Neighbours have shared what life is like on popular new estate with multiple transport links to the city centre. Over the past four years families have slowly been moving into The Roman Quarter, a fast-growing housing estate being constructed at the edge of Bingham.
We spoke to some of the residents, who say they love living on the new estate, with many saying they chose to live there specifically for its links to the city centre. This includes the bus and services, as well as the close proximity to the A46 and the A52. The estate recently had its main road opened up, which has left many residents also feeling more connected to the town.
University lecturer Angie Bartoli, 56, explained she moved to the estate from Northampton for "work and the proximity to the city". She said: "It's nice to be close to the town but not actually in the town, there's nice independent shops nearby and one of the main reasons I moved was so we could go into Nottingham in different ways.
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"Whether that's the train or bus or driving, but it only takes around 20 minutes from here." Angie added that she plans on trying the 90 bus service to get to work, which has recently started stopping on the estate since the main road opened up.
Speaking on the site's development, Angie stated: "Everything is a bit slower than we thought because of the pandemic. I think in the original plans there was a corner shop that was supposed to be up by the school."
Video game publisher Max Everingham, 55, said: "We've been here three years. We came from Whitby so coming from North Yorkshire to the area and were looking for something close to the city but a new build.
"I love the proximity to the city and to have Bingham within walking distance. It's only about 15 minutes to the city from here.
"The number 90 has just started coming down this road which goes to Newark one way and to Nottingham the other." Max added that not far from his house was "the end of the estate for a year and a half, and we couldn't go through that road and walk to Bingham" but explained now the road had opened it was easier to access the town.
Health worker Maria Stewart, 45, has lived on the site for four years. She said: "We were one of the first people to move in and we needed a house big enough for the five kids."
When asked what she liked about living on the new estate, she replied: "We've got good neighbours and we are quite lucky that we are on the front row as we have a lot of space at the front. The kids love the park and they have lots of friends here.
"When we first moved in there wasn't any houses behind us so we had a lovely view." Maria also described the estate as being fairly "quiet" but explained it had become busier since the buses started coming through.
She added: "But the kids can get to school better, as they had to walk all the way around the estate before and it's safer now for them."
Sports scientist Luke Sweet, 35, also enjoys living on the estate. He said: "We've lived here about two and a half years. We lived local anyway but just needed a bigger place, and it's new and I don't have to do any work to it."
When asked if the estate had a good sense of community, he replied: "Yeah, it's developing I would say, but these things sometimes take time. It's definitely got bigger since we've been here.
"The kids love the park being next door. I know there are plans for a shop at the bottom of the road and something about having a community place.
"There's discussions about that to put there and I think it should be a skate park, it's something for the teenagers. When we think of things its for the younger ones and older ones, never for those in the middle."
He added that although they live on the main road they specifically wanted a plot there, as it meant they would get more of a view out of the front of their home.
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