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Welcome to your new Our Travelwest Team are Lets start with some of home and your travel coming to your development the journeys you might information pack Our team of travel advisers will be calling at homes, to discuss your personal be making travel needs and will offer free, impartial and professional advice. They will have a range of free travel offers available to help you try new ways of getting New Home, New Start, New Ways to Travel… around. The range of offers include: Work: Moving into a new home and community is a great time to think about • Locations such as Westerleigh Business Park, Beeches Industrial • Route planning – if you need to make a new journey, or try a different how you travel and to try some new ways of getting around. Estate and Great Western Park are within a 20 minute walk from form of travel, our advisors can help. Westerleigh Road. The TravelWest Team are here to help; whether it’s to work, school • Loan bikes – If you are considering cycling, we can lend you a bike on a • Yate shopping centre is within a 10 minute walk from Westerleigh Road or college, travelling to toddler groups, day clubs, shopping, health short term basis so you can try before you decide to buy (both pedal and appointments, or visiting friends and family. They are here to help with all electric bikes available, and a refundable deposit is required). • You can travel to the centre of Bristol by train your transport needs and will put together a travel pack thats relevant for you. • Cycle training – Adult cycle training is available to give you the skills and from Yate train station, which is a 10 minute confidence to get back on two wheels. walk or a 6 minute cycle ride. If your office isn’t particularly close to the train station, • Accompanied Ride – If you’d like to gain more confidence in cycling a have you thought about cycling to the station route we can accompany you. and taking your bike with you? • Dr Bike – If you already have a bike, but it needs • Regular buses go from Yate Interchange to a number of destinations some attention to get it running smoothly again, including Bristol, Kingswood, UWE, Southmead Hospital, our mechanics can give it a once over. They can Cribbs Causeway, Chipping Sodbury and Downend also provide help and advice on repairs and cycle maintenance. • There are probably other people who live nearby going the same way. Have you thought about car sharing? • Bus Tickets – if you haven’t used a bus for a while, Visit www.travelwest.info/carshare we have a range of FREE tickets available so you can give it a go and see how useful it can be. Health: • Car Sharing – we can help you find a car sharing This Pack and all the related services and offers have been produced by buddy. • To find your nearest local GP surgery and other medical faculity the West of England Partnership (Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, visit: www.nhs.uk/service-search • Car Clubs – We have offers available to help you North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils) with funding from the

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discounted drive time. Education: • Motor cycle training – If you want to get around on two wheels we can • Nearest primary schools are Kings Court or St Pauls Roman Catholic Yate Road, Westerleigh provide training to help you gain skills and confidence. Primary School

• Bus Buddy Service – If you’re not familiar with your route, a travel adviser • Yate International Academy is the nearest secondary school, can arrange to go with you the first time you make your journey. visit: www.trfyia.org.uk We can help you consider and will continue to help you Shopping: Welcome to • Yate shopping centre is within a 10 minute new ways to travel around with your travel choices… walk from Westerleigh Road, with a wide South Gloucestershire the West… selection of shops, food & drink outlets and Once you have your Travel Pack and have received your free offers, you’ll a post office. If you are new to the area or want to find out about council be invited to take part in our travel competitions, where you could win For a complete list of shops, visit services, please visit www.southglos.gov.uk/welcome some great prizes for trying new ways of getting around. www.localstore.co.uk • There are a number of supermarkets For news and updates Plus every resident will receive a free copy of our regular newsletter adjacent to Yate Shopping Centre which includes: Follow us on Twitter: @sgloscouncil Find us on Facebook: www.southglos.gov.uk/facebook • Travel Events in your area Leisure: • Competitions and prize draws • There are a number of youth centres in the Contact us • News from your development and others area, for a list of youth centres and their Biggest bike Ride 2013 The URL for the Ashton Court Mansion Project photos on Flickr is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolcouncil/sets/72157632930111409 Main switchboard and out of hours: 01454 868 009 • Stories and top travel tips from residents activities visit www.youthunltd.com/youth- Minicom Service: 01454 868 010 Thinking about the journeys you need to make information/youthcentres.php There is also a website which has lots of SMS Text Service: 07950 080 111 • Would you try another way to travel but don’t think you have any other useful information about your your new • The nearest Sports and Leisure Centre is at options? community, roadshow events in your area, Yate, for information, One Stop Shops: with specially trained council customer care competition and prize draw information visit: www.activecentres.org officers. Your nearest is Yate (access via West Walk), Kennedy • Would you walk or cycle but not sure where to start? and much more. Way, Yate BS37 4DQ. • The nearest library is at Yate Shopping Centre, for information, visit: Visit www.travelwest.info/gethome Library: The libraries have free internet access • Would you use the bus but don’t know which bus you need, where to www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries/yate-library and a range of services including access to a catch it or what time they run? If you have any questions, need any further information or would like to growing collection of e-books. Your nearest • Would you car share but not sure how Road Show team 1 2013 - chris bahn.JPG library is at Yate Library, 44 West Walk, Yate it works? take-up any of the free offers, contact out Travelwest Team: BS37 4AX Our TravelWest Team are here to help E-Mail: answer these questions and, any more you [email protected] Contact our TravelWest Team: may have about the journeys you need to Phone : 0117 352 1105 E-Mail: make and the options available to you. Office hours are Monday to Friday [email protected] 9:30am to 4pm. Phone : 0117 352 1105 Office hours are Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4pm. www.travelwest.info/gethome

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