Seating outside in Charlbury – ideas/solutions?

Wed 19 Nov, 12:26

Nicolette is right.

Unfortunately, it's not until one deteriorates that the lack of benches becomes an issue.

Today (Wednesday), after careful logistical planning, I made it to the library and then planned to take the X9 to within walking distance of home.  It wasn't easy standing in a biting wind and leaning on my stick.  Yes, there are benches on the Playing Close, but they all face the wrong way, and besides, I wouldn't be able to nip back to the bus stop when the bus arrived.

It would make a massive difference to those of us with disabilities to have benches by all the bus stops, like they do in Witney and Chippy.  They don't have to be deep - just somewhere to perch!

Wed 19 Nov, 08:36

Steve. The problem is that the 30 to 40 seats tend to be in clusters. I never thought I'd live to say this but we do need a few more seats . Visitors might like them as well as the elderly and infirm

Wed 19 Nov, 07:15

Two years ago I met a couple who had been taken on by the council to paint all the public bench seats in Charlbury - I seem to remember they said there were somewhere between 30 an 40 dotted around. That excluded those in 9 acres; those in the Corner House garden; those in the Community Hall; those outside the various pubs etc. Do we really need more?

Tue 18 Nov, 21:06

Noticing people with mobility issues standing at bus stops with a stick and no seats to sit on in the cold.

As Winter is upon us, pondering solutions. Ideas - 

• Seats screwed into the wall so that they cannot be removed.

• Sponsor a bench/seat by a local person with a plaque.

• Something else?

Great way for locals to have chats too and connect.

I am sure that lots of thought has been put into this already.

The local council has lots of things to fund. Ideas?

What are the barriers/perceived risks in starting/implementing this?

Start with a pilot?