The popular Bradford on Avon Secret Gardens series of walks returns on Sunday. It will be the first of three chances this year to explore hidden gardens in the town. During this first event, visitors can tour the ground’s of Hortons House, in Church
A Trowbridge woman Sheila Sadler is giving something back to a charity that has changed her life, by providing her assistance dog Kerly, by organising a bluebell walk at Southwick Country Park. The walk takes place through fantastic scenery in the park
A host of vintage and working vehicles will be on display at the Bratton Transport and Vintage Gathering, held on Westbury Road, Bratton, near Westbury on this weekend. Stationary engines, military vehicles, classic and vintage cars and motorbikes,
AMY Chalk admits that the only reason she completed the Virgin London Marathon was that it was quicker to reach the finish by foot than take a short cut on the underground, writes KEVIN FAHEY. Chalk dropped out at 19 miles only to rejoin the race after
Saturday, 11am TROWBRIDGE Town Hall is open to the public for the first time for years this weekend. The open weekend will offer people the chance to see rooms they have probably never seen before, or have fond memories of from times gone by. The grand
CORSHAM will hit lightspeed and be sent into outer space when the town is taken over by aliens on Saturday, robots and Timelords for its fourth annual Sci-Fi Family Funday. The event, at Corsham Community Centre and Springfield Leisure Centre, will welcome
THE EVER-POPULAR Chippenham Beer Festival is coming of age this year, and there are still tickets available for some of the sessions during the weekend. Although tickets for the Friday evening have gone, there are still plenty for the Saturday afternoon
OVERNIGHT frost and cold winds kept weights low in the Wilts Angling match at Rood Ashton. Bradford’s Ian Willetts won with 25lb 2oz of carp, ahead of Jim Butcher, also from Bradford, with 19lb 5oz of carp. Dean Adams, from Bradford, clinched third
For the second time in the space of five days, Frome Town lost against a side that moved into second spot in the league last night. This time, the victors were Oxford City, who were well worth their three-goal victory on a night of torrential rain and
A Trowbridge team who are planning to walk up Snowdon later this month are holding a karoke night at the 12 Bells in Seymour Road on Saturday to help boost the funds needed to help transplant patients. Led by David Jefferies, who had a kidney transplant
While many women on a hen party would carouse to excess, former Bratton woman Vicki Martin will be working up a sweat by doing a triathlon. The 34-year-old has managed to persuade up to 10 other friends and acquaintances to join her fitness regime and
It may appear that summer is still a long way away but the recent downpours have definitely failed to dampen the spirits of a troop of monkeys at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park. Far from being put off by the bad weather, the rhesus monkeys
Hundreds of school and college students visited the Higher Education Convention at Wiltshire College Trowbridge on Tuesday, and at the Salisbury campus on Wednesday, to find out more about studying university level courses. Thirty-eight universities
The deadline to apply for grants from Melksham Without Parish Council is Monday. Forms are available by calling the council on 01225 705700 or via www.melkshamwithout.co.uk.
A Trowbridge secondary school is one of two Wiltshire schools to make it on to an eight-strong shortlist for the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Excellence in Forestry Schools Award. Judges were impressed by an outstanding level of entries from across the
People are being encouraged to help shape the future of informal adult education in the county as Wiltshire Council embarks on a wide ranging consultation. The unitary authority describes informal adult education as courses which are offered as leisure
GET ready for the Olympics with a concert of music linked to sport on Sunday April 29 at the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford on Avon. It will include works by Ravel, who was an Olympic judge, and Bizet who was a passionate swimmer, performed
Organisers of the Seend Beer Festival are urging people to buy tickets in advance. The festival – on Saturday, May 5, at Seend Community Centre from noon to 11pm – will feature about 30 real ales and five ciders. Richard Todhunter, one of the organisers
BIDDESTONE Social were crowned Chippenham League Premier Division champions for a second successive season on Wednesday evening after their 3-1 victory over Pete Collier’s FC Bradford whose defeat means that they finish as runners-up to Dan Lardner’s
A celebratory fanfare, written by Westbury 13-year-old Lydia Shephard, will welcome the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to Wiltshire’s Diamond Jubilee event on Tuesday. Lydia, of Chalford, won a competition run by the Wiltshire Music Service, with her piece
