The Orchard sheltered housing scheme

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Size

• 22 Single bedroom bungalows
• 1 Guestroom (double). Accommodation is all situated on one flat level.

Nearest town

• Salisbury = 4 miles

Age

• Built in 1974

Facilities within scheme

• Common room
• Laundry
• Kitchen

Visiting amenities

• Fruit and Vegetable Man - every Friday
• Milkman
• Hairdresser - every Tuesday and Wednesday
• Chiropodist - residents either visit the Central Health Clinic in Salisbury or are picked up free and visit the hospital chiropodist.
• Mobile Library - fortnightly on a Tuesday
• Neighborhood Link Scheme - provides transport for residents
• Community Bus - once a fortnight on a Thursday, takes residents into Salisbury and back.
• Oak House Foods delivered
• Wiltshire Farm Foods delivered

Utilities

• Electric night storage

Garden

• Large garden as scheme is in rural village setting. Very pretty, with lots of benches allowing residents to sit outside.

Parking

• Large private car park for residents and visitors.

Location

• Quiet, rural setting not far from the hospital. Very homely and welcoming scheme where residents all join in with the activities and get on very well together.

Recreational activities

• Acorn club - regular social activities
• Weekly coffee morning
• Occasional fish and chip meals and bingo
• Brimpton Bungalows Day Centre, Harnham - every Monday and Thursday, residents are picked up and brought back
• Playhouse - often see a show in the winter
• Whist - residents play at St. Andrews parish rooms every Thursday evening

Closest amenities

• Shops - Small village shop in Bodenham, which is 0.5 miles /20-25 minutes walk for residents. Main shops in Salisbury.
• Bus Stop - right outside scheme
• Churches - St. Andrew's and St. Mary's, 10-20 minutes walk within village. The vicar of St. Andrew's will carry out communion at the scheme at any time if requested.
• Doctor - Salisbury city centre, though doctors from Harcourt Medical centre will come out if requested.
• Dentist - Salisbury city centre.
• Pubs - right opposite scheme, 'The Radnor Arms'.

Location

Last updated: 21 October 2010