Phoenix is a Cirencester Town Council event brought to you in recent years and in 2026 by the Cirencester Community Development Trust, and a team of dedicated volunteers

Cirencester Town Council is a tenant of Bingham House and our lease with the Bingham Library Trust expires on 31st December 2026. We need to explore if the building is fit for purpose, for our needs in the long term, particularly considering local government reorganisation.

In September 2025, the Town Council launched its Green Spaces Strategy, now we’ve published our 5-Year Action Plan for commencing the delivery of this ambitious vision.

Councillors can use notices of motion to raise important matters at Council, they don’t shape the policy or strategic direction of the Council as this is something that our Leadership Group does, but they do spark debate and discussion on important matters.

In February, we’ll be planting approximately 1,500 hedgerow whips, kindly provided through funding from The Tree Council.

Cirencester Town Council is delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Christmas window competition as the Vintage Society in Castle Street. 

We are thrilled to announce that for the second year running our Local Information Centre has won a Silver award for Visitor Information Service of the Year in Bristol, Bath. Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Tourism Awards.

Exciting progress is underway at Kingshill, where a newly approved under-7s play area is set to provide a dedicated space for younger children to explore, play, and develop in 2026.

The Abbey Grounds play area is set to welcome a dynamic new feature next week with the full installation of the Rota Net.

Cirencester Town Council has formally requested a community governance review (CGR) of local ward boundaries.

Our Cirencester Local Information Centre (LIC) is thrilled to have again reached the final in the Visitor Information Centre of the Year category in the Bristol, Bath, Somerset and Gloucestershire Tourism Awards 2025!

We recently held a two-day consultation event for stakeholder organisations and the public to share proposals for a new Green Spaces Strategy. This is based on extensive consultation and engagement over the past year or two

We have been working with artist Laurie Plant and the Daniel Bingham Foundation, to provide creative art sessions on topics that matter to our Junior Town Councillors.

We have a small, dedicated allotment plot now available, reserved exclusively for accessibility use.

Cirencester Town Council Land and Property Team are delighted to have been voted Team of the Year at the Cirencester Chamber of Commerce Business Awards held last week.

This spring’s, and early summer’s exceptionally dry weather has caused the levels in Cirencester’s waterways to drop considerably, affecting both wildlife habitats and the enjoyment of these spaces by residents and visitors.

The Town Council has recently appointed a Leadership Group to advise Council on administrative, policy, strategy and governance matters and to ensure the effectiveness of the Council’s policies and procedures, including matters relating to devolution and the local government review.

A new feeding station has been installed in the Abbey Grounds! It is solar powered so it can be placed entirely off grid and provides education to the public about feeding the ducks.

Whilst progress is being made, the refurbishment is turning out to be more complex than first envisaged and therefore is behind schedule by a number of months, with completion now expected later this year; it has also been challenging securing specialist sub-contractors for some of the works.

Our play spaces are varied and in much need of maintenance and improvement; our Junior Town Council has also identified a need for our play spaces to be accessible to all.