Public Notice: Temporary Road Closure for Draycot Close, Draycot Foliat, Chiseldon
Public Notice Swindon Borough Council Section 14 – The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Road Closure for Draycot Close, Draycot Foliat, Chiseldon This Order is being introduced to allow for Thames Water works and will prohibit vehicles from proceeding on Draycot Close. Traffic to be diverted via Copse Drove at Ogbourne St George, Castle… read more
Public Notice: Temporary Road Closure for Station Road, Chiseldon
Public Notice Swindon Borough Council Section 14 – The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Road Closure For Station Road, Chiseldon This Order is being introduced to allow for structural works to the carriageway and will prohibit vehicles from proceeding on Station Road between the junctions with High Street and Castle View Road. Traffic to… read more
Residents Asked To Have Their Say on Making Public Spaces Safer At Night
Residents in Wiltshire and Swindon are being asked to have their say on what would make them feel safer at night in public spaces. The survey, launched by the Police and Crime Commissioner, in partnership with Wiltshire Police, Wiltshire Council, Swindon Borough Council, and councillors will help shape a charter with the aim of making… read more
Council to submit Levelling Up bid to help get the Oasis back open
Swindon Borough Council will submit an £8m bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to help bring forward plans to reopen the Oasis Leisure Centre. Plans to build a brand-new leisure facility on the Oasis site were submitted by landlords SevenCapital last year, but these were put to one side when the leisure centre’s iconic… read more
Our News Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter June Edition
We are thrilled to share with you the June edition of OUR NEWS, a newsletter for Neighbourhood Watch supporters across England and Wales. This edition covers topics from cybercrime to hate crime and heart-warming articles highlighting community connections and celebrations. To read it, please open the attachment. We hope you enjoy it! p.s. Don’t forget… read more
Covid rememberance rose garden
Our small Covid remembrance rose garden area has now been installed in the Sir Henry Calley Memorial Garden. There are Rosemary plants which symbolise Remembrance and white Rosa Rugosa.
Parish Magazine June column – PCC Philip Wilkinson
What a Jubilee celebration that was with parties up and down the country as we celebrated the reign of our longest-serving monarch! While the HM, the Queen lives a life which is far removed from anything we’ll ever experience, she has endeavoured to get closer to the people she serves to better understand the realities… read more
Girlguiding – Chiseldon
Register your daughter for fun and friendship at: https://go.girlguiding.org.uk/join-us/join-as-member/ Or, for further information regarding Chiseldon Girlguiding, please contact: Rainbows – Anne Harrison Brownies – Jan Matthews – chissbrownies@hotmail.com Guides – Melanie McFadden – chiseldonguides@outlook.com All sections – chiseldongirlguiding@outlook.com District Commissioner – Annabelle Black – annabelle.girlguiding@gmail.com
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022
The Chiseldon parish community celebrated this rare and historical milestone over the bank holiday weekend. These very tasty cupcakes won the Amazon vouchers for best cake. The colouring in competition was won by the two below entries, they won Amazon vouchers for their efforts. More photos of the fete.
Jubilee Topper
The Chiseldon post box has been decorated ready for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.
Earthline Appeal
The full text of Chairman Matthew Harris’s Earthline Appeal: My name is Matthew Harris, and I am a councillor at, and the Chairman of Chiseldon Parish Council. I am here today to represent the residents of the Parish of Chiseldon. I’d like to thank the inspector for allowing me to speak today. While I do… read more
Wales and West Utilities letter to residents
There have been some queries about containers offloaded on the grass verge on New Road. A hunch led us to Wales and West Utilities who are replacing gas pipes in the area. Their letter to residents from the end of March is attached. We have been advised that the New Road work is expected to… read more
Home safety, security and crime pop up event — Saturday April 30th
Be aware and stay safe! Saturday 30th April 10-12 noon Strouds Hill Carpark Chiseldon. Free turn up event. Bobby Van assisting with home security for the elderly and vulnerable Police & Fire Service crime awareness, preventation and general advice. Fire safety tips. Neighbourhood Watch Advice and help on keeping safe & reporting crime. Come along… read more
Our News Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter April Edition
Welcome to the April edition of OUR NEWS. Whilst crime prevention is a key driver for Neighbourhood Watch, we have been uniquely embedded in communities for 40 strong years, perfectly positioning us as a gateway between individuals and the support they need to enable them and their communities to thrive. As we draw nearer to… read more
Washpool Sign
The Washpool volunteers have placed this beautiful hand made sign on Strouds Hill grass area with the Parish Councils permission.
Community Policing Teams
Wiltshire Police is committed to ensuring our communities are at the heart of our policing model. This will help us meet the needs of those we serve in the most effective and transparent way possible. We first introduced our Community Policing model in 2016 and, in the last five years, we’ve updated and adapted the… read more
Gigabit Fibre Update 28-2-22
We met with the Civils (build) team earlier and we are sure that many of you will have seen Openreach vans and workers out there even on Sundays. The position is that roughly 40% of each main village has what they call ‘ponds’ (areas of build) ready to connect to the exchange in Swindon. In… read more
News from the Railway Path
On Thursday, in between Storms Dudley and Eunice, we hosted a great team from Vets4Pets. We were tackling a spot by a fallen tree south of the Three Trees Café in Chiseldon. The tree has an exposed root ball and a few years ago we had cleared round it. It needed clearing again, and we… read more
Council seeking creative ideas to enhance Swindon’s parks
Creative, civic-minded entrepreneurs are being encouraged to come forward with ideas to enhance Swindon’s country parks. Last year, more than a thousand members of the public contributed to Swindon’s proposed Country Parks Improvement Plan, which aims to identify and then deliver improvements to the Borough’s parks so they continue to be enjoyed by visitors for… read more