than having to Three Rivers change at Andoversford. The shopping bus to Cheltenham would be greatly missed if it went. I think more consultation is need with villages. Three Rivers Early bus is very early so present 9.0 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday is useful. Three Rivers Option 2 seems to be very much hit or miss - Option 1 preferable, providing guarantees that connecting bus will Three Rivers always be available, not much use if one was stuck in Andoversford. Bus 801 is always full by the time it gets to Andoversford. Three Rivers We need buses to Cheltenham on Thursdays and Fridays every week. A bus that leaves Naunton at lunchtime would Three Rivers also be helpful on these days. Buses/transport to Bourton surgery would be very helpful. Advance booking system for bus journeys have been tried before and simply do not work. Why can't we have a system of cross-subsidies? The well used routes should cover less used ones. I am an infrequent user. However, there are others who don't have a car who do rely on service to get to work. Three Rivers Prefer Option 1 with a timetabled service. Three Rivers I would most definitely prefer Option 1 to maintain a regular service from the Guitings to Andoversford. Early and Three Rivers late daily buses would mean travelling to work in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury would not be affected, nor would my shopping really, even if the Saturday service were withdrawn. Being able to connect to the 801 service at Andoversford could have some advantage if it would allow me to go the other way also and get to the Doctors in Bourton-on-the-Water, which I currently cannot get to by bus. It might also give other options for shopping in Bourton or Stow. My teenage daughter uses the first 804 bus to get into Royal Well early enough to catch the D bus to the railway Sandywell station, where she is JUST IN TIME to get the 8.25 train to Bristol Parkway. If she has to catch any other bus from Andoversford she misses the connections. She would probably have to quit her job, which she loves. She cannot afford to live away from home. If a slightly later bus,the 833, continued from Royal well to the station I'm sure she, and other commuters, would benefit. The withdrawal of the 804 means that this option for people from Andoversford to get into Cheltenham early is no Sandywell longer available and any of us needing to use public transport to access Cheltenham services can no longer do so (even though it was a nuisance having to go to Whittington at least the option was there) My employment hours are based around the current bus service provided to and from Brockhampton. I frequently Sandywell use the workers morning bus to get to work and I use the Tuesday and Thursday 12 o'clock bus every week as I have no other way of getting home. Either proposal would work if there is a connecting bus that is guaranteed to get my into Cheltenham for 7.55am each day and if there is a lunchtime connection to get me back to Brockhampton. If the bus service is no longer available I will loss my job. The Tuesday and Thursday shoppers service provides a vital link to Cheltenham for elderly residents - they have no other way of leaving the village(s). I would strongly argue that to replace a scheduled service with one where pensioners' bus passes are not accepted Bourton-on-the-Water (as the summary sheets, but not the detailed sheets, on your web site make clear is a possibility) is wrong. Option 1 is the better option but connecting at Andoversford is a concern if there will be long waits. A lot of the Sandywell people on the bus are elderly or children - will the buses be timed to co-ordinate with other services? It is a vital community service - I know it is expensive and something has to change but I cannot praise the service enough, especially the drivers - it is a lifeline to those without a car. We really need a late Saturday afternoon bus from Andoversford back to the villages. This service was axed a few years back and is sorely missed, especially by teenagers, saturday shoppers & saturday workers. no-one in Hawling currently uses service 804 on a regular basis there are a number of people who rely on it in Winchcombe particular circumstances, have used it regularly in the past and will do so again in future. For example, when unable to drive because of injury and health. One parishioner, a farmer's wife who does not have the option to move house, has a medical condition which may soon prevent her from driving. She has young children under 5 and works in Cheltenham and with both these options it will be impossible to get there in time for employment hours or to get the children to their childcare. We have some teenagers who will not be able to get out, before they are able to drive. Future population will be affected as people who currently are able to live here will not be able to in future if we lose our back-up bus service altogether. We do not have a local council with a budget who could arrange a community transport scheme - just a parish meeting with no budget, of which I am chairman. While Option 1 will extend journey time and reduce frequency of service during the day, option 2 is considered to be Three Rivers so vague as to be a non-starter Option 1 preferable to Option 2 (on the basis of the inadequate information supplied re Option 2) Service Number 809
There were 26 responses regarding the number 809 bus service. 56% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 15 33 67 Paid Employment - Option 2 12 33 67
Voluntary Work - Option 1 16 44 56 Voluntary Work - Option 2 13 46 54 Option 1 (26) 8 92
Health Services - Option 1 18 78 22 Health Services - Option 2 15 7 80 13
Education - Option 1 14 21 79 Education - Option 2 11 9 18 73
Essential food shopping - Option 1 25 4 84 12 Option 2 (if applicable) (22) 5 5 91 Essential food shopping - Option 2 20 5 90 5
Provide care for someone - Option 1 14 21 79 Provide care for someone - Option 2 11 18 82 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
4% were aged under 45, 20% were aged 45-60 and 76% were aged 61 or over
25% of respondents had a disability.
100% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 0% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 809.
Any other comments
Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 38% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 33% Won't have a bus service 33% Essential for shopping 29% Essential for medical appointments 19% Poor explanations at roadshows 19% Essential for elderly / disabled 14% Reduce the number of services / merge them 14% Longer walks to get a bus 14% Booking not a good idea 14% No other means of transport 10% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 10% Essential for work 10% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 10% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 10% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 10% Better service needed (e.g. cleaner, friendlier drivers, bus shelters/stations) 10% Essential for visiting friends / family 5% Willing to pay small charge 5% Accept that changes and cuts need to be made 5% Prefer option 2 5% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 5% Other 29% Base: All respondents for this service (21)
The list below shows all responses for service 809 .
Time and frequency do not meet needs already. Sandywell Time and frequency do not meet needs already. Sandywell This is a good service, most of the passengers are aged between 60 and 95. All have varied types of disability. We have no Sandywell Post Office, shops in this village. If we have to have our return journey to Andoversford we have to walk 2 miles, with a load of shopping, it can't be done! The taxi fares vary from £16 to £22. Had a link system before which was a disaster. I realise there has to be cuts but make them in the towns. ** Education includes library and IT services. Shopping includes financial and legal services and non-food. Transfer/changes of Sandywell bus would affect handling of shopping and shopping time available. The Wednesday market in Northleach is the same time as the weekly buses and the lunch club once a month. Sandywell How can one comment on your new proposals when there is no indication what it will entail. If you implement a flexible service Sandywell "by appointment only" this has been tried before and failed. Cannot phone as am deaf! Shipton Oliffe residents cannot get to their GP surgeries, have to drive or rely on family. Part of one's well being to be able to visit family/friends. Lots of OAPs in these rural areas. Will create a great deal of hardship.** Compared to other villages, surely one bus a week could be affordable. Hazleton has no Post Office, no shop and the nearest Sandywell bank and GP surgery is at the far end of Northleach. The current service provides an essential transport system for a number of people in this village. Sandywell This service is essential for people who do not drive. There is no other service available and it is the only means of shopping in town. I am disabled and cannot drive. The bus service is extremely poor at the moment and getting worse. Real rural/ urban divide in Sandywell services! It is difficult to know about Option 2 until details are clear. Seems mad to go towards ??? to get to Cheltenham. We live in Sherborne - only 2 buses a week now. How do we do our shopping with no buses. Riversmeet Have you tried health services on a Saturday? These questionnaire questions are irrelevant and just an excuse to say the public Riversmeet have given their opinion, none of the questions are concerned with our views or needs. The once a week bus service for Dowdeswell is already inadequate in the extreme. There is no mention of Dowdeswell in either Chedworth of the proposals. It is therefore difficult to know what is being suggested here, but the assumption must be that the intention is to withdraw even that service. The buses that run through Andoversford and along the A40 are too distant to reach on foot. ** As there is only one bus per week to Hazleton, a cut of 100% in the service would be a great loss. I would be happy to pay some Sandywell of the fare. If my car broke down I could not get to work as only one service a week. Sandywell I cannot get to Northleach. Both suggested options need payment, which make a mockery of my bus pass. Sandywell We only have one service - how can you justify removing that? Sandywell Option 1 seems pretty pointless. Option 2 offers a more practical solution if it takes passengers to the A40 direct. Chedworth Please reinstate the bus stops at Hazleton, we could then use all Cheltenham, Northleach and Oxford services. Hazleton bus Sandywell stop was never replaced. From Shipton Oliffe. Re option 1. Would the revised route still include Shipton Oliffe? You need to give more detailed Sandywell information before a considered opinion can be given. Re option 2. The current service -although sparse- works, but only because passengers are familiar with the timetable and take care to plan their travelling needs around it. Community transport has been tried here before and was an unmitigated disaster. The scheme was scrapped after just a few months. Phone calls to the service provider were either unanswered, or if answered met by ignorance of the scheme. On several occasions the promised transport failed to appear. When this happened on the return journey I had no alternative but to walk (laden down with shopping) more than a mile from Andoversford. Running this service through Shipton Oliffe once a week is imperative.If it is discontinued there is no other way of getting into Sandywell Cheltenham for essentials,such as hospital, doctors, bank, post office, grocery shopping and socialising.The village could do with an extra service such as Saturday. If Andoversford is to become a'hub' for routes into Cheltenham from Shipton Oliffe then a vital service to this small community will be lost forever!! Service Number 810
There were 2 responses regarding the number 810 bus service. 100% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 1 100 Paid Employment - Option 2
Voluntary Work - Option 1 Voluntary Work - Option 2 Option 1 (1) 100
Health Services - Option 1 1 100 Health Services - Option 2
Education - Option 1 Education - Option 2
Essential food shopping - Option 1 1 100 Option 2 (if applicable) (-) Essential food shopping - Option 2
Provide care for someone - Option 1 1 100 Provide care for someone - Option 2 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
0% were aged under 45, 0% were aged 45-60 and 0% were aged 61 or over
0% of respondents had a disability.
50% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 50% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Bledington Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 810.
Any other comments
Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure 100% purposes
Base: All respondents for this service (1)
The list below shows all responses for service 810 .
Important service for tourism in the area. Park Service Number 833
There were 42 responses regarding the number 833 bus service. 81% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 22 14 14 73 Paid Employment - Option 2 6 17 83
Voluntary Work - Option 1 20 20 10 70 Voluntary Work - Option 2 7 29 71 Option 1 (36) 3 39 58
Health Services - Option 1 26 8 19 50 23 Health Services - Option 2 11 9 82 9
Education - Option 1 22 14 18 68 Education - Option 2 6 17 83
Essential food shopping - Option 1 32 31 47 22 Option 2 (if applicable) (10) 10 90 Essential food shopping - Option 2 13 15 77 8
Provide care for someone - Option 1 20 5 20 75 Provide care for someone - Option 2 6 17 83 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
8% were aged under 45, 23% were aged 45-60 and 70% were aged 61 or over
34% of respondents had a disability.
95% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 5% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Andoversford Parish Council • Compton Abdale Parish Meeting Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 833.
Any other comments
Essential for medical appointments 32% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 32% No other means of transport 27% Essential for shopping 23% Essential for work 18% Poor explanations at roadshows 18% Essential for elderly / disabled 14% Booking not a good idea 14% Essential for visiting friends / family 9% Essential for education 9% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 9% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 9% Need better timetables / advertising 9% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 9% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 5% Service would be worse 5% Reduce the number of services / merge them 5% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 5% Connect buses to other forms of transport 5% Vast improvement / Wonderful / Quite happy 5% More expensive financial implications / would have to use car 5% Need to encourage people out of cars and be greener 5% Prefer option 1 5% Only reduce services in quieter times 5% Better service needed (e.g. cleaner, friendlier drivers, bus shelters/stations) 5% Other 18% Base: All respondents for this service (22)
The list below shows all responses for service 833 .
As I don't drive, it is my only means of shopping, doctor, hospital, etc. Chedworth Question 3 is dependent on times, the diversion to the hospital is a good option, will times be changed? Northleach Time and frequency do not meet needs already. Sandywell Time and frequency do not meet needs already. Sandywell Hospital appointments, dentist, shopping - as I do not drive I need the buses. Northleach Excellent idea to include the hospital in this service. Northleach Prefer to keep Option one. Northleach The daily service is very good for full-time working people but part-time workers cannot get back to Shipton at midday. This Sandywell service isn't any good to the elderly - who wants to wait all day in Cheltenham with a load of shopping. This bus gets to Cheltenham before the shops open! Not too bad in the summer but in the winter there is nowhere to go and wait. We pay our Council Tax but have few services, the roads are a disgrace. ** A reduced service, i.e. not running every day of the week, would suffice. I am a non driver. Northleach Rarely use this service. Most of the time this bus is empty arriving or leaving Northleach. Northleach How can one comment on your new proposals when there is no indication what it will entail. If you implement a flexible Sandywell service "by appointment only" this has been tried before and failed. Cannot phone as am deaf! Shipton Oliffe residents cannot get to their GP surgeries, have to drive or rely on family. Part of one's well being to be able to visit family/friends. Lots of OAPs in these rural areas. Will create a great deal of hardship.** The 833, 0752 from Andoversford to Cheltenham Mon-Fri is the only bus that gets my child to school on time (having had Sandywell county assisted transport removed) and the 1740 is often used to return, so it depends on how secure the early and late services are, as described in proposal 1. Diversion via the hospital is helpful for Andoversford. Social and family ties with all other villages is a loss for Andoversford. Advance booking systems are too much trouble. I get the 08.45 from Cheltenham to Northleach and the 18.15 from Northleach to Cheltenham, if these buses don't run I would St Paul's lose my job! The bus stop for Hazleton should be better marked and the bus shelter in the layby should be refurbished so it can be used Chedworth effectively. It is great that the buses for workers are not being affected, but it would be an ideal opportunity to extend the journey into Sandywell Royal Well to the railway station for commuters. If the 804 no longer runs into Cheltenham, and my teenage daughter has to wait at Andoversford for the 833, she will miss the connections that get her to work in Bristol at an acceptable time. There are no buses going through Andoversford into town before 7.52am, but if there were, and it was well publicised, people from the East of Cheltenham could commute to Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London etc. and leave their cars at home. It might also prevent youngsters leaving our villages. While the council is looking into trimming services to save money, it could also take the opportunity to week or retime existing services to tap into the commuter market thereby actually increasing revenue and creating improvements out of what seems to be a dire situation. The current timetabling of the 833 means that our son is only just able to get the Marchants school bus in the morning and if Sandywell it(833)is at all delayed then he has to travel on a complicated route via the A bus which may get him to school late. Please ensure that in your review the 833 is at least as early getting to Cheltenham as it is now. 2: omits mention of Northleach. Are you proposing to withdraw services to/from Northleach? If so, this would be disastrous for Northleach the town. Also, you don't appear to have made any reference or allowance for the new NHS hospital currently under construction just outside Moreton-in-Marsh. Many Northleach people NEED a bus service that reflects constant use of medical services at Moreton, Bourton, Cirencester and Cheltenham. This is in addition to essential shopping. Many of us are elderly and do not have access to a car. Access to these services are vital to the needs of the local community. There is currently no bus service on a Sunday (excluding the one Swanbrook coach to Oxfors, returning to Cheltenham). Cost: What is the cost of introducing the proposed changes and how does impact on the forecast savings? What savings have already been made by centralising the provision of bus services within the GCC? Will the concessionary bus pass stlli be valid on the proposed new tmetable(s)? Operative Date: When will the proposed changes start from? Making cuts/savings is difficult, particularly when dealing with an establish I live in cheltenham and commute to Northleach on a daily basis to provide essential Chiropody care to the local community, Coombe Hill working at both the town doctors practice and the chemists. Due to a medical condition i am unable to drive a vehicle. If the measures proposed are implemented it would be impossible for me to continue to provide this service to the residents of Northleach and the surrounding area and thus taking away my livelyhood. A high proportion of my patients are aged and are heavily reliant on this service. 833 Bus Service currently provides an essential link to a major shopping centre for a number of residents of Compton Abdale Chedworth who do not have a car and do not drive. If the service was not available the affected residents (mostly of retirement age)could not get access to major shopping facilities. A consultation exercise with the affected residents has confirmed that whilst they currently use concessionary travel exemptions on the bus service they would be prepared to make some payment in order to ensure that the bus service continues in its present format on a regular basis. The 9.40am pick up service is regarded as the most valuable which then leaves Cheltenham at 13.39 giving approximately 2 hours shopping time. The 11.25am stop at Compton Abdale is viewed as being useful for short trips to and from the village particularly for visiting the bank and essential shops but it not as important as the 9.40am service. Any proposal where bus trips have to be prebooked in advance or where connection has to be made to another bus to and from the village would be offputting for the residents and greatly concerns them as it could easily reduce the available shopping time for them. This is a significant concern for all concerned. Difficult to know the impact. Could be slight, but the vague descripion of a "FLEXIBLE TRANSPORT SERVICE" makes it impossible Northleach to answer the questions above. Service Number 852
There were 31 responses regarding the number 852 bus service. 72% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 16 19 31 50 Paid Employment - Option 2 5 40 60
Voluntary Work - Option 1 14 7 50 43 Voluntary Work - Option 2 5 60 40 Option 1 (30) 10 20 70
Health Services - Option 1 21 14 10 57 19 Health Services - Option 2 9 89 11
Education - Option 1 15 7 47 47 Education - Option 2 6 17 50 33
Essential food shopping - Option 1 19 21 63 16 Option 2 (if applicable) (11) 100 Essential food shopping - Option 2 8 88 13
Provide care for someone - Option 1 13 31 69 Provide care for someone - Option 2 6 33 67 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
10% were aged under 45, 40% were aged 45-60 and 50% were aged 61 or over
29% of respondents had a disability.
100% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 0% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 852.
Any other comments
Reduce the number of services / merge them 29% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 29% No other means of transport 24% Essential for medical appointments 24% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 19% Booking not a good idea 19% Essential for shopping 14% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 14% Longer walks to get a bus 14% Service is good as it is 10% Essential for elderly / disabled 10% Essential for work 10% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 10% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 10% Poor explanations at roadshows 10% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 5% Willing to pay small charge 5% Accept that changes and cuts need to be made 5% Need better timetables / advertising 5% Won't have a bus service 5% Other 10% Base: All respondents for this service (21)
The list below shows all responses for service 852 .
This is a wonderful bus - we would be grateful if it only came through the villages once or twice a week Ermin instead of every day. I have been using this service for 30 years treatment at the dentist, a priority for me to save bacteria affecting my heart. A more direct route Monday to Friday would be amazing as going through the villages is annoying. Also, Cirencester Watermoor an earlier Saturday bus service would be very handy. In Swanbrook there is one bus at 08.30 and then the next one is 13.00. I think there should be one before Lydbrook and Ruardean that. At my age I do not wish to drive my car into town. Ermin Myself and many people in my area don't drive and have to source food, etc., beyond the village as there is Badgeworth no shop. Access to the doctor, etc., means a walk (if you can) of over a mile. The closest bus stop is one mile away. Need more direct routes for Cirencester to Gloucester. I work in the central of Gloucester and would use a bus Cirencester Watermoor everyday if more routes on offer. Option one provides me with the chance to use my bus for work. We haven't a shop on this estate and there are quite a few elderly people who can't walk to other stops. It Barnwood looks as this bus will be cancelled. It has been a good service to get essential shopping from Gloucester. Our village, Duntsbourne Abbots, depends (albeit for low numbers) on this country service as a lifeline. Its Ermin loss will be very serious for the elderly. Both proposals will involve a long walk from villages to get to a main bus stop or re-timing of journeys to Longlevens get community transport. This is our only bus. We have no shops here. This is our lifeline. Barnwood Advance booking systems are too much trouble. I completely see the need to make savings and realise that the 852 is under used, but it is a real lifeline to the Ermin people in the community who do use it regularly, especially as they have no transport themselves, many are elderly and have no relatives to help them with essential shopping and getting to hospital and dentist appointments. Although there will be more direct journeys they would like some of the journeys through the villages.** Option 2 in most cases seems to indicate a Dial A Ride therefore, the retired couldn't use their bus passes. Is this deliberate? Community transport is not always possible, e.g. hospital appointments, to know about return journeys. I enjoy a day out as often as possible on my own and with my children. Grange I wish to travel to Cirencester regularly and I do not drive. Grange I live in Cranham and work in Cirencester and in the absence of a lift have to use bus services. Currently, in Painswick the morning the 46 from Cranham to Brockworth misses the 852 by 5 minutes. Rather than take the 46 one hour earlier and wait on the pavement for 55 minutes, I choose to cycle to Brimpsfield and catch the 852 there. It appears that the new proposal will remove this option. It could be solved by rescheduling the 852 to run, say 10 minutes later in the morning. In the evening, I catch the 852 to Winstone. From my understanding this will continue to be possible under the new proposal? these routes ar egrowing in popularity with commuters. We regularly use this service for work I agree with Cirencester Watermoor the proposals for more direct/limited stop buses but if you want revitalise gloucester, there needs to be more at weekends. With the concentration of GCC Services into hubs, links to the hubs will be more vital Your proposals are unclear. Before I can comment fully I need to see the proposed timetable. If nothing is Ermin changing which affects Daglingworth to Cirencester fine. Although it would be nice to have a mid afternoon bus from Cirencester to Gloucester stopping at Daglingworth I accept this isn't going to happen. If no changes are planned I am content. Good to have a more direct link to Gloucester from Cirencester. Not sure about the need for an earlier bus on Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway Saturday as it is easy to get to Gloucester by using the 1st 151 to Cheltenham and then the Glos bus which runs every 10 minutes. This will get you into Glos by 8.30am. will need to wait & see what timetable the community service operates from Birdlip to brockworth before i Ermin make a definite decision on whether the new service is better or worse. the same goes for any changes to services from cirencester to places such as Burton on the water & stow on the Wold, as i would use those to visit places (i don't drive). Service Number 855
There were 79 responses regarding the number 855 bus service. 89% said that the current timetable for this bus service meets their needs.
The following charts shows how respondents felt the changes in option 1 and option 2 would affect their travel and how their travel would be affected overall for each option.
Overall, how do you think your travel would be affected: Paid Employment - Option 1 37 8 16 76 Paid Employment - Option 2 37 3 5 14 78
Voluntary Work - Option 1 34 9 32 59 Voluntary Work - Option 2 35 3 11 29 57 Option 1 (68) 3 21 76
Health Services - Option 1 44 5 9 59 27 Health Services - Option 2 45 7 16 49 29
Education - Option 1 31 6 16 77 Education - Option 2 30 7 10 7 77
Essential food shopping - Option 1 58 2 19 67 12 Option 2 (if applicable) (60) 7 37 57 Essential food shopping - Option 2 58 5 29 55 10
Provide care for someone - Option 1 33 3 6 21 70 Provide care for someone - Option 2 33 3 9 21 67 Better Same Worse Better Same Worse Not applicable Base: All respondents for this service Base: All respondents for this service About you
1% were aged under 45, 11% were aged 45-60 and 88% were aged 61 or over
26% of respondents had a disability.
99% responded to the questionnaire as an individual and 1% responded to the questionnaire on behalf of an organisation. Below is a list of organisations that responded:
• Bourton on the Water Parish Council Any other comments The chart below shows coded responses for any other comments respondents had regarding service number 855.
Any other comments
Reduce the number of services / merge them 22% Need more regular / reliable / later / earlier services 20% Essential for shopping 15% Service is good as it is 12% Essential for medical appointments 12% Essential for elderly / disabled 12% Better service needed (e.g. cleaner, friendlier drivers, bus shelters/stations) 12% Service would be worse 10% Not enough room on buses 10% Prefer option 2 10% No other means of transport 7% Connect buses to other forms of transport 7% Need better timetables / advertising 7% Essential for work 5% Willing to pay small charge 5% Longer walks to get a bus 5% Will have longer wait for bus / too little time at proposed location 5% Essential for visiting places of interest / tourism / leisure purposes 2% Essential for visiting friends / family 2% Essential for education 2% Not being able to use the buses before 9 / at certain times - bad for OAP's 2% Need the bus for well-being / it's my lifeline 2% Need bus as no facilities in village / nearby 2% Won't have a bus service 2% Booking not a good idea 2% Poor explanations at roadshows 2% Other 17% Base: All respondents for this service (41)
The list below shows all responses for service 855 .
A later return from Cirencester would help workers. Bourton-on-the-Water I am currently stranded in Moreton because the 855 driver couldn't be bothered to wait for the connection Fosseridge from Bourton-on-the-Hill. He literally pulled out as the other bus pulled in! This sort of thing damages an otherwise trustworthy service. Option 2 would cause less affect on travel, which is essential. Northleach Pulhams Coaches do not stop at Market Place, Northleach on the service from Cirencester. They stop in the Northleach High Street, which is dangerous. The timetable states Market Place. Swanbrook Coaches stop in Market Place. To keep this service is so important. If you have to take some buses off think of the people who need the Northleach bus. If needs be, why not charge us a £1 fee each time we use this service. Hopefully, the things will stay the same. Northleach A better timetable connection between Cirencester and Kemble Railway Station please. Cirencester Watermoor I am lucky to work close to home. I appreciate the benefits of the present system to the local community. Northleach Need connection to other transport as nearest is 1.5 miles away. Fosseridge Returning from the market on a Tuesday with heavy shopping will be hard. Northleach This is an urgent plea not to cut the bus network. This will create problems. It's the poor that will suffer, Fosseridge especially in rural areas. During past 14 years the bus service has improved and I have admired GCC's persistence of supporting services, until gradually people get the message and begin using them. Take the 855, it's a vital and cherished link and gradually more people have used it. Must we really lose it? ** Fewer buses mean I would have to spend longer in town. Too tiring at my age. Northleach Education includes libraries and museums. Shopping includes non-food. Time available for shopping Sandywell remains critical. If I had to choose a better option, option 2. Many students use this service and I use this service to get to Northleach work. Answer assumes that the timetable between Northleach and Cirencester remains the same. Northleach For either of these options to be of any use to me, I need them to coincide with the 22 or the 21 and if there's Fosseridge only one bus to Bourton with a bigger time allowance in Moreton, between arrival and departure. Could they also coincide at the station, instead of having to cross a busy main road, with no time to spare. I need Cirencester for access to my building society. I visit a dentist and chiropractor's clinic in Cirencester. Less service to and from Cirencester would make this Bourton-on-the-Water much more difficult. I suffer with anxiety and depression. I have enough to worry about, please don't take my buses away. Thames Head Moved to Northleach because of the excellent bus services as I anticipate will not be driving due to poor Northleach eyesight shortly. Option 2 would not be acceptable as there would be no bus service between Bourton-on-the-Water and Cirencester Park Stowe if the service 801 was withdrawn. Already a poor, patchy service. Your options sound like a death knell! Cirencester Chesterton On Tuesdays at Moreton in Marsh has a large market and the 10.45 is always full. I think that both the 855 Northleach and 801 should run, I don't know about later buses. As an elderly person one is able to select the time to travel, with no commitments except occasional Northleach appointments. Moved to Northleach for convenience of bus services after I gave up driving due to poor eyesight. A clearer, Northleach bigger form would have been appreciated. Mainly older people who are concerned about this. Outpatient clinics are also put together, hence to travel to B/W so not everyone can get an appointment to suit curtailed timetables. Dial-a-ride, have failed, voluntary drivers are getting less. Let us pay something towards our passes and carry on. If there is a long delay waiting for connection either way and it is raining as there is no shelter. Moreton-in-Marsh A new hospital is currently being built at Moreton. To have to get two buses between Cirencester/Northleach Northleach - Bourton to Moreton is not good for future patients. Difficulty in getting on and off the bus with shopping, baby buggies, walking aids, when changing at Moreton-in-Marsh Bourton. There are a lack of bus shelters. Also, extending the travel times. On Tuesdays (Moreton market day) this service is very heavily used - low access essential to frail elderly. I frequently go shopping in Cirencester for food and non-food items. I would find it difficult lifting heavy Moreton-in-Marsh trolley bags onto the 801 coach at Bourton (steep and narrow steps). There should be an increase in services to Kemble Business Park on the A429. 2: omits mention of Northleach. Are you proposing to withdraw services to/from Northleach? If so, this Northleach would be disastrous for the town. Also, you don't appear to have made any reference or allowance for the new NHS hospital currently under construction just outside Moreton-in-Marsh. Many Northleach people NEED a bus service that reflects constant use of medical services at Moreton, Bourton, Cirencester and Cheltenham. This is in addition to essential shopping. Many of us are elderly and do not have access to a car. Access to these services are vital to the needs of the local community. There is currently no bus service on a Sunday (excluding the one Swanbrook coach to Oxfors, returning to Cheltenham). Cost: What is the cost of introducing the proposed changes and how does impact on the forecast savings? What savings have already been made by centralising the provision of bus services within the GCC? Will the concessionary bus pass stlli be valid on the proposed new tmetable(s)? Operative Date: When will the proposed changes start from? Making cuts/savings is difficult, particularly when dealing with an established network of settlements within a large rural area like the Cotswolds. However, you cannot simply draw up a bureaucratic scheme at the expense of real people in real-life communities. Pulhams are generally very good at managing interchange at Bourton, so I think removing the duplication Bourton-on-the-Water from Bourton to Moreton is right. I live in Crudwell, in Wiltshire, three miles from Kemble and work in Cheltenham. I'd like to be able to go by bus, but the arrival of this bus in Cirencester is too late for the 151 in the morning to get me there by 9am. And for the retrun journey the 151 gets to Cirencester too late to catch the 855. Why can't we have buses in the evenings and sundays, as in the real world and PLEASE inform Pulhams Beacon-Stow when we can use our pass before 9.30a.m. as the drivers make it up as they go along. Also, if we have to get off the 855 in Bourton to change buses, we could lose our seats to tourists. Option 2 would appear to offer the most frequent service for the part of the journey not covered by other Bourton-on-the-Water services ie Bourton to Cirencester. However, this obviously will rely upon the journey arrival times at and from Bourton dovetailing with the departure times of onward services to Stow and Moreton to ensure there are no long waiting times for those making connections at Bourton. It would not be user friendly to need 2 buses between either Cirencester or Northleach for people going to Northleach the 'new' hospital now under construction at Moreton in Marsh Kemble is a growing village viz planning applications for more houses in the pipeline. Local MP has fought Thames Head hard to obtain re - doubling of railway line between Kemble and Swindon with a view that rail operators will provide a better service; not a lot of good if no bus connections to local towns. If new bus arrangements come in then my wife and I will just travel into Swindon on an hourly train service for all our needs I will tell my friends and neighbours that information. Cirencester town will be the loser. Currently the coach type vehicles used on what I assume is the proposed connecting Bourton-in-the-Water / Bourton-on-the-Water Moreton-in-Marsh route (801) are not suitable for access by shopping trolleys / walking aids and the vehicles are accessed by steep steps which are difficult to negotiate A reduction in service frequency especially between Bourton-in-the-Water and Cirencester would be seriously inconvenient Service 855: Used between Cirencester and Moreton and return. Used to maintain contact regulary with Cirencester Stratton-Whiteway relatives and to enable them to provide health check-up visits to us in Cirencester [Some of them via connecting rail from Moreton]. Preferable to have a reduced frequency of service PROVIDED services still run throughout the day. Connections via Cheltenham are under current review and impractical due to very poor connections timings. Option 2 is preferable to Option 1, but not preferable to the current service. Some Sunday services would be Northleach very much appreciated. There were no responses received for this bus service.