Scaffolding has gone up around the site of a proposed Hollywood Bowl, suggesting it could be on its way at last.

Members of the public have been eagerly awaiting the addition to Greenbridge Retail Park since it was announced in May last year.

The attraction to the area was initially announced as coming in Spring 2024, but this was pushed back to August. 

In June, the Hollywood Bowl website showed that this had been pushed back again to 'late 2024'. 

This now seems to be the set date for the opening as work has begun at the site, which was formerly a PC World and the temporary home of the charitable organisation Computers For Africa, with scaffolding now up around it.

This aligns with what a spokesperson for the company last told the Adver about the delayed project.

"Plans to transform the site at Greenbridge Retail and Leisure Park are now underway and progressing positively.

"We will be on-site in August, which will see us opening to guests in late 2024.

"Once complete, Hollywood Bowl Swindon will offer affordable fun and family entertainment.

"The centre will feature 22 state-of-the-art bowling lanes, as well as the latest amusement arcades and tasty food and drink for families and friends to enjoy.”

The addition would join Hollywood Bowl's existing centres in Bristol, Cheltenham, and Oxford.

In May 2023, The Original Bowling Company Limited submitted an application to Swindon Borough Council asking for a new premises licence that would allow it to turn Unit 15 of the retail park near Drakes Way into a Hollywood Bowl.

This was approved and meant that the bowling alley and leisure destination would be allowed to sell alcohol and provide regulated entertainment from 9am to 1am seven days a week, as well as provide late-night refreshment between 11pm and 1.30am.

The chain's application also proposes that all opening hours and all licensable activities would run from the start of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the end of permitted hours on New Year's Day.

The webpage for the Swindon site currently says: "Bowling in Swindon can't get any better. With amazing deals on food and drink, and the best bowling lanes, our Hollywood Bowl Swindon centre will be the perfect place to create everlasting memories.

"With 22 lanes to bowl along, a luxury VIP area and a thrilling amusements area; what are you waiting for? Join our VIP mailing list for the latest updates!"