Further details can be found at www.rugbyforheroes.org.uk

This contract award now brings the total amount of new business secured by Bennetts in the last six months to an additional £2.5 Million per annum and underlines the hard work and effort that all of our staff have put into making Bennetts Coaches a Premium Operator and the leading independent bus and coach company in Gloucestershire.

We are looking forward to providing all future customers on the National Express Services a truly customer orientated service.

We would like to thank all of our customers for continuing to use our services.

Further details can be found via the following link:

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Park-ride-numbers-hit-million-mark/article-2155136-detail/article.html

Eastern Avenue, GLOUCESTER, GL4 4LP

We have been made aware that an address currently being shown on Google is in Cheltenham and has absolutely nothing to do with Bennetts Coaches. We are taking steps to rectify this matter.

If you have recently sent post to this incorrect address, we are sorry to advise you that it has not been forwarded to us and we would be very grateful if you could contact us on 01452-527809 or info@bennettscoaches.co.uk and we will be happy to help.

Please bear with us during these road works as there maybe some delays due to these operations.

Existing Bus Pass holders have until the 30th April 2010 to decide if they wish to renew for the new school term. All new applications will be reviewed after the 30th April deadline.

For any further information please contact us direct on 01452-527809 or via info@bennettscoaches.co.uk

All routes are now operating as per the timetables. Unless there is a drastic change in the weather conditions overnight there will be no further updates relating to all of the school routes that we currently provide.

We would like to thank everyone for their assistance over the last week.

Having carried out a review of all of the routes that we provide, it is our intention to run the following services with effect from 12th January 2010. This is subject to any drastic change in the weather conditions that would affect the vehicle safety and those of the passengers.

Brockworth Enterprise School:

All services to run as normal.

St Peter’s High School:

All services to run as normal.

Pates Grammar School:

Service to run as normal.

Newent Community School:

All services to run as normal.

High School for Girls and Sir Thomas Rich’s School:

All services to run as normal with the exception of DR4 and DR6 which will be as follows:

DR4: Service starts at Sandford Mill Road. Due to the road surface, there will be no pick ups from Sixways, Lyefield Road and Copt Elm Road. The remaining pick ups will be as usual. Please can those pupils who would normally be picked up at Sixways, LyefieldRoad and Copt Elm make their way to the Moorend Road/Withyholt Court stop.

DR6: Please can those pupils who would catch this service at Hatherley Court Road, make their way to the junction of Hatherley Court Road and Hatherley Road to catch the bus. This service will then complete its allocated route.

Any further updates will be issued via our website. Thank you for your assistance.

Brockworth School

We have reviewed the routes and can not provide a school bus service to the school due to the conditions of the surrounding access roads. The School has been notified of this. We will continue to review the situation from Monday and update this site accordingly.

High School for Girls and Sir Thomas Rich’s Schools

We will run the following services:

DR1: No Swindon Lane or Swindon Village pick ups

DR2: No Windyridge or Pittville Circus pick ups

DR3: No Berkhampstead School pick up

DR4: Service starts at Sandford Mill Road. Due to the road surface, there will be no pick ups from Sixways, Lyefield Road and Copt Elm Road. The remaining pick ups will be as usual. Please can those pupils who would normally be picked up at Sixways, Lyefield Road and Copt Elm make their way to the Moorend Road/Withyholt Court stop.

DR5: No Leckhampton Road / Co-op pick ups

DR6: Please can pupils make their way to the bus stop opposite St Stephens Road in the Park who would normally catch the bus from the Hatherley Court Road, Warden Hill stops. For those pupils in Hatherley/Warden Hill we will be stopping opposite Morrison’s. The Bus will then make its way to school. We are unfortunately unable to pick up from Churchdown at the Bat and Ball, Community Centre, Parton Road Library and The Elf Garage on Cheltenham Road due to the road conditions being unsuitable for the coach.

DR7: Full Service

DR8: Full Service

St Peter’s High School

Due to the link roads not being suitable we would ask all pupils to make their way to nearest stops as per the following:

SPH1: Will run from stops 1-4 and then onto the school. This service will not pick up after Ermin Street/Dupont (Invista).

SPH2: Will run stops 1-5 and then onto the school.

SPH3: Will run stops 1-7 as normal but will not complete stops 8 and 9 through Abbeymead

Newent School

We intend to review this service on Monday 11th January 2010 based on the road conditions and the school’s plans for opening.

For ease of reference as to the allocated stops please go to our home page and click on the link at the bottom of the page for “School Bus Timetables”. Here you will find all of the required school routes, times and stops.

We would like to thank everyone for their assistance and patience.