Chippenham

The target was Bowood House between Calne and Chippenham, which is known to anyone with children in the county as the best outdoor adventure playground in the vicinity.

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The target was Bowood House between Calne and Chippenham, which is known to anyone with children in the county as the best outdoor adventure playground in the vicinity.

How oxygen was first discovered in an adventure playground Brian Clegg 2010

But, in tight races such as Chippenham, and in so tight a general election, it may be almost as telling as the sort of presidential event that ignited this week's Cleggmania.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

But, in tight races such as Chippenham, and in so tight a general election, it may be almost as telling as the sort of presidential event that ignited this week's Cleggmania.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

Various venuesJapfest, Chippenham, Sat"Europe's biggest dubiously-named Japanese car show", taking in races such as the Extreme Team Drift Battle.

This week's new events 2011

It's nice to think that somewhere there's a parallel universe where Wil Hodgson is acclaimed as one of the greatest British stand-ups of his age; one where aspiring comics model their look on his characteristic pink hair and leopard-print combo, and where DVDs of his stories about the dysfunctional residents of his native Chippenham outsell Peter Kay.

This week's new comedy 2011

On the eve of Expectation Sunday, 9 May 1875, the clergyman Francis Kilvert went out to lock a gate at his parsonage at Langley Burrell, near Chippenham.

Weatherwatch: a flower of happiness 2011

Plus the odd surprise, like fun documentary The British Guide To Showing Off, about the raucous Alternative Miss World creator Andrew Logan is on hand, and local indie drama Bash Street, made in Chippenham.

This week's new film events 2011

Andrew Nicholas Powell, Chippenham, WiltshireChickens do have tastebuds, but only at the back of the tongue and buccal cavity, and an order of magnitude fewer than we humans.

Notes and queries: Pecking order: chicken's favourite snacks; skirting board as cognitive dissonance softener; Byron's trudge across the Tagus 2011

On that night, the Lib Dems successfully and unexpectedly defended Torbay, Bath, Chippenham and Lewes but still managed to end the fray with four fewer seats than they went to war with.

Nick Clegg: from hero to hate figure 2011