Swindon Civic Trust

Heritage Open Days 2009

 Guided Walk of Old Town , including tour of Holy Rood Church, the Lawns

Thursday 10 September  - 6.30pm

Meeting Place:  Market Square, Old Town (by the Corn Exchange)

Followed at 7.30 pm with a discussion at the Kings Arms in Wood Street

The walk will be led by Local Historian and Blue Badge Guide, Cilla Slipper.

 Holy Rood is to be open to the public for this walk as part of Heritage Open Days.    All that remains of the original church at Holy Rood is the chancel.  Now occasionally used as a chapel. Holy Rood, first recorded in 1154, served the small, pre-railway hilltop town of Swindon. By the 1840’s it was clear Holy Rood was inadequate for the growing population, and Sir George Gilbert Scott’s Christ Church was dedicated in 1851.  In 1852 Holy Rood was demolished, apart from the chancel and a few pillars.

 This walk is free of charge.  You are invitied to make a small donation to UCare (Urology Cancer Research and Education) Oxford. 

Download the flier for this Guided Walk