Chippenham Twinning Association

Chippenham Twinning Association Chippenham is twinned with La Flèche in France and Friedberg in Germany.

The visitors from Friedberg and hosts and friends were at Kington Langley Village Hall near Chippenham for a barn dance ...
30/08/2026

The visitors from Friedberg and hosts and friends were at Kington Langley Village Hall near Chippenham for a barn dance on the evening of Saturday 29th August 2026. Great thanks to those of the Chippenham Twinning Association who organised the evening and prepared the food and to the local group who provided such essential and excellent music to dance to and top marks to the group's leader who gave such clear instructions on the quite complex dance routines.

Friedberg has presented Chippenham with a really special gift of a park bench, designed and constructed in our twin town...
29/08/2026

Friedberg has presented Chippenham with a really special gift of a park bench, designed and constructed in our twin town. Its transfer from Friedberg and importation was accomplished with a great deal more hard work than as initially envisaged by Stefan - in his words rather more than placing a postage stamp on it and hoping for the best! Hosts and guests made theri way from Stanley Park to gather in Monkton Park to see the bench ceremonially unveiled. (4pm on 29th August 2026).

Our guests from Friedberg arrived in Chippenham for a long weekend and on Friday 28th August 2026 were entertained by th...
29/08/2026

Our guests from Friedberg arrived in Chippenham for a long weekend and on Friday 28th August 2026 were entertained by the Town Council at a reception at its Stanley Park Sports Ground. The Town Hall is currently closed for works to be undertaken and it was nice for everyone to enjoy one of the council's 'flagship' venues.

Views of the recently remodeled promenade in La Fleche during the twinning visit in April 2026. The project has been som...
21/04/2026

Views of the recently remodeled promenade in La Fleche during the twinning visit in April 2026. The project has been somewhat controversial in view of the cost but it certainly was a most pleasant place to be in the superb weather experienced during our visit.

Our twinning visit to La Fleche commenced late afternoon on Friday 3rd April 2026 when we met our hosts and attended a r...
18/04/2026

Our twinning visit to La Fleche commenced late afternoon on Friday 3rd April 2026 when we met our hosts and attended a reception at the town hall. Many had travelled overnight through stormy weather but for the three main days of our visit it was fine and sunny and surprisingly warm for early April. La Fleche lies in the south of the department of Sarthe, an area equivalent to a larger English county, named after the river that flows gently through it (as well as La Loire that flows through La Fleche). On the Saturday we travelled to the north west of Sarthe to the town of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, admiring the pleasant rolling country and historic towns and villages on the way. We were also able to visit other towns nearby bordering on Mayenne department and enjoy the countryside which is attractive for tourism and is in some way comparable to the Cotswolds with steep hills (even known as Alpes there) and deep valleys.

The evening reception for Chippenham twinners in La Fleche held on 2nd April 2026 in the Printania Hall was attended by ...
17/04/2026

The evening reception for Chippenham twinners in La Fleche held on 2nd April 2026 in the Printania Hall was attended by the town's new mayor Romain Le Lemoigne (Rassemblement National), the young man on the right in the photo below.

30/03/2026

This spring 2026 has seen elections for the Mayor in both our twin towns. We are very pleased to be able to congratulate Roland Eichmann in Friedberg on his re-election and Romain Lemoigne, candidate of the RN party in la Flèche on his election, in both cases after a run-off having not quite achieved 50% or more in the first round. We look forward to continued work with them both.

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