The Spectrum Building
The Spectrum Building is a high tech building in Swindon, England, commissioned by the French car company Renault for their UK operations. Designed by the British architect Norman Foster of Foster Associates, it opened in 1982.Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Swindon
- Also known as: “Renault Centre”, “Renault Distribution Centre”, “Spectrum”, and “The Spectrum Building (formerly The Renault Distribution Centre)”
- Postal code: SN5 7UT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Link Centre and Holy Trinity.
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 3,300 feet southwest of The Spectrum Building.
Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity is a church, which is situated 3,100 feet west of The Spectrum Building.
St Augustine’s Church, Even Swindon
Church
Photo: Peter Watkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St. Augustine is an Anglican parish church in Even Swindon, an area of the town of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The church was built in 1907 to serve the spiritual needs of people moving to Swindon for employment at the Great Western Railway Works. St Augustine’s Church, Even Swindon is situated 1 mile east of The Spectrum Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rodbourne and Freshbrook.
Rodbourne
Suburb
Rodbourne is a suburb of Swindon in Wiltshire, England, north of the town centre and about 0.9 miles northwest of Swindon railway station. It includes an area formerly called Even Swindon.
Freshbrook
Suburb
Freshbrook is a suburb in the west of Swindon, England, close to junction 16 of the M4 motorway. Most houses in the area are found in culs-de-sac, except for those on the few main roads.
Lydiard Millicent
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydiard Millicent is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of Swindon. The parish contains the hamlets of Lydiard Green, Lydiard Plain, Greatfield and Green Hill; in the northeast the parish extends to Common Platt, which is now contiguous with the Peatmoor area of Swindon. Lydiard Millicent is situated 1½ miles west of The Spectrum Building.
The Spectrum Building
- Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5668° or 51° 34′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.82432° or 1° 49′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C3WH58G+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 144479828OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q17549130
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“The Spectrum Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雷諾中心”
- French: “Renault Centre”
- French: “Renault Distribution Centre”
- “Renault Distribution Centre”
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