Swindon

The Borough of Swindon is a unitary authority area with borough status in , England. Centred on , it is the most north-easterly district of .
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: unitary authority area with 244,000 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.

Stadium
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The , known as The Nigel Eady from the 2024-25 season, is a football stadium located in , , England, and has been home to Swindon Town Football Club since 1896.

Railway station
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is on the Great Western Main Line in , serving the town of , in . The station is 77 miles 23 chains down the line from , and lies between and .

Archaeological site
was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum and . In many ways was a typical small Roman town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swindon and Stratton St Margaret.

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is a large town in , 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.

Village
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is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, , England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of including itself, along with Upper Stratton, Lower Stratton and Kingsdown.

Suburb
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is a suburb and civil parish of , , England. It had a population of 25,036 at the 2021 census. The parish includes the former hamlet of Haydon and the suburbs of Greenmeadow and Priory Vale. is situated 2½ miles west of Swindon.

Swindon

Latitude
51.5833° or 51° 35′ north
Longitude
-1.75° or 1° 45′ west
Population
244,000
Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)
Abbreviation
“SWD”
Open location code
9C3WH7M2+82
Geo­Names ID
3333207
Wiki­data ID
Q894093
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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”

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