Entertainment/Attractions
Make the Mad March Hare your resolution target
Register now for this year's Mad March Hare on Sunday 24 March starting at Lydiard Park Academy.
Every year the Mad March Hare in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer welcomes many first timers, so if you’re looking for a target for your new year’s resolution, register now and aim to be ...
The Woman in Black with a G-host of activities
When The Woman In Black returns to Swindon, on Monday 7 January, she will be accompanied by special guests Susan Hill and Paul Devlin.
When The Woman In Black returns to Swindon on Monday 7 January, she will be accompanied by special guests Susan Hill and Paul Devlin. Almost a year after the film adaptation’s worldwide cinema ...
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...
Celebrating 80 years of voluntary action in Swindon
Photos from Richard Wintle @calyxpictures
Swindon’s Voluntary Action Service marked eight decades of big society community service by hundreds of local groups and charities and literally thousands of residents on Friday 14 December at t...
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...
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 ...
Swindon Designer Outlet secures planning permission for expansion
£35m investment to regenerate historic Long Shop as part of 50,000 sq ft of new retail space at Swindon Designer Outlet
Swindon Designer Outlet has announced the successful approval of planning permission for the regeneration of the centre’s historic Long Shop. Built in 1874 as part of the Grade II-listed Great ...
Vet’s Klinic to Host Christmas Party for Pets
Bring your pets to Santa's Pet Grotto on Friday 14 December at Vet's Klinic, Paddington Drive
Father Christmas is visiting Vet’s Klinic, so if your pets have been good this year bring them to his Pet Grotto on Friday 14 December between 6pm and 8pm. Vet’s Klinic, which is situated...
Madam Renards presents The Holly, The Ivy & The Mistletoe. 19 December
Kings Arms, Wood Street, 19 December - A semi-staged secular oratorio by Jessie Thompson
This December as part of their winter celebrations, Madam Renards are performing a newly composed oratorio The Holly, The Ivy & The Mistletoe. Oratorio sits somewhere between an opera and a concer...
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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Swindon Indian Association New Year's Eve Party
Swindon Supermarine Club, 9pm, 31 December
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Free therapy day at Yoga Centre
Get some pre-Christmas TLC at Swindon Yoga & Massage Centre - Saturday 15 December
Receive some pre-Christmas TLC to keep warm and well nourished at Swindon Yoga & Massage Centre at Bradbury House, Westmead Drive on Saturday 15 December. Book in advance for a free 30 minute tas...
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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50 years of experience keeps The Khyber at the forefront
Wiltshire's oldest Indian restaurant celebrating its fiftieth year
Wiltshire oldest Indian restaurant, The Khyber at the bottom of Victoria Road,has been celebrating its fiftieth year in 2012 and showing off why it’s considered one of the premier curry houses i...
West Swindon photographer captures Women of the World
Sabine to exhibit photographs of women from around the world who live in Swindon and Wiltshire
Sabine Coe who is from France and now lives in Toothill has been taking pictures of women from around the planet who live in Swindon and Wiltshire to be shown in an exhibition in 2013 Having lived he...
7th Swindon Scout Group Carol Service - 17 December
Including the arrival of the Peace Light from Bethlehem, followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
7th Swindon Scout Group Carol Service Monday 17 December 6.30-8.00pm Isambard Community School Main Hall Peace Light We gladly receive the light as a sign of our willingness to be channels of pe...
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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