Wallis Drive

Wallis Drive is a bus stop in Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England. Wallis Drive is situated nearby to the playground King Richard III Play Park, as well as near the athletics track Abbey Stadium.

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 920 feet northeast of Wallis Drive.

Church of St Leonard

Church

Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Leonard is situated 1 mile northeast of Wallis Drive.

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 west of Wallis Drive.

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.