Swindon Heritage Preservation

Swindon Arts Fringe 2025

Carriage Works Carriage Works, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

This external event is organised by Artsite People Places Partnership. Swindon Arts Fringe Festival Swindon Arts Fringe Festival (SWAF) returns to Swindon Town Centre for a second year and hopes […]

Railway Village Museum Tour – 18th June

Railway Village Museum 34 Faringdon Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Join us at The Railway Village Museum to step back in time at the cottage to discover Victorian traditions. Witness the sights, sounds and smells of local community life, and […]

Free – £5.00

Railway Village Museum Tour – 25th June

Railway Village Museum 34 Faringdon Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Join us at The Railway Village Museum to step back in time at the cottage to discover Victorian traditions. Witness the sights, sounds and smells of local community life, and learn how a Great Western Railway worker would have lived with their family living in Swindon c1901. What are the details? This approximately 30 minute […]

Free – £5.00

Writing Competition – Words on Art, Swindon

The Bakers' 16 Emlyn Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

This external event is run by Poetry Swindon, in association with Swindon Arts Fringe and Swindon Open Studios. Write About Art! - Writing Competition £50 PRIZE VOUCHER Our theme is […]

Railway Village Museum Tour – 2nd July

Railway Village Museum 34 Faringdon Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Join us at The Railway Village Museum to step back in time at the cottage to discover Victorian traditions. Witness the sights, sounds and smells of local community life, and learn how a Great Western Railway worker would have lived with their family living in Swindon c1901. What are the details? This approximately 30 minute […]

Free – £5.00

‘GWR Park: A focus for recreation and sport in Victorian and Edwardian times’ by Mary Thornton

Central Community Centre, SN1 5BG Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, Swindon, United Kingdom

GWR's Railway Village, “New Swindon", was barely half-built and the Works still modest in extent when land was earmarked for a “park” in 1844. What does this tell us about the Company, its workers and their families, and prevailing Victorian values? And what were typical Victorian and Edwardian sporting and leisure activities anyway? Mary Thornton […]

Free – £5.00

St Benedict’s Beer Festival at St Mark’s, Swindon

This external event is hosted at St Mark's, Swindon. 🍻St Benedict's Beer Festival - A Celebration of Craft  Beer & Cider! 🍏 Join us for an unforgettable day at the very first St Benedict's Beer Festival!  Enjoy a selection of 10 beers and 8 ciders on tap, plus soft drinks for all tastes!  Whether you're […]

Meet Mrs Smith – Signal Festival

Railway Village Museum 34 Faringdon Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Meet Mrs Smith as she offers a tour of her Victorian Cottage at the Railway Village Museum. Actor and history addict Louise Jordan guides you through her cottage in this exclusive tour. […]