Author: Janet Mabbutt

Westmere
Welcome Pack
Your Local Travel Information

What’s Inside?
Here’s your quick look reference for the different sections of your Welcome Pack
Page 1: What’s Inside?
Page 2: Welcome Letter
Page 3: The Westmere Travel Plan
Page 4: Environmental Damage of Car Use
Page 5: Benefits To You
Page 6: Your Local Area
Page 7: Walking & Cycling
Page 8: Sustainable Transport Events
Page 9: Public Transport
Page 11: Travel Coordinator

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Westmere
Dear Westmere Resident,
Congratulations on moving into your new home!
It is important to us that you settle in well to
Willingham and the local area and to do this we are pleased to provide you with your Welcome Pack. As part of this pack, you’ll be introduced to the variety of local travel options that can provide you with excellent accessibility to your local area, including useful information on public transport services, as well as local walking and cycling routes within Willingham. This Welcome Pack is part of the on-going commitment Brampton Valley Homes has with the promotion of sustainable travel via the Travel Plan for Westmere.
Kind regards,
Brampton Valley Homes

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Westmere
Residential Travel Plan
Your development’s Travel Plan is here to promote and monitor sustainable travel used by Westmere residents to:
reduce the number of single occupancy car trips from the development
promote the use of public transport, cycling and walking
provide advice on how to improve local travel habits
The success of the Travel Plan is down to you, the residents of this new community, and your enthusiasm to embrace changes in your travel habits for local journeys. To find out more about the Westmere Residential Travel Plan, head over to your development web page at Westmere where you will find the opportunity to have your own Personal Travel Plan which explains all, the different travel choices you can use to complete your daily local travel.
To receive your Personal Travel Plan, head to bramptonvalleyhomes.co.uk/new-homes-willingham-cambridgeshire or contact your Travel coordinator and answer the questions online. This will help us understand how your move may have altered your travel habits.
Once you have completed the short survey, you’ll also be able to obtain a
cycle voucher from:
Cyclecentric:
37, High Street, Longstanton, Cambridge, 01954 782020
http://www.cyclecentric.com
or
Halfords:
Unit 6, Cambridge Retail Park Newmarket Road Cambridge , CB5 8WR, 01223 249 608 www.halfords.com
To find out how Westmere is doing compared to the rest of Willingham, we will undertake annual surveys on local travel habits.
A feedback form is available online or from your Travel Coordinator.

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Environmental Damage Of Car Use

Climate change, often referred to as Global Warming, is considered to be one of the greatest environmental threats facing the world today. When petrol, diesel or certain alternative fuels are burnt for energy in an engine the main by-products are water & carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon dioxide, although not directly harmful to human health, is the most significant of the greenhouse gases contributing to climate change.
To reduce emissions try the following eco driving tips:
Avoid using your car for short journeys - use public transport, cycle or walk
Cold starts - drive off as soon as possible after starting
Drive efficiently - harsh acceleration& heavy breaking have a very significant effect on fuel consumption
Reduce weight - don’t carry unnecessary weight, remove roof racks when not in use
Regular servicing helps keep the engine at best efficiency
More info at: energysavingtrust.org.uk/

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7 BENEFITS TO YOU & YOUR COMMUNITY
Getting involved with your development’s Travel Plan has plenty of positive benefits including:
Improving your health and wellbeing
Reducing your travel costs
Improving your accessibility to local services
Increasing your road safety
Reducing your travel times
Improving your travel choices
Creating a cleaner, more vibrant local community
Our travel plan is a continuous process for
improvement, requiring monitoring, review and revision to ensure it remains relevant to our
organisation and those using this site. This
document sets out our proposals for monitoring and review of the travel plan over the next few years. This period is normally 5 years but could be longer in some situations.

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Your Local Area

Amenities are located within the village and the distance and walk times are presented in Table 1 & Table 2 below. Further food, non-food retail and other amenities are on offer in Over just 3 kilometres away.

Table 2: Walking & cycling Routes

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Walking & Cycling

Westmere is well connected to the rest of Willingham for both pedestrians & cyclists with suitable walking routes to the Post Office being 0.9km away and Primary School 1.2km way.
Whilst there are currently no national or regional cycle routes through Willingham, the site benefits from a comprehensive network of cycle paths and routes accessed via Station Road.

Figure 3: Cycle routes in vicinity of Willingham (source: Google Maps 2020)

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Sustainable Transport Events:
Bike Week (date tbc) - www.cyclinguk.org/bikeweek
National Walk to Work Day on 1st April 2022 - www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/walk-to-work-day-2021
Walk to School Week w/c 16th may 2022 www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/walk-to-school-week
More sustainable travel information can be found at: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/transport-plans-and-policies/cambridge-city-and-south-cambs-transport-strategy
Local Walks
Stay fit and active by exploring the Willingham area on foot. Head over to ramblers.co.uk and use their ‘Where do you want to walk?’ search feature by inputting you postcode or local area.

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Public Transport

Buses: There are bus stops (CMBGJMWM eastbound & CMBGJMWP westbound) on Over Road near to its junction with Haden Way and Westminster Close. These stops are 300 metres from the site. Other nearby bus stops are within an acceptable walking distance being 500 metres at Rook Grove (CMBGJMWT eastbound & CMBGJPAD westbound).
The Stagecoach service ‘5 citi’ runs half hourly.
The bus stop does not have real time information. Stagecoach service ‘5 citi’ also provides access to Cambridge, Swavesey and Fenstanton throughout the day.
Trains: The nearest railway stations are Waterbeach, which is 9 miles from site via Rampton Road and Cambridge Railway station which is 13.6 miles via the M11. Combined with other modes, rail travel is a very real opportunity for this site given the proximities of Cambridge North, Waterbeach, Huntingdon Sutton and Ely.
Figures 4 & 5 overleaf show the local bus timetable & bus network map.

Transport Links:
www.thebusway.info/routes-times.shtml
www.thetrainline.com/
Ticket Offers/Concessions:
www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/national/megarider#
www.go-whippet.co.uk/tickets/

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Figure 4: Citi 5 Bus Timetable

Figure 5: Busway Network Map

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Travel Coordinator contact details:
Brampton Valley Homes
Brampton House
19 Tenter Road
Moulton Park
Northampton
NN3 6PZ
T: 0330 22 33 546

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