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Lyde Green Travel Guide Welcome to your new Welcome to home and your travel South Gloucestershire information pack If you are new to the area or want to find out about council services, please visit: www.southglos.gov.uk/welcome New home, new circumstances, new ways to travel… For news and updates Moving into a new home and community is a great time to think about how you travel and to try some new ways of getting around. Follow us on Twitter: @sgloscouncil Find us on Facebook: www.southglos.gov.uk/facebook The Travelwest Team are here to help; whether it’s travelling to work, school or college, travelling to toddler groups, day clubs, shopping, Contact South Gloucestershire Council health appointments, or visiting friends and family. They will work with you to put together a travel pack that’s relevant for you. We have a Main switchboard and out of hours: 01454 868 009 selection of maps, leaflets and timetables to accompany the information Minicom Service: 01454 868 010 provided in this leaflet. SMS Text Service: 07950 080 111 This pack and all the related services and offers have been produced One Stop Shops: with specially trained council customer care officers. by South Gloucestershire Council with funding from the Department for Transport and housing developers. Your nearest is at Kingswood One Stop Shop, Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood BS15 9TR. Library: the libraries have free internet access and a range of services including access to a growing collection of e-books. Your nearest library is Emersons Green Library, Emersons Way, Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire BS16 7AP. Sort It Centres: for recycling your household goods. Your nearest Sort It Centre is: Mangotsfield Sort It Centre, Carsons Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol BS16 9LL. Contact our Travelwest Team: Email: [email protected] Phone: 01454 868 244 Website: www.travelwest.info/gethome Online journey planner: www.travelwest.info 2017 Your local cycle network Lyde Green You can view these cycle maps online, download them to your computer or order paper copies by visiting Travel Guide www.betterbybike.info/maps/cycle-maps October 2017 2017 to Worcester, Birmingham and Your local rail network the North Gloucester to Cardiff and West Wales to Stonehouse and Stroud Severn Beach to Stroud Pilning Cam & Dursley to Didcot, Parkway Reading and St Andrews Road Yate Patchway Bristol Parkway London Shirehampton Clifton Down Swindon Filton Lyde Green Abbey Wood Avonmouth Sea Mills Redland Chippenham Stapleton Road Lawrence Hill to Melksham Bristol Temple Meads Oldfield Keynsham Bath Bradford-on-Avon Park Spa Yatton Bus link Trowbridge Weston-super-Mare to Westbury, Bristol Airport to Devon and Southhampton and Cornwall Brighton Please note not all stations are shown nearest stations Disclaimer A new home and While every care has been taken to ensure that the information shown in this guide is correct at the time of publication. 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