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Travel tokens scheme

In addition to the national bus pass scheme, eligible residents of Warwick district are able to apply for travel tokens.

Travel tokens may be used to travel on a train, by taxi or by bus and flexi bus. Together with the free national bus pass, tokens will enable elderly and disabled rural residents, who may not have easy access to bus services, to have improved access to transport. The tokens are also available for disabled urban residents to help improve their access to transport.

Residents will be able to collect their annual allocation of travel tokens at any of the Council’s offices in Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Lillington or Whitnash. There will be an annual fee of £5, payable when the travel tokens are collected.

Travel tokens eligibility for the disabled

To qualify for travel tokens you must be a permanent resident of the district and be disabled in one of the following ways:

  • blind or partially sighted - certificate of registration with social services or Warwickshire Asscociation for the Blind
  • profoundly or severely deaf
  • without speech
  • disability or injury which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on ability to walk
  • without arms or legs or have long-term loss of the use of both arms
  • learning disability - letter from special school, Mencap or social services
  • refused a driving licence on medical grounds - DVLA refusal notice 
  • other forms of disability - blue badge or certificates confirming, for example, Higher Rate Disability Living Allowance or War Pension Mobility supplement

Definitions of disability used by the Council to decide eligibility are those set out in the Transport Act 2000.
If the above criteria are met you are entitled to an annual allowance of £25 of tokens. However, if you reside in one of the following parishes you will be eligible to an award of £50:

  • Ashow
  • Bushwood
  • Beausale
  • Eathorpe
  • Haseley
  • Honiley
  • Hunningham
  • Offchurch
  • Old Milverton
  • Rowington
  • Wappenbury
  • Wroxall 

Travel tokens eligibility for the elderly

To qualify for travel tokens on the grounds of age, you must be 60 or over and be a resident of one of the parishes listed below:

If you live in one of the parishes below you will be able to apply for £50 of Travel Tokens

If you live in one of the parishes below you will be able to apply for £25 of Travel Tokens

Ashow

Baginton

Bushwood

Baddesley Clinton

Beausale

Bishops Tachbrook

Blackdown

Bubbenhall

Eathorpe

Budbrooke

Haseley

Barford

Honiley

Hatton

Hunningham

Lapworth

Offchurch

Leek Wooton

Old Milverton

Norton Lindsey

Rowington

Sherbourne

Wappenbury

Shrewley

Wroxall

Stoneleigh

 

Wasperton

 

Weston under Werherley

 

How to apply

Visit us at Leamington, Kenilworth, Warwick, Whitnash or Lillington.

Leamington – Riverside House, Customer Services Reception      

  • Monday to Thursday: 8.45 a.m. – 5.15 p.m.
  • Friday:8.45 a.m. – 4.45 p.m.

Kenilworth – Warwickshire Direct - Kenilworth Library

  • Monday & Thursday: 9.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m.
  • Tuesday & Friday: 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
  • Wednesday: 10.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
  • Saturday: 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Warwick – Warwickshire Direct - Warwick

  • Monday - Thursday: 8.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
  • Friday: 8.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
  • Saturday: 9.00am - 4.00pm

Whitnash - Warwickshire Direct - Whitnash Library

  • Monday & Friday: 9.30am to 5.30pm
  • Tuesday & Thursday: 9.30am to 7pm
  • Wednesday: 10.30am to 5.30pm
  • Saturday: 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Lillington - Warwickshire Direct - Lillington

  • Monday & Friday: 9.30am to 1pm & 2pm to 5.30pm
  • Tuesday & Thursday: 9.30am to 1pm & 2pm to 7pm
  • Wednesday closed
  • Saturday: 9.30am to 4pm

Please bring with you some evidence of your age or disability, proof of residency and your £5 application fee. 

Page Last Updated: 28 Sep 2011