The following main Amenities are provided in the VillageTRANSPORTThe village is on the main bus route, number 267, from Bath to Frome. Two companies provide the service and buses run into Bath at 22 and 45 mins past the hour during the day. The first one is at 0651on weekdays and 0759 on Saturdays, with the last one at 2251. Coming out of Bath the last bus is at 2315. REFUSE AND RECYCLINGRefuse and Recycling Collection is weekly on Fridays. A Clothes Skip is now in temporarily in position on the road up to the Millennium Green. This is sponsored by the Air AmbulanceCompostable garden waste, without any cardboard, is collected fortnightlyLIBRARYA mobile library calls around the Village once every two weeks on a Thursday. It parks on the Cricket Club car park between 1450 and 1500. See also the DiaryAlso why not visit the Library Service website at http://www.librarieswest.org.uk/. Amongst other things you can locate books and order then for collection on the Mobile librarySCHOOLSThe Primary School in the Village has now closed down and the nearest one is in Freshford, about two miles away. The nearest Secondary School is the Ralph Allen School, about four miles away in Combe Down, which is on the Southern outskirts of Bath. Other Schools are also fairly easily accessible in Bath.There is a Pre School in Wellow, for children aged between 2 years 6 months and school age. This is just two miles to the west of the village. (www.magicboxpreschool.co.uk}DOCTORSThe main practice that serves the Village is situated at the St Lukes Surgery in Beckington, which is about four miles south of the village. A surgery operated by the practice is also situated in Freshford, about two miles away, and in FromeRIDINGSThis is an organisation that provides transport for people in the Village who want to make a local trip to the shops, dentist, doctor, hospital etc, but who are unable to use private or public transport. Drivers in the village provide the transport and the activity is funded largely by voluntary donations by the passengers. The Co-ordinator is Mavis Bennett: 01225 722699. See Annual Report
The following main Amenities are provided in the Village
TRANSPORT
The village is on the main bus route, number 267, from Bath to Frome. Two companies provide the
service and buses run into Bath at 22 and 45 mins past the hour during the day. The first one is at
0651on weekdays and 0759 on Saturdays, with the last one at 2251. Coming out of Bath the last
bus is at 2315.
REFUSE AND RECYCLING
Refuse and Recycling Collection is weekly on Fridays. A Clothes Skip is now in temporarily in
position on the road up to the Millennium Green. This is sponsored by the Air Ambulance
Compostable garden waste, without any cardboard, is collected fortnightly
LIBRARY
A mobile library calls around the Village once every two weeks on a Thursday. It parks on the Cricket
Club car park between 1450 and 1500. See also the Diary
Also why not visit the Library Service website at http://www.librarieswest.org.uk/. Amongst other
things you can locate books and order then for collection on the Mobile library
SCHOOLS
The Primary School in the Village has now closed down and the nearest one is in Freshford, about
two miles away. The nearest Secondary School is the Ralph Allen School, about four miles away in
Combe Down, which is on the Southern outskirts of Bath. Other Schools are also fairly easily
accessible in Bath.
There is a Pre School in Wellow, for children aged between 2 years 6 months and school age. This is
just two miles to the west of the village. (www.magicboxpreschool.co.uk}
DOCTORS
The main practice that serves the Village is situated at the St Lukes Surgery in Beckington, which is
about four miles south of the village. A surgery operated by the practice is also situated in Freshford,
about two miles away, and in Frome
RIDINGS
This is an organisation that provides transport for people in the Village who want to make a local trip
to the shops, dentist, doctor, hospital etc, but who are unable to use private or public transport.
Drivers in the village provide the transport and the activity is funded largely by voluntary donations by
the passengers. The Co-ordinator is Mavis Bennett: 01225 722699. See Annual Report
