Birds in Flight

Birds in Flight is a work of art in Swindon, England. Birds in Flight is situated nearby to Northern Pond, as well as near the power station Mannington Battery Storage.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Toothill Church and Museum of the Great Western Railway.

Toothill Church

Church

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Toothill Church is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Birds in Flight.

Museum of the Great Western Railway

Museum

Photo: BazzaDaRambler, CC BY 2.0.

STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'. The 6,500-square-metre museum opened in 2000. Museum of the Great Western Railway is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Birds in Flight.

Link Centre

Sports venue

Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Link Centre is a leisure centre in Swindon, England. The building, owned by Swindon Borough Council and operated by Greenwich Leisure under the brand "Better", is best known for its national-sized ice rink which houses a National Ice Hockey League team, the Swindon Wildcats. Link Centre is situated 1 mile northwest of Birds in Flight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wichelstowe and Toothill.

Wichelstowe

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.

Wichelstowe is a suburb of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, approximately 3 kilometres south of the town centre. Situated between the M4 motorway and Old Town Railway Path, Wichelstowe has three neighbourhoods: East, Middle and West Wichel.

Toothill

Suburb

Toothill is a suburb in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, located atop its namesake hill around 2 miles southwest of the town centre. Constructed in the 1970s, Toothill was the first area to be developed within what is now West Swindon parish.

Okus

Suburb

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

Okus is a suburb of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is an elevated area situated around 1 mile south-west of the town centre and is predominantly residential.

Birds in Flight

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.54987° or 51° 32′ 60″ north

Longitude

-1.81323° or 1° 48′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C3WG5XP+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10817099195

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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