Swindon Heritage Preservation

Railway Village Museum Tour + Guided Heritage Walk (23rd 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 […]

Get Tickets Free – £5.00

Signal Festival 2025

Signal Festival 2025 is an external event that runs 25th July to 2nd August aimed at Swindon's young people 11 to 25. Create Signal aims to build creativity in Swindon and give young people the necessary skills and resources. We want young artists and enthusiasts to feel like they can succeed artistically in their hometown […]

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. Discover life in Swindon for a 1901 family, from a housewife who shares her busy routine while her husband is at work and the children […]

Railway Village Museum Tour + Guided Heritage Walk (30th 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 […]

Get Tickets Free – £5.00

Railway Village Museum Tour (3rd September)

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 […]

Get Tickets Free – £5.00

Railway Village Museum Tour (10th September)

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 […]

Get Tickets Free – £5.00

Heritage Open Days 2025!

Swindon Railway Village Emlyn Square, Swindon

Join us to celebrate Heritage Open Days 2025 on Saturday 13th September in Swindon's historic Railway Village! With a range of FREE activities you're set to discover and learn about the Village's past, present and future. All told through our heritage buildings and dedicated volunteers. Witness the sights of local community life and how it's […]

Free

‘200 Years of Britain’s Railways in 14 Journeys’ by Sherin Aminossehe

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

The world’s first public railway, the Stockton & Darlington Railway, opened in the northeast of England in 1825 and marked the start of rail travel in Britain and across the world. Over the following two centuries the rail network expanded over the country and led to the construction of some of the most spectacular examples […]