Community transport

The Salisbury District Council area has a very active community transport sector. This includes:

A wide range of voluntary organisations provide transport in the county, many with financial assistance from the District and County Councils. In many cases, the activities of these groups offer flexible solutions which respond to the specific needs of people living in the local community.

Through the Wiltshire Rural Transport Partnership, local groups can get support, advice, information and training to run their own transport schemes.

The Wiltshire and Swindon Community Transport Association is an umbrella group that brings community transport groups together to share best practice and expertise. It also stages an Annual Conference every November with keynote speakers addressing current issues of interest.

LINK schemes

There are 12 LINK schemes in the district. These offer a good neighbour and transport service to local people who are in need because of age, disability, low income, temporary illness or becasue their existing transport services are poor. LINK transport services can be provided for:

  • medical appointments
  • shopping
  • visiting relatives or friends in hospital
  • attendance at luncheon clubs or day centres
  • Collecting prescriptions or library books

Amesbury and Boscombe Down Link

  • Covering: Amesbury and Boscombe Down
  • Transport Co-ordinator: 01980 626 471.

Bourne Valley Good Neighbour Link

  • Covering:- Cholderton, Newton Tony, Allington, Boscombe, Idminston, Porton, Gomeldon, Winterbourne Gunner, Winterbourne Dauntsey, Winterbourne Earls and Hurdcott
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01980 611 117.

Chalke Valley Link

  • A. Covering: Alvediston, Bower Chalke, Broad Chalke, Bishopstone, Berwick St John, Ebbesbourne Wake, Stratford Toney and Fifield Bavant
  • Transport Co-ordinator: 01722 780 800.
  • B. Covering: Coombe Bissett, Homington, Britford, Bodenham, Nunton and Odstock
  • Transport Co-ordinator: 01722 718 780.

Downton Link

  • Covering: Downton, Redlynch, Woodfalls, Hale, Morgans Vale and Charlton-All-Saints
  • Transport Co-ordinator: 01725 513 807.

Durrington Link

  • Covering: Durrington, Figheldean, Bulford, Milston and Bridgemerston
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01980 594 857.

Firsdown, Lopcombe Corner and The Winterslows Link

  • Covering: Firsdown, Lopcombe Corner and The Winterslows
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01980 863 287.

Mere and District Link

  • Covering: Kilmington, Kingston Deverill, Maiden Bradley, Mere, Monkton Deverill, Stourton with Gasper, The Deverills, West Knoyle and Zeals.
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01747 860 096.

Till Valley Link

  • Covering: Tilshead, Orcheston, Shrewton and Winterbourne Stoke
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01980 620 525.

Tisbury

  • Covering: Tisbury, West Tisbury, Ansty, Chilmark, Donhead St Andrew, Fonthill Gifford, Sedgehill & Semley, Swallowcliffe, East Knoyle, Fovant, Sutton Mandeville, Hindon, Chicklade, Pertwood, Fonthill Bishop and Berwick St Leonard.
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01747 870194.

Whiteparish & Landford Link

  • Covering: Whiteparish and Landford
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01794 884 390.

Wilton and District Link

  • Covering: Barford St Martin, Burcombe, Compton Chamberlayne, Dinton, Great Wishford, Netherhampton, Quidhampton, South Newton, Steeple Langford, Teffont and Wilton
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01722 741 241.

Woodford Valley Link

  • Covering: Upper Woodford, Middle Woodford, Lower Woodford, Great Durnford, Little Durnford, Wilsford-cum-Lake and Salterton
  • Transport and Caring Co-ordinator: 01722 782 823.

Salisbury District Community Transport

Salisbury District Community Transportis a local charity set up in 1995 to provide community transport to those who have limited mobility. Its aim is to reduce social exclusion and improve quality of life through:

  • a Community Car scheme for those with mobility problems who have no other way of getting to their destination.
  • a wheelchair accessible Community Minibus serving Salisbury and many rural areas around the city, which can link into Salisbury Shopmobility.
  • group hire of the minibus to other local charitable groups

Users must register and book in advance. For car/minibus bookings, and to find out if their regular minibus trips serve your area, please call 01722 410 123 (hotline is staffed in the mornings, with answerphone in the afternoons).

A new minibus-sharing initiative is being established by Salisbury District Community Transport – SAMBA (Salisbury Area Minibus Brokerage Agency). As part of this scheme, SDCT can now offer MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) minibus driver training to community groups in the Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire areas.

If you are a community group or school looking to make better use of the downtime on your minibus or are a group without a vehicle that has an ocassional need to borrow a vehicle at an affordable price, then contact the SAMBA team on the above number or email salisbury-ct@btconnect.com

Community buses

Community buses provide local door-to-door minibus services that are organised and driven by volunteers. These are mainly to benefit the elderly or those with mobility problems.

Tisbury and District Community Minibus

The Tisbury and District Community Minibus provides regular wheelchair-accessible minibus services in the Nadder Valley area. It also provides a service linking villages with Salisbury.

You will need to register to use the service. You will also need to book in advance. Call the booking line on 01747 870 995.

The minibus is also available for hire to groups, voluntary organisations and charities at competitive rates.

Mere and District Wigglybus

This new great-value demand responsive minibus service covers Bourton, Zeals, Stourton, Mere, West Knoyle, East Knoyle, Upton, Hindon, Sedgehill and Semley, linking into Wilts and Dorset services between Hindon and Salisbury and provides services into Warminster and Shaftesbury. A rail link service to Gillingham station operates on weekdays at peak times. There is also a popular Nightbus Wigglybus service service into and back from Salisbury on Saturday evenings. Concessionary fares passes are accepted on all Wigglybus services.

The timetable for these services is being improved from 6 May 2006. Download the Wigglybus timetable. All journeys need to be booked in advance.

To book a journey, call the journey booking centre on 01747 861 222 (lines are open between 7am and 6pm Monday to Saturday). All bookings need to be made at least 40 minutes before the bus begins its journey.

Other services

Other current and planned services include:

  • Over 30 minibuses owned and operated by voluntary organisations, local schools and colleges.
  • A Wylye Valley Boomerang bookable taxi-link service helping to link rural communities with the main X4 bus service to Wilton and Salisbury, and potentially offering evening through services from the City and from Warminster – planned for late 2006/early 2007.
  • A minibus brokerage arrangement system (which could potentially cover over 30 minibuses) that help match needs with resources, and benefit up to 1200 local organisations, groups and charities in the Salisbury and Amesbury areas.

Related information

Contact details:

Telephone:
01722 434325

email:
transportation@salisbury.gov.uk...

Postal address:
Salisbury Joint Transportation Team
37 Endless Street
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 1DP