Perth Concert Hall

There are many options for travelling around Perth and the surrounding areas by bus and rail. The hub is located next to the Concert Hall on Mill Street, from where you can walk to Perth Railway Station in 17 minutes or take the bus to Perth Broxden Park & Ride in 15 minutes.

From the railway station you can take journeys to all parts of Scotland and from the Park & Ride you can take local buses as well as long distance ones to Dundee, Stirling, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen etc. There are multiple bus stops on Mill Street and Bridge Lane, with regular services heading into other parts of Perth.

Use the Traveline Scotland journey planner to plan the most convenient route. There are different options for public transport fares, including:

• Travelling for free on buses in Scotland with a National Entitlement Card (e.g. under 22s or over 60s). The main bus service operators in the area are Stagecoach, Scottish Citylink and Flixbus - for up-to-date information on ticket fares check the operator websites.
• ScotRail train tickets can be purchased at the station or on the ScotRail app. You may be able to buy a railcard or eligible for other discounted train tickets. Visit the ScotRail website for more information.

You can walk or wheel to most places in and around Perth. The hub is in the city centre, a few minutes’ walk from the River Tay and the network of footpaths running alongside it. North Inch is a 5-minute walk away and South Inch 15-minute walk away.

Local walking groups to check out:

• Inch Walkers - Perth
• Perth Ramblers

It is easy to get to anywhere within Perth with a bike in a few minutes - the train station is a 6-minute cycle away and Perth Broxden Park & Ride is a 18-minute cycle away. You can also plan longer trips such as the routes along the River Tay.

You can plan your cycling route using the CycleStreets website or app.

The Bike Station

Perth’s Bike Station is a community-focused charity bike shop that refurbishes donated bicycles and sells them affordably to keep bikes in circulation and reduce waste. It also provides services like repairs, maintenance classes and skills training to support people of all ages to cycle and develop confidence. The revenue from these activities funds programmes aimed at building healthier, more connected and sustainable communities across Perth and Scotland. To read more about the work they do, click on their website.

ByCycle

ByCycle, the Perth and Kinross Cycle Campaign, leads regular rides around Perthshire to encourage cycling and publicise its benefit for the community, individuals and the environment. The voluntary organisation aims to ensure that public policy actively encourages cycling for work and leisure and makes full provision for it as part of overall planning and transport strategy. It achieves this via consultation, active representation to appropriate bodies and by liaising with other organisations with common interests in active travel by non-motorised users. To read more about the work they do, click on their website.

The project aims to work out how more people in Scotland can be supported to walk, wheel and cycle for short local journeys. The hub therefore needs to be near where people live, work or visit, or a combination of these things.  

The site at Perth Concert Hall was chosen after an assessment process and site visit that looked at things like:

• Existing sustainable transport options (e.g. bus, train, cycling, walking)
• Proximity to amenities (e.g. shops, parks and schools)
• Demographic factors including population density
• Potential for more people to take journeys by public transport or walking or cycling
• Site gradient etc.

The location here scored highly in this assessment as it is a busy area with a relatively high footfall. Mill Street and the surrounding areas are used widely by several different modes of transport and as such, it has a high potential for modal shift to more sustainable types of transport.

No, the council is not funding the pop-up mobility hubs project. The funding for the project comes from Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership’s (Tactran) People & Place Programme, which is a grant fund of Transport Scotland. The aim of the funding is to make it easier for more people in Scotland to walk, wheel or cycle for short, local journeys.  Perth and Kinross Council has partnered with CoMoUK on the project as it aligns with their Active Travel strategy.  The council has given some staff time to support the project but has not provided any funding.

The hub will be in the area between Wednesday 25 February and the end of March.

We are testing the pop-up hub across the Central Scotland to see what works well and what does not to help people to walk, wheel and cycle more. Keeping pop-ups between 4 to 6 weeks means that we can try different types of location and also gives more people the benefit of having the pop-up in their area.

We delivered an information flyer to nearby and will be delivering update information flyers during the pop-up. We have obtained the relevant permissions from the council to occupy the space. We will be running a survey on the hub throughout the duration of the pop-up, which you can access at: Tactran People & Place Programme Mobility Hub survey (Perth Concert Hall Pop-up Hub)

The hub features: 

• Accessible seating to allow those with mobility needs (or anyone else) to rest while walking

• Bike repair stand and pump

• Bike parking

• Colourful planting and greenery

• Free walking and cycling events for the community while the hub is in the area

This is our 23rd pop-up across Scotland, and none so far have resulted in any major issues relating to antisocial behaviour or littering for residents. However, we will respond to any issues raised (see below for how to contact us) and our Edinburgh-based team will check on the hub regularly.

Any events held at the hub will be during the daytime and very occasional. Footfall should not be more than would be expected for a location that is a busy pedestrian and cyclist thoroughfare for people heading to nearby shops and businesses. Longer events will be held at a nearby venue. See the events section of the pop-up web page to view more details about where events are being held.

If you have an urgent concern to report about the hub, you can email scotland@como.org.uk or call 07553355519 between Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm. If you would like to share your opinion on the hub, positive, negative or neutral, you can fill in our survey, which can be accessed at Tactran People & Place Programme Mobility Hub survey (Perth Concert Hall Pop-up Hub)

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