WESTlocal Y8
From 2 September a new WESTllocal Y8 bus service will operate between Hawkesbury Upton, Horton, Yate, Wickwar, Cromhall and Charfield with four journeys daily on Monday-Saturday. For more information, please click here WESTlocal (travelwest.info)
WESTlink
From 2 September, there is a WESTlink zone which covers the area between Wotton-under-Edge towards Charfield including KLB school. In Wotton, the zone includes the main road leading to Wotton war memorial from the south, providing connections to local doctors. People will be able to travel by WESTlink to Yate and Chipping Sodbury
More information is available on the WESTlink webpage.
Traveline
Create your own travel plans by searching by postcode or downloading timetables on the Traveline website.
Gloucestershire County Council (thinktravel.info)
The Robin – bookable bus service
Gloucestershire County council operate a bookable bus service in some areas of the county, the Berkeley Vale area includes areas impacted by this service withdrawal. The Robin is friendly and easy to book. Online, by phone or app. It operates Monday to Saturday 7am – 7pm.
The Robin (your bookable bus) | Gloucestershire County Council
Leaders across the West have welcomed greater investment through today’s Spending Review, with a record three-quarters of a billion pounds of transport funding confirmed for the West. That means better buses, more trains, and mass transit – with trams and much more on the table. The Treasury has also today confirmed plans to improve rail links between Bristol and Cardiff.
The second phase of a project - to reduce congestion, improve the reliability of buses, and promote active travel along a major transport route in Bristol - will get underway from Monday 16 June 2025.
That’s summer sorted. Children and young people under the age of 16 are set to be able to travel for free on buses across our region during the school holidays, thanks to new investment proposed by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.
Bristol’s first electrified bus depot was opened on 3 June 2025 by a government minister and the West of England’s new mayor.
Leaders across the region have today welcomed more than three-quarters of a billion pounds set to be invested in transport projects in the West. The Chancellor has announced plans to more than double investment in local transport in England’s city regions, committing to “investment in all parts of the country, not just a few.”
