West Swindon

Worth seeing in and around West Swindon

10 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.

1. 01
   Swindon Steam Railway Museum

   STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is housed in part of the former railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'. The 6,500-square-metre museum opened in 2000.

   2.7 km · railway museum in Swindon, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The Spectrum Building (formerly The Renault Distribution Centre)

   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.

   1.2 km · building in Swindon · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mark's Church, Swindon

   St Mark's Church in central Swindon, Wiltshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Swindon, the archdeaconry of Malmesbury, and the diocese of Bristol. Its benefice is united with those of St Aldhelm, Swindon, St Luke, Swindon, and St Saviour, Swindon, to form the benefice of Swindon New Town.

   2.7 km · grade II listed church in South Swindon, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wilts & Berks Canal

   The Wilts and Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon. The North Wilts Canal merged with it to become a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton near Cricklade.

   2.2 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Swindon Mechanics' Institute

   Swindon Mechanics' Institute was founded in 1843 and the Grade II* listed building was built in 1854-55. This was in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

   2.9 km · education and theatre building in Swindon, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Lydiard Park

   Lydiard Park is a 260-acre country park at Lydiard Tregoze, which was its former name, about 3 miles west of central Swindon, Wiltshire, England, in West Swindon parish, near Junction 16 of the M4 motorway. The park, which is included on the Historic England Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II, surrounds the Grade I listed Lydiard House, a mansion built in the 17th and 18th centuries.

   2.1 km · country park in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Mouldon 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
8. 08
   St Mary's Church, Purton

   St Mary's Church in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England, is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. A large building begun in the 13th century and one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire, it has been designated as a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.

   3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Purton, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Holy 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.

   3.8 km · church in Swindon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Swindon Town Hall

    Swindon Town Hall is a former municipal building in Swindon, England which was built in 1891 to be a centrepiece of New Swindon. It is currently used by Swindon Dance, a national dance agency.

    3.5 km · town hall in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Swindon

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 64 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 96 km · Birmingham (BHX), 100 km

Stations

Swindon railway station, 3.4 km

• Bristol → West Swindon

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
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• London → West Swindon

  118 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £12–16
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → West Swindon

  4 km · quickest by road, 15 min · £0.5
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