AMENITIES
The following main Amenities are provided in the Village
The village is on the main bus routes, number 267 and 767, from Bath to Frome. Buses run about every hour and going into Bath 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 2330
Refuse Collection is weekly on Wednesdays; Recycling Collection on Tuesday.
A mobile library calls around the Village once every two weeks on a Thursday.
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.
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.
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
This is situated between the cricket pitch and the main road. It is on a piece of land donated to the village by Robin Robertson-Glasgow in the year 2000 and it comprises a play area, a goal post, a picnic bench, a flag pole and an obelisk, donate by Yomans, that was erected to mark the opening. A pathway has been contructed leading from the Green down to the main road opposite the Stag Inn.
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