Orbital Shopping Park

Orbital Shopping Park is a commercial area in Haydon Wick, Swindon, England which is located on Thamesdown Drive. Orbital Shopping Park is situated nearby to the health club Everlast Gyms, as well as near North Swindon Library.

Type: Commercial area
Also known as: “Orbital Shopping Centre”
Address: Thamesdown Drive, Swindon, SN25 4AN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haydon Meadow and Taw Valley Halt railway station.

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 1 mile west of Orbital Shopping Park.

Taw Valley Halt railway station

Railway station

Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Taw Valley Halt railway station is the current southern terminus of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage railway line in Wiltshire, South-West England. Taw Valley Halt railway station is situated 1 mile west of Orbital Shopping Park.

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 1 mile northeast of Orbital Shopping Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blunsdon St Andrew and Broad Blunsdon.

Blunsdon St Andrew

Village

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

St Andrews is a civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, 31⁄2 miles north-northwest of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its northeastern boundary.

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.