BEAT the Street competitors racked up a record-breaking 319,874 miles during the six-week challenge.

The incredible total was clocked up by participants walking, cycling and rolling for points and prizes.

Haydonleigh Primary School topped the total points leaderboard and Futile Footsteps came top of the average points leaderboard.

Participants earned points by visiting 'beat boxes' around the town and swiping a card to prove they had been there.

Debbie Yockney from Haydonleigh Primary said: “Children, parents and staff and our ‘Black cat’ mascot were hooked on Beat the Street and enjoyed collecting points whether it was joining in with an evening group walk, on their way to and from school or out walking the dog.”

Cailey Whitcher, secretary of the Swindon Down’s Syndrome Group said: “We are always keen to encourage our members to stay active and many take part in our regular activities which include football, tennis, swimming and cricket. Therefore, schemes such as Beat the Street are a great way to get and remain active, even while going about normal daily activities. It’s great fun too, and very inclusive.

“We’d like to thank everyone who joined the SDSG team for their support in helping to raise further awareness of the amazing things that our members continue to achieve.

Beat the Street was run by Swindon Borough Council in partnership with Wiltshire and Swindon Sport, and Swindon Healthy Schools. It was delivered by Intelligent Health.

Councillor Brian Ford, the council’s cabinet member for adults and health, said: “It has once again been a great experience to see Beat the Street taking place across Swindon and we’d like to thank everyone who took part.

“We’ve heard from people who have got fitter, spent more quality time together as a family and have really got to know the local area by foot. We’ve heard lovely anecdotes about people who’ve visited every Beat Box, stories about conversations being struck up and people trying out new activities and getting into healthy habits.

“Congratulations to each and every player who got involved with Beat the Street and took the time to come and visit the Beat Boxes. We hope that people will continue to walk or cycle to get around our town and will continue to enjoy being active.”

Swindon mayor Garry Perkins chose two charities and they will each receive a cash donation. Jessie May children’s hospice will collect £350 and the Harbour Project gets £150.