Welcome to Blackberry Park, Coalpit Heath

Walking in and around Coalpit Heath is generally easy and enjoyable, with a range of footpaths, countryside trails and traffic-free routes linking local communities and green spaces.

Popular walking routes include the Frome Valley Walkway, The Dramway, Bitterwell Lake, and an extensive network of public footpaths connecting Coalpit Heath, Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne and the surrounding villages.

A great place to start is the Coalpit Heath & Frampton Cotterell Discover Guide, which highlights local walking routes, green spaces and points of interest.

The Frampton Cotterell Parish Council website also provides information on a variety of local walks suitable for different ages and abilities.

For those looking to explore further afield, nearby Yate, Thornbury and Bradley Stoke offer additional walking routes, organised walking groups and opportunities to discover more of South Gloucestershire’s countryside.

If you’d like to combine walking with meeting new people, consider joining groups such as Southwold (Yate) Ramblers, Thornbury Rambling Club, or Severnside Ramblers. These friendly and active groups organise regular walks across the local area, including the Severn Vale, the Cotswolds, Wiltshire and South Wales.

For older adults looking for a more relaxed and sociable way to stay active, the Age UK South Gloucestershire Walking Well Programme offers short, guided walks (typically 1–2 miles) followed by an opportunity to enjoy a chat and refreshments with fellow walkers.

You can also visit the One You South Gloucestershire Walking webpage for information on local walks, walking groups and a range of activities designed to help people become more active.

👉 Age UK South Gloucestershire – Walking Well Programme

👉 Local Walks and Trails – Frampton Cotterell Parish Council

👉 Severnside Rambling Group

👉 Southwold (Yate) Ramblers

👉 Thornbury Rambling Club

👉 One You Move More South Gloucestershire Walking page for a range of walking information and routes

Cycling is a great way to get around Coalpit Heath, whether you’re commuting, visiting local amenities, or enjoying the area’s beautiful green spaces and countryside.

Recent and planned improvements to cycling infrastructure are making it easier and safer to travel by bike. New cycle paths along the A432 Badminton Road, between Yate and the Wick Wick roundabout near the M4 overbridge, are helping to strengthen connections between Coalpit Heath, Frampton Cotterell, Yate, and Emersons Green. These enhanced links provide safer, more accessible options for everyday journeys, commuting, and leisure trips. The routes form part of a wider active travel network designed to encourage more people to choose active and sustainable modes of transport throughout the area.

You can find out more about the A432 improvements by visiting the community forum on the Commonplace website.

To help residents make the most of these cycling opportunities, the Better By Bike website offers a range of resources, from free bike loans and adult cycle training to route planning, maps and local cycling groups.

South Gloucestershire Council also welcomes community input through its cycle forum and public consultations, working to make cycling safer and more accessible for everyone.

👉 Better By Bike
👉 Commonplace community forum – A432 Travel Improvements
👉 South Gloucestershire cycling page

For those cycling to Yate (approximately 3.5 miles / 5.6 km), there are secure bike storage options available, including bike hangars and lockers, to help make commuting by bicycle more convenient and reliable.

Bike hangars with 6 spaces are available at Yate Leisure Centre (pay-as-you-go), and with 4 spaces at Yate bus station (subscription only). You can book spaces via the ParkMyBike app, with prices starting at £1/hour or £5/day, and subscriptions from £8/month or £72/year.

For regular commuters, bike lockers are available at Yate train station and Yate Park & Ride. These cost £44.10 per year, with a £39.90 refundable key deposit.

👉 Learn more and apply via the South Gloucestershire bike parking page

The Yate Community Bike Hub is a volunteer-run, non-profit initiative aimed at promoting cycling in Yate, Chipping Sodbury, and surrounding areas. Located at 16 North Walk, Yate Shopping Centre, the hub refurbishes donated bikes and redistributes them to the community at low or no cost. It also offers loan bikes, affordable cycling accessories, maintenance workshops, and community events like family bike rides and security marking sessions. Current opening times are Monday to Wednesday 2pm – 5pm, and Saturday 10am – 3pm.

Whether you’re new to cycling or looking to get more involved, the hub provides a welcoming space to learn, connect, and ride.

👉 Yate Community Bike Hub website

If your bike needs a tune-up, repair, or general maintenance, Yate and North Bristol offer options to support cyclists.

Local repair services are available, including independent shops, mobile mechanics, and community-led initiatives. These can help with everything from punctures to full servicing. Ask at local hubs like the leisure centre or library for recommendations.

👉 Maintenance & Repairs – Better By Bike

Dr Bike sessions offer free bike safety checks and minor repairs. Mechanics inspect brakes, gears, tyres, and more, often fixing small issues on the spot. These sessions are held regularly in community events and public spaces typically during warmer months.

👉 Dr Bike sessions

Emergency Bike Repair Kits (EBRKs) are available at selected public locations across South Gloucestershire. These kits include essentials like tyre levers, patch kits, and pump, ideal for quick fixes while you’re out and about. Locally, the kit is available at Frampton Cotterell Parish Council on Woodend Road and is available during opening hours.

👉 Emergency Bike Repair Kits (EBRKs)

There is now the opportunity to use an e-bike or e-scooter to make sustainable local journeys. The e-bike and e-scooter schemes are being delivered by hire provider Dott. You can check the hire providers app to find nearby bikes and scooters.

• The minimum age to hire an e-bike is 16.
• To ride an e-scooter, users must be 18 or over and have at least a provisional driving licence.
• When renting an e-scooter, a rider is bound by the Highway Code, the same as all road users.
• Please note that privately-owned e-scooters on public land remains illegal.

👉 Find out more about E-scooter and E-bike hire

Yes, the area is well-connected by local bus services, making it easy to travel for work, shopping, or leisure. Key services include:

Service 86 (Stagecoach)
Yate shopping centre – Yate P&R – Coalpit Heath (Badminton Road) – Lyde Green – Emersons Green – Mangotsfield – Kingswood (Bristol)

Buses run every 2 hours during the day, Monday – Saturday.

Service Y1 (First Bus)
South Yate – Yate shopping centre – Yate P&R – Frampton Cotterell – Winterbourne – Hambrook – M32 – Bristol city centre

Buses run every day, throughout the day and evening, roughly every 30 minutes during the day Monday – Saturday, and hourly in the evenings and on Sunday.

Service Y2 (First Bus)
Ladden Garden Village – Yate shopping centre – Yate P&R – Frampton Cotterell – Coalpit Heath (Badminton Road) – A4174 ring road – M32 – Bristol city centre

Buses run every day, throughout the day and evening, roughly every 30 minutes during the main part of the day Monday – Saturday, and hourly in the evenings and on Sunday.

Note that the A432 M4 overbridge reopened to vehicles on 20 June 2026.

Service Y6 (First Bus)
Chipping Sodbury – Yate shopping centre – Yate P&R – Coalpit Heath – Frampton Cotterell – Winterbourne – Bristol Parkway Station – Little Stoke – Cribbs Causeway – Filton – Southmead Hospital – Henleaze – Westbury Park – Clifton Down – Bristol city centre

Buses run every day, throughout the day, roughly every 90 minutes Monday – Saturday and every 120 minutes on Sundays. There is one evening journey to Southmead Hospital each day.

Please note information in this section may change due to Network Changes.
For up-to-date routes and times, see below:

👉 Visit our Routes and Timetables page to find your service

This is an on-demand minibus service operating in the West of England outside Bristol and Bath city centres. It runs without a timetable or route and is booked ‘on-demand’ through the WESTlink app or by phone. It is well used in and around the area.

Blackberry Park, Coalpit Heath is in the Yate rural WESTlink zone. This zone is bordered by the M5 and M4 motorways, and the Gloucestershire border. It includes Charfield and Tortworth to the north, Acton Turville to the east, and Winterbourne to the west. The area has been expanded slightly around Lyde Green to take in the Bristol & Bath Science Park and surrounding businesses, and Lyde Green Park & Ride site.

Via shared zones, you can also travel to the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol Parkway station, MOD & Filton Abbey Wood, Southmead Hospital, and Wotton-under-Edge.

WESTlink operates Monday to Saturday, 07:00 to 19:00. It is closed on Sundays & Public Holidays.

Demand for WESTlink is high, especially during the morning and evening peak times. To help secure a ride, it is recommended that you book your outward and return journeys from 7am on the day before you wish to travel.

Please note that proposed journeys will not be offered if they can be made by a fixed route bus or train service.

Visit the website below or call 0117 457 8561 for a specific journey request.

👉 To find out more about the service including fares and pricing

👉 Yate shared WESTlink zone

There are two approved bus service change dates in the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority. These typically happen in April and September. There may be timetable changes to improve punctuality and reliability, or frequency changes to reflect demand. Occasionally routes change. Details of bus service changes and disruptions can be found on the travel updates page, on the WEST website, the one-stop website for travel information across the West of England.

👉 Travel Updates
👉 WEST Homepage

The nearest train stations to Blackberry Park, Coalpit Heath are:

Yate Railway Station located approximately 3 miles northeast (4.8 km) at 6 Station Road BS37 4PS.

Trains run regularly, north to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa from platform 1, and south towards Bristol Temple Meads from platform 2.

You can reach Yate Station in several ways:

• Walking: Around 1 hour via the Badminton Road.
• Cycling: Takes approximately 18 minutes. Bike parking is available at the station.
• Bus: The St Saviour’s Church bus stop on Badminton Road is approximately a 15-minute walk away and bus services 86, Y2 and Y6 routes call outside at the station.
• Park & Ride: You can park free of charge at the Yate Park & Ride site and walk about 8 minutes to the rail station.
• Driving: Limited pay parking is available at the station.

Bristol Parkway is a major regional rail station 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Blackberry Park, and reached via Winterbourne, or the A4174 ring road from Emersons Green. It provides frequent services to Bristol, South Wales, London, Birmingham and the South West.

You can reach Bristol Parkway Station in several ways:

• Cycling: Takes approximately 25 – 30 minutes via Watley’s End or Winterbourne Down. Bike parking is available at the station.
• Bus: The St Saviour’s Church bus stop on Badminton Road is approximately a 15-minute walk away. From here, you can take the Y6 directly to Bristol Parkway station, with a journey time of approximately 25 minutes. More frequent services are available on routes that require a change of bus.
• WESTlink
• Driving: Pay parking is available at the station site and for convenience, you can now pre-book. This is managed through APCOA Connect, which allows users to pay for parking via a mobile app, online, by phone, or by text.
  You can also park at Bristol North Park & Ride and walk for 6 minutes.

Yate Park & Ride is situated on the western edge of Yate on the A432 Badminton Road. It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

There is ample parking accommodating up to 198 cars. This includes 38 EV charging bays and 13 disabled parking spaces. Car parking is free to users taking onward journeys by bus or train.

There is a 40-space covered two-tier cycle storage facility, and 6 cycle lockers.

Regular buses call in, or just outside, the Park & Ride site.

Please note that there are no toilet facilities available at the Yate Park & Ride site.

👉 For further information visit our dedicated Yate P&R page

• Bus Y2 is the nearest and most direct bus service for residents on the Blackberry Park development. The service can be accessed from the St Saviour’s Church or Station Road bus stops and operates every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday during the day, and hourly in the evenings and on Sundays. Journey time to Bristol City Centre is approximately 20 minutes.
• Train: Travel to Yate Station and take a train to Bristol Temple Meads. This may be quicker at peak times, although it requires an interchange. From Temple Meads, the city centre is a short walk or bus ride away.

• Cycling: Takes approximately 25 – 30 minutes via Watley’s End or Winterbourne Down. Bike parking is available at the station.
• Bus: The St Saviour’s Church bus stop on Badminton Road is approximately a 15-minute walk away. From here, you can take the Y6 directly to Bristol Parkway station with a journey time of approximately 25 minutes. More frequent bus services are available via routes that require a bus interchange.
• Directly by WESTlink
• Train: Travel to Yate Station or Yate Park & Ride by bus, bike, or car, then take a direct train to Bristol Parkway. Services from Yate train station operate approximately every 30 minutes, with a journey time of around 10 minutes.
• Driving: Pay parking is available at the station and the Bristol North Park & Ride site.

• Cycling: approximately 5.5 miles / 9 km from the development with a journey time of 30 minutes. A direct route is available via the cycle paths alongside the A432 Badminton Road and continuing through Yate.
  Quieter alternatives are available by joining the Badminton Road at Mayshill and following the lanes through Nibley to reach the dedicated shared-use cycle path that runs around the northern edge of Yate, alongside Goose Green Way.
  An off-road route is also available via Broad Lane to Westerleigh, then along Besom Lane, Wapley Bushes, and the southern edge of Yate.

• Bus: The Y6 bus provides a direct route to Chipping Sodbury from the Heather Avenue bus stop with a journey time of approximately 25 minutes. Alternatively, take the Y2 bus from St Saviour’s Church stop on Badminton Road to Yate shopping centre, and connect to the Y8 bus to Chipping Sodbury High Street.
• Directly by WESTlink.

• Bus: Residents can travel directly to The Mall at Cribbs Causeway on the Y6 service from Heather Avenue, with a typical journey time of around 38 minutes.

• Bus: Residents can travel directly to Southmead Hospital on the Y6 service from Heather Avenue, with a typical journey time of around 1 hour.
• Directly by WESTlink.
• If you are eligible for community transport, Green Community Travel are piloting a Southmead hospital shuttle bus. It is now running one day per week. The fare journey will be £15 door to door return (£2 more if no bus pass), in a fully accessible minibus. It is £5 to become a member of this scheme. For more information, please visit their Facebook page, or email [email protected], or call 01454 228706.

• Cycling: Bristol & Bath Science Park is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) away. It can be reached by bike via the segregated A432 cycle path, journey time approximately 15 minutes.
• Bus: The 86 southbound service from St Saviour’s Church, offers the quickest public transport connection to Bristol & Bath Science Park, stopping at Jenner Boulevard. The journey via Henfield takes approximately 9 minutes.
• Alternatively, take the Y2 from St Saviour’s Church or Station Road stops and change to the m3 metrobus at Willy Wicket, Emersons Green. You can also alight at Cuckoo Lane stop on Badminton Road and walk approximately 20 minutes. Typical journey time is around 35 – 45 minutes depending on connections.

• Cycling: UWE is approximately 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Coalpit Heath. It can be reached via recently improved shared use and dedicated cycle paths on the Badminton Road and A4174 ring road, or via Winterbourne and Stoke Gifford. Journey time approximately 30 minutes.
• Bus: From Coalpit Heath, the Y2 bus service connects with the m3 metrobus service to UWE. Interchange to the m3 at either Willy Wicket or Hambrook metrobus stops on the A4174 ring road.
• Drive to the Lyde Green Park & Ride site and take the m3 metrobus to UWE.
• Directly by WESTlink.

Yate Park & Ride is situated on the western edge of Yate on the A432 Badminton Road. You can get there by:

• Cycling: a 15-minute cycle ride along the segregated path beside the A432. There are bike parking facilities on arrival. Cyclists can also use quieter roads and join the A432 Badminton Road at Mayshill.
• Bus: The 86, Y2 and Y6 services call at the Park & Ride.

You can get there by:

• Cycling: Yate Shopping Centre is approximately a 20–25-minute cycle ride away. Dedicated cycle paths run alongside the A432 Badminton Road before continuing along Station Road. Alternatively, you can use quieter roads to join the Badminton Road at Mayshill. There is also an off-road route along Broad Lane to Westerleigh, then along Besom Lane, Wapley Bushes, and head north to the centre.
• Bus: a 15-minute journey on bus services 86, Y2 or Y6

Yate train station is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of your development at 6 Station Road BS37 4PS. You can get there by:

• Walking: Around 1 hour along the Badminton Road.
• Cycling: Takes approximately 18 minutes along the Badminton Road, or along quieter roads to join at Mayshill. Bike parking is available at the station.
• Bus: 86 , Y2 and Y6 services call outside the station.
• Park & Ride: You can park free of charge at the Yate Park & Ride site and walk about 8 minutes to the station.

Many online maps and journey planners can help you find the best routes and travel options. Use digital tools like the WEST Journey Planner, traveline south west, or the Better by Bike route planner to plan your journey by bus, train, walking or cycling.
You also have an opportunity to request personalised travel planning (PTP) in the annual travel survey and by attending our travel events.

To find out about fares, ticketing and travel cards for public transport in Coalpit heath and throughout the West of England region, the WEST website now provides a fares calculator when looking at the routes and timetable section and selecting your route or using our Journey Planner or you can visit the dedicated fares page.

If you’re of state pension age or have a qualifying disability, you may be eligible for a Diamond Travelcard.

👉 South Gloucestershire Council bus passes

Green Community Travel is a charitable non-profit organisation that provides safe, affordable, and accessible travel for individuals or groups who are unable to use public transport and who would otherwise have no other way of getting around. For further information, including how to become a member and charges, visit greencommunitytravel.co.uk or call 01454 228706

Yate Shopmobility Service is a charity-run service designed to help those with limited mobility access the shops and facilities. Based in Yate Shopping Centre – 44 West Walk beside the library, it offers mobility scooter and wheelchair hire (manual and powered). Free daily hire for those who possess any English bus pass (a small membership fee is required), with low-cost hire for others. For more information on the scheme and opening times, visit Yate Shopmobility or phone 07749 954275.

There is currently no car club operating in Coalpit Heath. The nearest car club provision is at Lyde Green Park & Ride, operated by Enterprise. Residents interested in car sharing or car club schemes can look on the WEST Car Club web page or explore regional platforms to see if services are available nearby.

There are currently no public charging points in Coalpit Heath. The nearest sites are at Yate Park & Ride and Bristol & Bath Science Park at Emersons Green. You can find more information on public charging locations on the South Gloucestershire Council EV charging page which provides up-to-date information on availability, charger types, and access points.

Contact South Gloucestershire Council via their website or calling their customer service line by phoning 01454 868000.

For bus service feedback, lost property or any other queries related to bus services, please contact the bus operator.

South Gloucestershire Council and the West of England Combined Authority manage different parts of the region’s bus information and infrastructure. Please visit the Service feedback page to find out who to send your query to or complete the online form.

Contact South Gloucestershire Council via their website or calling their customer service line by phoning 01454 868000.

Cycling
Practical support is available to help you travel more sustainably!
During the warmer months, you can take advantage of free services like Dr Bike, cycle training, and bike maintenance workshops – all designed to help you feel more confident and keep your bike in great shape.
Visit South Gloucestershire’s Eventbrite page where you can browse and book activities.

For more offers, including Borrow a Bike scheme coordinated by the Roadshow team at Bristol City Council, visit the WEST website and access the travel offers form to apply.

Or find out about events offered by the Yate Community Bike Hub such as the Dr Bike sessions, cycle maintenance courses, Rusty Riders, community cycle rides and the Wheels to Work scheme.

If you’d like more information about the Travel Plan or sustainable and active travel options in your area, please email [email protected] and a member of the team will be happy to assist you.