Sport/Recreation
Scouts rebrand and make major move to Lydiard Park
1st Lydiard Park Scouts (formerly 1st Westlea Scouts) now meet in Stable Room at Lydiard Park
After 25 years 1st Westlea Scouts, who used to meet at Upper Shaw Farm community hall before transferring next door to Shaw Ridge Primary School, have uprooted themselves to become 1st Lydiard Park Sc...
Swindon Choral Society welcomes new members
Rehearsals start 10 January for JS Bach, St John Passion performance in March
Rehearsals start on Thursday 10 January for a performance of J S Bach, St John Passion which will be taking place on Saturday 23 March in Marlborough College Chapel. It is being sung by Swindon Choral...
Marlborough & District Embroiderers Guild
Meeting on January 7 at Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge - speaker Hazel Morris
The next meeting of the Marlborough & District Embroiderers Guild is on January 7 at Kennet Valley Hall in Lockeridge, Marlborough, from 1.30pm to 4.00pm. Our speaker will be Hazel Morris on Begi...
Swindon running group leader gets regional recognition
Steve Goulding receives prestigious 2012 Run England Leader of the Year award for the South West
His words of encouragement have helped swell the numbers of people who regularly pound the streets of Swindon. And now Steve Goulding has been recognised for giving up hours of his time each week to ...
Swindon Society celebrates 40th anniversary
Swindon Society building on four decades recording the town's history
It was all platform shoes, trendy haircuts, flares and also some fab music in 1972, or so I have been told. It was also the year The Swindon Society was formed, writes Andy Binks. Many members of the...
Gymnastics is not just for kids!
Veteran gymnasts return to Swindon triumphant from Championships in Newcastle
The Swindon School of Gymnastics Club who are based on the Isis Trading Estate, Stratton, recently sent 8 adult members to the British Veterans Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Newcastle. They all...
British Computer Society funding for Swindon special education facility
Evil Twin Artworks to deliver sessions in simple game development to young people attending Stratton Education Centre
The British Computer Society has funded the Stratton Education Centre to help its students learn the introductory skills required to develop computer games. The funding has allowed Evil Twin Artworks...
North Swindon MP keen to see a stadium suitable for champions
Justin Tomlinson looks forward to redevelopment of Abbey Stadium
North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson believes detailed plans for the redevelopment of Abbey Stadium and the houses proposed for St Andrew’s Ridge are not far off - and with Swindon Robins winning t...
AMS Accountancy gives seasonal spend to Swindon school
Firm challenges Swindon pupils to design a Christmas card for them
Instead of using a commercial design for their Christmas card, this year AMS Accountancy Ltd decided to challenge children at Lawn Primary School to come up with ideas. Lisa Lane, who managed the pro...
Look after Swindon's heritage says artist Ken, our first Swindon Treasure
Juliet Platt talks with painter and muralist Ken White, from Old Town, who gained national media coverage in the 1970s for his enduring mural of the Golden Lion Bridge at Whalebridge
In the first of our occasional articles about Swindon Treasures, Juliet Platt talks with painter and muralist Ken White, from Old Town,who gained national media coverage in the 1970s for his enduring ...
Eventful year for Swindon Salzgitter Twinning Association
Link with Salzgitter in Germany gives Swindon people chance to share with European partner
Swindon Salzgitter Twinning Association has had an eventful year with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year being celebrated in both towns. Association chairman Roger Gower said the royal river page...
Swindon animator continues his passion for film at UWE
Bristol undergraduate Lewis hoping for a place on Disney animation course in California
Lewis Rogers, 18, who was selected as Film Club Young Ambassador of the Year in 2012, is continuing his passion for all things film at the Bristol School of Animation at the University of the West of ...
Beautiful Hand-made Beads Workshops
Adults only course commencing 15 January at St Francis C of E Primary School - closing date for bookings 14 December
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Wiltshire school takes pupils on the Hottest Classroom on Earth expedition for TV
BBC documentary on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 December features expedition by pupils with special needs to Rift Vally, Tanzania
The Hottest Classroom on Earth, in which 10 extraordinary pupils from around the UK pushed themselves and the limits of their endurance, is the subject of a BBC documentary to be aired this weekend. ...
Next Steps Spanish Course
Adults only course commencing 8 January at The Commonweal School - bookings close 12 December.
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Best of McFly Tour comes to Swindon
McFly performing at the Oasis on Friday 19 April - tickets on sale from 9am tomorrow (Saturday 8 December).
Pop superstars McFly will be hitting the road once again next spring and will be making Swindon their first stop. The young boy band will be performing at The Oasis by Moirai on Friday 19 April and t...
Creative Writing Course
Adults only course commencing 9 January at Commonweal School - bookings close 12 December.
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Royal Wootton Bassett Orchestra Christmas Concert
15 December - A feast of traditional Christmas and Viennese music by Strauss, Franz Lehar, Leroy Anderson and other favourites!
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New College students stage classic fairy tale for Christmas
Performing Arts Department stage new adaptation of Beauty & the Beast - 11-14 December
New College Performing Arts Department have been working on their annual Christmas production. This year they are staging a new adaptation of ‘Beauty & the Beast’. The story revolves ...
See the video of Swindon's sailing cavalcade wowing the people of Weymouth in July
Swindon's soul on display in amazing pre-Olympic sailing show in Weymouth
The town might be miles from the sea but Swindon's dancers, musicians, circus artists and aerialists captured the hearts of the crowd in Weymouth at the giant pre-Olympic sailing competition arts fe...
Jubilate! A Christmas Celebration - 8 December
A Christmas Celebration of Music, Song and Words at STEAM Museum, Swindon with Swindon Pegasus Brass, Swindon School of Brass Training Band and Swindon Concert Band.
Saturday 8 December 2012 7.30pm STEAM Museum, Swindon Jubilate! A Christmas Celebration of Music, Song and Words with Swindon Pegasus Brass, Swindon School of Brass Training Band and Swindon Con...
Swindon Images Calendar 2013
Pete's calendar will raise money for Swindon Therapy Centre for Multiple Sclerosis
Pete Wilson from West Swindon has produced a calendar from his own collection of images taken in and around Swindon which he is selling to raise money for Swindon Therapy Centre for Multiple...
Can you help bumble bees and butterflies in your garden?
What can we do over the winter to encourage more pollinating insects?
Bees are responsible for pollinating a substantial proportion of our food-producing plants, and yet the population of pollinating insects is increasingly at risk, particularly after the wet summer wea...
Artsite Christmas Exhibition 1st-31st December
Unique artworks on sale at the Window Gallery in Theatre Square, Swindon - Launch Party 7.30pm, 7 December in adjoining Number 9 Gallery.
Artsite Christmas Exhibition at the Window Gallery, Theatre Square Unique artworks including paintings, ceramics and sculpture will be on sale from 1st to 31st December in the Window Gallery ...
Getting ready for Christmas at Lydiard House. 2 for 1 entry offer
Victorian Christmas displays, crafts and festive entertainment from 1 to 30 December
See how our Victorian ancestors celebrated the festive season as the State Rooms of Lydiard House are decked out with traditional decorations, real Christmas trees and floral from Saturday 1 to Sunday...
