Welcome to Leigh

The community website for our Wiltshire village

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The village of Leigh sits between Cricklade and Malmesbury in North Wiltshire.

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Thanks, JP

Leigh Summer Party 2025

Details of the Leigh Summer Party, being held at All Saints Church on June 21st 2025.

Anthony Beechey

3 days ago

Local Elections - 2025

Local elections are being held across England on Thursday, 1st May. For local elections, only seats being contested will trigger an...

Donna Jones

Mar 17

Join the 200 Club

Congratulations to the February 200 Club winners: Sophie Mitchel & George West (£20) and runners-up: Brian & Shirley Danby (£10) We are...

Cathy Skelton

Mar 4

Events at All Saints - 2025

- Sun 20th April, 11.30am - Easter Service - Sat 21st June, 12.00pm - Service before the Leigh village BBQ, with the BBQ starting at...

Hugh Thomas

Mar 3

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust - Invasive Species

Download the latest WWT invasive species guide here: The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust are trying to highlight the issues the county faces...

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Mar 1

Information during powercuts

In a life threatening emergency, dial 999 To report a powercut, or get updates on current powercuts, call 105 This website provides live...

Jon Ponting

Dec 9, 2024

Christmas Events at All Saints

Sunday 1st & Tuesday 24th December Sunday 1st December: 5.30pm Lighting of the village Christmas tree in the churchyard. Not a church...

Hugh Thomas

Nov 25, 2024

LIVE: River levels and flood warnings

Fortunately, there are few properties in Leigh village which are prone to flooding, however access roads and links in and out of the...

Jon Ponting

Oct 14, 2024

Chancel Clear-Up: 24th July

As you may know, we try to strim and rake up the grass ready for the Chancel Services on 28th July. I am hoping that as many people as...

Mandy Thomas

Jul 17, 2024

General Election - 4th July

2024 General Election South Cotswolds results.

Jon Ponting

Jul 7, 2024

Hillside Play Area

Updates on the removal of playground equipment at Hillside. The slide, swing and associated frames have been removed due to safety concerns.

Donna Jones

May 6, 2024

Storm Bebet: Property Flood Resilience Grant Application

Following further guidance from Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), we are preparing to access the above scheme for...

Wiltshire Council

Jan 8, 2024

Responsibilities for ditches, hedges and verges

Recent weather has led to prolonged flooding in parts of Leigh. Flooding of roads and property can be mitigated by keeping ditches,...

Mandy Thomas

Dec 18, 2023

Christmas waste and recycling collections

There will be changes to your collection days over the Christmas period. Waste collection crews will not be working on Monday 25...

Wiltshire Council

Dec 4, 2023

Buses

For up to date bus listings, including connections to other villages - visit the Connecting Wiltshire website. This page, updated in...

Jon Ponting

Sep 24, 2023

Theft of farm GPS systems

On the night of Sunday, 10th September 2023, three farms had their GPS systems stolen. One in the Royal Wootton Bassett area and two in...

PCSO Juliet Evans

Sep 17, 2023

Community Policing Team

A Community Report by the Royal Wootton Bassett Community Policing Team: For Leigh, your Community Policing Team is: Neighbourhood...

PCSO John Bordiss

May 25, 2023

Bin collection - Waste electrics collection

New kerbside recycling service From Monday 5 June 2023, we will be collecting small rechargeable electricals, such as MP3 players,...

Wiltshire Council

May 24, 2023

Bird Flu Restrictions Lifted

Live updates here Update: As of 18th April, all bird flu restrictions have been lifted in our area. Providing no local cases are...

Jon Ponting

Apr 16, 2023

The Great British Spring Clean

April 29th, 2023 Update: The date we have set for this is Saturday 29th April at 11am. We are hoping to get as many people as possible to...

Donna Jones

Apr 16, 2023