Scout Stamps Are Now Available

Scout Stamps are now available at Three Trees and the Spar shop. This is one of our biggest fund raisers and our young people love delivering your post around the village. Please consider buying a couple of stamps this year and support the scouts charity and help our scouts do a good deed every day.

Swindon Smashes Beat The Street Record With More Than 313,000 Miles

Swindonians have officially entered the record books with a barnstorming Beat the Street performance which saw the town clock up 313,353 miles. The game, delivered by Intelligent Health on behalf of Sport England and Swindon Borough Council, started on Wednesday 12th September 2018 and finished on Wednesday 24th October 2018. During that time, 32,488 people… read more

Parish/Ward Cllr Surgery

Parish/Ward Cllr surgery is this Saturday 3rd November 2018 from 11.30 to 12.30 at the Calley Memorial Hall on Draycott Road. Everyone is welcome along for any queries or questions.

Ridgeway Bell – What’s On In November 2018?

What’s on in November? 3rd November – Borough Councillors’ Surgery, Calley Memorial Hall, 11.30am – 12.30pm 5th November – Craft Club, Chiseldon House Hotel, 10am – 12 noon 6th November – Chiseldon WI, Holy Cross Church Hall, 7.30pm 11th November – Remembrance Day Services—Holy Cross Church 10.45am – note time. 11th November – Armistice Day Remembrance, New Road, Chiseldon, 3pm… read more

Transport Report – November 2018

Clarification On What Tickets Can Be Used On X5 Service A meeting of all parties concerned took place on the 16th October 2018 including both SBC & Wiltshire Councils and the three bus companies.  The Go South Coast company (who run the X5) have lost quite a lot of revenue in the past few months… read more

Changes To Wroughton Community Library

The library has now moved within the Ellendune Centre to a larger room called the Spooncer Room.  This room is on the right-hand side, on the opposite side to the Parish Council Office.  This room provides almost as much area as when the library was located in its own building.  The opening hours are changing… read more

Blub Planting

The Parish Council applied to the Marlborough Downs: A space for nature, to receive bulbs they are handing out to plant in public areas. We received 650 bulbs and some were planted at Strouds Hill on Friday 19th October. If anyone wants to help with planting the remainder on Strouds Hill, they would be most… read more

Council’s Preparations Ahead Of Winter Season

Council has preparations in place ahead of winter season Preparations are in place should freezing temperatures hit the borough over the coming months. More than 500 tonnes of salt have been delivered to Swindon Borough Council’s Waterside depot in Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, taking the road salt stockpile to over 800 tonnes. The salt which… read more

Website promoting learning opportunities launched in Swindon

A Swindon Borough Council initiative aimed at promoting lifelong learning now has a brand new website. Earlier this year the Council outlined its intentions to become a Learning Town, joining other towns and cities in promoting and celebrating learning for all. The initiative is part of UNESCO’s global network of towns and cities who work… read more

Important: Vehicle Break-In, Norris Close

A vehicle was forcibly entered in Norris Close a couple of nights ago and items stolen. Please (a) lock all vehicles and (b) make sure valuables are taken out. Norris Close is in the village on a lit street, so this problem isn’t only in out of the way, darker parts of where we live…. read more

GWR Train Information Over Christmas

This is an helpful update on the improvement work taking place across the Great Western this Christmas. The GWR have a dedicated web page which sets out the affected areas and the changes this will mean to journeys. This year there will be work at Southhall, Westbury, Guildford and Severn Tunnel Junction. The range of… read more

Netball Club – Winter Training

Netball Club – Winter Training. Wednesdays. Ridgeway Leisure Centre As the nights are getting darker and the temperature is dropping, we have organised a winter training venue in the Sports Hall at Ridgeway Leisure Centre on Wednesday nights. The major challenge now being playing on a full size court! Please email to reserve a place… read more