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your walking distance to school?

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samc820 · 27/04/2014 11:14

I've recently found out my son got into our first choice primary school! It's out of our catchment area, it's 1.5 miles away and takes us 25 mins to walk there. What do you all think about that walking distance? Is it do able? Do any of you walk the same distance? What's your walking distance to your child's primary school?

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OldBagWantsNewBag · 27/04/2014 11:19

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TrinityRhino · 27/04/2014 11:21

2 miles, I couldn't walk it every day at all

Lilaclily · 27/04/2014 11:22

We walk 15 minutes
People living on our road drive everyday ( Sahm so not going straight to work )
I love walking
Always baffles me that people would rather have the stress of school parking rather than walking

It's not great in the rain though

RiojaHaze · 27/04/2014 11:22

Ours is only half a mile away, but you'd think it was 10 miles sometimes the way mine moan! They are lazy though, so I find either walking with others, playing racing games or riding their scooters makes it more fun for us all.

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samc820 · 27/04/2014 11:36

I don't drive, and my partner works morning so we would definitely be walking in the morning, I would then have to walk only half way back down to catch the bus to go to work on a morning, and then fingers crossed my partner should be able to take me every evening to pick him up! But this isn't definitely in case of work commitments I may have to walk some evenings to pick him up

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whatcolour · 27/04/2014 12:12

0.4 miles and 10 min by bike

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samc820 · 27/04/2014 12:13

Superpash did you walk in both ways everyday aswell?

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AmysTiara · 27/04/2014 12:15

Not sure how far it is but takes us 7-8 mins.

LemonBreeland · 27/04/2014 12:16

I know some people in our town who walk this. One woman has her 3 year old with her too, and he walks the whole way. It depends on how good a walker youe child is, and how used to it they are.

Biking may be an option. I know a Mum who does almost 2 miles to our school and she had a trailgater bike for her youngest until he was about 6 then he cycled himself,

Fuzzymum1 · 27/04/2014 12:24

Our walk is 0.2 miles and takes about 5 minutes :D

There are still lazy asses people who drive from my road! Even if I''m going out straight after drop off I walk to school and come back for the car.

NotCitrus · 27/04/2014 12:37

Mile and a half. Actually slightly less but usually dropping dd at nursery on the way. There would be no point in driving as I'd have to park almost as far as my house away from nursery, a few roads away from school, and then near home to get to the rail station, and it's gridlock. Would probably take longer.

All the kids near us use scooters - they have a place to lock them at school and have keys for bike locks tied to their book bags.

Soveryupset · 27/04/2014 12:39

We live 0.4 miles away and drive every day as we have to drop off dd2 to nursery. Next year when dd2 starts school we will be walking.

When I was a sahm of 4 under 5s I drove every day as could not safely cross with 1 pushchair, two toddlers and a school child, after nearly being run over twice I had to drive sadly.

Blondieminx · 27/04/2014 12:53

5 mins. Cross over one road then through the village green. We are very lucky!

eddiemairswife · 27/04/2014 14:06

The government expectation is that up to 2 miles is a reasonable distance for a child under 8 to walk. This goes back to the 1944 Education Act.

whatcolour · 27/04/2014 14:09

My DD has been cycling on her own bike since 3.5 - works great

Xihha · 27/04/2014 14:22

1.6 miles through the alleys/across the park (2.3 miles by road which we have to do sometimes in the winter as the alleys are prone to flooding) and we walk it every day, both morning and afternoon, we could get a bus but by the time we've walked into town to get the bus there's not a lot of point.

morethanpotatoprints · 27/04/2014 14:24

Bedroom to kitchen dd is H.ed so no school run. Yeh!
Oh I don't miss it one bit.

pigsinmud · 27/04/2014 14:29

It takes 2 mins for us. Cross the road and up the lane.

500smiles · 27/04/2014 14:29

Similar distance to you. Scooters and bikes are discouraged by the school as the roads / paths are narrow, so they deliberately don't have any storage so parents have to take scooters home with them.

LiegeAndLief · 27/04/2014 14:34

1 mile (actually dd's school is much closer but we have to drop off ds first) which my 4yo manages both ways every day with no problem. You are much quicker than us though, it takes her about 25min to do just a mile!

I do have a car so driving is an option but the parking is a pain in the arse so we only drive if the weather is truly awful, maybe twice a term or so. We have good waterproofs (including hats and trousers) and use them!

DeWee · 27/04/2014 15:49

Local juniors is around 45 minutes walk. It's the closest juniors and down a steep hill too. Actually I think they quite enjoyed walking in some ways.

cece · 27/04/2014 16:05

We are a mile and half. TBH I drive. But we do park a distance away and walk the last bit. Mainly because the parking by the school is madness. In your situation I would buy a bike and cycle it.

Galena · 27/04/2014 16:12

0.6 miles. Takes me about 12 mins to walk and DD about 40 mins (but she does have a disability...)

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