Tewkesbury

Campaign for Real Ale

Campaign for Real Ale

South West Regional Meeting

Saturday 13 October 2018

1. Name of venue, address and postcode Tewkesbury Royal British Legion Club 50 Church St, Tewkesbury GL20 5SN

2. Local transport :- The nearest mainline station is Cheltenham. Onward travel to Tewkesbury from there involves either:

• Catching a local train to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury and then a local bus (41) for the 2 miles to town or

• Catching a local bus (D) from Cheltenham station to the town centre and then the 41/42 service to Tewkesbury. ( total journey about 10 miles)

As the most appropriate train from the SW arrives in Cheltenham at 11:09 am both of the above options are very tight time wise.

If there is demand we propose to have a minibus collect from Cheltenham and/or Ashchurch and return.

The last reasonable service from Cheltenham to the far SW is at 17:54. Please let me know if a minibus pickup would interest you. ( if you want to use the local service buses then let me know and I can provide timetables and maps showing bus stops)

3. parking - designated disabled parking? There is no parking on site but as you can see from the attached town map there are car parks within 200metres.

4. Access to venue - steps, ramps, wide doorways for wheelchairs etc, stairs/lift indoors?- There is an approximately 125mm step to both access doors with a minimum door width of 750mm. Internally the site is all on one level with a very shallow ramp to the toilets. No stairs unless you want a game of snooker.

5. disabled facilities eg disabled toilet, bar height accessible to wheelchair user?- Unfortunately there no disabled toilet facilities on site but there are some in the Abbey visitor centre next door (15 metres)

6. food - what might be available, potential cost, how to obtain? (pre-order or on arrival?) – There will be a cold buffet available for a modest £5 …. please pay on the day but obviously pre-booking is required to give the caterer some idea of numbers

7. after meeting arrangements (if any) The will be a pub crawl straight after the meeting led by Pete Goodger our Pubs Officer highlighting a thousand years of drinking in Tewkesbury …enjoy