HAYDON END

Swindon's First Garden Show

 Swindon Garden Show, at Stanton Park, in aid of Age Concern, 10am Friday Sept 5th to 4:30pm Sunday 7th.

Moulden Hill Country park

Work will start again on 1st September, on the Car Parking area at Moulden Hill. It had been delayed by the great crested newt. Although common in the UK, the newt is an endangered species in mainland Europe so EU Law gives them protected species status. I hope that this delay cost less than the £3million that it cost to

Dirt Pile to Go - Update 2

Now that the piles of mud have been removed, the North Swindon Development Company will be seeding this area in a month or so, when the grass seeding season starts. There is a danger that any grass sown now will dry out.

Dirt Pile to Go - Update

I've just been speaking to the North Swindon Development Company who assure me that the open space, by Havisham Drive will be landscaped in the next two weeks.

 

Apparently there are a number of issues that complicated the situation, such as the hard core left by Kings Oak, when they removed their Temporary Site Offices and a lack of areas to store top soil  as developers finished sites.

 

In the background of this picture, is the tidy area that Miller Homes has maintained, in stark contrast to the 'tip'. 

Local Attractions No:4 - Westmill Wind Farm

Despite the overcast weather, a good crowd gathered for the Westmill Farm Open Day on Saturday 21st June 2008.

 

From the Westmill Farm web site:

 "Westmill will be the first wind farm in the South East of England and the first 100% community owned scheme in the UK from commissioning. The scheme will produce pollution-free electricity for over 2,500 average homes and will save the emisson of carbon dioxide.

It will comprise five turbines, 81m to tip,

 

Local Election Results - 1 May 2008

ABBEY MEADS (Electorate: 10,695)
Majority: 1,570    Turnout: 2,418 (22.61%) 

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vera Margaret Rose Tomlinson	Conservatives	1,836
Gerald John Lawson	Labour	266
Richard Andrew Law	Liberal Democrats	226
Robin Howard Tingey	UK Independence Party	90

   
      
     

Torun Way Bus Route

The No 15 Bus will run down Torun Way from May 27th, every 15 minutes. (Picture from Thamesdown Transport)

Dirt Pile to Go

But not until September

Abbey Meads Councillor sacked

The Conservative Group has sacked Abbey Meads Councillor Dr Owen Lister after his membership of the UKIP was revealed. The full story can be seen at ....

Living on a Building Site

Many must hope for the day that the builders move off site.