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Trowbridge (/ ˈ t r oʊ b r ɪ dʒ / TROH-brij) is the county town of Wiltshire, England; situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset.The town lies 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Bath, 31 miles (50 km) south-west of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Bristol.
In 2011, a group of residents formed the Trowbridge Town Hall Trust to help restore the building, [21] and since then it has been used for exhibitions and community events. [8] As of 2023–2024, work is underway to restore the structure and remodel the interior, with funding from the UK Government's Future High Streets fund.
The Cardiff Civic Centre is probably the oldest and best preserved civic centre in the UK. With the reforms of local government in London in 1965 and across England in anticipation of the implementation of the Redcliffe-Maud Report in 1974, a number of local authorities commissioned new civic centres sometimes funded by disposing of their 19th ...
Meanwhile, the council's planned work to revamp Roundstone Street and Hilperton Road, based in east Trowbridge, will begin in February and end in March 2026. Follow BBC Wiltshire on Facebook , X ...
The 2012 exhibition Rare Machinery [3] presented the story of woollen cloth production in Trowbridge from its domestic beginnings through to the mechanisation of the process. As well as a complete Spinning Jenny – one of only five examples left in the world – the museum's displays included a fulling machine patented by Trowbridge engineer ...
The Shires Shopping Centre is the central, covered shopping centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England The centre incorporates the county town's main museum and has a 1,000-space car park. As of 2009 [update] , approximately 120,000 shoppers visited the centre each week.
Newcastle Civic Centre 1 (17 June 2018) Osbourne House 1 (24 June 2018) Floors Castle 2 (1 July 2018) Cardiff Castle 1 (8 July 2018) Minehead Railway Station 2 (15 July 2018) Cardiff Castle 2 (22 July 2018) Stormont Parliament Buildings and Estate 1 (29 July 2018) Trelissick 2 (5 August 2018) Helmingham Hall 3 (19 August 2018)
The event arose from the folk club of the same name founded in Trowbridge in 1970 and the annual festival held there until 1984, when it moved to Stowford Manor Farm. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prior to 2010, all events took place in marquees and the compact site includes camping, car parking, three separate stages plus children's tent, two beer tents and a ...