The beautiful landscaping and garden maintenance in our various gardens is carried out by volunteer workers who work throughout the year to keep our grounds looking great.
Recently, we have noticed that someone has been helpfully weedkilling some areas of fine turf around the Jubilee Memorial Garden.
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Grass Management at Christ Church
Some of our grass areas are being managed as part of a wider Land Management Plan.They will not be cut until later in the Summer to encourage the development of more, native, wildflower species. The longer grass […..]
It has been a long and rather grey winter so far but things are already waking up in the Church grounds. Our new gardens are begining to come to life. Do take some time to have a look around the graveyard and appreciate the great work that is being carried […..]
COP 26 has brought out many stories of individual and collective ingenuity and committment to engaging with Creation and the climate emergency. The Hazelnut vision is of a growing community: Creating a sustainable model of church and […..]
For Dorcan Church and Swindon Area Dean
15 hours per week
This role primarily involves supporting the day to day running of the church office and business of The Dorcan Church. Additionally, support is sought for the Area Dean (also vicar of Dorcan […..]
Garden of Reflection 
Remembrance Garden 
The old rubbish area
Over the past few years we have worked hard to improve the garden areas around the church. […..]
Once again, despite much uncertainty and difficulty, the 8th (or perhaps really the 7th and a half) Old Town Beer Festival went ahead.
The event always brings together a diverse and friendly section of our community and many conversations were had, along […..]
At Christ Church, we like a record-breaker – particularly one who 
does something to prove a great point.
Margaret William’s nephew Kevin Brooker, recently visited her to say hello and show off his new car. As you can see from the picture it’s […..]
For some time, we have been exploring our response to Global Warming and resulting climate change in the context of responsible stewardship of our buildings, grounds and operations. We are doing this so that we can develop an overall strategy. The Church […..]
A lot of the work that goes into running the church happens in the background. We thought we would highlight this particularly extreme example of remote working!
Janet French faithfully provides our beautiful […..]
The five marks of mission have been developed by the Anglican Consultative Council since 1984. Since then, they have been widely adopted as an understanding of what contemporary mission is about.
The marks were adopted by the General Synod of the Church of […..]
There are many different ways to keep in touch with what goes on at Christ Church and its community. See below for some links that can help you keep in touch.
