List of places in Swindon

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This is a list of areas, tourist attractions and other places of interest in the English town of Swindon and its surrounding built-up area.

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Home to the Broome Manor Golf Course and various businesses including the world headquarters of Burmah Castrol as well as the UK headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society and Intel.
Built around 1952.
Covingham Park estate was built in 1964.
Taking its name from the nearby Dorkerne (now Dorcan) brook, [1] Dorcan lies between Eldene, Liden, Covingham and the A419 bypass. Parts of these surrounding areas are also sometimes referred to as being in Dorcan (such as Eldene shopping centre which uses Dorcan in its address). It is the site of the Dorcan industrial estate which includes the UK Headquarters of Tyco Electronics and RWE npower.
The Dorcan Academy (formerly Dorcan Comprehensive School) is also in this area, providing the locality with sports facilities. Notable as the school attended by Melinda Messenger, and actor Mark Lawrence (from the series Band of Brothers ).
Built in the 1970s on the site of Snodshill Farm, the site of Texaco offices
Part of West Swindon, the estate was built in 1980–1984.
Including offices of RWE and Cable & Wireless at Windmill Hill.
Mainly large areas of business, including the world headquarters of WHSmith and the former site of the EMI CD pressing plant
Has three large tower blocks
Including the Oasis leisure centre and Swindon College
A fountain in Town Gardens, Old Town Swindon town gardens fountain.jpg
A fountain in Town Gardens, Old Town
Estate built 1957–65; has three 10-storey tower blocks
Estate built 1957–65
Including Cavendish Square, a shopping area which has now been rebuilt into a smaller shopping area with the removal of most of the residential flats above the shops
Built 1951–55; has three 10-storey tower blocks
Built 1910–20 as Swindon's first council housing estate
Built during the period 1840–45 by the Great Western Railway to house employees
Including the UK headquarters of Zimmer
Part of West Swindon, a council estate built 1980–84
Built from 1956
Built from the mid-1930s
The West Swindon shopping centre, the first out of town, has a supermarket and other small shops; later the Link Centre, a leisure centre with an ice rink and swimming pool, was added

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Places of interest

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AP Icon.svg Abbey/Priory/Cathedral
UKAL icon.svg Accessible open space
Themepark uk icon.png Amusement/Theme Park
CL icon.svg Castle
Country parks.svg Country Park
EH icon.svg English Heritage
Forestry Commission
HR icon.svg Heritage railway
HH icon.svg Historic House
AP Icon.svg Places of Worship
Museum icon.svg
Museum icon (red).svg
Museum (free/not free)
NTE icon.svg National Trust
Drama-icon.svg Theatre
Zoo icon.jpg Zoo

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References

  1. "Duroconovio Wanborough, Wiltshire". The Roman Map of Britain. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007.
  2. "History of Rodbourne". Rodbourne History Society.