Seend Shuttle Bus

Available for Scheduled Services and Private Hire

To hire the Seend Shuttle Bus or for general enquiries please email seendshuttle@gmail.com

SCHEDULED SERVICES

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Melksham via Bromham Timetable

Departure	Time
Barge Inn	09:10
Seend Cleeve, The Stocks	09:12
Bell Inn	09:14
Seend, The Lye	09:16
Three Magpies	09:20
Durlett / New Road	09:24
New Road P.O.	09:26
Minty’s Top	09:28
Angell House	09:30
Melksham Town Centre	09:40
Asda	09:45
Depart Asda	10:30
Melksham Town Centre	10:35
Return journey as required to set down passengers
Approximate arrival, Barge Inn	11:10

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Salisbury Timetable

Departure	Time
Barge Inn Seend Cleeve	09:30
Arrive Salisbury	10:20
Depart Salisbury	14:30
Barge Inn Seend Cleeve	15:20

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Devizes Timetable

Departure	Time
Seend Cleeve Barge Inn – The Brewery – Pelch Lane – Cattery at the Stocks	09:00
Seend The Bell – The Lye	09:05
Sells Green	09:10
Devizes Market Place – Morrisons	09:25
Depart Morrisons	09:40
Sells Green	09:55
Bromham New Road – High Street – Horse Pool	10:00
Angell House	10:10
Devizes Market Place – Morrisons	10:25
Depart Morrisons	10:45
Devizes Market Place	10:50
Drop offs as required in Sells Green – Seend Cleeve – The Bell – The Lye
Devizes Market Place – Morrisons	11:30
Depart Morrisons	11:40
Devizes Market Place	11:45
Drop offs as required in Bromham – Hawkstreet – Sells Green – Seend – Seend Cleeve
Seend Cleeve Barge Inn	12:30

The bus operates regular passenger services. There is a service every morning in term-time which transports children to Seend School. Except on Bank Holidays the Shuttle runs a service on Tuesday mornings to Bromham and Melksham. On Thursday it ‘shuttles’ between all parts of Seend and Devizes and Bromham. Even if you have your own transport, try using the Shuttle now and then. Avoid the hassle of parking and enjoy traveling among friends. These services operate on a Section 22 Permit issued by the Traffic Commission
N.B. Passengers who are in possession of a bus pass can use it on the scheduled services.
On the first Wednesday of each month, there is also a trip to Salisbury. The bus fare is £5 return. This excursion operates on a Section 19 Permit issued by Wiltshire Council.

PRIVATE HIRE

When the bus is not required for scheduled services, it is available for private hire. The cost to hire including VAT and fuel is 102p per mile with a minimum charge of £16.32. You are expected to find your own driver who has to be approved and accepted on to our list of insured drivers. The bus has seats for sixteen passengers plus driver.

The Benefits of Hiring the Shuttle Bus

Only one person is needed to drive – handy if visiting a restaurant and the wine flows.
Only one vehicle to pay for parking.
The occasion starts when you leave the village, as you are all together in one vehicle to go and return.
Ask any of the many groups who use it how an outing is improved by travelling together in the Shuttle. Regular hirers include village skittle teams, the Theatre Club, the Bromham Wednesday Club, and the Historic Houses Club.
The options are many from a trip to the airport to a day at the races.

OUR VOLUNTEERS

The credit for all of this lies mainly with those people who give their time voluntarily to organise the finances and bookings, keep the bus road worthy and volunteer to drive.
As with most voluntary organisations there is always work to be done and not enough people to do it! So if you are a driver with a D1 on your licence we would welcome you into the fold, even if you are only occasionally available. Maybe you are a Mum or Dad of one of the children that take the Shuttle to school in the morning and return the compliment by doing the odd trip. Get in touch and have a trial run on the bus. You will see what a pleasure it is to drive.
If you do not drive and would still like to help in some way, such as keeping the bus clean or helping out with maintenance etc. then do volunteer. Remember it is YOUR bus. It is a wonderful asset to the village so let us use it and keep it rolling.

A BRIEF HISTORY

In 1991 various villages within Kennet District were asked if they had the need for and the ability to run a community bus. A village meeting was arranged by the Parish Council. A committee was formed and after a long study – which included looking at existing community buses, asking villagers about their needs, visiting dealers and drawing up a proposal – we were ready to go. The initial finance would come from two basic sources – Kennet District Council and the Rural Development Commission. KDC were prepared to finance a standard run-of-the-mill factory-produced minibus but Seend, being what it is, wanted something better. So we set about raising additional finance. We ‘sold’ the seats to sponsors for £30 a time to raise £500. We held fund-raising events. We approached Wiltshire County Council who gave us a donation towards an electric-powered folding door with low entrance step. The RDC would match any monies raised by other sources plus up to £1,000 if necessary to cover any losses in the first year’s operation. Eventually we had sufficient resources to acquire a Leyland DAF 400 with 16 passenger seats. In February 1993 the first service run was made. We have to conform to a timetable, and the services are registered with the Traffic Commissioners. After six years that first vehicle was replaced by the Seend Shuttle Mark II, a Mercedes Sprinter. That was replaced in 2006 by Mark III, a Volkswagen. We no longer had a tail lift as it was hardly ever used but we still had a conveniently low step and the new model had more room for shopping and luggage. In 2014 we bought Mark 1V, a slightly longer Mercedes Sprinter with some storage behind the back seats, heated windscreen and mirrors and a reversing camera and sensor. This was replaced in 2025 by a similar but updated model. It is a lovely bus to drive.