Don’tanywhere until you have drive read this booklet! About this leaflet Leaflet produced by Somerset County Council with funding from Bloor Homes. First Edition November 2011. Information includes that taken and updated from Travel Plan (October 2009) prepared for Bloor Homes by Pinnacle Transportation. You can download the Bloor Homes travel plan from www.iontravel.co.uk/publicsummary.asp?siteid=31 Designed by Design & Print 01823 355045 designandprint.somerset.gov.uk Welcome to Frome Bloor Homes have funded this leaflet to help inspire you to change the way you travel. Here you can find information to help you walk, cycle, use the bus and train, motorcycle, or work from home. You can even try them all. This leaflet contains: How to get around G Walking G Cycling G Public transport G Motorcycling G Working from home and reducing travel G Driving Mode Swap Log Further information G Useful leaflets and web links G Information about Frome A travel change plan Your travel change plan offers the residents of Trinity Park the following initiatives: G Paths for pedestrians and cyclists with clear, easy-to-read signage and lighting; G A local shop in the centre of the site, within comfortable walking and cycling distance; G Cycle storage and lockable ground anchors for motorcycles for flats; G Cycle storage in garages or sheds with storage hooks or hangers and rear access to gardens for houses; G Centrally-located cycle parking for visitors and at the shop; G This travel information welcome pack and a Sustainable Travel Voucher for each new household – have you had yours? G Electronic outdoor Travel Information Kiosk; Your target G Travel information noticeboard; G Detailed community website; G Annual travel events, competitions, newsletters, meetings and campaigns; G Automatic traffic counters to monitor numbers of trips in and out of the development; All of these elements will be in place by the time the development is completed. 3 Among the reasons your development was granted planning permission were the rewards your travel change plan brings to residents, the wider community and the environment. Part of the planning permission requires your developer to encourage you to undertake no more than 50% of all trips to work by car on your own. Each year you will be asked to complete a questionnaire to monitor that the development complies with this planning permission. Asda Hospital and In less than 5 minutes... Rail Station health village It’ll take you... 1 2 3 4 5 ...minutes Rail Frome Victoria Park Market Station College Asda Place 4 How to get around... walking Walking is an excellent way to get around. It’s free, reliable and is a great way to fit regular exercise into your daily routine, no matter what your age or level of fitness. Walking is a very important form of transport for most people. It requires no specialist equipment other than a pair of comfy shoes and an idea of the right direction. Both are offered by the initiatives in your travel change plan. Travelling better… Practical information about walking in Frome Anywhere in Frome is walkable in under an hour. Marston Gate Sainsburys is walkable in around under half an hour, whilst the outer stretches of Frome at Commerce Park is likely to take an hour – fine for a summer’s day once a year but a bit of a stretch everyday! Walking to the Hospital takes 20-25 minutes, via Rodden Meadows. Footways are generally located alongside all roads linking to neighbouring areas. Use the maps to help you navigate around town. Places you might consider walking to… G Asda G Rodden Nature Reserve (next to Asda) G Frome Town Centre G Rail Station G Victoria Park Town centre map For a key to map symbols see inside back cover Use this map to help you navigate around town. 17 16 Trinity 3 15 CHEAP ST 2 Badcox 18 9 0 Kilometres 0.2 0.4 0.6 0 Miles 0.2 0.4 Walking map 3 16 Trinity 3 15 2 Badcox 14 1 2 18 9 1 0 Kilometres 0.2 0.4 0.6 0 Miles 0.2 0.4 Keyford ABC Use this map to get to local destinations For a key to map symbols see inside back cover 11 EA S E ST L K L Y L T P E S G ID R B L L A W 7 4 10 Supersto Print DEFWorks How to get around... cycling Somerset is a wonderful county for cycling. Many more people cycle to work in Somerset than in most other counties of the UK. There are many reasons to take up cycling – personal, social or for the environment. Travelling better… Practical information about cycling in Frome Although Frome is on uneven high ground, there are a number of flat cycle routes that offer easy cycling. The National Cycle Route 24, a network of cycle paths established by the charity Sustrans, runs along the River Frome and can be accessed via Market Place in the town centre. This route provides access to other areas in Frome and also further afield to Radstock, Bradford-on-Avon and Bath. It is mostly on-road within Frome away from the river, but the route is largely on quieter roads. The worst hills for cyclists are Fromefield and Bath Street, and there is a hill that runs around the southwest of the town. Contours are shown on the cycle maps. You may be better choosing longer but less steep alternative routes. You might also need to know about safety on the road, choosing and maintaining your bicycle or security. Visit the Moving Forward website to find out more (see p36). Use the maps to help you navigate around town by bike. Places you might consider cycling to… G Frome Hospital 8 G Frome Leisure Centre G Sorting Office (Vallis Mills Trading Estate) G National Cycle Route 24 REMINDER: Have you added your bikes to your home insurance in your new home? Frome Leisure Centre Hospital and Valis Mills Trading Estate In less than 15 minutes... health village Marston Gate Commerce Park It’ll take you... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...minutes Frome Leisure Centre Asda Victoria Park Marston Gate Valis Mills Trading Estate Rail Station Frome North 0 Kilometres 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0 Miles 0.2 0.4 0.6 Use this map to get to local destinations north of where you live For a key to map symbols see inside back cover 11 Frome South 12 Use this map to get to local destinations south of where you live For a key to map symbols see inside back cover 0 Kilometres 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0 Miles 0.2 0.4 0.6 How to get around... public transport Somerset has a network of bus, coach and rail services. Modern buses and trains are comfortable and smooth and allow you to make the most of your journey time by catching up on reading, phone calls, working on a laptop or simply relaxing. Rail services provide fast and congestion free links between Frome and other parts of the UK such as London, Bristol, Birmingham, Scotland and Cornwall. Buses connect Frome town centre to Chippenham, Radstock, Bath, Wells and Warminster, where there are additional employment, leisure and retail and social facilities. Travelling better… Practical information about using the bus in Frome ? Where to find the bus stops The bus stops closest to your home are at the junction between Wallbridge and Station Approach (approximately three minutes’ walk) and on the Portway (approximately four minutes’ walk). Further bus services stop on Market Place around 750m away, walkable via Garsdale, Vicarage Street, Church Street and King Street (approximately nine minutes’ walk). Use the walking maps to help you find the bus stops. How to use 1 Choose where you want to go Use the bus services plan. The bus routes are colour coded and the departure points are shown along the middle. buses Destination From near you Back home again G Commerce Park sotdjwmd sotdmdag G Frome College sotdjwmd sotdmaga G Marston Gate Retail sotdjwjp sotdjtpd Park/Sainsburys G Asda (Warminster Road) sotdmagm sotdmpad sotdtdjp (Hospital site) G Frome Hospital sotdjwmd sotdjwtm (Berkley Road) sotdmadg (Rodden Road) Text a code to 84268. You'll get a text back showing the next three bus departures timetabled from that stop. 15 How to use 2 Choose the bus service you need The list below shows your local bus services and their main local ports of call. buses The Suburban Explorer 30 Serving Berkley Down and Keyford (First Bus) The Asda Accessor G Serving Rail Station and Warminster Road (Frome Minibuses) Also serving Warminster 53 The Hospital Hopper G Serving the Hospital or Marston Gate (First Bus) Also serving Wells, Shepton Mallet 161/2 and Stoke St. Michael The Sorting Office Sortie G Serving the Royal Mail Sorting Office or Marston Gate (First Bus) Also serving Bath 184 Frome College Flyer G Serving Fromefield (for Hospital) and Frome College (First Bus) Also serving 234 Chippenham, Melksham and Trowbridge The Coppers and Commerce Park Conveyor G Serving Berkley Road (for Hospital), Frome Leisure Centre and Brunel Way (for 267 Commerce Park), or the Police Station and Marston Gate (First Bus and Faresaver) Also serving Norton St. Philip and Bath 16 How to use These services run a little less frequently: G Serving Rodden Road (for Hospital) and Styles Hill (Frome Minibuses) 58 Also serving Westbury buses Asda G Serving Asda Bus The Asda Bus runs on Friday lunchtimes and departs from Locks Hill.