The Lakes

The Lakes is a pond in Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England. The Lakes is situated nearby to the park The Stray, as well as near Eastern Common.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haydon Meadow and Blunsdon 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 2,600 feet south of The Lakes.

Blunsdon railway station

Railway station

Photo: Tim Walker, CC BY 2.0.

Blunsdon railway station is a station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage line in Wiltshire, England. The first station on the site was built in 1895 to serve the villages of Blunsdon St Andrew and Broad Blunsdon, north of Swindon, and closed in 1937. Blunsdon railway station is situated 3,400 feet west of The Lakes.

Hayes Knoll railway station

Railway station

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

Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England. Hayes Knoll station was built in 1999 as part of the work to reopen the section of the former Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade, the entire route having been closed in 1961. Hayes Knoll railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of The Lakes.

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 southwest of The Lakes.

Purton Stoke

Village

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Purton Stoke is a small village in north Wiltshire, England, within the civil parish of Purton. The village lies along a side road off the Purton to Cricklade road, approximately 1.5 miles north of Purton village. Purton Stoke is situated 2 miles west of The Lakes.

The Lakes

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.60646° or 51° 36′ 23″ north

Longitude

-1.82874° or 1° 49′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C3WJ54C+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 587835158

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

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