Community Transport

Newbury and Thatcham Handybus

Based in Newbury and Thatcham Handybus provides a service to community groups assisting them to attend shopping and social activities of all kinds. The service has a small fleet of 4 vehicles with suitable for groups of 7 up to 15.

The vehicles are driven by volunteers. Our coordinator Ross Wilson will be pleased to try and help. He can be contacted on 01635 37111 between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday or via email handybus@vcwb.org.uk

There are further community bus transport services that cover, Hungerford, Kintbury, The Downlands area, Burghfield and Mortimer and Theale. These can be found via our website www.westberks.gov.uk/media/44146/Community=Car-and-Minibus-Schemes/pdf/20221109-T_Community_transport_leaflet_A5.pdf?m=638055846077270000

Newbury and Thatcham area and The Downlands area

(DVG) services the villages north of Newbury including Chieveley, Compton, East & West Ilsley and Hermitage.

We have volunteers that will drive patients to their appointments at the surgeries, dentists, opticians and also hospitals in Newbury, Reading, Oxford, Basingstoke and Swindon. We also have a Handybus service that can help with shopping in Newbury, Wantage and Didcot.

For further details see our website www.downlandvolgroup.org