New Park and Stride Scheme to Thornhill School

Thornhill School and Linmere have launched a new Park & Stride Scheme, to encourage pupils and parents to use Linmere’s facilities and connections to encourage active journeys to school. Starting at The Farmstead Car Park, pupils are being encouraged to finish the school journey on foot, bike or scooter, receiving a stamp for their collector card, each time they arrive at the Farmstead Car Park. Participants who collect 10 stamps by the 15th May, will be entered into a draw to win a prize, courtesy of Linmere Delivery Team.

To launch the new scheme, we recruited Thornhill’s Year 6 head pupils, Millie and Noah, to become the ‘ambassadors’ for the scheme. Mille and Noah took starring roles in the Park & Stride video (below), delivering very convincing performances!

Emma Farrier, Linmere Community Marketing Manager commented:

“Changing the school drop-off routine does require making more time for your journey, to and from school. However, the route from The Farmstead to Thornhill School takes a matter of minutes and is mostly free of motorised traffic. The journey also helps pupils get energised for the day, especially if the weather’s good. The hope is we can ‘nudge’ changes in journeying behaviour, to take the time and make use of the sustainable journey links, through Linmere. The scheme’s just started and we’re already seeing families arriving at ROAM cafe, each morning, to collect their stamps. So far, the response has been encouraging.”

To launch the scheme, the Linmere Delivery Team attended Thornhill School Assembly, to present the video and distribute collector cards, assisted by Central Bedfordshire Council’s sustainability champion, Freddie the Fresh Air Frog, who created quite the impact!

Freddie entertains the team from Thornhill School.

We thank all our Thornhill Park & Striders for taking part in the scheme and helping us realise the ambition for more sustainable journeys around Linmere.

Park & Stride – Prize Draw Terms & Conditions

By entering the prize draw, through participation in the Linmere Thornhill Park & Stride scheme, you are agreeing to these prize draw terms and conditions. 2. The prize draw is being run by Linmere (Houghton Regis Management Ltd). 3. Only those participating pupils, from Thornhill school, will be entered into the draw. 4. In entering the prize draw, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. 5. A maximum of one entry per individual. 6. The prize draw is free to enter, by simply collecting 10 stamps, on your provided collector card.. 7. Entry into the Free Prize Draw ends at 5pm on Friday 15th May 2026; the winner will be drawn on Tuesday 19th May 2026 – at random – and notified, through the school, following the draw. 8. Thornhill School leadership team will manage the distribution of the prize to the winner. 9. The promoter will not accept responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate contact details. 10. The prize is ‘Reflex Active Smart Watch’ . 11. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternatives will be offered. 12. You consent to any personal information you provide in entering the prize draw being used for the purposes of running the prize draw, and for those purposes as defined within Linmere’s privacy policy. 13. All entrants may apply for details of the winning participant by contacting us at info@linmere.com 14. The winner agrees to the release of their first name to any other prize draw participants, if requested. 15. All personal information shall be used in accordance with Linmere’s privacy policy. 16. Linmere reserves the right to cancel the prize draw or amend these terms and conditions at any time, without prior notice.

Linmere is designed to be a place for communities that embraces the natural environment, and where all generations can enjoy a great quality of life. This exciting new collection of leafy and walkable neighbourhoods, situated north of Houghton Regis Bedfordshire, located close to M1 Junction 11a. Nestled into verdant surroundings, its first homes completed and inhabited in 2021. The Land Trust will maintain and preserve these spaces on behalf of Houghton Regis Management Company.