Thamesdown Buses have evaluated feedback and listened to customer comments and these changes will offer improved connections across Swindon from 14 May 2017. As well as changes to timetables there are two brand new routes to enjoy: Route 5 running between Haydon Wick | Town Centre | Walcot East | Park North Route R1 running from Town Centre… read more
Forthcoming events for June – please see details in the document linked to below. June Bell – What’s On
Please see details of this event, due to take place on Sunday June 11th. Aldbourne fun run – press release Aldbourne fun run – flyer
The document linked to below has details of this post. Deputy Clerk vacancy For further details, contact Andy Reeves, Central Swindon North Parish Manager at areeves3@swindon.gov.uk.
Network Rail need to lower the track under the listed Roman Road/Ermin Street bridge to create room for the overhead line equipment that will power the new electric trains. Rail services between Didcot and Bristol Parkway via Swindon will be affected over the bank holiday weekend (27th – 29th May 2017). Read more about the… read more
Swindon Borough Council Election team go into overdrive after General Election called Following the announcement in mid-April of a snap General Election on 8 June, and with parish elections having taken place last Thursday (4 May), it is vital people know the election timetable and have made suitable arrangements to ensure their vote count. Almost… read more
Just to remind our readers that Acoustic in the Alley is on Thursday 25th May at 8pm, in the Brown Jack, Wroughton, in the skittle alley at the back of the pub. Free parking; £1 entrance. For those of you who may have earmarked May 25th in your diaries to see Chico Holton, please note… read more
Ridgeway Bell Notes for: April 2017 (May 2017 issue) is now available.
Please see details on the document below: Transport Report – June 2017
Please note that there is a vacancy on Chiseldon Parish Council. See the document below for details. Vacancy for Councillor
This information has been sent on behalf of Wiltshire Police Wiltshire Police is appealing for witnesses after a number of indecent exposures which have taken place in the same area of Swindon. Police have received six separate reports of a single white male exposing himself around the same spot on Pipers Way between 27 February… read more
Information on road closures, Junction 14 (Hungerford) to 15 (Swindon) M4
Residents are being reminded that the opening hours for the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) will change from 8th May. Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet agreed to change the opening times at its meeting last month in order to save £96,000 a year in operational costs. Under the new arrangements, the recycling centre will be open… read more
The production below is coming to the Ellendune Community Hall on Friday 26th May and Saturday 27th May.
Healthwatch Swindon have supplied us with the following information: BBC Wiltshire have launched their campaign to get us walking this summer. The collective aim is for people to walk the boundary length of Wiltshire – 240 miles. Every morning on BBC Wiltshire’s breakfast show they will be adding up the total number of miles walked… read more
This is a message sent via Wiltshire and Swindon Community Messaging. This information has been sent on behalf of Wiltshire Police. The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust has been securing the homes of older people for nearly 20 years. Responding to the changing needs of the County, they are working in partnership with Wiltshire Police to… read more
You can view or download the report below: Police Report for Full Council Meeting 8th May 2017
Please see details below, provided by the Three Trees Farm Shop. Cherry Tree Preserves Tasting at Three Trees Farm Shop – Saturday, 6th May 2017 Come and taste new chutneys, curds, jams and pickles from one of our great suppliers, The Cherry Tree, this Saturday, 6th May! Sarah, from The Cherry Tree Preserves, will be here… read more
The next Lecture for the Pewsey Vale Design and Fine Art Society is on Monday 12th June at 7.30 pm at the Bouverie Hall, Pewsey, SN9 5QE Subject is ‘Psychology of a City: The Architecture of St Petersburg’ by Rosamund Bartlett. Members visitors are welcome. All guests are welcome free of charge for June lecture…. read more
We have now received dates for future events concerning the railway path. Sunday June 11th: workday, possibly south of Ogbourne St Andrew Sunday July 30th: butterfly walk at Whitefield Farm, north of Ogbourne St George Sunday Sept 10th: workday, possibly in the Marlborough area Saturday Oct 14th: workday, possibly north of Ogbourne St George Sunday… read more