Wednesday December 11th
6.00pm till 8.00pm
on Andover road by the upper playing field

Everyone is invited to have a cup of tea and take a look at the Open Blue Bus, Wiltshire’s mobile community centre.

In the new year the bus will be operating as a youth venue once a month for young people 11 to 16 years.

Come and meet the staff and volunteers, have look round and ask any questions you like about it.

Open Blue Trust 7 The Market Place, Chippenham, Wilts. SN15 3HD Phone: 01249 819 434 Mobile: 07879 887 446 E-mail: aw@openblue.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1097725

Whistledown Development Road Names

Thanks for all of your suggestions for road names, we had a few interesting suggestions but the one that we would like to pick is the following:

The development will be called Whistledown, this keeps the name of the original farm living on.

The road names will be aircraft based to highlight the history of Upavon being designated as the Army Central Flying School, which was created in 1912. So the roads will have the names:

Vulcan Drive (This is the main road through the development)

Avro Close
Gloster Close
Hawker Close

Vulcan, because this is an iconic British Aircraft that was seen many times at the Upavon Airshows during the 1960s. The Avro 500 was used at Upavon as early as 1913, and were a major manufacturer of aircraft for many years after. The Gloster Gladiator again was used at Upavon during the late 50s and early 60s, and the Hawker Fury was used at Upavon between the wars and was the first aircraft to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h) in level flight.

Upavon Village

Upavon is a beautiful village set in the middle of Salisbury Plain, with picturesque cottages and gorgeous scenery; it is a place that will bring joy when visited. Surrounded by fields, with the River Avon running its length, Upavon is one of the most eye catching places in the Wiltshire area. With excellent amenities, it has kept its village style, and is highly regarded by both locals and visitors alike.

Upavon is in the County of Wiltshire, England. As its name suggests, it is on the upper portions of the River Avon which runs from the north to the south through the village. It is situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Pewsey, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the market town of Devizes, about 11 miles (17.7km) north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge and about 20 miles (32 km) north of the cathedral city of Salisbury. The A345 and A342 roads run through the village.

History  

The occupation of Upavon dates back to the Iron Age settlement at Casterley Camp which lies approximately 1.5 miles west of the current village. The first mention of Upavon itself is in the Domesday Book as 'Oppavrene' (click here to go to Open Domesday website); though there are no details it can be estimated that the village supported some 200 to 250 people. The Iron Age settlement of Chisenbury Camp also lies close by to the southeast. The village prospered during the 12th and 13th centuries and started to develop features that are recognisable today. A large Norman church replaced the previous Saxon one, a manor house was built in the south of the village and a market square developed west of the church in the area that now lies between the two village pubs. For more information please visit Wikipedia