Essential Resurfacing Planned For School Holidays Two busy Swindon junctions will be closed to traffic during October half-term to allow essential resurfacing to take place. Wootton Bassett Road and Kingsdown Crossroads have been on Swindon Borough Council’s Highways repairs list for the past two years, but work to resurface both junctions was put on hold… read more
Council Has Preparations In Place Ahead Of Winter Season Sixteen hundreds tonnes of salt is being held in reserve should freezing temperatures hit the borough over the coming months. The salt which has been put aside by Swindon Borough Council is enough to treat the town’s priority routes 40 times. Last year, the Council treated… read more
Swindon safe and warm The Safe & Warm programme helps householders across Swindon to make their homes warmer and cheaper to heat, as well as reducing the risk from falls and fires in the home. The programme can install measures such as grab rails and steps to reduce the likelihood of a fall in the… read more
The Parish Council office will be closed from Wednesday 19th October to Wednesday 26th October. Emails will be checked for emergencies but the phone line will not be monitored during this time. Please email any requests as normal during this period to be dealt with once the office is open again.
From 5th November the Stagecoach service no.8 will cease to run. There will be a 2 hourly service no80 which will go past the Patriot’s Arms and then turn left going to Marlborough. There will be a new 2 hourly service no81 which again goes to the Patriot’s Arms roundabout and then turns right… read more
Chiseldon Parish Council require quotes for Lime Plastering work to be done at the Old Chapel on Butts Road. You must be expert in lime plastering on old buildings and be able to provide good references to show previous work of this nature. Please contact the Clerk on our website contact details to arrange a… read more
The Clerk’s office will be closed at 10.15 for the rest of the day on Friday 26th Sept. You can still leave a voicemaill message on the office phone or email if you need to ask a question or pass anything on. Thanks
(Black dots indicate location of a bin) Please note there is also a bin at Ridgeway View, half way along Sambre Road.
I have in the office a copy of Swindon Borough Council’s “Approved, buy with confidence” list of traders for the Swindon area. These traders have been approved and vetted to ensure a good service. If you need a particular number (plumber, electrician etc) then let me know and I can pass their details on. I… read more
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
The bus service pattern So what will the bus service look like in the future? Here’s a summary of what we expect: Monday to Saturday Frequent (at least half-hourly) daytime services to the Town Centre from all urban areas and from main settlements outside the urban area, including Highworth and Wroughton. This will include services… read more
A reminder that on our “Local Community” page of this website there is a list of the 16 dog waste bins that the Parish Council provide for use. Please familiarise yourself with this list. Many thanks
A message from “Civic Voice”: In 2014, the then Prime Minister David Cameron, announced a national programme to survey and conserve the country’s WW1 war memorials to ensure that by the end of the centenary, as many war memorials as possible are in good condition and a ‘fitting tribute to the fallen’. Since then, Civic Voice,… read more
These surgeries have been relocated to the Patriot Arms pub on Hodson Road from September. They are on a Saturday morning from 11.30 to 12.30 and dates will be published before each surgery.
Clerks office closure: The Clerks office will be closed on: Wed 27th July Fri 5th August Fri 12th August Thurs 1st August Please email us using the contact us section of this website. Thank you.
Monday 11th July at 7.30 in the Recreation Hall off Norris Road. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
There will be a Parish and Borough Councillor representative in the Old Chapel on Butts Road on Saturday 2nd July from 11.30 to 12.30. Please feel free to come along and ask any questions you may have.
Please note that the Parish Clerk’s office will be closed Thursday 30th June and Friday 1st July. Please email clerk@chiseldon-pc.gov.uk during this time. Thanks
Clerks hours w/c Monday 20th June 2016 Closing at 11.20am on wed 22nd June. Opening at 8.50am on Wed 21st, Thurs 22nd and Fri 23rd June. Please email clerk@chiseldon-pc.gov.uk during these times if you require assistance. Thanks
The Parish Clerks office will not be open Friday 3rd June due to holiday. It will be open on all other scheduled opening times. These are: Wednesday 8.30 to 12.00, Thursday 8.30 to 12.00 and Friday 8.30 to 11.30.