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Sept 2021

Last Updated: 07/09/2021
Education
Education

Five school bus routes to Rossett replaced as autumn term begins

by Thomas Barrett

| 07 Sept, 2021
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North Yorkshire County Council, which contracts school buses to private bus companies, announced last week that Harrogate Bus Company's 780H, 781H, 782H, 783H, 784H services had been cancelled and new routes introduced.

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Five school bus routes to Harrogate's Rossett School have been replaced by new services as pupils return to school this week.

North Yorkshire County Council, which contracts school buses to private bus companies, announced last week that Harrogate Bus Company's 780H, 781H, 782H, 783H, 784H services have been cancelled.

The old routes began in the Jennyfields, Bilton and Woodlands areas of Harrogate.

Children can instead take the 6, 52, S3, 8A, 620H and 620H services.

Some parents have described the changes as confusing and  on social media and said they should have been announced sooner.

The new routes


S2: Crab Lane post office (7.55am), Knox Way (8.07am), Harrogate Bus Station (08.17am), Rossett School (08.34am). Return from Rossett School at 3.20pm.

2A Dene Park Community Centre (8.00am) via Sandhill Drive (8.02am), Fountains Avenue (8.03am), Poplar Grove (8.05am) and King Edwards Drive (8.07am) to Harrogate Bus Station (8.15am).

The journey then extends to Pannal Ash on number 6. The nearest stop to Rossett School is Wellfield Court (8.36am). Return from Wellfield court stop at 3.20pm

S3: Oakdale Burley Avenue (7.58am), Jennyfields Saltergate Roundabout (8.06am) White Hart Hotel (8.23am), Rossett School (8.35am). Return from Wellfield court stop at 3.20pm.

8A: Woodlands Hotel (7.54am), Granby Corner (7.58am), Starbeck Swarcliffe Road (8.03am), Forest Lane (8.06am), Hookstone Chase Crossways (8.12), Leadhall Corner (8.27am), Rossett School (8.35am). Return from Rossett School at 5.20pm.

620H: Dacre Banks (7.40am), Providence Chapel (7.34am), Darley Moke Hill (7.50am), Birstwith Post Office (8am), Clapham Green (8.02am), Hampswhaite Memorial Hall (8.05am), Little Wonder (8.17am), White Hart Hotel (8.23am), Rossett School (8.35am). Return from Rossett School at 3.20pm.



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The cancelled routes


780H: The Hydro (8.01), Ripon Road, Skipton Road, Harewood Road, Jennyfield Drive, Ripon Road, Crescent Road, Cold Bath Road and Pannal Ash Road.

781H: Burley Bank Avenue (7.58am), Penny Pot Lane, Oaker Bank, Skipton Road, Crowberry Drive, Jennyfield Drive, Saltergate Roundabout, Jennyfield Drive, Ripon Road, Crescent Road, Cold Bath Road and Pannal Ash Road.

782H: St Joseph’s Church, Bilton at (07.58am), Skipton Road, Knox Lane, Bachelor Gardens, Hill Top Mount, Hill Top Avenue, Crab Lane, Bilton Lane, Skipton Road, Knaresborough Road, York Place, Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road

783H: Richard Taylor School (07.56am), Bilton Lane, Hall Lane, Tennyson Avenue, Bilton Lane, Sandhill Drive, Poplar Grove, King Edward’s Drive, Skipton Road, Kings Road, Crescent Road, Cold Bath Road and Pannal Ash Road.

784H: Woodlands Corner (07.54am), Wetherby Road, Empress Roundabout, Knaresborough Road, Starbeck, Forest Lane, Hookstone Chase, Hookstone Drive, Leadhall Lane and Green Lane.