Swindon
Swindon is a village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is 6 miles west of Dudley, 2 miles northwest of Kingswinford and 2 miles southwest of Wombourne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,280 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Swindon, Staffordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John The Evangelist Church and Holbeche House.
Holbeche House
Historic house
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holbeche House is a mansion located approximately 1 mile north of Kingswinford, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley but historically in Staffordshire. Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either killed or captured at Holbeche House in 1605.
Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport, formerly Halfpenny Green Airport and Wolverhampton Business Airport, locally Bobbington Airport, is a small, 400-acre airport situated near the village of Bobbington, South Staffordshire. Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport is situated 2½ miles west of Swindon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greensforge and Wall Heath.
Greensforge
Hamlet
Photo: Sjwells53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greensforge is a scattered hamlet on the boundary of Kinver and Swindon parishes, in South Staffordshire, England. It is noted for its Roman associations and its industrial heritage.
Wall Heath
Village
Wall Heath is a suburban village in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the A449 road, approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Kingswinford, 5 miles west of Dudley Town Centre and 9 miles north of Kidderminster.
Kingswinford
Village
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated 5 miles west-southwest of central Dudley, bordering the South Staffordshire district. Kingswinford is situated 2 miles southeast of Swindon.
Swindon
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Swindon, South Staffordshire District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.51406° or 52° 30′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.20358° or 2° 12′ 13″ westPopulation
1,280Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)Open location code
9C4VGQ7W+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 137482049OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11592588Wikidata ID
Q2276930
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Swindon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swindon”
- Chinese: “Swindon”
- Dutch: “Swindon”
- French: “Swindon”
- Irish: “Swindon”
- Ladin: “Swindon (Staffordshire)”
- Ladin: “Swindon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Swindon (Staffordshire)”
- Persian: “سویندون، استافوردشر”
- Polish: “Swindon”
- Spanish: “Swindon”
- Swedish: “Swindon, Staffordshire”
- Swedish: “Swindon”
- Turkish: “Swindon, Staffordshire”
- “Swindon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include United Reform Church and Swindon Crown Green Bowls Club.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swindon”. Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.