This page provides information on the B4RN installation in Storth. If you want more information on how we reached this point in the rollout of the network please visit Page 2
The installation of B4RN fibre is now complete and the local volunteer group has disbanded.
Route 1 - serves the North West side of the village inc Arnbarrow, The Pastures, Rose Hill Gove and parts of Storth Rd. This route is complete and live.
Route 2 - serves the North East side of the village north of Quarry Lane. It includes part of Dallam Drive, businesses on Quarry Lane and properties in Sandside. Some properties bordering the railway cutting are live as is the Ship Inn and the Old Quarry Warehouse.
Route 3 - serves everything East of Storth Rd, South of Quarry Lane. A chamber has been installed in Yans Lane opposite Old Myse (ST301) and ducting has been laid up through the field from Quarry Lane to Yans Lane. Fibre has now been blown to this Chamber and individual properties served by it. The next chamber (ST301c) has been installed to serve the properties north east of Yans Lane and fibre blown to individual properties. These chambers are now live and properties connected to them can now take the service. B4RN carried out a "hard dig" in Storth Road in 2023 to reach properties the local volunteers could not reach by going through gardens and this has enabled preperties in Old Myse, The Square, Tarn Close, Woodlands Close, Shaw Lane , Shaw Green and the East side of Burntbarrow to get a service. Paddock Way will not get a B4RN service as it is served by BT Openreach.
Route 4 - serves everything West of Storth Rd, South of Green Lane. Digging work started in November 2019 on Route 4 which goes from the Old Railway Cutting across Friar Cote field up through Waterdale towards Storth Rd and along to Langdale Crest where the first distribution chamber was installed by Holly Cottage. Chambers in Pipers Close, Keasdale Road and Greenbank Ave are installed and fibre was blown to them in Nov 2020. The completion of this route means that most properties on the West side of Storth Road can now get a B4RN connection. The area around Chaple Close is now served by a new chamber (installed Jan 22) and work is now complete.
Remember that this is a community project overseen by B4RN which is registered as a non-profit community benefit society. Funding comes from locals buying shares in B4RN and recently from the Government Gigabit Voucher Scheme now replaced by the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) scheme. Most of the work in the village is done by local volunteers and the speed of deployment is totally dependent on the number of volunteers turning out to help.
Keep up to date with postings on the B4YS or Storth and Sandside Facebook pages. here or here| For photographs of the dig Go Here | To
see the routes and progress to date, check out the schematic
here. Map showing Route and Chamber Location (Dec20) Areas covered by the Spring 2023 project |
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