Swindon
The Borough of Swindon is a unitary authority area with borough status in Wiltshire, England. Centred on Swindon, it is the most north-easterly district of South West England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: unitary authority area in England with 218,000 residents
- Description: unitary authority area in Wiltshire, South West England
- Also known as: “Borough of Swindon” and “Thamesdown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include County Ground and Swindon Railway Station.
County Ground
Stadium
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The County Ground, known as The Nigel Eady County Ground from the 2024-25 season, is a football stadium located in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, and has been home to Swindon Town Football Club since 1896.
Swindon Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, Wiltshire. The station is 77 miles 23 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington and lies between Didcot Parkway and Chippenham.
Durocornovium
Archaeological site
Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum and Calleva Atrebatum. In many ways Durocornovium was a typical small Roman town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swindon and Stratton St Margaret.
Swindon
Photo: Fanvonangelie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, south west England, that is known for its railway-town heritage and links with the British railway system in which it played a central part during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Stratton St Margaret
Village
Stratton St Margaret is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of Swindon including Stratton St Margaret itself, along with Upper Stratton, Lower Stratton and Kingsdown.
Blunsdon St Andrew
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrews is a civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, 31⁄2 miles north-northwest of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its northeastern boundary. Blunsdon St Andrew is situated 3 miles northwest of Swindon.
Swindon
- Category: borough in the United Kingdom
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Yue Chinese—“Swindon” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “সুইন্ডোন”
- Cebuano: “Borough of Swindon”
- Central Kurdish: “شارەوانیی سویندن”
- Chinese: “Borough of Swindon”
- Chinese: “Swindon”
- Chinese: “史雲頓”
- Chinese: “史雲頓區”
- Chinese: “斯温登区”
- Chinese: “斯温登區”
- Dutch: “County of Swindon”
- Dutch: “Swindon”
- Dutch: “Thamesdown”
- Finnish: “Swindon”
- Finnish: “Swindonin kaupunkipiiri”
- French: “Comté de Swindon”
- French: “Swindon”
- German: “Borough of Swindon”
- German: “GB-SWD”
- German: “Swindon (Borough)”
- Gujarati: “સ્વિન્ડન”
- Italian: “Borgo di Swindon”
- Italian: “Swindon”
- Japanese: “スウィンドン”
- Japanese: “バラ・オブ・スウィンドン”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ವಿಂಡನ್”
- Korean: “스윈던구”
- Latvian: “Svindona (unitārā pašvaldība)”
- Latvian: “Svindona”
- Luxembourgish: “Swindon (borough)”
- Luxembourgish: “Swindon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Swindon”
- Northern Frisian: “Borough of Swindon”
- Northern Frisian: “Swindon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Swindon”
- Norwegian: “Swindon”
- Persian: “سویندون”
- Polish: “Swindon (borough)”
- Polish: “Swindon”
- Polish: “Thamesdown”
- Portuguese: “Swindon”
- Russian: “Суиндон (унитарная единица)”
- Russian: “Суиндон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Swindon”
- Slovenian: “GB-SWD”
- Slovenian: “Swindon”
- Spanish: “Swindon”
- Swedish: “Borough of Swindon”
- Tamil: “ஸ்விண்டோன்”
- Telugu: “స్వీడన్”
- Tumbuka: “Swindon (borough)”
- Tumbuka: “Swindon”
- Ukrainian: “Свіндон-боро”
- Ukrainian: “Свіндон”
- Urdu: “بورو سوینڈون”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Swindon”
- Yue Chinese: “史雲頓區”
- “Swindon”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandalwood Court and Burton Grove Farm.
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