In partnership with the Bradford on Avon Museum Society, we have organised a series of six lectures in the United Church, St Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon, at 7.30pm on second Thursday each month, May to October.

Kate Nicholls reports on the oak tree planted at Barton Farm country park to mark Queen Elizabeth Il's diamond jubilee

A partnership between the National Trust and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust aims to create a model of sustainable land management and regenerative farming at Great Chalfield Manor.

As we approach this year's local government elections for town and county council, Ivor Slocombe takes a look at a 200-year-old poll book that provides a fascinating 'mini-census' of Bradford in the early 19th century

Trust members much enjoyed an exclusive visit to Sir Edward Heath’s former home in Salisbury; Gillian Livingstone reports.

Our Chair, John Potter, shares a brief rundown of the Trust’s activities in 2024.

Our 2024 Annual General Meeting, which took place at the Priory Barn, included a presentation of Heritage Achievement Awards.

We've not been able to organise Singing Round the Tree outside the Tithe Barn this year: our regular musical arranger is simply too busy with numerous other Christmassy musical events. However, the good news is that there will be other opportunities to have a Christmas singsong next weekend.

A haunting memory of the past are the so-called 'ghost signs' - those faded historic advertisements and old shop signs hand-painted on masonry or brickwork. Most date from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

In the first of two articles, Gillian Livingstone and Richard Williams describe their experience of improving the energy efficiency of their 17th century cottage.

Two days of fun and activities for all ages are on offer next month as part of the Discover Christ Church! project. The Heritage Celebration takes place on 6 and 7 July

Klas Hyllén, architect and founder of Klas Hyllén Architecture, will be speaking about The Vintners at our talk next week at the Priory Barn. This project converted a Grade II listed wine warehouse in Bradford on Avon into a family home.

The Trust’s Planning Committee responded to consultation on the Wiltshire Local Plan: Planning for Bradford on Avon/September 2023.

We’ll be Singing Around the Christmas Tree with the Courage Choir at Barton Farmyard on Sunday 17th December, from 4-5pm.

Ivor Slocombe reassesses the history of the Priory, and the community of Anglican nuns who lived there in the mid-19th century.

Crowds turned up at Barton Farmyard for Bradford on Avon's first Apple Day. Gillian Livingstone explains the thinking behind this 'fun event with a serious purpose.

Bradford’s railway line and station provided the locations for an exciting – if somewhat surreal – sequence in A Fire Has Been Arranged, a 1935 film directed by Leslie S Hiscott.

An eco-friendly woodland area is being created alongside the Bath-bound platform by the Friends of Bradford on Avon Station. John Baxter recounts the story behind the scheme

Trust member Stephen Hills recalls some of the civil engineering challenges that accompanied the construction of Bradford on Avon’s Southway Park development.

The name of Eric Walrond was completely unknown to me until a historian friend Dave Chapple who lives in Bridgwater mentioned his name to me, together with the fact that Eric had once lived in Bradford on Avon. This impelled me to find out more.