MONEY SAVING VOUCHERS £30INSIDE SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL INFORMATION PACK BROOK PARK, HOVET ON 1 CONTENTS Walking...........3 Cycling............4 Bus...................8 Train...............10 Car share.........13 Vouchers........14 BROOK PARK Welcome to Brook Park. This travel information booklet includes information on local facilities, walking & cycling routes, public transport services and more. Norfolk County Council is delivering the Travel Plan at Brook Park on behalf of Persimmon Homes through the ‘AtoBetter’ project. We are working with delivery partners and the community to implement a range of measures to encourage residents to consider a wider range of choices for more of their journeys including walking, cycling, the use of public transport and car sharing. CONTACT US Norfolk.gov.uk/BrookPark AtoBetter [email protected] 01603 223379 2 Walking time (minutes) 0-5 15-20 (! 5-10 20-25 Stalham Road 10-15 25-30 Bus Stop Legend Brook Park $+ )" Education Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre %, Community Broadland High School $+ Health )" # * Retail (! Transport Hoveton & Wroxham Train Station (! Dental Care Roys of Wroxham# $+ Clinic )" * St John's Town Centre Primary School *# %, Wroxham Post Office %,Wroxham Library Many local amenities and the countyside surrounding Brook Park can be accessed on foot. Walking gives you more energy, confdence, can help you sleep better and is easy to build into day-to-day life. Why not try: • getting of the bus a stop earlier?; • walking to the shops instead of driving?; • walking your children to school? or • going for a social walk with friends? Distance Destination Walking time in km Town Centre 1.4km 18 minutes St. John's Community Primary School 1.4km 15 minutes Broadland High School 1.7km 19 minutes Stalham Road Bus Stop 0.4km 5 minutes Hoveton & Wroxham Train Station 1.6km 19 minutes Walking tmes taken from Google Maps (from the centre of Brook Park) Assuming a walking speed of 1.3m/s. www.norfolktrails.co.uk 3 $+ TRAVEL BY BIKE A newly constructed pedestrian & cycle link connects Brook Park to the existing cycle network on Stalham Road. In addition, Hoveton & Wroxham links with a 9 mile trafc-free route to Aylsham along the Bure Valley path. A series of leisure route maps are available from either of the websites listed below. thebroadsbybike.org.uk/overview-maps/ www.norwich.gov.uk/pedalways Distance Destination Cycling time in km Town Centre 1.4km 5 minutes St. John's Community Primary School 1.4km 4 minutes Broadland High School 1.7km 6 minutes Hoveton & Wroxham Train Station 1.6km 6 minutes Stalham Road Bus Stop 0.4km 2 minutes CYCLE TO WORK SCHEME • Check your employer runs the scheme • Choose a bike and any accessories you may want • Your employer will review your application and pay • Exchange your eCertifcate for your gear in-store or online • When the salary sacrifce ends, Cyclescheme will contact you regarding ownership options. Find out more: www.cyclescheme.co.uk 4 Cycling time (minutes) 0-5 15-20 5 (! 5-10 20-25 Stalham Road 10-15 25-30 Bus Stop Legend Brook Park $+ )" Education Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre %, Community Broadland High School $+ Health )" # * Retail (! Transport Hoveton & Wroxham Train Station (! Dental Care Roys of Wroxham# $+ Clinic )" * St John's Town Centre*# Primary School %, Wroxham Post Office %,Wroxham Library $+ LOCAL CYCLE RETAILERS 135-137 KING STREET, NORWICH, NR1 1QH WWW.BICYCLELINKS.ORG.UK 01603 631199 1-3 HEIGHAM STREET, NORWICH, NR2 4TE WWW.FREEMANSCYCLES.CO.UK 01603 626602 Borrow a bike Soren's Cycles 17 DRAYTON WOOD ROAD, NORWICH, NR6 5BY WWW.SORENSCYCLES.CO.UK 01603 400764 63-67 BETHEL STREET, NORWICH, NR2 1NR WWW.PEDALREVOLUTION.CO.UK 01603 614400 6 Borrow a bike It’s always nice if you can try before you buy, so why not borrow a bike to see if it’s for you? The Pushing Ahead Cycle Loan Scheme And, you even get your deposit back gives you access to a FREE bike for up to when you return the bike, plus there’s 4 weeks. Yep, we did say FREE!! It comes the option to purchase the bike for a complete with a lock, light, helmet and discounted price. So, it’s basically a win- child seat (if you need one), all for just a win for you. £10 deposit. Borrow Register now Norfolk.gov.uk/BrookPark a bike Things just got even better with the Better Points app It doesn’t get much better than this. AtoBetter is working in partnership with Pushing Ahead so residents can earn rewards every time you walk, run or cycle! Happy days. Spend your rewards with the likes of And what’s more, each month we’re Sainsburys, Topshop and Wallis or you giving away a bumper 10,000 BetterPoints can even donate your rewards to charities (worth £10) to a new participant of the such as 4thechildren. After all, doing good scheme. feels good. This could be your lucky day… Register now Norfolk.gov.uk/BrookPark 7 Prepaid tickets in the TRAVEL BY BUS Brook Park is served by Sanders Coaches providing links to Norwich & Stalham with the nearest bus stop located 400 metres from the entrance to the development on StalhamThe Road.holdall Other is a services smart fromtravel Wroxham card oered town centre are provided by First and Konectbus and can be reached within 15 minutes on foot.free of char e by Norfolk County Council. Top-up online to et the best prices on Services that pass Hovetonprepaid (*& Wroxham) tickets - it’s the smart way to pay. First bus to Last bus from Destination Duration Cost destination destination Norwich 07:22 19:15 1 hour 1 min £4.50 rtn Stalham 09:03 16:40 12 minutes £4.70 rtn NNUH 07:10 The18:15 holdall has55 minutes the best £4.30 value rtn day Information correct at time of printing but is subjectand to change. season See tickets for operator’s website for up-to-date information. the Norwich Park & Ride. Brook Park is 20 minutes away from the Sprowston Park & Ride site, running every 15 minutes to Norwich city centre from 7am to 7pm, Monday-Saturday. NorwichFUSION Top-up your holdall with Fusion day The unlimited bus ticket for Greater Norwich tickets for unlimited travel on any bus in the Aylsham Greater Norwich Area. Cawston Horning Wroxham Lenwade Old Catton Acle Greater Norwich Easton Area Brundall N&N Hospital Poringland Wymondham Hales Besthorpe Woodton Long Stratton Topcroft learn all about it at holdall norfolk gov uk Prepaid tickets in the Make bus travel easy... 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Cawston Horning Wroxham Designed with Download the you in mind… East Anglia Lenwade Old Catton Acle •Plan your journey Buses App for Greater Norwich •Trac your bus FREE today Easton Area Brundall • Purchase your tic et N&N Hospital Poringland online in advance Wymondham Hales Besthorpe Woodton Long Stratton Topcroft All Par & Ride tic ets are available on the app but at present not all Konectbus tic ets9 learn all about it at holdall norfolk gov uk are. It may be better value to purchase your tic et on the bus or at Norwich Bus Station. TRAVEL BY TRAIN Hoveton & Wroxham station is 20 minutes walk from Brook Park and ofers direct connections to Sheringham & Norwich with onward connectons from Norwich to London, Cambridge, Peterborough & Ipswich and many stations inbetween. Cheaper fares are available by advanced purchase. For live arrival & departure times, advanced ticket prices and booking information see the National Rail website: www.nationalrail.co.uk Greater Anglia ofer a number of on-the-day and advanced ticket options, for more information, visit: www.greateranglia.co.uk/ tickets-fares/fnd-right-ticket-you Services from Hoveton & Wroxham (*and Norwich) railway station Mon-Sat* Frequency Destination Duration Cost from First Last (Mon-Sat) Sheringham 05:24 23:47 43 minutes Hourly £6.60 rtn Norwich 06:27 22:45 17 minutes Hourly £5.90 rtn *London 05:00 23:30 1 hr 50 mins Half hourly £55.00 rtn *Cambridge 05:33 22:55 1 hr 15 mins Half hourly £18.60 rtn *Peterborough 05:50 22:18 1 hr 26 mins Hourly £18.20 rtn *Ipswich 05:00 00:50 38 mins Half hourly £25.30 rtn Information correct at time of printing but is subject to change. See operator’s website for up-to-date information. 10 TRAVEL BY TRAIN Interactive Rail Network Map Greater Anglia will be introducing brand new trains during 2019/20. 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