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

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and

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. * Cheney Manor :Built around 1952. * Churchward * Coleview *

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 ...

:Covingham Park estate was built in 1964. * Croft *

Dorcan Dorcan is an area in the east of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, located close to the A419 (). 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 ...

: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

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and

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. :

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 ...

(formerly Dorcan Comprehensive School) is also in this area, providing the locality with sports facilities. Notable as the school attended by

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, 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

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offices *

Even Swindon Rodbourne is a suburb of Swindon in Wiltshire, England, north of the town centre and about northwest of Swindon railway station. It includes an area formerly called Even Swindon. Northern area Land to the north of the Wilts and Berks Canal a ...

– now more commonly known as Rodbourne * Ferndale *

Freshbrook Freshbrook is a suburb in the west of Swindon, England, close to junction 16 of the M4 motorway (). Most houses in the area are found in culs-de-sac, except for those on the few main roads. The suburb is served by the shops of a small "village ...

:Part of West Swindon, the estate was built during the period 1980–84. :Including offices of

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and Cable & Wireless at Windmill Hill. * Gorse Hill * Grange Park * Greenbridge :Mainly large areas of business, including the world headquarters of

WHSmith WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son) is a British retailer, headquartered in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of high street, railway station, airport, port, hospital and m ...

and the former site of the

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

CD pressing plant *

Greenmeadow Greenmeadow is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire, southern Wales, United Kingdom. Not to be confused with Green Meadow Golf Club, which is on the other side of Cwmbran ...

* Hawksworth *

Haydon Wick The civil parish of Haydon Wick is a northern suburb of the town of Swindon, Wiltshire, in England. It had a population of 20,960 in the 2011 census. The parish includes the former hamlet of Haydon and the suburbs of Greenmeadow and Rodbourne ...

* Kembrey Park * Kingsdown * Lawn * Liden :Has three large tower blocks * Marshgate * Moredon * Middleleaze * New Town * Nine Elms * North Star :Including the

Oasis leisure centre The Oasis Leisure Centre (commonly called Swindon Oasis) was an entertainment and sports complex just outside the town centre of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, with facilities including a lagoon swimming pool, gym, bar, and concert hall. It was in ...

and Swindon College *

Nythe 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. ...

* Oakley Park *

Okus Okus is a suburb of Swindon, 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, Ha ...

* 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 * Swindon Railway Village, 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 Holdings, Zimmer * Stratton St Margaret * Stratton St Margaret, Upper Stratton * Stratton St Margaret, Lower Stratton * Priory Vale, St Andrew's Ridge * Priory Vale, Taw Hill * The Prinnels * Toothill :Part of West Swindon, a council estate built 1980–84 * 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

Places of interest

* Coate Water Country Park * County Ground, Swindon, County Ground – Swindon Town F.C.'s stadium *Lawns Park * Lydiard Park * Lydiard House * Magic Roundabout (Swindon), The Magic Roundabout – a large roundabout containing 5 mini-roundabouts * Mouldon Hill Country Park *Museum of Computing * Queens Park, Swindon, Queens Park *Richard Jefferies Museum * Swindon Steam Railway Museum, Steam Railway Museum *Swindon Museum and Art Gallery *Town Gardens

References

{{reflist Swindon-related lists, Places in Swindon