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
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
Please see the attached link which has details of the Swindon Borough Council Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 19th October at 6.00pm in the Civic Offices, Committee Room 6. All public are able to attend. This meeting is relating to the proposed changes to the boundaries of Chiseldon Parish (and others) and the creation of new… read more
Open Morning on October 30th at the courts during club session 10 – 30 – 12.30 and are offering a discounted membership of £40.00 for November to March inc.
Chiseldon Tennis Club is holding a fund raising quiz night on the 12th November. A “posh” ploughmans will be provided and you can bring your own drinks. Tickets are £10.00 per person. Please see the attached poster for further details. tennis-poster-nov-2016
Please see the document below for details of the Farm Shops Christmas events. three-trees-farm-shop-cafe-christmas-2016-editorial
Latest information from SBC is that this isn’t like to be until Feb 2017. Signs will go up 10 days before advising of the dates.
Crime Figures August 2016 Burglary Dwelling x 1 Non-Dwelling x 2 (Two Motorcycles recovered from one address and returned to owner and male Charged with Burglary) No Burglary offences in August after 16/8/16 Theft Theft x 10 (9 related to commercial premises) Criminal Damage Criminal Damage x 4 (Two domestic related/suspects identified in three of… read more
Ridgeway Bell Notes for: October 2016 (November 2016 issue) is now available.
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
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
A reminder that the BIOS mobile youth van is at the Castle View play area grass every Thursday evening term time. If you’d like to know more about what they do you can visit http://syfc.org.uk/bios/ Many young people already visit each week so spread the word…..!
WANTED: The Community Speed Watch team is in need of new members. Anyone is welcome to join, you just need to attend some training in Devizes so you know how to work the speed camera. The team is not connected to the Parish Council and work independently. Please contact Chris Rawlings if you would like… read more
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
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.
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
To all residents around the Manor House development – the developers have confirmed the wheel washing machine for the lorries is fully operational so all lorry wheels should be washed before exiting the site. They have already arranged for a street sweeper to come along to remove any mud already left.
Please click here to view the response sent in by Chiseldon Parish Council for the Community Governance Review.
City & Country will be holding a third stage of public consultation on the future of Burderop Park on the 11th October. Local residents are invited to drop in from 3pm-7pm to view the masterplan, layout and landscape proposals, talk to the team and provide feedback. The event will be held at Burderop Park… read more