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Volunteers have been hard at work giving Swindon’s historic heart some attention. Members of Swindon Borough Council’s housing team were joined by volunteers from the Mechanics Institution Trust, property maintenance company Quicksons and South Swindon Parish Council to weed and replant the brick street planters along Faringdon Road. The plants were provided by Quicksons, which carry out the maintenance of the Railway Village cottages. Karen Phimister, the council’s Heritage Action Zone project officer, said: “It might seem that tasks like street planting are not worth doing when we have buildings needing refurbishment and public realm schemes to deliver.
The borough council’s second online survey on the GWR Park in Faringdon Road has gone live. The first, back in May drew responses from more than 400 people and will form a draft conservation management plan. This document will set out suggested improvements for the park over the next 10 years and the support available to South Swindon Parish Council with managing it. Heritage Action Zone project officer Karen Phimister said: “We had a great response from people from the first survey. But we would like to know if everybody agrees with the changes that will be made so we can respond to the conservation management plan.”