Bus passengers in Yeovil can now reach the bus station more easily after works at Glovers Walk, Yeovil have been completed.
The site will be used short-term as a green space, and has been seeded with grass which will need time – and some rain – to grow before it can be used. In the meanwhile development plans continue to progress.
Work is also continuing on the Yeovil Reimagine project which will see the site, along with the wider town centre host a programme of large scale, site-specific art commissions, celebrating Yeovil’s cultural heritage and future identity. More detail will be shared on this work in September.
The final phase of The Glovers Walk works has reinstated the link between Middle Street and the bus station, providing a clear accessible way for passengers to reach the bus station.
The site includes a new seating area and safety fencing area along the rear of the former building line. The changes have also allowed the council to provide an accessible toilet for passengers at the bus station and a waiting room.
Stops at the bus station are being updated to make it clear where each service route can be found. Benches have also been returned to this area for passengers.
Further work is also planned to install permanent utility connections to driver and passenger facilities over the next few months.
Councillor Mike Rigby, Somerset Council’s Lead Member for Economic Development, Planning and Assets, said:
We will continue to work with Somerset Bus Partnership to make any improvements or changes to help passengers.
In the short term we are also working with a range of local partners through the Yeovil Reimagine project to develop use of the site and more detail will be shared in September as this moves into a delivery phase. At the moment though while the grass seed settles we would ask the public to keep to the hard surface areas of the site.
Glovers Walk, at the eastern end of Yeovil town centre, was acquired by Somerset Council in September 2024 and later demolished, thanks to central government grant funding via the Future High Streets Fund (FHSF).
The Council is working in partnership with local community and groups to deliver “meanwhile “ uses for the site while work continues on a longer-term development plan. This short-term approach will build on consultation and engagement activity with businesses, residents and the wider public.
