According to First Group, from yesterday the frequency of the Bus Service 13 increased to every 15 minutes. First Group have put on an extra Bus every hour. I have been lobbying First Group since last Autumn on this service, and the reports of it’s unreliability, so pleased to see this improvement in frequency. This will […]

On Wednesday 10th August a meeting with residents from Foxhill and Bradord Road invited to attend took place in the Community Centre on Hawthorn Grove. the purpose was to form a new Residents Association. I attended, on the invitation of a number of residents who had received a leaflet about the meeting This meeting followed […]

Many of you will know Sarah living in Combe Down, and who suffers from the rare MORQUIO Syndrome. The Chronicle has featured her predicament recently,  amongst other things her condition means she needs Enzyme Treatment, to help with major functions, like her lungs. She has been on Vimizim treatment in Bristol, and sometimes London, on a […]

I have been in touch with the National Trust about the problem of visitors parking, causing a hazard along Claverton Down Road. residents have been in touch, saying it is very difficult to turn out of Flatwoods Road, and various other exits on to the main road, as the parked vehicles block the sight lines.  […]

Cherry met with the Street & Road Cleaning Team Manager last week, to focus on one or two streets in the Ward needing cleansing. A team of four to five operate once a fortnight in Combe Down, litter picking, street sweeping and there is a response  back up Vehicle for trouble spots reported through Council […]

  Work Completed successfully on new Roundabout Traffic Islands. Councillor Cherry Beath worked with Officers for some weeks to make amendments to the two crossing islands on the new Roundabout layout at the top of Ralph Allen Drive. This was following damage by large, over weight vehicles to the historic Ralph Allen Pillars. It is […]

Cllr Cherry Beath and Campaigner Joel Hirst want to thank all of those who voted for us in the Elections in May, hopefully many of you will have seen our Enewsletter sent out in June extending our thanks, and to all those who put so much effort  into supporting us. The results are in the chart […]

Following consultation on bus fares in Bath, First Group is taking a little time to decide which reductions in fares to implement.  90% of respondents to the survey said that they thought fares were too expensive. We are confident that there will be some reductions in fares, but we recognise that if the reductions are […]

We have continued to work to see improvements to our Bus Stops over the past two years, and we lobbied to save the half hour No I Service, which had been planned to be less frequent. We now have a new bus shelter in The Avenue, and improvements in Church Road, including the new shelter […]

Combe Down Bradford Road Public Toilets, can you help keep them open?   As you might be aware the Public Toilets on Bradford Road, by the shops, last year were listed for closure as part of the Council budget cuts, unless a workable plan can be found for alternative use, which would keep one public […]