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Today Swindon Borough Council operate the grounds as a country park and occasional events venue, while the house is a hotel, wedding venue and museum. [12] In 2023, a new Community Diagnostic Centre in West Swindon was announced. [13] The same year the former post office reopened. [14] In September 2023, the West Swindon library was flooded out ...
South Swindon parish was created with the official name of Central Swindon South, [1] but the parish council used the name and branding "South Swindon" from its creation. [22] [23] In October 2023, Swindon Borough Council consented to formally change the name to South Swindon.
Map of civil parishes in England as of December 2021. A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government. [1] Parish councils are elected corporate bodies, with variable tax raising powers, and they carry out beneficial public activities in geographical areas known as civil parishes.
The two parishes were united in 1981 [21] and following the 1989 building of a church in the Swindon suburb of Shaw, the parish was renamed West Swindon and the Lydiards in 1996. [5] Further reorganisation in 2017 separated the Lydiards and created the benefice of North West Swindon and Lydiard Millicent [22] where All Saints' is the sole church.
The two parishes were united in 1981 [20] and following the 1989 building of a church in the Swindon suburb of Shaw, the parish was renamed West Swindon and the Lydiards in 1996. [21] A reorganisation effective in 2018 [ 22 ] saw the separation of Lydiard Millicent parish, and today the church is part of the West Swindon and Lydiard Tregoze ...
Freshbrook is within West Swindon parish. Along with Grange Park and part of Toothill, the area elects three councillors for the Lydiard and Freshbrook ward of Swindon Borough Council, a unitary authority. [5] Freshbrook forms part of the parliamentary constituency of South Swindon.
The parish of Central Swindon North was created in 2017, [2] alongside Central Swindon South (later renamed to South Swindon). In 2022, the council opened a new accessible play park at Pinetrees Community Centre.
Swindon North and Swindon South are wholly within the boundaries of the borough of Swindon, while East Wiltshire includes the Swindon borough council wards of Wroughton & Wichelstowe and Ridgeway, and the parish of Chiseldon. [16] Swindon North and Swindon South are seen as key marginal seats at general elections, having been bellwether seats ...