comparing shrewsbury an old town an telfrd a purpose build new town

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I have collected the results for my three hypotheses by using a questionnaire, audit, land use map, pedestrian count and the yellow pages/yell.com. I did all of these in both Shrewsbury and Telford. The question that I am answering is “What are the similarities and differences in landuse and service provision between a ‘new town’ Telford and a traditional ‘organic’ town Shrewsbury?”

  1. My first hypothesis is: Telford will have better leisure facilities than Shrewsbury because it is a new town.
  2. My second hypothesis is: People will travel further to Shrewsbury than Telford because it has a better range of shopping facilities.
  3. My third hypothesis is: Telford offers a better service provision than Shrewsbury because it is a purpose built new town.

To answer my first hypothesis “Telford will have better leisure facilities than Shrewsbury because it is a new town.” I have produced a questionnaire to survey 11 people; I created an audit, researched leisure facilities on yell.com and the yellow pages. I then used these results to make tables and graphs (these are on pages…..) My first question “How did you travel here today?” will help me to see what methods of travel people use. In Shrewsbury no-one travelled by bike, train or other. One person walked, three people travelled by bus and eight people travelled by car. In Telford no-one travelled by bike or other. One person travelled by bus, one person walked, one person travelled by train and eight people travelled by car.

        Question 2 “How far did you travel to get here” will show me that if for example if people live far away from Shrewsbury but still travel there for it’s leisure or shopping facilities. No-one travelled between 6-10 or  16-20 miles to get to Shrewsbury. Two people travelled 21 or more miles, four people travelled between 0 and 5 miles and 5 people travelled between 11 and 15to get to Shrewsbury. In Telford no-one travelled between 6-10 or 16-20 miles to get to Telford. Four people travelled between 0 and 5 miles, six people travelled between 11 and 15 and 1 person travelled 21 or more miles.

        Question 3 “What is your purpose of being here today?” in Shrewsbury no-one travelled for business, leisure or historical architecture. One person said that they were just visiting; two people travelled to Shrewsbury for other and eight people went to Shrewsbury for its leisure facilities. In Telford no-one travelled for business or other. Two people business and for leisure, three people travelled for Telford's shopping facilities and four people said that they were just visiting.

        Question 4 “Which town out of Shrewsbury and Telford do you think has the better leisure facilities?” In Shrewsbury five out of eleven people said that they thought Shrewsbury had the better leisure facilities and six people said that they thought Telford had the better leisure facilities. In Telford three people out of eleven people said that they thought that Shrewsbury had the better leisure facilities, seven out of eleven people said that they thought that Telford had the better leisure facilities and 1 person thought that both towns had an equal amount of leisure facilities. I would expect to find this because Telford is a new purpose built town.

        Question 5 “Would you prefer to go to Shrewsbury or Telford for its leisure facilities?” In Shrewsbury five out of eleven people said that they would prefer to go to Shrewsbury for its leisure facilities and 6 out of eleven people said that they would prefer to go to Telford for its leisure facilities. In Telford three out of eleven people said that they would prefer to go to Shrewsbury for it’s leisure facilities, seven out of eleven people said that they would prefer to go to Telford for it’s leisure facilities and one person said that they wouldn’t mind which town they went to as they thought that both towns had equal leisure facilities. This proves that Telford has better leisure facilities than Shrewsbury.

        Question 6 “Which town is easier for you to get to?” In Shrewsbury seven out of eleven people said that it was easier for them to travel to Shrewsbury and four out of eleven people said that it was easier for them to travel to Telford. This shows that although for four people it was easier for them to go to Telford they still chose to travel to Shrewsbury. In Telford five out of eleven people said that it was easier for them to go to Shrewsbury and six out of eleven people said that it was easier for them to go to Telford. This shows that although for five people it was easier for them to go to Shrewsbury they still chose to travel to Telford.

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        Question 9 “Which town is the most developed?” In Shrewsbury three out of eleven people thought that Shrewsbury was the most developed town and the other nine people thought that Telford was the most developed. In Telford 1 person thought that Shrewsbury was the most developed and ten out of eleven people thought that Telford was the most developed. This would make sense because Telford is a “new purpose built” town and therefore would be more developed than a “traditional organic” town, Shrewsbury.

        These questions and answers will help me to answer my first hypothesis as they give me the ...

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