End of Life Celebration Wish Lists — Tea and Biscuit Event
This event will be held on Saturday 21st April. Please see the poster for details in the link below: Tea and Biscuit End of Life Wish List Event
Annual Parish Meeting and Full Council Meeting in May
The annual parish meeting will be held at the Chiseldon House hotel on Monday 14th May with entry from 6.30pm, starting at 7.00pm. This is the annual update meeting to the parish so we invite all residents to attend. Further details on the agenda to follow. This means the May full council meeting has been… read more
Transport Report – May 2018
Transport Report for May 2018 In the last month, the bus stop pole has been changed at Draycot Foliat. We are pleased that this has finally taken place, as it should have been done last year. The bus drivers can now see where the bus stop actually is, which will be an asset to the passengers…. read more
Friends of the Railway Path work day – Saturday 28th April 2018
Friends of the Railway Path work day Our next work day will be on Saturday 28th April 2018. We will be working on the stretch of path south of Chiseldon, where there are a lot of bramble patches encroaching on the path. We will remove scallop shaped areas of bramble to increase width, leave a… read more
New Dementia Friendly Activities
Dementia Friendly Communities in Swindon Dementia Friendly Walking Group A free and guided (gentle) indoor walk, around Swindon Designer Outlet lasting 20-39 minutes. Optional special offer coffee at Giraffe afterwards. Dementia Friendly Film Showings Free, relaxed screenings of some of your favourite films, with a dementia friendly memento to take home. When: See Swindon Theatres… read more
Co opt a Cllr by election Notice April 2018
Parish Council of Chiseldon (Chiseldon and Lawn WARD) Vacancy for a Councillor There is a vacancy on the above Council caused by the resignation of Cllr David West. A by-election to fill these vacancies will be held if within 14 days (not counting a Saturday or Sunday or Bank Holiday) from the date below ten… read more
What’s On In April 2018
What’s on this April 2018 2nd April – Easter Monday Service with Easter Egg Hunt, OSG, 3pm 3rd April – Chiseldon WI, Holy Cross Church Hall, 7.30pm 7th April – Church Maintenance Day, Ogbourne St George, 7th April – Borough Councillor’s Surgery, Calley Memorial Hall, 11.30am – 12.30pm 9th April – Craft Club, Chiseldon House Hotel,… read more
Bobby Van Newsletter
Bobby Van News Read the full article Director’s Message Safeguarding people for 20 years Stay Safe Online At the Trust we recognize that the loneliness felt by our clients continues to increase, as life expectancy rises and people increasingly living alone or far from their families. A recent study showed that a fifth of older… read more
Agenda for Full Council meeting 9th April 2018
Full council agenda 9.4.18
New STEAM Exhibit
New exhibition to launch at STEAM A brand new exhibition launches on Friday (30 March) at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon. Entitled The GWR Publicity Machine, the special exhibition explores the history of the GWR’s publicity department and the wonderful advertising materials that it produced. The GWR led the way… read more
NEV transport schemes
NEV transport schemes to be presented at two public drop-in events Members of the public will have the chance to give their views on proposals for four major transport schemes in the east of Swindon. The schemes have been designed as part of the New Eastern Villages (NEV) development, which will see about 8,000 homes,… read more
Litter Picking
Thank you to this young man who went out and litter picked Draycot Foliat with his mum this week. (Photo used with Mum’s permission). An excellent effort!
Easter Upgrades For Network Rail
Easter upgrades Network Rail will be upgrading signalling in the Bristol area over Easter to enable an increase of trains from 2019. Rail replacement busses will be in place from Bristol Temple Meads from Friday, 30 March – Tuesday, 3 April (inclusive). There will be no trains into and out of Bristol Temple Meads over this… read more
Junction 16 Updates
Junction 16 As the temperatures have picked up, the overnight surfacing work has started and the night closures are in place. As the work is weather dependent, please make sure you follow our social media channels to see if works are postponed. Throughout the day there is a team on site installing sign bases and lamp columns. Ducting is… read more
Wroughton Library Opening Hours
Wrought Library Opening Hours as of 3rd April 2018 Monday – CLOSED Tuesday – 11am – 4pm Wednesday – 9.30am – 3pm Thursday – 3.30pm – 7.30pm Friday – 9.30am – 3pm Saturday – 10am – 1pm Sunday – CLOSED
Acoustic In The Alley Is On Thursday 26th April
Acoustic in the Alley Just to remind you all that Acoustic in the Alley is on Thursday 26th April at 8pm, in the Brown Jack, Wroughton (1 Priors Hill, Wroughton, Wiltshire, SN4 0RT), in the skittle alley at the back of the pub. Free parking; £1 entrance. Our special spot guest is the amazing Kevin… read more
Summer Opening Hours At HWRC
Summer opening hours at HWRC to come into force from Sunday Swindon’s Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) will be open for longer from this Sunday (1 April). The opening hours will be extended in order to cope with an anticipated increase in demand during the spring and summer period. The recycling centre will be open… read more
New Eastern Villages (NEV) Development – Highways Consultation Event Re-scheduled
Highways Consultation Event Re-scheduled Swindon Borough Council will be holding a ‘drop in’ event to publicise the proposed transport schemes for the New Eastern Villages as follows: White Hart Junction Improvements A420 Gablecross Junction Improvements Great Stall Bridge Southern Connector The NEV consultation event has now been re-scheduled for: Tuesday 3rd April 2018, at Covingham… read more
Grass Cutting Today
Grass Cutting starting The Parish Council’s contractor will start the grass cutting today – 22nd March. If area’s are too wet they will be left for another day so please don’t be concerned if some area’s are cut and others are not, they will catch up. Due to the longer wet grass the first couple… read more
Voter ID Election Pilot
From Swindon Borough Council We are writing to inform you about the upcoming Voter ID election pilot which aims to reduce electoral fraud. Swindon residents who vote at a polling station will be required to present a form of ID before voting in the local elections on 3 May. For Swindon residents voting at a… read more