Swindon Heritage Preservation

Car Boot and Table Top Sale

CAR BOOT AND TABLE TOP Fundraiser Join us in Swindon Railway Village – Browse a selection of pre-loved items and bag yourself a bargain. Saturday 28th September10am-1pmCentral Community Centre, Emlyn […]

Meet Mrs Smith at the Railway Village Museum

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 […]

Christmas in the Railway Village

Kick off your festive season with Christmas in the Railway Village. Santa will be paying a special visit for one day only, and there will be plenty of games, stalls […]

Meet Santa at Swindon’s Victorian Parlour

Kick off your festive season with Christmas in the Railway Village! For one day only, you can meet Santa in Swindon at the Victorian Parlour of the Railway Village Museum, 34 […]

£3.50

Make your own Winter Wreath

This November, Swindon Heritage Preservation are running a workshop where you can create your very own Winter Wreath and kick-start your festive season. With a selection of high quality natural […]

£20.00

Scrooge; the Mouse & a Victorian House: Festive Family Hunt

The Cricketers' 14 Emlyn Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

On the table, on the stair, these naughty mice are everywhere! The Railway Village Museum is ready for Christmas, but what’s this? Twenty one naughty mice are hiding throughout its […]

£1.50 – £3.50

Christmas Centrepiece workshop

The Cricketers' 14 Emlyn Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Join us for a Festive Christmas Centrepiece Workshop! Get into the holiday spirit by creating your own stunning Christmas centrepiece! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned crafter, this workshop […]

£15.00

Walk the Works Heritage Trail

Swindon Railway Village Emlyn Square, Swindon

The Works Heritage Trail guides you around Swindon’s beautifully preserved Railway Village, through the Tunnel and around the former GWR Works – the original industrial heart of Swindon. In the 1840s, the Great Western Railway chose to site its locomotive repair works here, in open countryside mid-way between Bristol and London. That decision changed Swindon […]

‘Swindon Connections’ by Graham Carter

Goddard Park School Welcombe Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

This event is hosted by The Swindon Society. From its very beginnings the Society has attempted to record the social history of the area as shown by the camera since […]

‘Posted in the Past’ by Helen Baggott

Online

This event is hosted online via Zoom by Wiltshire Family History Society. A soldier killed in the First World War, the man who helped keep the doors to Great Ormond […]

Albany Ward; cinema pioneer of the South West by Ruth Butler

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

This event is hosted by Wiltshire Family History Society at The Central Community Centre, Emlyn Square, SN1 5BG. The fascinating story of a man who recognised that the new world […]