Folk show at Swindon’s STEAM Railway Museum

Black Duck Folk gigs are normally held in Sutton Benger, but one is coming up at Swindon’s STEAM railway museum. Here are the details forwarded to us: Faustus were with us on 8th April and it was an absolutely amazing show!  There is a video of their closing song, the Oxeye Man, on our Facebook… read more

Acoustic in the Alley

For those of you who may have earmarked May 25th in your diaries to see Chico Holton, please note his spot has been moved to June 22nd. Acoustic in the Alley now has its own website. A big thanks to Chantelle for setting this up for us. It still needs a bit of tweaking and… read more

Tennis coaching: new courses

Phil Kerley, the resident Tennis Coach at the Chiseldon courts is holding the following new courses:  FREE tennis coaching for 5 – 8 year olds – 6 week course. This begins Wednesday 26th, 4-5 pm. Tennis Xpress –  a 6 week introductory course for adults who want to learn the basics. Wednesdays 6 -7.30pm. Please… read more

Tennis Talk

Please click the link below to view or download information about the Chiseldon Tennis Club. Tennis Talk

Friends of Holy Cross Church website

The Friends of Holy Cross are a group that preserve and maintain The Church of The Holy Cross in the village of Chiseldon. You can find out more about their work on their website.

M4 J15 proposals – have your say

The Parish Council will be requesting a meeting with Swindon Borough Council to discuss the proposals for the M4 J15 works. If you have any comments on how this scheme can be managed and delivered to be an asset to Chiseldon Parish then please email your comments to clerk@chiseldon-pc.gov.uk for consideration. Mrs Clair Wilkinson Parish… read more

Junction 16 works update

Work to transform Junction 16 of the M4 is progressing well, with over 10,000 hours worked on site in March. The import of clay continues, aided by the warm and dry weather, and the utility diversion works are ongoing. Again, these works are not expected to disrupt anyone’s supplies. Please note that on the 24th, 25th… read more

Akers Way reconstruction now well underway

This week work has begun on the major reconstruction of Akers Way. The road has been closed between St Mary’s Church and Cheney Manor Industrial Estate to enable the contractor to begin phase one of the works which is expected to last up to six weeks. The site compound is now in place and traffic marshals are… read more

Bus timetables over Easter

Easter Bus services Good Friday: only 80/81 are running on a Saturday timetable. Easter Saturday: X5, 80/81 and Thamesdown 70A 72A will be running on normal Saturday timetable. Easter Sunday and Monday: only service 80 running on Sunday timetable (only running 2 hourly as far as Marlborough) For further info look at the bus company… read more

March 2017 Police report

Police Report for the period 1st – 31st March 2017 For the period noted above the Chiseldon Parish has had three burglaries reported two of which were garages. An offender has been arrested and interviewed in relation to these and our enquiries are on-going at this time. The third was a house on the Badbury… read more