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.
Areas Abbey Meads Bridgemead Broome Manor 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. Cheney Manor Built around 1952. Churchward Coleview Covingham Covingham Park estate was built in 1964. Croft Dorcan Taking its name from the nearby Dorkerne (now Dorcan) brook, 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). Eastleaze Eastmead East Wichel – part of the Wichelstowe development Eldene Built in the 1970s on the site of Snodshill Farm, the site of Texaco offices Even Swindon – now more commonly known as Rodbourne Ferndale Freshbrook Part of West Swindon, the estate was built in 1980–1984. Including offices of RWE and Cable & Wireless at Windmill Hill. Gorse Hill Grange Park Greenbridge Mainly large areas of business, including the head office of TGJones (built for WHSmith) and the former site of the EMI CD pressing plant Greenmeadow Hawksworth Haydon Wick Kembrey Park Kingsdown Lawn Liden Has three large tower blocks Marshgate Moredon Middleleaze New Town Nine Elms North Star Including Swindon College and the former Oasis leisure centre
Nythe Oakley Park Okus Old Town Park North Estate built 1957–65; has three 10-storey tower blocks Park South 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 Peatmoor Pembroke Park Penhill Built 1951–55; has three 10-storey tower blocks Pinehurst Built 1910–20 as Swindon's first council housing estate Railway Village Built during the period 1840–45 by the Great Western Railway to house employees Ramleaze Raybrook Park Rodbourne Rodbourne Cheney Rushey Platt Shaw South Leaze Sparcells South Marston Including the UK headquarters of Zimmer Stratton St Margaret Upper Stratton Lower Stratton St Andrew's Ridge Taw Hill The Prinnels Toothill Part of West Swindon, built in the mid-1970s Walcot East Built from 1956 Walcot West (Old Walcot) Built from the mid-1930s Westmead Westlea 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 West Leaze Windmill Hill Woodhall Woodhall Park
Areas under construction Priory Vale or North Swindon Development; includes Redhouse, Oakhurst and Haydon End Wichelstowe or Southern Development Area New Eastern Villages
Points of interest
Coate Water Country Park County Ground – Swindon Town F.C.'s stadium Lawns Park Lydiard Park Lydiard House The Magic Roundabout – a large roundabout containing five mini-roundabouts Mouldon Hill Country Park Museum & Art Swindon Museum of Computing Museum of the Great Western Railway Queens Park Richard Jefferies Museum Town Gardens Wyvern Theatre
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