Dorcan is an area in the east of

Swindon Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

, England, located close to the

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(). The population of Dorcan electoral ward taken at the 2011 census was 8,684. Taking its name from the nearby ''Dorkerne'' (now ''Dorcan'') brook, Dorcan is within the civil parish of

Nythe, Eldene and Liden Nythe, Eldene and Liden is a civil parish in the eastern suburbs of the town of Swindon, England. In addition to the residential areas of Nythe (in the north), Eldene and Liden (southwest and southeast), the parish has the Dorcan industrial area ...

, and is bounded to the north by

Covingham Covingham is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, now part of the built-up area of the Borough of Swindon. It was developed in the 1960s as part of Swindon's eastward expansion towards the A419. St Paul's Church is the main parish ...

parish. It is the site of the Dorcan Industrial Estate which includes the UK headquarters of

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and offices of

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, Equiinet, MMG MagDev, Romec,

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(information systems) and a

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. The pharmaceutical company

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also has a large facility here.

The Dorcan Academy The Dorcan Academy is a mixed secondary school in Swindon, Wiltshire Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of S ...

, a secondary school, is also in this area.

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