Catching the Bus Real – Time Information Catching the Train the new Nature Park – all linked via a comprehensive pedestrian and cycle network to ensure easy access to Free real-time information is available for all bus stops in residents. There is an excellent bus service operating in North . Live departure times for the no.9 service from Bus service no. 9 provides a direct connection from Tadpole Swindon, with both Stagecoach and Swindon’s Bus Tadpole Garden Village can be found at: Garden Village to Swindon Train Station, making it easy to All updates on the development of the site will be posted Company services providing frequent and good value bus catch the train. Swindon train station is also accessible by on the Tadpole Garden Village Community Webpage. travel to Swindon Town Centre and surrounding areas. bike and is approximately 25 minutes’ cycle from Tadpole https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/ Garden Village. The station has 160 cycle parking spaces Cycle Maps west/9/tadpole-village-/xsco009.i There are three bus stops in Tadpole Garden Village. They with CCTV. Cycles can also be carried on trains free of are located at William Morris Way, beside Tadpole Farm charge, however most trains stopping at Swindon require Swindon & Cycle Routes Map Cycle Routes in Swindon Academy school and at Greene Street, near the pond. an advance reservation if you wish to bring your bike onCricklade Railway Abbey Stadium A 45 The number 9 service, operated by Stagecoach, stops at Bus Tickets board. More information can be found at: Tadpole Bridge National Cycle Network K R P 45 NCN Route 45 (off road) St Andrews Ridge all three bus stops. Getting on at any bus stop in Tadpole 45 NCN Route 45 (on road) A D D L Groundwell Ridge R (off road) Roman Site Cycle Way Leapfrog Garden Village, the no. 9 will bring you down One way single fares on the no. 9 service start from as little To Cricklade & North Swindon N Day Nursery Learning Campus https://www.gwr.com/plan-journey/ Toucan Crossing W W Cotswalds Water Redhouse R P DHOUSE Road straight to Swindon Bus Station, and beyond to as £1.50. An Adult Day Rider fare bought from Stagecoach Brook Park Park Bridlewood S 45 Primary School journeyinformation/on-board/cycles Oakhurst Community A Ash Primary School ALDERLEY Wroughton via the Old Town. Returning to Tadpole from costs just £4.00, and is valid on all bus services in Swindon REDHOU WAY RD Brake

FENTONAV. L CL. Ash Wroughton, in Swindon Town Centre the no. 9 stops at operated by both Stagecoach and Swindon’s Bus Company. Meadow B Oakhurst Abbey Meads RNIK RD Primary DR. School M Fleming Way and Swindon Railway Station (but not the The station has 24 hour car parking available. Daily parking H FORD S P P WAY 45 I Haydon End P C P M A Bus Station). The cheapest and easiest way to travel by bus is to obtain charges start from £8.40. DOLINA RD PP Orbital Orchid Vale Shopping Primary Centre a Stagecoach or Swindon’s Bus Company smartcard, on School P OS Catherine Wayte The no. 9 operates Monday to Saturday up to every 20 to which you can load unlimited weekly and monthly Primary School ꢀꢁ mins ꢁꢂ mins Taw Hill minutes during the day, and once an hour on Sundays. TravelPass tickets.TravelPass allows unrestricted travel ꢄꢂ mins N F Swindon ꢃondon St Francis Reading Primary Stagecoach also operate the no. 107, which connects on all Stagecoach and Swindon’s Bus Company buses Parkway Paddington Haydon Haydonleigh Centre Primary School C Tadpole Garden Village to South Marston Park Monday the Swindon urban area, with prices starting from £14.50 R. 45

to Friday, and is ideally timed to fit in with employment for a 1-week TravelPass. You do not need to replace your To Swindon Town Centre shift patterns. The 107 travels via the Orbital Shopping smartcard when your ticket runs out, simply top it up with Services from the station run to all major centres in the N Haydon Wick Greenmeadow H Haydon Wick Primary School Greenmeadow Park, Woodhall and Kingsdown. Swindon’s Bus Company a new ticket online. Stagecoach smartcards can be bought region, including Reading, Bristol and . Mouldon Hill Primary School

MINT H operates bus services 11, 12, and 15, which serve Tortworth online or on the bus. Swindon Borough Council have aCL. variety of cycling Road in nearby Oakhurst, and travel to the Orbital Shopping resources available, including an online map of cycle MORE CL. CL. 45 Park and beyond to Swindon Town Centre. If you plan on using the bus less frequently, then the THE FOX routes in Swindon. Rodbourne Cheney Walking and Cycling Primary School Stagecoach app lets you pay for and download single and Moredon

Moredon return tickets for the no. 9 service onto your smartphone. Bike Shops Primary School Bus Service Frequency Simply show the driver your screen when you board – you It is easy to travel around Tadpole Garden Village and North Service Route Frequency don’t have to carry cash or worry about having exact change. Swindon by walking or cycling. Existing local pedestrian To make it easier for you to cycle at Tadpole Garden Village, To Wroughton, via Every 20 mins and cycle routes provide direct routes to key destinations. you can use your £50 Travel Voucher towards the cost of an 9 (from Tadpole St Andrews’ Ridge & Monday-Saturday A dedicated cycle path has also been installed along adult bicycle or cycle equipment. See your Travel Voucher Garden Village) Swindon Town Centre Every 60 mins on Sunday Free Bus Pass Tadpole Lane to improve walking and cycling access. for more details on how to claim this or contact the Travel 05.15, 06.40, 13.15, Sustrans National Cycle Route 45 also runs along Tadpole Plan Coordinator. Shops located in Swindon include: To South Marston Park 14.45 (& 16:43 on 107 (from Tadpole via Orbital Shopping As one of the travel options contained within the Travel Lane west which connects to Cricklade and the Cotswold Schooldays) Monday Garden Village) Centre & Woodhall to Friday Only Voucher, you can use your £50 Travel Voucher towards the Water Park, as well as Swindon town centre. • Swindon Cycles Superstore, 60A Beechcroft Road, cost of a 4 Week TravelPass. See your Travel Voucher for Swindon, SN2 7QD Tel: 01793 700105 more details on how to claim this. The cycle route map (opposite) shows the pedestrian and www.swindoncycles.co.uk cycle network around Oakhurst and Redhouse. Tadpole • Halfords, 2 Fleming Way, Swindon, SN1 2NN Tel: Bus Routes Map Garden Village links to this network. Green spaces will 01793 714760 www.halfords.com Stagecoach App: also be in abundance at Tadpole Garden Village and these • GO Outdoors Swindon, Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN1 2EQ

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To Blunsdon Thornhill Drive To Blunsdon Wallis Drive The Stagecoach bus app helps to make your journey access for residents. Jovial Monk South Redhouse Dowland Marston Oakhurst Isambard School Close Park Tortworth St. Andrew’s hassle-free. You can check live times so you know exactly Cycling Clubs Voyager Road Isambard Ash Highdown Way School Ridge Drive Brake Birkdale Motorola Close when your bus will arrive, use your phone’s GPS to find Existing primary schools, secondary schools, local shops se Chartwell Road o Drive Redhouse Village Centre Fenton n Hartington Avenue Elstree Way the nearest bus stop, use the journey planner to get to and parks are all within walking and cycling distance There are a number of local cycling groups active in Road Chopin Top Mews Orbital Shopping Groundwell Garsington Thursday Park ASDA Village Centre your destination with ease and even buy m-tickets on your from Tadpole Garden Village. All your basic provisions and Swindon. Whether you are participating in cycling as Drive Street D Walmart Hannington 9 Piernik C Abbey Close Close E B Haydon Heaton Meads phone. You can download the app by scanning the QR code leisure requirements can be reached within a mile walk a competitive sport or simply a leisurely pursuit, there F A End Orchid Close Hilmarton Vale School Bicton Imber Walk Avenue W Road Alton Friday Close Street below, and it works with all iOS and Android phones. (18 minutes) or cycle (7 minutes). is something for everyone. Windflower Haydon Road Wick Aiken Casterbridge Avebury Road Downton Penhill Road Road Furlong Road Galloway Close Road Foxglove Road Bus Routes in Swindon Kingsdown Haydon Durnford Court Road Kingsdown School When completed, Tadpole Garden Village will have its own Clary Road Mellow ServiceGreenmeadow number Daytime frequencyDeer’s Leap Taw Ground Rother https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos- Visit www.swindonweb.com and follow the Hill Close Severn9 Avenue every 30 mins Brookdene community facilities with local shops, a pub, a new primary 15 every 20 mins Penhill Church and-offers/national/stagecoachbusapp links. Tawny Owl 11 every 30 mins Wood The Brow Mouldon Hill school, healthcare facilities, allotments, play areas and Hall Shield & bus stop 9 Park Dagger Wood Hall Fairford Crescent Upper Bridge Dart Avenue Barton Road Stratton Crossways Avenue Pinehurst Haydon Lower Wood Hall Larchmore Cemetery View Roundabout Moredon Close Stratton Stratton South Gates Cross Roads Chestnut Marston Akers Way Top Boundary Avenue House The Ridgeway Farm Pembroke The Groves Broadway Gardens Bourne Swindon Pinehurst CE Mill Road Rodbourne Academy Wheeler Academy View Avenue Nova Hreod School Cheney Pinehurst Common d rt Circle Platt Webbs Wood Gairlock Nova Manor St. Mary’s Peatmoor Close Church Poplar Ave. Nightwood Sparcells Hreod Crescent West Poplar Avenue Melfort School East Copse Close Sandwood Madison Inn Close Cunningham Road Hotel Kembrey Tovey Road Peatmoor Park HorseshoeLake Crescent Cheney Sainsbury’s Russley Lynton Manor Kembrey Inn Stratton Close Road Churchward Churchward Elgin Avenue West Avenue East 65 Pinehurst Road White Park Tydeman Hart Hillmead Street Whilestone Bishopdale Close Way Enterprise Gorse Gorse Hill House Bessemer North Nine Hillmead The Manor Road Hill Sandgate Coleview Braybrooke Elms Close Scarborough Bradley’s Standings Road Southbrook Nythe Road Corinium Way Close Brookfield Corner Towcester el Lydiard School Street St. Barnabas Shops Road BSS Church Gorse Hill Greenbridge Sywell Millicent House Norman Road Road South Greenbridge Vespasian Castleton Shaw North Star Retail Park Way Finchdale D Roundabout Jersey Road Park Avenue Greenbridge Shaw Beatrice W.H.Smith Pearl B&Q Street Tesco Ravenscroft Covingham Road Village Inn Old Shaw Lane Superstore Wrenswood Alba Close Swindon Square Ridge Barnfield College Tesco Green Armstrong Oasis Swindon Shrivenham Road Middleleaze Charolais College Street Meadow Leisure Centre Gladstone Drive Road Marlowe Covingham Ramleaze Chelmsford Road Street Maitland Avenue Road Shops Rodbourne Swindon County Dallas Avenue Eastleaze Bus Link Road Westmead Railway Station Road Cornmarsh Way Corner Grandison Close Orkney Stonefield Close The Corporation County Fairfax Close BUS St. Joseph’s Dolphin Steam Sheppard Street STATION Street Ground Close Wilmot Close Q County College Walcot Eastleaze R Ground Westlea ST East Gantlettdene Fire Station G U Nythe Shaw Ridge Emlyn VW Fire Greenham Covingham Outlet Square F X Station Walk Laboratories Leisure Park E Somerville Tregantle West Ashworth Road Village D Road Catherine CB Walk DeVere Swindon Street A Y Lytchett Spring Way Hotel Centre Bridgemead Pinnegar Grange Outlet Village Swindon Gardens Ambulance Sleaford Close Sainsbury’s Farnsby Burghley Radstock Way Town The Station Close Park Dean Street Regent Kenton Avenue Saint Bridgemead Street Centre York Merlin Close Lydiard Park Grange Park Circus Russell Lyndhurst Ambrose Sainsbury’s Commercial Road Bowleymead Close Academy Subway Walk Crescent Welcombe Dorcan Hampton E B C Westlea Road Drive Hotel Avenue Technology F A Risingham Campanile Walcot Sussex Shops Islandsmead Mead Park College Camden Mannington Walcot West Square Close Holy Rood Dudley Road Murdock Link Centre Springhill House Durham Church Road North calls: Close Street Immanuel Road Eworth Close Applewood Mannington Church Helston Road Court Roundabout Woodside New Redruth Faraday Park Holy Cross Avenue College Close Aymer Stubsmead Bradenham Road Junior School Colston Dorcan Close Place Bowood A Morrisons Faraday Mannington Kingshill The South View Road Road Brow Avenue Eldene Sunnyside Churchfields Bridport Centre Road Avenue Hillside Kent Prospect Academy Eldene Avenue Road Fairhaven Old Rushey Platt Whitbourne Cavendish Wheatstone To Wanborough, Town Square Portland Kirby Close House Sherwood Mundy Avenue Road Aldbourne Avenue Tithebarn Avenue Bath Rd. Road Wheatstone and Hungerford The Kent Road Freshbrook Crescent Celsus Mall Road Road Devizes Park St. Helen’s View Grove Corner Cambridge Close Road Old Mill South Monkton Okus Lane Trentham Thorne Toothill Newport Berrington Close Road Commonweal Road Road Close Austen Crescent Springfield Street Commonweal Co-op Park South Road Tenby Close Community National Self-Build School Trinity Centre Close & Renovation Centre Belmont Crescent Snodshill Roundabout Lydiard Evelyn Street Liden Centre Fields Town Lawn Gardens Holiday Fairlawn Liden Blagrove Ripon Inn Hilton a Middle Way Coate Water Wichel White Edge Moor Brecon Close Holiday Waitrose Marriott Tryon Waitrose Hotel Inn Close

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Sharing a trip with a friend, neighbour or colleague is a Home Delivery Services good way to help cut your travel costs. If you don’t know anyone personally to share your journey with, why not join Online shopping is a great way to have your groceries a car share scheme? Simply enter your journey details to delivered without the need to make a trip. All major see if there is a suitable car share match for you. supermarkets offer this service and it can be a real way to save money as you can monitor the cost of your shopping Free to join website all the way through the process, from the comfort of your www.carshareswindon.com own home. Tadpole Garden Village Travel Information Guide • www.sainsburys.co.uk • www.morrisons.co.uk Car Share Swindon is a completely free car share service • www.tesco.com • www.waitrose.com that makes it safe, secure and easy to search for a car • www.asda.com • www.ocado.com A sustainable and convenient community-based lifestyle share partner and find people making similar trips to you. If you are considering sharing with someone for the first Your guide to travel choices at Tadpole Garden Village time, arrange to meet them in a public place first and Travel Swindon Travel Choices remember there is no on-going commitment to car share if the arrangement does not continue to work for you. Welcome to Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Borough Council also has their own Cost Savings comprehensive website with details on walking, cycling, Tadpole Garden Village is a new development which seeks bus travel and car sharing to promote different travel to combine the very best of town and country living. Over the Did you know that the average commute to work every day choices for people who work in the town centre and live coming years, Tadpole Garden Village will become a community is 10 miles one-way? By sharing the cost of that journey in the borough. of around 1,700 homes, along with supporting facilities including every day, you could save up to £1,300 per year by sharing a primary school, shops, and an abundance of leisure spaces. with other passengers. The more miles you commute the Visit www.swindontravelchoices.co.uk more money you can save by car sharing. for more help and tips on travelling more Tadpole Garden Village embodies Garden City principles and sustainably. has been specifically designed to promote a healthy, outgoing Use the free online cost calculator at and sustainable way of living – including excellent transport www.carshareswindon.com to see how Tadpole Garden Village connections. much you could save. E-Newsletter We want a community that has sustainability built into its core and one of the ways to support you, the resident, is through Taxi All the latest developments in relation to future transport providing real sustainable transport choices for your everyday services, and any news, information, and details of life. This guide is designed to help you travel in, out of and forthcoming events is contained within the Tadpole Garden around the Tadpole Garden Village area. It contains everything Swindon has a number of taxi companies. Operators Village e-Newsletter, which is posted on the Tadpole you will need to know on walking and cycling, buses, trains and include: Garden Village website. To register interest, sign up for the driving. e-Newsletter and keep up-to-date on the development of • A1 Swindon Taxis: 01793 251251 the site, contact your community mobiliser, Chris Tanner, To encourage and facilitate sustainable travel choices, we are • V-Cars: 01793 701701 at [email protected] excited to offer each household a travel voucher to the value of • HST Swindon Taxi: 01793 250500 £50. This entitles each household to one of the following:

Tadpole Garden Village • A contribution towards the purchase of an adult bicycle Travel Webpage or cycle equipment to the value of £50; or Community Transport • A smartcard with unlimited 4 week travel (TravelPass) You can find all the information contained within your on Thamesdown and Stagecoach bus services in Swindon. Swindon Dial-a-Ride provides transport for people of any travel information guide, and more, on the Tadpole Garden age who are unable to use public transport due to mobility Village Travel Webpage. This webpage contains useful Vouchers are provided to each household alongside this guide. impairment or disability. To make use of this service you links to the travel providers listed in this guide. Use the To request a travel voucher or for further information, please must be registered. To do so, go online or call the number webpage to check timetables and find out when your next contact the Travel Plan Coordinator at Matrix Transport on below. bus is, or sign up to car share, for example. 01454 628 840, or email [email protected]

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