Housed in the former home of a seventeenth-century clothier, the building has been sensitively designed to blend in with its unique historical background, while using the very latest technological aids for successful destination management.

Tourism Officer Angela Powell is enthusiastic about Corsham and the beautiful surrounding North Wiltshire market towns and villages.

"Quarrying of golden Bath stone and weaving of woollen cloth were once the two major industries in this area," she explains.

"The new Heritage Centre will provide interactive displays and hands-on exhibits presenting the history of the development of these industries and a fascinating insight into to the lives of the weavers and stonemasons."

"The Centre will provide an educational resource for schools, local residents and the many visitors who come to enjoy the wealth of beautiful buildings in this charming small southern Cotswold town."

"Corsham stone has been used all over the world - the City Hall in Cape Town, built in 1905, is a fine example - and so with such a tradition of quality and desirability, it's an important part of our local heritage."

"The weaving industry, too, is rooted in history and the beautifully preserved Flemish Weavers' Cottages in the centre of Corsham are a reminder of the Huguenots who emigrated from their own country to escape religious persecution, bringing with them their weaving looms which they used on the top floors of their new homes."

"The new Centre will be the focal point for marketing Corsham and the area to domestic and foreign visitors, and so will require all the help that a CTV system can give us."

Corsham's new system consists of two PCs operating the TIM4 DMS, plus the all-important Marketing Module.

A VisitIT people counter has also been installed, to monitor visitor throughput - as VisitIT not only tells us how many visitors come through the doors but also the time of their visit, it will be invaluable for assessing opening hours and establishing staffing rotas in the Centre.

In addition, the manager of the new Centre will use the computerised system as an educational resource, to provide information and worksheets at all levels for schools and other visitors researching the area.

"We intend to supply information to groups before they arrive at the Centre, so that they can make the most of their visit," says Angela.

"With the unique flexibility of our system, we can produce tailored worksheets and information packs on specific topics - say, the development of quarries, or Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who found the seams of golden stone during excavation of the nearby Box Tunnel - making the information easy to assimilate for the level we need."

With so much interest in the region, Angela maintains a visitor database so that she can direct her marketing programme towards the most productive areas.

Corsham is part of the North Wiltshire network, so information can be shared on local attractions and events from Chippenham: once again, Angela finds the CTV systems so user-friendly that there are no difficulties in tapping into to one another's resources.

"With one full-time manager and 25 volunteer part-time staff, we obviously have a wide range of IT-awareness at Corsham," says Angela. "CTV's TIM4 is so accessible, and so easy to understand and use, that no-one should have any problems in using it.

"Now, we're very excited about what CTV can do next to help us promote ourselves as a whole destination.

"We have been working closely with the team at CTV for several years now, and have complete faith in their flexibility and dependability when working out new systems which meet our needs exactly.

"We look forward to developing the systems further in the future."