Thank you to Heather and Carl W for letting us know that as from 25 March 2012, the 8.14 bus to Ashbourne and the 16.05 return will only run on schooldays. This means that during school holidays, the earliest bus to Ashbourne will be at 9.53 am and if you want to return in the [...]
Archive for the ‘Transport’ Category
Change in Bus Frequency
Posted in Services, Transport on Wednesday February 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
School buses & vehicle checks
Posted in Police, Roads, Transport on Friday September 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
School buses checked for safety in Ashbourne. A number of school buses in Ashbourne have been checked as part of a police and partnership road safety operation. Operation Safedrive took place on Friday, September 23 and a team of police officers, PCSOs and officers from CREST (Casualty Reduction and Enforcement Support Team), VOSA (Vehicle Operator [...]
Newhaven Services open longer hours
Posted in Classified adverts, Services, Shop, Transport on Tuesday May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From yesterday (23/5/11), Newhaven Services are open from 8am to 8pm Seven Days a Week They are looking to extend what they sell in their shop and, if this experiment works, may stay open even later. They are our nearest source of petrol and diesel.
Free Train Ticket to London
Posted in Classified adverts, Transport on Monday October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1 Return first class ticket available for London on Thursday 7th October 14.01 Derby, leaves London 21.30 (you will need a Senior Railcard). Free! Please contact Martin on 390529
Car-sharing via PARWICH.ORG: would you find it useful?
Posted in About this site, Transport on Thursday June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of our readers has suggested that we start up a new section on this site, dedicated to car-sharing requests. So, for example, if someone is going to Derby, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock – or even further afield – they could post the information here, along with a phone number or other contact details. This would [...]
An idea for Parwich?
Posted in Transport on Saturday March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Following on from the recent blog discussions on the speed of some traffic in the village, one of the Blog Team was struck by the installation pictured below which can be found at the entrances to Brassington. Would a measure such as this be a good idea for Parwich? Do you think it would have [...]
Buses in Church Walk
Posted in Transport on Saturday March 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I noticed yesterday afternoon and again this afternoon at about 3pm that the bus went along Church Walk rather than sticking to its route. Presumably this was the 411 from Ashbourne. Both times it seemed to be going rather fast; this does not seem very safe given the narrowness of the lane and the number [...]
Update on the B5056 Closure
Posted in Local government, Roads, Transport on Tuesday December 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On the 17th November there was a public meeting organised by Derbyshire County Council on the current temporary closure of the B5056. Our report of that meeting at PARWICH.ORG can be seen by clicking here. Cllr Simon Spencer committed the Authority to keep residents up to date in writing on the various issues raised that [...]
Speeding and other traffic concerns.
Posted in Parish Council, Police, Roads, Transport on Monday September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the last Parish Council meeting (held on September 8th), PC Cooper presented various pieces of information regarding various traffic concerns. Following the concerns raised at the open meeting, a speed survey was carried out. Statistically, the speed and the number of incidents reported do not highlight a problem. The Parish Council would like to [...]
B5056 Closure: County Council’s update
Posted in Roads, Transport on Tuesday September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we spoke to Mark Sloan of Derbyshire County Council in relation to the public notice indicating possible closure of the B5056 up to March 2011, nearly a year longer than expected. Here is our summary of this phone conversation. The County Council have not altered their plans or the timetable for repairs to the [...]
Starting today: free transport for health-related journeys.
Posted in Services, Transport on Tuesday September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From today (September 1st), free health-related transport will be available for patients in a number of local villages – including Parwich. The transport will be provided by a number of different local organisations (including Ashbourne Community Transport), and is part of a scheme to assist those in rurally isolated villages. (Source: Buxton Advertiser.) To find [...]
‘Rural Health Link’
Posted in Services, Transport on Tuesday July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rural Health Link is a new project aimed to help people in this area attend health related appointments. There is a 50% subsidy on transport costs to all health related appointments, including trips to GPs (both Hartington and Ashbourne Surgeries), hospitals, chiropodists, dentists and physiotherapy. This is particularly relevant to those of us who live [...]
Walk to School Week
Posted in School, Transport on Sunday May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week is Walk to the School Week. Parwich Primary School are encouraging staff and children to leave their cars at home and where possible walk to school. An additional idea is that parents who have to drive, leave their cars on The Green (or even by the football pitch) and walk through the village. [...]
Two Ashbourne Streets closed for 5 weeks.
Posted in Transport on Sunday January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TWO Ashbourne roads will be closed temporarily while gas and sewer works are carried out. From Monday to February 13, Compton Street will be closed to through traffic as work progresses on the relaying of the main sewers in the town centre. Cokayne Avenue at its junction with The Green Road (B5035) will be closed [...]
Derbyshire Dales Taxi Study
Posted in Parish Council, Transport on Friday October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Parwich Parish Council want to know our opinions on the level of demand for taxis (Hackney Carriage and Private Hire) within our area. Derbyshire Dales District Council are assessing this issue: The District of Derbyshire Dales is largely rural and with that comes particular issues of demand for taxis. Generally, towns with a population of [...]
Middleton Top and Leawood Pump
Posted in History, Out & About, Societies, Transport on Monday October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s Local History Society trip was a great success. We started at Middleton Top, where the stationary engine was working. When the Cromford & High Peak Railway (now the High Peak Trail) was build in the late 1820s, to join the Cromford Canal to the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge, they did not have [...]
Road safety night at the Bluebell.
Posted in Events, Roads, Transport on Monday October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shirley’s Driving School are hosting a road safety event at 7:30pm on Tuesday (October 7th) at the Bluebell Inn, on the A515 at Tissington. The event is open to past and present pupils, their parents, and pupils and parents from any other driving schools. There will be a talk from Ashbourne fire service, chips and [...]
History Society trip reminder
Posted in History, Out & About, Societies, Transport on Saturday October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
click on poster to enlarge Click here for more information on the two steam engines
Explore the Peak District with Bruce the Bus or Tess the Train
Posted in Environment, Out & About, Peak Park, Transport on Wednesday October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not sure how relevant this is to most of our readers, but I liked the pictures. There is a new leaflet encouraging people to explore the Peak Park by public transport: Children can help plan days out across the Peak District with a new family-friendly leaflet featuring Bruce the bus and Tess the train. The [...]
An interview with our District Councillor
Posted in Housing, People, Planning, Services, Transport on Thursday May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to Peter Trewhitt for providing this interview with Simon Spencer, Councillor for the Dovedale and Parwich Ward of Derbyshire Dales District Council Simon Spencer should be well placed to understand our local issues. His family have lived and worked in the area for sometime, the family firm, Spencer’s Bakery of Ashbourne, having been founded [...]
Unfair Parking Ticket…? Help Needed (Quickly!)
Posted in People, Transport on Sunday April 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I could do with a bit of advice… Back in March I was issued with a parking ticket; since I thought the ticket was completely unfair I immediately appealed against it, only to find out yesterday that my appeal was turned down and I must, “pay the full amount of £80 within 7 days” or [...]
Long Walk Home
Posted in Transport on Friday April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning Ben caught for the first time the bus into Ashbourne, for an 11.30 appointment. I checked the timetables & assured him he could catch the 13.10 to Carsington Water & then onto Parwich arriving about 13.57. When he alighted in Ashbourne he asked the driver about the return journey & was told that [...]
A515 amongst the most dangerous in the country
Posted in News, Roads, Transport on Wednesday April 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph reveals us to have one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the country for motorbikes: “Figures released to coincide with a new campaign show that the short stretch of A515 between Ashbourne and Alsop-en-le-Dale has seen more bikers die or be injured than most other roads in the [...]
Potholes!
Posted in Roads, Transport on Wednesday April 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have you noticed that the potholes seem to have been “repaired”. An orange DCC van was seen yesterday at various points around Parwich filling the many holes. Is our blog & the phone calls to County Council making a difference.? I have been told that there is a book open in the village, bets being [...]
Lift to Ikea?
Posted in Transport on Wednesday April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow we have an appointment in Ilkeston at 2pm, if anyone wants to visit Ikea or Decathlon Sports, we’ll glady drop you off for 1 1/2 and pick you up on our return. We’ll be leaving Parwich just after 1pm. Give us a ring on 665
How to make a road unsafe by reducing the speed limit – a personal view by Bob.
Posted in Opinion, Roads, Transport on Sunday April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have been driving up and down the A515 most weekdays for around 12 years. From 1995 when we lived in Doveridge, near Uttoxeter to work in Buxton, and from 2002 when we moved to Parwich. The past month, I have witnessed more dangerous driving incidents than most of those 12 years put together. What [...]
Concern about potholes in Smithy Lane
Posted in Roads, Transport on Sunday April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We have had several comments on the potholes appearing in Smithy Lane as it approaches Townhead Green, at the edge of the village. A lot of water runs down the Dale road and the Hilltop road, and also there seems to be a collapsed drain in the middle of the road adding to the water [...]
Speed Limit change on B5056
Posted in News, Out & About, Roads, Transport on Friday January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went to Matlock on Tuesday and when I returned I saw that the speed limit had changed on the B5056, it is now down to 50 mph an hour. Remember this is the road that runs from Bentley Brook to the Hollybush, past Longcliffe.
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