Swindonian Blog Posts
Swindon news, views, history and culture
Wiltshire Wellness Retreat Returning
Wiltshire Wellness Retreat Returning. A sold-out Wiltshire wellbeing retreat which brought people together to mark the peak of the Lionsgate Portal will return for a third year in 2027.
Comedy Stars Unite in Swindon
Comedy Stars Unite in Swindon for special night supporting The Harbour Project.
Following two previous sell-out evenings, a host of well-known comedy names will come together again at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre. It’s happening this Tuesday for a special evening of live comedy raising support for local charity The Harbour Project.
20. Fleet Street and Fleet Square
Way back in Swindon’s pre-history, before the completion of Brunel’s railway village, private builders began erecting houses outside it. At first, these houses for the GWR workers stood in close comfort to the railway village along and just off a track known as Fleetway or Fletway – a term derived from Old and Middle English. Fleet/Flet meaning, amongst other things, a slow-moving watercourse and way, from Old English, is what you’d suppose – a road, path or track.
Today we know this track as Westcott Place, Faringdon Road and Fleet Street. These small settlements became established as early as 1845.
Church Art in Swindon
Church Art in Swindon – a little look of some of what we have in Swindon’s churches.
Dementia Friendly Singing Group Returns
Dementia Friendly Singing Group Returns.
Swindon Theatres is proud to announce the return of popular free group, Memory Sing sponsored by Willowbrook View. Memory Sing will run alongside their popular memory café and memory cinema sessions. They occur every month at both the Wyvern Theatre and Swindon Arts Centre.
Film Classics at the Bowl
Film Classics at the Bowl. It’s lights, camera, action and open air as two much-loved cinematic classics come to the big screen at the Town Gardens Bowl this September.
The Town Gardens Bowl will become an open-air cinema for two nights. Thus offering audiences the chance to enjoy a film in the unique surroundings of the Town Gardens.
Financial Advisors Counting Steps
Financial Advisors Counting Steps for charity.
WROUGHTON-based financial advisers take on their next fundraising challenge. They’re running Swindon’s Half Marathon for child bereavement charity, Wiltshire Treehouse.
Art Auction for Prospect
Art Auction for Prospect. All money raised through the auction will go to Prospect Hospice, Swindon.
Best Mates Raise £10,889
Best Mates Raise £10,889 TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE THROUGH LIFE’S TOUGHEST MOMENTS.
A charity golf day attended by 84 golfers has raised £10,889. The money will help Best Mates continue supporting people facing some of life’s toughest moments.
Open Day at Christ Church
Open Day at Christ Church. Working Lives in Bloom: Flower Festival and Heritage. Saturday 19 September 2026, 1pm–4pm.
Swindon in 50 more buildings
West Swindon – What the eye doesn’t see
Swindon – A Born Again Swindonian’s Guide
We Are Swindon
