Swindon Heritage Preservation

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 […]

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‘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 […]