Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter

Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter is a tower in Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England. Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter is situated nearby to the athletics track Abbey Stadium, as well as near the village Broad Blunsdon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey Stadium and Church of St Leonard.

Abbey Stadium

Athletics track

Photo: M4ttred1, Public domain.

Abbey Stadium is a closed greyhound racing and speedway track in Swindon, England, adjacent to the civil parish of Blunsdon. From its inception in 1949, the stadium was home to the Swindon Robins, a speedway team who later competed in the SGB Premiership. Abbey Stadium is situated 660 feet southeast of Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter.

Church of St Leonard

Church

Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Leonard is situated 3,900 feet northeast of Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter.

Haydon Meadow

Meadow

Haydon Meadow known locally as Clifford Meadow is a 6.39 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1999. The site lies within the Parish of Haydon Wick and is home to Anacamptis morio a rare protected species of Orchid family Orchidaceae. Haydon Meadow is situated 1½ miles southwest of Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broad Blunsdon and Haydon Wick.

Broad Blunsdon

Village

Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blunsdon is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles north of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its southern boundary.

Haydon Wick

Suburb

Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haydon Wick is a suburb and civil parish of Swindon, Wiltshire, 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.

Stratton St Margaret

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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. Stratton St Margaret is situated 2½ miles southeast of Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter.

Blunsdon Mediumwave Transmitter

Type: Tower
Location: Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.60906° or 51° 36′ 33″ north

Longitude

-1.79445° or 1° 47′ 40″ west

Elevation

482 feet (147 metres)

Open location code

9C3WJ654+J6

GeoNames ID

7648282

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