• Where Are Chippenham's Speedwatch Volunteers hiding?

  By chipshrew

  I have seen them occasionally down around theBridge Centre. Entirely agree about Hungerdown Lane,...

            

   

  By Lois_Avery at 17:50 on 10/05/11

  

  Community speedwatch volunteers have been thanked by Wiltshire Council and the local police for helping them catch so many offenders – but where are they hiding in Chippenham? You may have seen them occasionally, they wear high visibility jackets and sit/stand along main roads of areas of notable speed and clock your speed as you pass. But considering there are now 42 groups doing this across the county I still haven't seen...

• Parking charges could double in Chippenham

  By mjhudston

  Was in Town this morning, and it was still only 50p for the first hour. I do remember when it was...

            

   

  By Lois_Avery at 16:47 on 21/01/11

  

  Parking charges in Chippenham are set to shoot up again in April. Councillors will make their final decision next month but following a meeting last week it looks like new charges will see the price of an hour's town centre parking rise from 50p to £1.10. Town centre season tickets could also double in price, from £540 a year, to around £1,200 annually. Another council meeting on February 22 will decide the fate...

• Trains to Trowbridge and Salisbury

  By Lois_Avery

  Here's the link http://tinyurl.com/6zbje7t interesting...

            

   

  By Well House Consultants at 08:46 on 05/02/11

  

  Have you ever tried to catch a train from Chippenham to Salisbury?   There 's one at half past six in the morning, and then one at seven O'clock at night - and that's the total service on a line that should be the backbone of Wiltshire. The Chambers of Commerce, Wiltshire Council, First Great Western, Network Rail, and a new Community Rail Partnership are all working together to put a more appropriate service on the line.  We...

• My rant about train companies cashing in during poor weather

  By Well House Consultants

  First are very much aware of some of the issues, but are constrained to a degree by what the...

            

   

  By Lois_Avery at 15:35 on 22/12/10

  

  I was on a train on Monday from Bristol to Chippenham when a member of First Great Western's staff announced that passengers using the wrong train would be charged penalty fares. This is all well and good. I agree that if you've bought an advance ticket you should use that train alone - in ordinary circumstances. What made me extremely angry was that the snow had delayed trains for hours, (I waited an hour and a half) some were...

• Roadworks Nearly Over: How Have You Been Affected?

  By Lois_Avery

  Wow Wilts Council are predicting the weather...looks ok to me today?hmmm. Roadworks were meant to...

            

   

  By Lois_Avery at 10:17 on 23/08/10

  

  You may have noticed that Chippenham has ground to a halt lately, thanks to the roadworks springing up around town. Thankfully it's nearly come to an end, but how have you found it? Getting from one side of the town is bad enough when all the roads are open, but when the council decides to close one of the main routes in and out, it becomes a complete nightmare. Rowden Hill has been shut for the best part of August, meaning...

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