Broad Blunsdon
Blunsdon is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its southern boundary.
Blunsdon is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its southern boundary. Its main settlement is the village of Broad Blunsdon, with Lower Blunsdon nearby; the hamlet of Broadbush is now contiguous with Broad Blunsdon.
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Worth seeing in and around Broad Blunsdon
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Blunsdon railway station
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.
3.7 km · heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Mouldon Hill Country Park
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. It is owned and managed by Swindon Borough Council.
3.5 km · country park in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Swindon and Cricklade Railway
The Swindon and Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade. Swindon and Cricklade Railway is a registered charity.
3.7 km · Heritage railway in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Broad Blunsdon
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 69 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 93 km · Birmingham (BHX), 94 km
- Stations
- Hayes Knoll railway station, 3.9 km · Hannington railway station, 4 km
- Bristol → Broad Blunsdon59 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–10
- London → Broad Blunsdon115 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £12–16
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Broad Blunsdon97 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Broad Blunsdon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Broad Blunsdon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Broad Blunsdon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Broad Blunsdon
Broad Blunsdon is 58 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Central Swindon Northcivil parish in Swindon, Wiltshire, England3.6 km
- St Andrewscivil parish in Swindon, Wiltshire, England900 m
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