Pupils from Monkton Park Primary School in Chippenham have played a key role in marking Armistice Day by crocheting 60 poppies for a special wreath that travelled with Her Majesty Queen Camilla as part of GWR’s Poppies to Paddington initiative. Organised by the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership, the project saw pupils in Years 5 and...
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Wiltshire’s young photographers invited to capture the railway in new competition
Young people across Wiltshire are being encouraged to pick up a camera or smartphone and take part in a special photography competition celebrating 200 years of the railway. The competition, run by Wiltshire’s community rail partnership TransWilts in collaboration with The Arts Society Kington Langley (TASKL), includes categories especially for children aged 5–10 and young...
Chippenham and Wiltshire children enjoy first seaside adventure by train
A group of young people from Chippenham and across Wiltshire enjoyed an unforgettable seaside adventure after boarding the train to Weston-super-Mare, many for the very first time. The trip, organised by community rail partnership TransWilts in collaboration with Great Western Railway (GWR) and Barnardo’s Wiltshire Short Breaks, gave 10 children aged 7–13 the chance to...