The following main Amenities are provided in the Village
TRANSPORT
The village is on the main bus route, number D2, from Bath to Frome. During the week the buses
run approximately half hourly during the main part of the day. The first one to Bath is at 0629 on
weekdays with the last one at 0050. The last from Bath is at 2310. Full timetables can be found on
the BANES website.
REFUSE AND RECYCLING
Refuse and Recycling Collection is weekly on Tuesdays.
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 1000-1100. See also the Diary This service is in abeyance at the
moment while the new cricket club is under construction. BANES services visits Freshford Village
Hall on 9th and 23rd Sept, 11.10-12.10am. Wiltshire service visits Limpley Stoke,
Uplands, 2nd Sept, 10.00-10.25am.
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.This service is in
abeyance at the moment while the new cricket club is under construction. BANES services visits
Freshford Village Hall on 9th and 23rd Sept, 11.10-12.10am. Wiltshire service visits Limpley Stoke,
Uplands, 2nd Sept, 10.00-10.25am.
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 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. For more information call 0775944079
AMENITIES
