No bus stop for residents, staff and visitors

The nearest bus stop to Fellmoor Country Park (Holiday Park), Northumberland Zoo and Burgham Park Golf Club is over half a mile south on the A1 main carriageway at Eshott Road End. There is no footway for pedestrians so they are having to walk on the grass verge. There is existing passenger and visitor attraction demand for a bus stop in the vicinity of the turn off for Burgham Park. There are existing parking lay-bys nearby that could be designated as bus stops. There is an hourly bus service which runs early and late enough to be used by staff at the leisure attractions to get to work as well as for visitors and residents. The national guidance says “Bus stops should be easily accessible. All buildings should be located within 400 metres from a bus stop. The routes to the bus stops should be safe, direct, convenient and accessible for people of all abilities.

Development sites should be served by frequent and reliable bus services which provide connections between the development and key destinations.

When providing routes to bus stops, the routes should be along footpaths and footways that are a minimum of 2 metres wide. Footpaths and footways should have limited pinch points of no less than 1.5 metres wide.”