Willow Carr

Willow Carr is a deciduous forest in Swindon, England. Willow Carr is situated nearby to the quarter Rivermead, as well as near Westmead.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swindon Railway Station and Museum of the Great Western Railway.

Swindon Railway Station

Railway station

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Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, in Wiltshire. The station is 77 miles 23 chains down the line from London Paddington, and lies between Didcot Parkway and Chippenham.

Museum of the Great Western Railway

Museum

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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.

County Ground

Stadium

Photo: Swindonx, Public domain.

The County Ground, known as The Nigel Eady County Ground from the 2024-25 season, is a football stadium located in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, and has been home to Swindon Town Football Club since 1896.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swindon and Wroughton.

Swindon

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Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, south west England, that is known for its railway-town heritage and links with the British railway system in which it played a central part during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Wroughton

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Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Located between the M4 motorway and the edge of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, it lies about 2.5 miles south of Swindon town centre, 5 miles east of Royal Wootton Bassett, and 7.5 miles north of Avebury.

Royal Wootton Bassett

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Royal Wootton Bassett is a small town in Wiltshire, England, not far from Swindon. It was founded in 681 as Wodeton, and gained the 'Royal' moniker in 2011 in recognition of the town's role in respectfully welcoming back deceased British troops from overseas.

Willow Carr

Type: Deciduous forest
Category: forest
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5691° or 51° 34′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.819° or 1° 49′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C3WH59J+J9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1148985688

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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