Wivey-Welly Bus User Group

The Wivey-Welly Bus User Group is the first transport group to join the CAG network. They are a campaigning group, putting our energies into improving and promoting bus services in the area. They believe that a good, reliable and sustainable public transport system is vitally important. 

In 2023 members of our group began campaigning for a return of a much loved bus service between Wellington and Wiveliscombe, the service having been axed nearly ten years earlier. They conducted surveys locally to gauge support for a resumption of the service and encountered a positive and enthusiastic response. They issued press statements and gained support from the Somerset Bus Partnership, County Councillors, Parish Councillors, Unite Community and the Local Community Network. A petition to restore the route gained more than 1300 signatures and was presented at a full meeting of Somerset Council in December 2024.  

In April 2025 Somerset Council agreed to use some of the government grant money it had received to run a service on a trial basis from Wiveliscombe to West Buckland, travelling via Milverton, Langford Budville and Wellington. In September 2025 the service was extended to include a stop at Langley Corner. The service has been well received by bus users and they have reported how much they enjoy the journey – on the bus there is a real sense of community, people chat to one another and the regular friendly bus drivers make everyone feel welcome.