Durocornovium
Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).
Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester). In many ways Durocornovium was a typical small Roman town.
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Worth seeing in and around Durocornovium
7 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.
- 01County Ground
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. It has an all-seated capacity of 14,753 currently, which has been the same level since the mid-1990s.
3.3 km · football stadium in Swindon, Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia - 02St Andrew's Church, Wanborough
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Wanborough in north Wiltshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Bristol, one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire.
3.3 km · Grade I listed church in Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Christ Church
Christ Church, Swindon is a parish church located in the Old Town area of Swindon in Wiltshire. A Church of England establishment, it is part of the deanery of Swindon in the Diocese of Bristol.
3.9 km · church in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy Rood Church, Swindon
Holy Rood Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1851 as a chapel and was rebuilt as a church in 1905.
4 km · church in Swindon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Coate Water Country Park
Coate Water is a country park situated 5 km to the southeast of central Swindon, England, near junction 15 of the M4. It takes its name from its main feature, a reservoir originally built to provide water for the Wilts & Berks Canal.
3.4 km · country park in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia - 06Museum & Art Swindon
Museum & Art Swindon, formerly Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, is a museum and gallery in Swindon, England. It is run by Swindon Borough Council and since 2024 has been housed within the council's offices at Euclid Street, Swindon.
3.9 km · art gallery and museum in England · Wikipedia - 07Swindon Civic Offices
Swindon Civic Offices is a 1938 municipal building in Euclid Street in Swindon, England. The building is Grade II listed, and is home to the Register Office, meeting place of Swindon Borough Council and the Swindon Museum & Art Gallery.
3.9 km · building in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Durocornovium
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 72 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 88 km · Birmingham (BHX), 99 km
- London → Durocornovium111 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–15
- Bristol → Durocornovium61 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £6–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Durocornovium102 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Durocornovium
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 Durocornovium. 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 Durocornovium – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Durocornovium
Durocornovium is 53 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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