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Heritage Open Days 2024: Railway Village Festival

Railway Village Museum Emlyn Square, Swindon

Emlyn Square is at the heart of Swindon's historic Railway Village; It's set to come alive with exclusive tours, exhibitions, talks, family games and activities - FREE fun for the […]

A guide leads a group of tourists through the streets of Swindon Railway Village.

Railway Village Guided Walk

Railway Village Museum 34 Faringdon Road, Swindon

Railway Village Walking Tour  Discover Swindon's historic Railway Village guided by a local historian. FREE (Donations Welcome) - Booking is essential for this walking tour to avoid disappointment. Tour Duration: Approx. 1hr Please meet in the Railway Village Museum Garden - 34 Faringdon Road. Please note: The Railway Village Museum will also be open to […]

The Cricketers Swindon in the GWR railway village - the cricketers tour and open doors

Pub Walk and Talk – Heritage Open Days 2024

The Cricketers' 14 Emlyn Square, Swindon

Connecting the pubs in Emlyn Square Join us for a guided tour of the Bakers and Cricketers in Emlyn Square the heart of Swindon's historic Railway Village. With the coming of the railway to Swindon in 1841 the locomotive repair Works and all that was to follow from 1843 there came an unprecedented explosion of […]

Free

A guide leads a group of tourists through the streets of Swindon Railway Village.

Railway Village Guided Walk

Railway Village Museum 34 Faringdon Road, Swindon

Railway Village Walking Tour  Discover Swindon's historic Railway Village guided by a local historian. FREE (Donations Welcome) - Booking is essential for this walking tour to avoid disappointment. Tour Duration: Approx. 1hr Please meet in the Railway Village Museum Garden - 34 Faringdon Road. Please note: The Railway Village Museum will also be open to […]

The Cricketers Swindon in the GWR railway village - the cricketers tour and open doors

Pub Walk and Talk – Heritage Open Days 2024

The Cricketers' 14 Emlyn Square, Swindon

Connecting the pubs in Emlyn Square Join us for a guided tour of the Bakers and Cricketers in Emlyn Square the heart of Swindon's historic Railway Village. With the coming of the railway to Swindon in 1841 the locomotive repair Works and all that was to follow from 1843 there came an unprecedented explosion of […]

Free

The Gluepot shines in morning light

Connecting the Pubs in Emlyn Square by John Stooke

Cultural Heritage Institute Station Industrial Estate, Shed 11, London St,, Swindon

Revisiting some of the alehouses that loomed large in the lives of the GWR community With the coming of the railway to Swindon in 1841, the locomotive repair Works and all that was to follow from 1843, there came an unprecedented explosion of the working population. “New Swindon” was first centred on GWR’s “factory village” […]

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