This travel information pack has been designed to give all new residents of The Watchmaker’s, Great Country Park at Bodmin, information on local services, facilities and to promote sustainable travel options.
With a number of day to day services, facilities and amenities within Bodmin as well as nearby and convenient transport links, Bodmin is a great location for your new home. This pack will provide you with tools to achieve greater levels of sustainable travel, making the most of the options available. This will have significant benefits not only for individuals, but also on the wider community and environment.
We know you’re going to love your bunnyhome so much that staying in will always be a joy, but with so much on your doorstep at Bodmin you’ll want to venture out — occasionally!
Whether you’re going out and about for work, school or leisure, it’s in all our interests to use the most sustainable methods of transport we can.
As part of our beautiful county’s drive to meet sustainable travel targets, we’re doing our bit to help by creating this local travel information brochure, especially for our Watchmakers residents, to raise awareness of local services, facilities and sustainable travel options.
If we all change our travel habits even slightly by walking, cycling, using public transport, or even car-sharing or home-
working where we can, it will make a big difference to us personally, and to the planet:
• Reduce travel costs
• Increase fitness & reduce stress
• Lower carbon emissions = a cleaner environment
• Fewer jams — beat the morning traffic
• Improve road safety
Why not share your journey with a friend, neighbour or colleague?
Bodmin is well-served for local footpaths and walking routes, making access easy both for work or leisure. The local Spar and Costcutter supermarkets are just a stroll away, as are the post office, parish hall, village pubs, pharmacy, doctors’ surgery, recreation ground and primary school.
If you don’t already have one, why not get a pedometer/fitness tracker? You’ll be surprised how many steps you can clock up each day!
The benefits of walking:
• It’s free!
• You can do it with friends & family
• Improves health & fitness
• Reduces stress
• Increases productivity
• Increases energy levels
• Improves sleep
• No equipment needed
• Helps the environment
• Zero carbon emissions
Check out the health benefits of walking and information on walks and trails within Cornwall and in particular Bodmin on the Cornwall Council website: www.cornwall.gov.uk
Have a look at suggestions of things to do within Bodmin including information on walking / routes via Bodmin’s own website: www.intobodmin.co.uk
Walking for Health’s website provides an abundance of information on the benefits of walking and routes: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk
When you live somewhere as fabulous as The Watchmaker’s Great Country Park, walking is an absolute pleasure.
Your new bunnyhome is in walking distance of Bodmin’s local amenities.
Please scan the QR code overleaf for our walking routes map.
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Callywith College
Callywith College
Town Centre
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Camel Trail
Recreation ground
You’ve heard of Park and Ride, but have you ever thought about Bike and Ride? For commuting trips, even if you can’t cycle the whole way to work, perhaps you could consider cycling some of the way and using public transport for the remaining journey.
Access to the Camel Trail is available approximately 2.0km (1.3 miles) to the west, which routes along a disused railway line following the course of the Camel Estuary between Wenfordbridge, Bodmin, Wadebridge and Padstow. The section from Padstow to Wadebridge and then Wadebridge to Dunmere forms part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 32. At Dunmere, the route forms part of NCN Route 3 which continues either east towards Bodmin or north towards Wenfordbridge. Have a look at the Cornwall Council Cycle Maps for inspiration :- (www.cornwall. gov.uk/environment-and-planning/ countryside/cycle-routes-andtrails/)
Strava MapMyRide
National Cycle Network
Cyclemeter (iOS only)
(Android & iOS)
The No. 11 service provides services (twice hourly) between Padstow and Plymouth whilst the No. 26 service provide regular services (hourly) between Bodmin and St Austell. The buses are accessible for people with mobility issues, comfortable and modern, and provide an excellent link to the surrounding areas.
There are many advantages to using local bus services. It allows for many people to share trips they might otherwise make individually by car.
Go Cornwall bus (Android & iOS)
Your nearest bus stops are less than a five-minute walk away and therefore a suitable distance for everyone, even people with mobility difficulties.
For sustainable travel further afield, you can’t beat the train, and Bodmin Parkway is just under 4 miles away.
Bodmin Parkway is the closest access point to the rail network located approximately 6.0km (3.8 miles) to the south-east of the site.
The station is managed by Great Western Railway (GWR) and is situated on the Cornish Main Line that extends between Penzance and London Paddington.
Relax in comfort when you travel on the Great Western Railway, knowing you’re taking one of the fastest, most direct, low-carbon modes of transport for your journey.
You can buy single or day return tickets at the station ticket office, from a machine on the platform or book in advance online. For regular travellers, weekly, monthly or annual season tickets are available. Did you know you can save up to 75% if you book a few weeks ahead?
links
0345 700 0125
On occasions when you have to take the car, how can you reduce your carbon footprint?
Walking, cycling and using public transport might not work for all journeys, so why not go electric?
If you have to drive but you’re keen to get your carbon footprint down, an electric car is a great sustainable option, generating zero or reduced emissions. Apart from the obvious environmental benefits, running an electric car is a lot cheaper than a conventional car too.
At bunnyhomes we’re keen to help drive down CO2 emissions by providing charging points for electric cars and bikes at your
home at Watchmaker’s. While out and about, there are more and more charging points cropping up everywhere, from fuel stations to service stations. Just grab the ‘Zap-map’ app to see locations near you.
Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be wall-mounted for houses and post-mounted for shared car spaces.
Parnells Taxis Ltd is located on Cooksland Industrial Estate and provides a diverse fleet of vehicles. Online bookings are available via www.parnellstaxis.co.uk or their own app available on both Android and iOS.
Cornwall’s own car sharing website (www.pastyconnection.com) links drivers and pasengers to share their journey and is also available to download as an app on both Andriod and iOS.
• It reduces the number of cars on the roads, resulting in less congestion, less pollution and fewer parking problems
• It provides a real solution to the transport problems of rural areas like Devon
• Opportunity to socialise
• Useful for people with mobility difficulties
• Reduced fuel costs
• Time to relax without driving stress
Useful apps
Uber Taxicode (Android & iOS)
Reduce travel costs by 50%
People with mobility issues who are unable to walk or cycle sufficient distances will be able to access services and facilities further afield by opting to use a scooter or powered wheelchair.
The roads and footways from the site towards Bodmin town centre and the local services and facilities within the area are suitable to accommodate scooters and powered wheelchairs.
• Information regarding all-inclusive leasing packages for scooters and powered wheelchairs through a mobility scheme is available from the Motability Operations Ltd.
• Contact can be made via the he website www.motability.co.uk, or by phoning 0300 456 4566. Customers can also request an information pack via email or by post.
• The Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC) provides key information on a number of mobility issues including advice on scooters and powered wheelchairs via the following website link and contact number :- www.ridc.org.uk Tel: 0207 427 2460.
MPG Calc (iOS)
Basic MPG Calculator (Android)
You can save money and fuel, which in turn reduces carbon emissions, creating a cleaner, healthier environment by considering the following:
• Service your car regularly to maintain engine efficiency.
• Check your tyre pressures regularly (and before long journeys). Under inflated tyres use more fuel as they increase rolling resistance.
• Lose any unnecessary baggage. Extra weight, means more fuel.
• Combine short trips. Cold starts use more fuel.
• Drive smoothly, accelerate gently and read the road ahead to avoid any unnecessary braking.
• Cut down use of air-conditioning. It increases fuel consumption at low speeds (the effects are less noticeable at high speeds).
• Stick to the speed limits. Faster driving uses more fuel.
We all love the social side of a shopping trip, but to cut down on emissions some shopping can be done from the comfort of your own home using online ordering, ‘Shop & Drop’ and ‘Click & Collect’ options.
ASDA
Sainsbury’s Groceries
Tesco Groceries
Ocado
MySupermarket (Android & iOS)
We’ve given you the tools to decide how to make your journey, now you can explore where you want to go.
Travel Line South West traveline.info
01872 510028
Go Cornwall Bus gocornwallbus.co.uk
0808 196 2632
National Rail Enquiries nationalrail.co.uk
03457 48 49 50
Walk4Life walk4life.info
Sustrans sustrans.org.uk
Cycle Streets cyclestreets.net
AA Route Planner theaa.com/route-planner
Google Maps google.co.uk/maps
The Pasty Connection (Lift sharing) pastyconnection.com
Callywith College callywith.ac.uk
01208 224000
St Petroc’s C of E Primary School stpetrocs-cornwall.co.uk
01208 72526
Beacon Nursery beacon.kernowlearning.co.uk 01208 72773
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School st-marys-bod.cornwall.sch.uk 01208 73218
Bodmin Community Hospital cornwallft.nhs.uk/bodmin
01208 251300
Bodmin Leisure Centre
better.org.uk
01208 75715
Penmellyn Vets Bodmin
bodminvet.com
01208 76789
Dental Practice
smiletogether.co.uk
01208 73208
Bodmin Parkway Railway Station
nationalrail.co.uk/stations/bodmin-parkway
0345 700 0125 (Greater Western Railway)
Bodmin Cinema
bodmin.merlincinemas.co.uk 01208 223790
Lidl - Bodmin lidl.co..uk
0800 977 7766
Asda Superstore - Bodmin
asda.com
01208 261800
Sainsburys - Bodmin
sainburys.co.uk
01208 269743
Morrisons - Bodmin morrisons.com 01208 78763
Aldi - Bodmin aldi.co.uk 0800 042 0800
Bodmin Jail (Tourist attraction)
bodminjail.org 01208 76292
Parnells Taxis parnellstaxisi.co.uk 01208 75000
Carbis Cabs bodmin-parkway-taxis.co.uk 01208 622099
Annie’s Taxis
07460 686705
