The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) from 12th September to 3rd October 2022. Alternative route is via: The Street, Pulham Rd, Harleston Rd, Mill Lane, Station Rd, Rushall Rd, Railway Hill (Pulham St Mary, Needham, Dickleburgh and Rushall Starston)
For details on Bus diversion and temporary service please visit https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk/news-and-service-updates/updates/railway-hill-bridge-pulham-st-marystarston
This home has been built first and foremost for people who are in need of affordable housing who have a local connection to Pulham Market. That ‘local connection’ includes currently living in the village and/or having previously lived there and now wishing to return.
The property is then next prioritised for households from the neighbouring parishes of Dickleburgh, Long Stratton, Morningthorpe, Pulham St Mary, Shelton, Tivetshall and Wacton.
Anyone already on the South Norfolk Housing Register will need to express their interest (‘bid’) through the ‘HomeOptions’ website:
https://www.southnorfolkandbroadlandhomeoptions.org.uk/
Other interested residents who are not on the Housing Register should contact the Housing Advice Service at South Norfolk Council to join the Housing Register (‘HomeOptions’) immediately. They will need to provide proof of their residency or working qualification criteria as well as other verification details. During the week that the properties are advertised on the HomeOptions system people will need to actively apply ‘(bid’) for them, and the Council’s Housing Officers will be able to provide details of how to do this. For further information people should telephone for free on: 0808 168 2222.
The roads will be temporarily closed (except for access) from 19th to 20th September 2022.
Alternative route is via: 1) A140 Ipswich Road, Tivetshall Road, Tattlepot Road, Bank Street, The Green, Station Road; and 2) Norwich Road, A140 Ipswich Road, Tivetshall Road, Tattlepot Road, Bank Street, The Green, Station Road (Pulham Market, Tivetshall, Dickleburgh and Rushall).
Harleston & District u3a’s next talk, on 21 September at 2.00 pm in St John’s Church Harleston, presented by Janette Robinson, is entitled Flora Sandes. Flora, who came from Suffolk, was just about the only Western woman to join a WW1 army, as a woman who wasn’t disguised as a man. She was enrolled in the Serbian Army, became a sergeant and later a captain, and fought on the front line. Further information from Kim Poulton on 01986 788149 and on our website u3asites.org.uk/harleston
Unfortunately, the road closure at Pulham St Mary from 25th July to 12th August will affect the local bus services in the villages of Pulham Market, and Pulham St Mary.
Therefore Norfolk County Council will offer a free ring and ride service operated by Able Taxis Limited, which can be booked 24 hours in advance to collect passengers from the Bus stops in the villages for either journeys to Harleston or to meet the First 36A bus at Long Stratton for onward travel to Norwich. Please note that this will be a shared service.
Ring and Ride Shopper Service into Harleston
The service will be available for booking at the following times:
Pulhams to Harleston Monday to Friday
Pulham Falcon 0923 and 1143
Pulham St Mary Bus Shelter 0926 and 1146
Pulhams to Harleston Saturdays
Pulham Falcon 0928 and 1143
Pulham St Mary Bus Shelter 0931 and 1146
Returns from Harleston Broad Street Monday to Friday 1215 and 1435
Returns from Harleston Broad Street Saturdays 1215 and 1430
Ring and Ride shuttle service for onward travel to Norwich
The service will be available for booking at the following approximate times, to enable sufficient time to journey to Long Stratton:
Monday to Friday
Pulham St Mary Bus Shelter 0725 0956 1226
Pulham Falcon 0728 1000 1230
Saturday
Pulham St Mary Bus Shelter 0711 1001 1226
Pulham Falcon 0715 1005 1230
The passengers will arrive at Long Stratton in readiness to meet the bus at
Monday to Friday 0745 1015 1245
Saturdays 0730 1020 1245
Returns back to the Pulhams can be booked for the following times
Mondays to Fridays 1132 1402 1652 1822
Saturdays 1132 1357 1647 1817
Passengers should contact Able Taxis on their booking line 01379 640900, 24 hours before they wish to travel. Passengers should advise times of travel and whether a return journey is required at the time of booking. There will be no cost to passengers for these journeys
Contact information:
Norfolk County Council Customer Service Line: 03448008020
Able Taxis Limited 01379 640900
First Bus – 0345 646 0707
Harleston & District u3a’s August talk, on 17 August at 2.00 pm in St John’s Church Harleston, presented by Bob Goddard, is entitled ‘Our Colony on the Moon.’ Bob has spent eight years researching whether the Moon – given its plentiful water ice and solar power, and our growing realisation that planet Earth is vulnerable to asteroid and comet impacts – is the obvious first destination for an off-planet human colony to ensure that the human species is safe from extinction. Further information from Kim Poulton on 01986 788149 and at u3asites.org.uk/harleston