Hector Road
Hector Road is an electrical substation in Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England. Hector Road is situated nearby to Haydon Meadow, as well as near the playground Luna Close Play Park.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 820 feet southwest of Hector Road.
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 3,000 feet south of Hector Road.
Mouldon Hill Country Park
Park
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mouldon Hill Country Park is a country park to the north west of the town centre of Swindon, within the parish of Haydon Wick and close to Thamesdown Drive. Mouldon Hill Country Park is situated 1 mile south of Hector Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haydon Wick and Widham.
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.
Widham
Hamlet
Widham is a hamlet now encompassed within the village and parish of Purton, Wiltshire, England. Widham is situated 2 miles west of Hector Road.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham. Purton is situated 2 miles southwest of Hector Road.
Hector Road
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.60043° or 51° 36′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.82602° or 1° 49′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C3WJ52F+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1195166478
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