Our mission

The Sheringham Travel & Safety Partnership has been launched to ensure the extended timeline for the Otterndorf Green transport hub project is used constructively and collaboratively.

With works now not expected to begin until Autumn 2026, this is a crucial opportunity to move away from division and towards positive, evidence based solutions focused on safety, heritage and better buses for Sheringham’s future.

We aim to reframe the narrative away from suggestions of “anti development” and a confrontational approach, and instead promote a balanced, integrated vision that delivers:

• Improved pedestrian, road and bus user safety
• Sensitive retention of Sheringham’s historic bus shelter
• Better bus infrastructure and accessibility
• A welcoming and well designed gateway to the town
• A collaborative approach involving all stakeholders

We are calling on Sheringham Town Council to initiate an open steering group including representatives from North Norfolk District Council, Norfolk County Council, transport operators, North Norfolk Railway, Sheringham Travel & Safety Partnership, plus the Police, along with wider community and business representatives. 

We emphasise that we are not seeking to delay progress, but to ensure that progress is properly planned and supported by evidence.

It is our belief that the extended timeline offers a rare opportunity to:

• Review the entire Station Approach, Station Road and Waterbank Road area as a single safety and  transport project
• Commission and review independent transport and accessibility evidence
• Improve the appearance of the Otterndorf Green site in the interim
• Restore public confidence through transparent partnership working

Our approach for a collaborative approach and a reset is very much supported in this recent statement issued by the Twentieth Century Society :

"The Twentieth Century Society is clear that demolishing half the shelter as has been proposed is a totally unacceptable way to treat a Non-Designated Heritage Asset (NDHA).

The campaigners' occupation last year was a clear demonstration of the strength of local feeling towards saving this humble exemplar of local heritage.

We are now urging all stakeholders to come together collaboratively at finding a sensible pragmatic solution that everyone can support. We wholeheartedly back the aims of the Sheringham Travel and Safety Partnership in achieving this goal. 

Let’s get the Sheringham Shelter back in use and restored with fabulous Crittall windows, to put it well and truly back on the map !"