Transport
57% of persons in employment use a car/van,14% use the bus and 10% walk to work. 62% of people
wanted to see the B3212 reinstated and included on tourist maps. There was a lot of support for
the use of the old railway line for walkers (510), cyclists (394) and horse riders (202). The
majority of respondents (501 out of 648) feel that there is a traffic and parking problem in
Moretonhampstead but views are mixed on how to deal with this. Opinion is split 50/50 on whether
speeding is a problem, but the following are given strong support.
Traffic calming 180 people 75% of respondents Police cameras 149 71% 20 mph speed limits 185 80%
| Yes | No | Don't know | ||||
| % | % | % | ||||
| Downgrade roads | 46 | 15 | 165 | 53 | 99 | 32 |
| Relief road | 272 | 67 | 89 | 22 | 44 | 11 |
| 7.5 tonne limit | 192 | 54 | 100 | 28 | 65 | 18 |
| Delivery times | 249 | 67 | 78 | 21 | 47 | 13 |
| Other | 14 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 17 | 41 |
Education
Respondents recorded a very wide range of qualifications. 231 people would be interested in taking work-related training, and their needs are detailed below.
299 (50%) respondents thought that the adult learning provision in Moretonhampstead is poor. Only 11 (2%) thought that it was good!
40% (87) respondents with children expressing an opinion said their children would use a homework club and 375 people (60%) in Moretonhampstead thought that the town should have a paid part-time youth worker.
Health and Medical Services
All the medical services that are well used received good reports. The Doctors, the Cottage Hospital and Exeter Hospital, and the Dentist serve Moretonhampstead very well. Some services were so little used that no firm conclusions could be drawn from the replies.
Of the people replying to questions on the Health Service 73 persons (25% of users) had difficulty getting to Exeter Hospital and 43 people (31% of users) had difficulty getting to Torbay. Difficulty was experienced accessing family planning and counselling services. As there is no Optician in the town difficulty was found in getting to an Optician. This indicates a need for a better transport service to Medical Services.
Difficulty getting to the following services
