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Latest news

Young people back Swindon’s first Skills Strategy
A new plan to help people across Swindon access training and employment has been welcomed by young people across the…

Swindon maintains its top-five position in key economic index
Swindon has once again been ranked alongside the country’s top cities when it comes to key economic performance…
See Swindon’s history come alive with Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days returns this month with the history of Swindon front and centre of local events.

STEAM to step back in time to the Golden Age this weekend
Railway enthusiasts and history buffs are encouraged to bring their dancing shoes to Swindon’s STEAM Museum this…
Latest events
Effluence & Epidemics (Heritage Open Days Talk)
16th September 2025
This talk will investigate the stomach-churning pitfalls of a rapidly expanding Swindon, when the streets were paved…
'200 Years of Britain’s Railways in 14 Journeys' by Sherin Aminossehe
18th September 2025
The world’s first public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in the northeast of England in 1825 and…
Step back in time: Meet Mrs Smith in her Victorian cottage!
20th September 2025 - 21st September 2025
Bring the whole family to the Railway Village Museum for an interactive tour with Mrs Smith, a busy housewife from…

The Swindon Plan: Fairer, better, greener
Read the Swindon Plan that sets out our long-term priorities to build a fairer, better and greener Swindon.

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