Cropwell Bishop Village Parish Plan

Impressed with new evening bus service (30-1-10)

Dear Tony

My wife and I used the Red1/53E evening service last night and were very impressed.

The 10pm from Friar Lane was around 2/3 full and 3 of us went on to Cropwell Bishop from Bingham. It was very reassuring to know that the same bus was travelling on to the Vale after Bingham.

The timings seemed about right and I am sure the service will grow in popularity. The availability of the timetable on the CropwellBishopPlan website should prove useful.

This looks to be a good example of a commercial venture being linked with the County supported service for the benefit of all.

Kind Regards

Resident of Cropwell Bishop

53E Evening Bus Service has changed (23-1-10)

Starting Monday 25th January 2010, the evening bus service to Nottingham will be different.

You must now travel via Bingham. For details of the new 53E service between Cropwell Bishop and Bingham, click on the link to the 53E in the Timetable box on the right.

This timetable, tells you that the 53E links with the 'Red1' bus service beteween Nottingham and Bingham.

To download the Red1 timetable, click on the Red1 link in the box on the right.

Go to Nottingham by bus - in the evening (5-10-09)

As a result of the efforts of Parish Councillor, John Greenwood, we now have a two-way evening bus service to Nottingham city centre. It is the service that in survey after survey, a large number of people in the village said they wanted. Below are details of the buses that are likely to prove most popular. If you want to examine each bus timetable in detail, you can click on links in the box on the right of this page. They will take you to the published timetables of the bus companies.

Unlike the daytime bus services (the 22 Trent Barton and the Radcliffe Line) the evening bus service is not always a direct one. This has put off some people from trying it out. Hopefully, the essential details below will encourage more of you to give it a try.

You can download a pdf copy of the timetable by clicking on the link in the 'Timetables' box on the right.

Evening Buses to Nottingham (except Sunday)

Departs Cropwell Bishop	Bus	Change	Arrives Friar Lane
4.26pm	22 at Post Office (goes on to Cropwell Butler)	None: direct to Nottm	5.06pm
4.38pm	Radcliffe Line at Post Office (bus then goes on to Cropwell Butler)	None: direct to Nottm	5.19pm
5.43pm	Radcliffe Line at Post Office (bus then goes on to Cropwell Butler)	None: direct to Nottm	6.24pm
6.38pm	53 at stops on Hoe View Road (bus then goes direct to Cotgrave)	Get off in Cotgrave (Library on Candleby Lane) at 6.44pm and catch Cotgrave Connection there at 6.59pm.	7.29pm
6.38pm	53E at Post Office (NB this bus links with the same Cotgrave Connection bus at Bingham as the other 6.38pm service above. Useful though if you want to start from the Post Office side of the village)	Get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 6.50pm and catch Cotgrave Connection there at 7.06pm.	7.29pm
7.38pm	53E at Post Office (the bus goes to Cotgrave via Cropwell Butler)	Get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 7.50pm and catch Cotgrave Connection there at 7.56pm.	8.19pm

Evening buses back to Cropwell Bishop (except Sunday)

Departs Nottm	Bus (Friar Lane)	Change	Arrives Cropwell Bishop
7.20pm	Cotgrave Connection	Get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 7.45pm and catch 53E there at 7.50pm.	7.56pm
8.20pm	Cotgrave Connection	Get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 8.45pm and catch 53E there at 8.50pm.	8.56pm
8.40pm	Radcliffe Line	Get off in Bingham (on Long Acre, near entrance to Chesterfield Arms car park: see pictures below) at 9.11pm and catch 53E bus at 9.15pm from the same stop. Bus then goes via Granby and Langar to Cropwell Bishop.	9.33pm
9.20pm	Cotgrave Connection	Get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 9.45pm and catch 53E there at 9.50pm.	9.56pm
10.20pm	Cotgrave Connection	Get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 10.45pm and catch 53E there at 10.50pm.	10.56pm
10.40pm	Radcliffe Line	Get off in Bingham (on Long Acre, near entrance to Chesterfield Arms car park: see pictures below) at 11.11pm and catch 53E bus at 11.15pm on Market Street in the Market Place. This last bus will pick up passengers only on Market Street and only go to villages it has passengers for.	11.33pm
11.20pm (Fri & Sat night only)	Cotgrave Connection	On Monday to Thursday, bus will (at your request) take you to Cropwell Bishop (otherwise terminates at Cotgrave). On Friday and Saturday, get off in Cotgrave (Manvers Arms) at 11.45pm and catch 53E there at 11.50pm (this last 53E bus will leave for Cropwell Bishop only if there are passengers waiting to go)	11.56pm
1.20am (Fri & Sat night only)	Cotgrave Connection	Friday and Saturday night only. Bus will (at your request) take you to Cropwell Bishop (otherwise terminates at Cotgrave).	1.55am

Visit Bingham in the evening - by bus (4-10-09)

Thanks to the new 53E bus service, we can now travel to and from Bingham by bus in the evening on any day but Sunday.

This means that you can travel to Bingham, meet friends in the pub, have a drink and travel home again without having to use your car. This service should also prove popular with people who do not have their own transport. Why not give it a try?

Fares on the 53 and 53E to Bingham are: £1.50 single, £2.90 return or £10 for 10 journeys. All normal Concession fares are available.

You can download a pdf copy of the timetable by clicking on the link in the 'Timetables' box on the right.

Buses to Bingham

Departs Cropwell Bishop	Bus (all buses then head to Bingham via Cropwell Butler)	Arrives Market Place
5.06pm	53 at stops on Hoe View Road	5.18pm
6.06pm	53 at stops on Hoe View Road	6.18pm
6.36pm	53 at stops on Hoe View Road	6.48pm
7.56pm	53E at Post Office	8.09pm
8.56pm	53E at Post Office	9.09pm
9.56pm	53E at Post Office	10.09pm
10.56pm	53E at Post Office	11.09pm

Buses back to Cropwell Bishop

Departs Bingham	Bus (on Market Street in Market Place)	Arrives Cropwell Bishop
5.25pm	53	5.38pm
6.25pm	53	6.38pm
6.20pm	53E (bus then goes via Granby and Langar)	6.38pm
7.20pm	53E (bus then goes via Granby and Langar)	7.38pm
9.15pm	53E (bus then goes via Granby and Langar)	9.33pm
10.15pm	53E (bus then goes via Granby and Langar)	10.33pm
11.15pm	53E (this last bus will stop only at the villages that its passengers want to go to)	11.33pm or earlier

New bus timetables (20-8-09)

Starting next week, some of our local bus services will change.

Until now, if you wanted to travel to Tollerton, Keyworth and the QMC you caught the number 63. From the 24th August 2009 you will have to catch the number 53 which will take you only as far as Keyworth. There you will be able to transfer to the number 63 which will take you to the QMC via East Leake.

The good news is that this bus will then continue from the QMC to Beeston.

The same day marks the beginning of the new evening bus service linking Cropwell Bishop with Cotgrave and Bingham (and hence Nottingham) first reported in the news article on of 12-6-09. This will be the number 53E bus.

For full details of these new bus services, click on the links in the 'Timetables' panel on the right.

These new arrangements, together with those reported on 27-7-09, mean that we can now travel by bus to: Nottingham, Beeston, Melton Mowbray, Downtown (Grantham), QMC and also go into Nottingham in the evening. That is quite an improvement on a year ago. Let's make good use of the service.

Get to the stop early! (31-7-09)

The two new bus services, D2 and D4 (see previous article for details) seem to be proving popular.

However, a word of advice that has been passed to me; when catching the bus from Cropwell Bishop, be at the bus stop 5 mins earlier than the times advertised. The bus appears to be travelling here from Cotgrave quicker than anticipated.

Have a good day out!

Weekly bus services to Downtown and to Melton Market (27-7-09)

Two new bus services have been started by Veolia (Dunn line).

Every Tuesday the D2 bus serice operates between Nottingham and Melton Mowbray. It leaves Cropwell Bishop (opposite Post Office) at 10.30 and arrives in Melton at 10.55.

The bus returns from Melton at 13.55pm and arrives in Cropwell bishop 14.31.

Every Thursday the D4 bus service operates between Nottingham and the Gonerby Superstore (Downtown and Boundary Mill near Grantham). It leaves Cropwell Bishop (opposite Post Office) at 11.05 and arrives at Downtown at 11.40.

The bus returns from Downtown at 14.35 and arrives in Cropwell Bishop at 15.15.

In both cases, when the bus arrives in Cropwell Bishop, it will turn down Hoe View Road from Nottingham Road and then travel round to the Post Office on Church Street. You will be able to stop the bus at any of the regular bus stops along this route. The bus will turn onto Hoe View road at 10.25 on Tuesday (for Melton) and at 11.00 on Thursday (for Downtown).
In both cases the bus will also return to Cropwell Bishop via Hoe View Road.

Buses to Cotgrave and Bingham! (12-6-09)

Can you believe it: extra bus services are to be introduced for us! In August there will be an evening hourly bus service travelling between Cropwell Bishop, Bingham and Cotgrave. This will hopefully be on 6 evenings a week.

This means you will be able to get to Nottingham because there is a regular fast service between Cotgrave and Nottingham. So, from August you will be able to use public transport to spend an evening in Nottingham . This is especially good news for those without a car, those who want to have a drink whilst out, and those too young to drive.

And why are we getting these new services? Because your Parish Councillor, John Greenwood (picture on right), has worked very hard collecting evidence and finally convinced Notts County Council that we need this service. Our Village Plan (page 10) helped him in this; it showed that it was what the people of Cropwell Bishop wanted.

As soon as a timetable is published, a link to it will be added to the 'Timetables box' below. We have to remember though, that if we don't use this new service, we will undoubtedly soon lose it.

What bus is that?

Not so long ago it was easy to identify a bus by its colour - Nottingham City buses were green, Cropwell Bishop buses (Barton Bus Company) were red, and so on. Nowadays, it is not so simple. Can you identify your local buses? Do you know which bus this is? A clue: this photograph was taken at 10.16am on Thursday.

Using local buses

One aim of this page is to make it easier for you to use local buses. Many people are confused by the variety of buses passing through the Village and are unsure where and when to catch a bus.

You can look at the timetable for each of the buses that come through the village by clicking on the links on the right.