Riding home for Christmas
Swindon has over seven miles of cycle routes providing a traffic-free solution to get to the Town Centre. Each cycle route has wide paths, street lighting and some routes even have CCTV.
Ping Pong Merrily on High
A brand new Ping Pong Parlour has opened on the top floor of the Brunel Arcade just along from The Crossing. It’s completely free to use and bats and balls are provided. The opening hours can be found below: Monday- Wednesday 9am-6:30pm Thursday- Friday 9am – 7pm Saturday- 7:30am – 7pm Sunday- 10:30am – 4:30pm
Another 40 Yards
We had a lovely time laying more hedge: see the before and after photos below. In the “before” picture, you can see part of last year’s laying, now sprouting away: and the section that we laid stretching away into the distance. We also planted up a short gap using some donated plants. I hope to… read more
Fire Safety Reminder To Swindon Residents
Fire Safety Reminder to Swindon Residents Swindon residents are being reminded to be more fire safe in the home, after more than half of all accidental fires in the town over the last year were due to cooking or smoking. Since December 2018, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service has attended 124 accidental fires… read more
Twenty Four Charged With Drug Dealing In Swindon
Following Op Jetway – our County Lines’ week long operation in Swindon in October – and a number of arrests made at the time, 24 people have been charged with drug offences. The majority appeared at Swindon Magistrates Court yesterday (27/11) – here are the results of those appearances: The seven below are due to… read more
Could You Be Entitled to Carers Allowance?
Do you care for or assist someone living with you, who has mobility or health issues? Have you applied for a Carers Allowance? You may be surprised at what qualifies you to get this benefit. If you contact Age UK they can assist to start with. They often contact the Department for Work and Pensions… read more
What’s on In December
What’s on In December 29 Nov Memory Cafe, Holy Cross Church Hall, 10.30am 01 Dec Ogbourne St George Church, Guide Book Launch, 2.30pm 02 Dec Craft Club, Chiseldon House Hotel, 10am—12 noon 03 Dec Chiseldon WI, Holy Cross Church Hall, 7.30pm 04 Dec Christmas Tree Lights Switch On – New Road, Chiseldon, 6pm 06 Dec… read more
Highways E-Newsletter November 2019
Great Western Railway timetable changes From 15 December 2019, three quarters of Great Western Railway journey times will change. Check the GWR website to see if you will be affected. GWR timetable changes Current Roadworks Hyde Road, Stratton St. Margaret Tithegrove has closed the road for resurfacing. The road is due to re-open today (22… read more
Important information about the General Election
Polling cards for the General Election on Thursday, 12 December 2019 began landing on doormats last week. All registered voters will receive their poll card by Thursday, 5 December. Your poll card will contain details of the date of poll, polling station locations and opening times and will contain other key dates and information. You… read more
New Play Area Equipment
New equipment orders for Castle View Play area (10 week lead time unfortunately).
Our First Speed Indictor Device (SID)
We are pleased to have installed our first speed indictor device (SID) on Hodson Road this week. SID will remind drivers that the village is a 30mph zone throughout. We can gather data from SID on the number of vehicles speeding and use this to assist the police and SBC with further traffic calming measures…. read more
Wessex 4×4 Response
If you need to get to work over the snowy weather or during floods etc, consider asking your company to register with Wessex 4×4. This is a volunteer organisation that for a small fee to cover costs use their list of 4×4 drivers to assist in travel crisis. The NHS use Wessex 4×4 and the… read more
Hodson Road improvements
Ground investigations for the failing embankment at Hodson Road started last Monday. Our contractors have been drilling boreholes and installing equipment that will enable the embankment to be monitored remotely. The road will be open later today (22 November).
Tree Assessments
Information – the trees that border Strouds Hill green area were assessed by SBC last week as they are their responsibility still. The elm trees are in good condition and assist with bank stability. There is one ash tree that is leaning and this will be removed by SBC. There is a large section of… read more
November Our News Out Today – the National E-Newsletter For Neighbourhood Watch Supporters
Dear Neighbourhood Watch supporters, The November edition of Our News, the e-newsletter for Neighbourhood Watch supporters, is out today. This exciting edition introduces the national winners of our 2019 Neighbour of the Year competition, inspiring member stories, national campaigns for you to get involved in such as Cyberhood Watch and Together for Good: The Neighbourhood… read more
Quotes Needed for Repainting Work
Looking for quotes to prep and repaint 2 large external coach doors at the Chapel on Butts Road. Please email me if you want to quote clerk@chiseldon-pc.gov.uk Thanks, Mrs Clair Wilkinson Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer
Swindon residents reminded to register to vote ahead of the General Election
Residents who have not already registered to vote in the upcoming General Election have until next Tuesday (26 Nov) to do so. All registered voters will receive their poll cards by Thursday, 5 December. The poll cards for voters attending a polling station will contain details of the date of poll, polling station locations and… read more
Great Western Railway changes over Christmas
From Sunday, 15 December there will be major timetable changes coming to Great Western Railway. In addition, the calling patterns for many services may also be different. There will also be a temporary timetable in place while Network Rail work on infrastructure upgrades over Christmas and New Year. This will affect services from Tuesday, 24… read more
Building Control Response to Grenfell
For the full article from Building Control regarding Grenfell, please click here. The Role of Building Control The primary role of the Council’s Building Control Service is to ensure that Swindon has a safe built environment. We do this in a number of ways – including protecting the public by identifying and making safe Dangerous… read more
Swindon Scout Post
2019 Swindon Christmas card delivery service. Only 30p per stamp. Only post cards in the special GREEN post boxes. Last time for posting 4pm on Wednesday 11th December.