Welcome to the Rudloe and environs website.

Here you will find news, articles and photos of an area that straddles the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north-west Wiltshire.

Contributions in the form of articles or photos are welcome. Even those with completely contrary views to mine!

Thanks to the website builder 1&1 and Rob Brown for the original idea.

Rudloescene now, in January 2014, has a sister, academic rather than anarchic, website about Box history here: http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/

It contains thoroughly professional, well-researched articles about Box and its people.

Contact rudloescene through the 'Contact' page.

It's hard to imagine an urban environment that could be as miserable as Swindon town centre. Brunel would turn in his grave if he could see the shopping centre that has been thrown up in his name (the Brunel Centre). And the demographic of Swindon has changed beyond recognition in the last twenty years. What's wrong with that I hear you cry - well, isn't this the elephant in the room when it comes to the housing requirement (for example). Barely a week goes by without a media call quoting a politician's or party's entreaty "we must build more homes" but for whom? The UK population stood at 67 million in 2020/21 having risen by eight million over the previous twenty years with about seven million directly or indirectly linked to immigration - see https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/what-is-the-problem. This is a significant factor in the housing issue (the elephant in the room) which no one will address for fear of the 'r' word.