To create a sustainable community where people can live, work, learn and socialise. Sherford will enjoy abundant green space, preserve and improve the landscape and wildlife habitats, with energy efficient homes built around interconnected walkable neighbourhoods.
Enhancing biodiversity and promoting wellbeing are the principles behind the emphasis on creating generous green space at Sherford, within each neighbourhood and the 500-acre Country Park.
The first phases of Sherford’s Country Park are open to the public and offers walking trails, parkland, and wildflower meadows with incredible views over the town and beyond across the Devon countryside.
A huge investment has already been made in ecology, planting and creating wildlife habitats – with £1 million invested before a brick was even laid in the town. Over £8 million has been invested so far in green infrastructure and ecological initiatives, creating 170 acres of woodland and new habitats, connected by miles of wildlife corridors running through the heart of the town.
Welcoming you to Sherford is an entrance lined with 30,000 plants, leading towards a striking wooden bat bridge, designed to protect local wildlife. It is just one element of a huge investment made to preserve, monitor, and enhance the natural landscape and wildlife at Sherford.
The wildlife that lives within it is as much a part of this community as the people who call it home.
From skylarks singing above the Country Park to bats navigating the woodland edges after dark, Sherford’s landscapes have been carefully designed and managed to support a remarkable range of species.
Energy efficient homes are based within a walkable community, with cycle, pedestrian and public transport links.
Each neighbourhood enjoys its own green spaces, that link with the Country Park, providing areas for residents to relax and play, as well as acting as sustainable drainage for rainwater
Sherford will be a town that enables and encourages sustainable travel – and that is already the case, even while Sherford is being built.
Bicycles
Sherford will be a cycling-friendly town with bicycle parking provided in a number of places across the community to make it easier for people to travel around Sherford by bike.
The cycle network at Sherford is already in development and will be connected to the National Cycle Network, a UK-wide network of signed paths and routes for walking, cycling, wheeling and exploring outdoors.
In 2019, a cycle route and footpath was created to link Sherford with Haye Road. The path runs around the northern edge of the King George V playing fields
Buses
Sherford benefits from a number of regular bus services, connecting to Plymouth and the South Hams.
Sherford is connected via bus routes 1A, 4 and 80. It is anticipated that further bus routes will be developed as Sherford continues to grow, to meet local need for public transport. These provide regular connections to Plymouth City Centre, Derriford, George Park and Ride, Tavistock, Paignton and Totnes.
All bus timetables and live travel information can be found on the Stagecoach Bus website here.
