Following extensive engagement with the local community and stakeholders, officers are currently preparing a draft strategy, for consideration by the Council’s Green Spaces Strategy Group on March 4th.

Following public consultation the Town Council approved the budget estimates for 2025-26 with an increase in expenditure from £1.8 million to £2.2 million, an increase of 22% with estimated income increasing from £205k to £346k, which is an increase of 69%.

We have a significant level of responsibility on behalf of the local community in looking after a wide range of historic assets, as well as land and the public realm, and community services which includes markets and events, community safety and children and young people.

We would like to say thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in being co-opted onto the Town Council to represent the Chesterton Ward, alongside Cllr Andy Jopp.

We use the Commonplace platform for public consultation and engagement. In 2024, over 3,300 people visited the ‘Cirencester Town’ portal.

Cirencester Town Council is consulting the public on its budget for 2025, to assess the amount of council tax needed to support local services and projects.

We have a vacancy on the Town Council for the Chesterton Ward and wondered if you would be willing to step up for your local community. The vacancy will be filled by co-option.

We have various recreational activities at St Michael’s Park, including crazy golf, pitch n putt, croquet, boules and tennis.

Congratulations to the team at Cirencester Town Council’s LIC who recently were accredited Silver in the South West Tourism Awards.

Our grounds team are responsible for maintaining significant areas of open space and public realm throughout Cirencester.

The Local Information Centre received a record 2,671 visitors in October 2024.

Wow, what an amazing inaugural festival. With 99% of tickets sold across the whole programme, credit to everyone involved who made it the success it was.

Over nine action-packed days, history came alive with an amazing line-up of events and speakers.

The Cirencester Waterways: Environment and People Symposium was held on June 12th 2024 at the Royal Agricultural University.

In early 2024, the Town Council was required to fell a diseased Beech Tree in Abbey Grounds. To honour the tree’s legacy and connect young people with their local heritage, the Council decided to transform the felled tree into a distinctive natural play feature featuring three animals of local significance: The Hare, the Phoenix, and the Cotswold Lion Sheep.

Thank you to everyone who responded to the Regulation 14 consultation and visited the exhibition. We are now collating, and reading through, every comment from statutory consultees and members of the public.

Cirencester Town Council’s Local Information Centre has secured a significant achievement in the Green Tourism awards certification programme with a silver in recognition of the business’s commitment to sustainability.

At our most recent Junior Town Council meeting, the children established their own political parties we have the Watermoor Warriors, The Uprising Shakers Party ‘Modern Junior Voice’ and Corinium Collaborators.

At the recent annual meeting of the Council, Councillor Sarah Orr was elected as the new Mayor of Cirencester and Chair of Council, with Cllr Andy Jopp being elected as Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chair

We held our first ever Junior Town Council meeting last month, with around 30 children from local Primary Schools.

We’re delighted to announce that due to popular demand we are going to be open on Saturdays from 4th May until 26th October 10am to 4pm. Do pop-in and say hello to our team!