Kingsway Villagers

My wife and I have lived in Kingsway for over a year now and wanted to comment on the two biggest frustrations that appear to effect most of the village.

1. There are zero amenities in the way of shops/health facilities as promised by the various developers. I can not believe that in an area as vast as Kingsway we still have one shop to go to for our groceries, which the authorites have decided is enough and just plan to increase the size of Tesco’s.
What happened to choice?

2. Access to the above store…
The easiest and shortest route is a bus road only, which is madness for a village that wants to reduce car journeys!
My wife and I have to make regular large shopping journeys that require a car and have to drive 3 miles to a store 400 yards away.

The reason is to reduce traffic… WHAT?
The same cars have to populate the extra journey to get to the same roundabout that they don’t want us to use.

I for one use the bus road when the bollard is out of use and will continue to do so until common sense prevails. The Government want to start charging car journeys by the mile and Kingsway’s answer is to stop local traffic using an access road perfect for the journey… Utter madness!

At least until local amenities are provided please let residents use the sensible route to the shops; with the amount of people driving the extra distance I dread to think of the carbon footprint.

This post was submitted by robuk.

My kids, wife and I went to the big park this evening to give the kids some fresh air before bed time.
When we got there the park was quite busy with older children/teenagers.

I thought this was a very good thing as they were all not dismantling the place, shooting up, breaking bottles etc but just having "their" time in the park, so I thought it was worth giving them some positive press!

The other thing that occurred to me was that a lot of the lads were playing football and, with the nights getting darker, the street lighting isn’t really good enough for them to keep playing for long. Both my wife and I thought we could probably get some local floodlights to light the pitch, facing away from the houses so they don’t affect the residents, but provide some light to play by.

This post was submitted by Baz_k.

The following message was passed on to me by the QUVL:

I have found a lost kitten in Kingsway.

He is approx 4 months old and not very street-wise - he was nearly killed by a car and has been wandering lost for a couple of days before I took him in and bathed and fed him on Saturday night… He is safe.

If his owner is looking for him then they will be able to provide a description so I can be sure that they are really his owner and have a genuine interest in taking care of him.

I can be contacted on 07812 030542.

I wonder if you could let all the developers sites know by forwarding this email on please, in case someone is looking for him.

Thanks,
Monica.

For the past few days I’ve been thinking about life and this estate, and more specifically this blog. I’ve come to a conclusion. The negatives about Kingsway get far more attention than the positives, and - although this is normal - I think a bit of balance may be a good idea.

So how about we take this opportunity to say everything we think is good about our new home?

Mine are:

• My Neighbours are the best I have ever had the luck to live next to, and I really mean that.
• The commuter routes are excellent. I work in Bath and get there in under an hour.
• My house is ace. Big enough for my new family and very comfortable.
• Local Amenities are within touching distance.

So what other positives do people have about Kingsway village?

And please, no negative comments; save them for elsewhere.

Cheers

BD

This post was submitted by Big_dave.

We have lived in Kingsway for two years. As the site has developed and more and more villagers now reside here, isn’t it about time we had post boxes located in the village?

With the ‘green issue’ well and truly on everyone’s agenda, surely basic amenities like this should be a priority?

Currently it takes a round trip of nearly 5 miles and roughly 20 minutes to travel by car to a post box; one cannot always walk with a large volume of mail to post.

It feels as if we are waiting far too long for the ‘basics’ to be provided at Kingsway.

This post was submitted by pleasant.

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