First Chiseldon Rainbows
1st Chiseldon Rainbows meet every Wednesday during school term time in the school hall. 4.45- 6.00pm Contact Jo 07709320826 or go to. girlguiding.org.uk for more information
January Church Services
RIDGEWAY BENEFICE with CHISELDON METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017 1 January 2017 – (1st Sunday) – Christmas 2 1030 Holy Cross Church with Benefice Communion Chiseldon Methodist Church 8 January 2017 – (2nd Sunday) – Baptism of Christ 0830 St George Holy Communion (BCP) 1030 Holy Cross Church with Parish Communion Chiseldon… read more
What’s on in January
WHAT’S ON IN JANUARY 3 January Chiseldon WI, Holy Cross Church Hall, 7.30pm 5 January Ogbourne St George Open School, 5.30pm—6.30pm 7 January Borough Councillors’ Surgery, Chiseldon House Hotel,11.30am – 12.30pm. Note new venue. 9 January Craft Club, Chiseldon House Hotel, 10am—12noon 9 January Chiseldon Parish Council Meeting, Recreation Hall, 7.30pm 11 January Chiseldon… read more
Christmas event at the Three Trees Farm Shop
Christmas Events this week at Three Trees Farm Shop! Taster Day, 10am-3pm, Saturday 3rd December Come and try samples from our favourite suppliers, including Marshfield Farm’s Christmas Ice Cream flavours, Croome Cuisine’s Christmas Cake Cheese (yes, really!), Christmas pickles and chutneys as well as our own home made cakes. Ramsbury Brewery will also be… read more
What’s on in December:
Kindly supplied by the Ridgeway Bell: WHAT’S ON IN DECEMBER 2 Dec Aldbourne Band Christmas Concert, Holy Cross Church, 7.30pm 3 Dec Taster Day, Three Trees Farm Shop and Cafe, 10am—3pm 3 Dec Borough Councillors’ Surgery, Chiseldon House Hotel, 11.30am – 12.30pm. Note new venue. 4/11/16 Dec Choir Practice in Holy Cross Church, 11.30am 5… read more
PC Sophia Best to talk at next Parish Council meeting
The next Parish Council meeting is on the 12th December at the Chiseldon House Hotel. PC Sophia Best will be speaking at the meeting about the new policing model recently put in place. We welcome all residents to attend and hear all about it. The meeting starts at 7.30 and we expect PC Best to… read more
Friends of the Work Path – 13th November workday
Our next workday will be on Sunday 13th November. We will meet at 10:00 on the access road to Whitefield Farm, a little north of Ogbourne St George (see attached map). We will be working to beat back bushes and improve width the stretch just south of where we park. Please wear clothing… read more
Borough/Parish Councillor surgery 5th Nov
The next surgery is 5th Nov at the Patriots Arms from 11.30 to 12.30. Everyone is welcome to come along and raise any queries they have.
“Get Online” week at Swindon Libraries from 17th to 23rd October
UK-wide digital inclusion campaign is back for 2016 in Swindon Libraries A campaign, which aims to show people how the internet can make life easier, cheaper, healthier and more fun will roll into Swindon next week. Get Online Week runs from 17 to 23 October and will see thousands of events taking place across the… read more
Three Trees Farm shop events
Please see the document below for details of the Farm Shops Christmas events. three-trees-farm-shop-cafe-christmas-2016-editorial
Family and Local History Workshop
Family and Local History Workshop People with a keen interest in researching the Second World War are being invited to a special workshop next week. The two-hour talk and workshop is taking place at Central Library on Wednesday, 12 October and will explore how to carry out research using Swindon’s Second World War records. Julie… read more
North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Annual Forum 2016
North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Annual Forum 2016 Wednesday 19th October 2016, 9.00am – 4.30pm, The Fieldgate Centre, Field Gate Drive, Kingsclere, Hants, RG20 5SQ Dear Friend, The annual North Wessex Downs AONB Forum plays an important role in enabling everybody who cares about the protected landscape of the North Wessex Downs… read more
Message from “Friends of the Path”
We will be holding this year’s open Meeting and AGM on Tuesday November 1st, starting at 7 pm. We will again be in the Three Trees Farm Shop and Café at Chiseldon. I will send an agenda round later: but it will be an opportunity to note what we have achieved over the past year,… read more
Free tickets for Harbour Fest Swindon and Launch of Swindon City of Sanctuary
Opening Night of the First Harbour Fest Swindon AND the Launch of Swindon City of Sanctuary You can now book your FREE ticket for the opening night of the first Harbour Fest Swindon AND the Launch of Swindon City of Sanctuary! On Thursday 13th October join us for a special evening – Special guests including… read more
Friends of the Path update
We had a successful day, along the mile between Chiseldon Firs and Whitefield Farm. We cleared overhanging trees to allow more height … … nettles and brambles to allow more width (these shots are before, and after) … … and to allow some signs to be seen again … The Path was being… read more
“Acoustic in the Alley” at Wroughton
“Acoustic in the Alley” – Meets at the Brown Jack, Wroughton, SN4 0RT, in the pub’s skittle alley, on the fourth Thursday of the month, at 8 p.m. Free parking. £1 admission. All welcome to sing or just listen – just let us know on the way in. Informal, friendly club. People sing, play or… read more
Area of Outstanding National Beauty talk at Liddington
Liddington Village Hall are hosting a talk about our location being within the Area of Outstanding National Beauty on the 17th October at 7.30. Everyone is welcome.
Invitation to attend a free war memorial training workshop
Further to my recent email informing you about the First World War Memorial Programme, a project to conserve and protect the nation’s war memorials to ensure they are fitting tributes for the future, I would like to invite you as Clerk of Chiseldon Parish Council to a free war memorials training workshop. Civic Voice is holding two… read more
Bat Walk at Coate Water Mon 22nd August.
From “Friends of the Railway Path”: “By popular demand”, we’re having another bat walk. This year, we will meet at Coate Water – by the café at the back of the car park – at 8pm on Monday 22nd August. We will walk round Coate Water. Please wear warm/water proof clothes, as suggested by the… read more