Welcome to the Trinity Quarter Travel Plan Site.
We’re here to help you utilise the best of your area, be that shops, facilities or public transport.
This page is designed for you! Think of this page as your one stop shop for all the latest, up to date information regarding travel and your local area. On this page you can find information on:
- Local Shops and centres
- Pedestrian travel
- Bicycle travel
- Bus travel
- Rail travel
- Car travel
Much of the information is provided through direct links to other websites, this ensures that the information we give and you use is up to date.
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Your home is located on the edge of Guildford City Centre. Which means that you should have access to everything you need, on your doorstep! Guildford Train Station is half a mile away, which will take around 10 minutes to walk to, and just 3 minutes to cycle to. The City Centre is a 15-minute walk where there is an abundance of retailers and eateries at your convenience, including those within The Friary Shopping Centre.
The location of your home at Trinity Quarter and the local amenities can be seen on a map below:
Pedestrian Travel
There are many benefits to walking which include;
- Increasing your cardiovascular fitness
- Lowering anxiety and stress
- Boosting your energy and improving your mood
- Strengthening your bones, improving your balance and boosting your muscle power
Ramblers is a walking charity dedicated to removing barriers so everyone can enjoy green spaces. Your closest group is the Guildford Ramblers group. They are a friendly and sociable group with over 300 members so why not give it a try? Joining a Ramblers group is a great way to meet new people, stay active and explore your area.
For information on the Guildford Ramblers Group visit: www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/ramblers-groups/guildford-group
As a resident of Trinity Quarter you are perfectly placed to explore some of the best sights the Surrey Hills has to offer! Komoot is a great resource to find local routes near you. The Komoot app and web-version are free to use for routes in one selected region. Your nearest route, the Watts Gallery & The Loseley Estate Loop, starts at Guildford Train Station. This then takes you on a 7.9 mile loop around the surrounding Surrey Hills countryside. Sign up to Komoot today to find new routes near you!
Bicycle Travel
Guildford is part of Route 22 of the National Cycle network which when complete will connect London with Portsmouth, then Brockenhurst via the Isle of Wight. The route to Farnham station is 11.5 miles from Guildford High Street. Mostly this route follows quiet roads and countryside tracks. There are steep climbs up the Mount heading west, and Down Lane. Roads are busiest west of Seale. It is likely to take around 70 minutes for a cyclist of average fitness. For more information on this route visit the Sustrans webpage.
Do you want all the benefits of using a bike without the maintenance costs or need for storage? Choose a bike hire service instead!
- Folding bikes are available to hire from Brompton Bike Hire. Your nearest Brompton hire site is Guildford Train Station.
- Beryl is a community of over 300,000 people hiring bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters and cargo bikes! Your closest bike stand is Walnut Tree Close, which has 15 docks.
Surrey County Council provide cycle training for all ages to improve riding confidence and awareness. Thanks to a grant from Active Travel England, the Council can offer a 100% discount for any adult cycle training until March 2025. For more information, please visit https://surreycycletraining.online/public/.
Bus Travel
Given Trinity Quarter’s proximity to Guildford Town Centre there is access to a large number of local bus services. The nearest bus stop is at Guildford Train Station whilst there is a large number of services from ‘The Friary’ on Commercial Road.
Bus Services in Guildford are operated by a number operators. Links to the operators where further information on routes and timetables can be found:
Stagecoach offer Mega Rider Tickets which allow unlimited travel within zones.
Surrey County Council has a user-friendly and informative webpage with extensive information including timetables and maps, for bus services in Guildford and the surrounding areas, which can be found here. A detailed bus route map is shown below.
In addition to the more traditional bus service, Guildford is served by Surrey Connect. This is a bus sharing service connecting you (in Central Guildford) to West Guildford (e.g. Fairlands or Willey Green).
How does it work?
- Register an account.
- Book your journey (all trips must be to or from West Guildford)
- Your journey request is grouped with other customer requests and a route and schedule is generated.
This service operates Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm and Saturday 8am to 6pm. Anyone can use this service and there is a discount for younger users (see table below).
| Distance | Adult Single | 20 and Under Single |
| Under 5 miles | £2 | £1 |
| 5 to 7 miles | £4 | £2 |
| 7 to 10 miles | £6 | £3 |
| 10 to 12 miles | £8 | £4 |
Rail Travel
Guildford Station is approximately 800m from your new home, and London Road Station is 1.6km.
Guildford Station has direct routes to:
- Woking – 8-minutes
- Haslemere – 20-minutes
- London Waterloo – 33-minutes
- Reading – 45-minutes
- Portsmouth Harbour – 1 hour 6-minutes
You can add unlimited bus travel to your train ticket with ‘Plus Bus’ from as little as £2.50 per day. Visit plusbus.info/home to find out more!
Guildford Station Facilities
- Seating area
- Step-free access to all platforms
- Customer help points
- Toilets (incl. accessible and baby changing)
- Refreshment facilities
- Wi-Fi
- 378 bikes storage spaces
For more information on facilities please visit: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/guildford/.
Car Club
As a resident of Trinity Quarter, your home is conveniently located to the Enterprise Car Club network with a vehicle on Walnut Tree Close, circa 300m to the west of Trinity Quarter.
Enterprise Car Club also offer all Surrey residents reduced price membership of just £10 per year (normally £60) for the first two years, plus a £10 driving credit when you join.
Just quote the promotional code SURREY44 when you join online or by phone.
Once a member, you can reserve Enterprise cars and vans via their app per hour or day. You can enjoy the convenience of occasional car use without the repair, servicing and insurance costs that come with vehicle ownership!
Car Share Schemes
Liftshare is a car share scheme with a database of over 700,000 people to car share with. You can look for lifts as a passenger or driver, whichever suits you! Here are some of the benefits of car sharing:
- Saves you money – up to £1000 a year on average!
- Meet new people in your area
- Reduced parking demand
- Less traffic congestion
- Fewer carbon dioxide emissions
Join online for free today!
Electric Vehicle Charging
Considering the national move towards hybrid and electric vehicles in the coming years, now is the time to make the switch and go electric!
Electric and hybrid vehicles are more affordable than you think and can offer remarkable benefits such as:
- Lower / no fuel costs
- Lower / no emissions tax
- Lower maintenance costs
- Eco-friendly with no emissions.
Zapmap provides useful information on public charging points and a map of charging points near you. Your nearest charging points are:
- SUCC Walnut Tree Close
- Porsche Centre Guildford
- Farnham Road Car Park
Traffic News
Fed up of getting stuck in traffic and being late for where you need to be? Want to find out what condition the roads are in before you leave the house? Don’t worry, your Travel Plan Coordinators have you covered again! Plan your trip before you leave by looking at some of these useful links that inform you of any accidents, roadworks or traffic jams that will affect your journey.
Visit the AA or ViaMichelin live traffic news websites to avoid high traffic routes.
Personalised Travel Planning
Don’t forget if you would like any assistance planning your journeys please contact us as your Travel Plan Coordinators and we would be glad to assist!
Email us at: travelplan@paulbashamassociates.com
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