Hullavington

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The main road in Hullavington

Hullavington is an English village just north of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and a little north of the M4 motorway.

1 Mount Zion
2 Amenities
3 Military Connections
4 Miscellaneous

[edit] Mount Zion

[edit] Amenities

It has a garage, a shop, a pub and two churches, one of which meets in the village hall. The hall was recently opened by James Gray, the MP for North Wiltshire, after the previous one burnt down because of an electrical fault.

There is also a Church of England village school which has approximately 150 pupils and is headed by John Barlow. Children from the army camp make up a fair proportion of the school and the army provides entertainment and firework on November 5th which is attended by many surrounding villages.

There are many community events such as the Village Fete which is always well attended and many other meeting and concerts, there are fitness classes, line dancing, concerts, art classes etc, which take place in the village hall.

There are currently three Girlguiding UK units in Hullavington, Brownies and Rainbows, and a Guide unit which opened in September 2007. The Brownies now meet in the village hall and the Rainbow and Guide units meet on the army camp (Buckley Barracks) but are also open to girls from non-military families.

There is a Sunday morning football team who play in the Chippenham and District Sunday Football League Division 2. The current Hullavington Football Club has been running since 1989 and up until this season played in the village. The 2007/2008 has lead us to play at Buckley Barracks which is around 2 miles away on the way towards the M4 junction.

[edit] Military Connections

There is a military base in Hullavington, situated next to the village, which was formerly RAF Hullavington but today is the home of 9 Supply Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps. It has been renamed Buckley Barracks after the VC winner John Buckley of the former Royal Army Ordnance Corps. There are also two gliding schools that operate out of Hullavington Airfield, 621 and 625. The gliding schools are run by the Air Training Corps.