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词条 List of places in Swindon
释义

  1. Areas

  2. Areas Under Construction

  3. Places of interest

  4. See also

  5. References

This is a list of areas, tourist attractions and other places of interest in the English town of Swindon.

Areas

  • Abbey Meads
  • Bridgemead
  • Broome Manor

Home to the Broome Manor Golf Course and various businesses including the world headquarters of Burmah Castrol as well as the UK headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society and Intel.

  • Cheney Manor

Built around 1952.

  • Churchward
  • Coleview
  • Covingham

Home to 3,781 residents (2001 census).[1] Covingham Park estate was built in 1964.

  • Croft
  • Dorcan

Taking its name from the nearby Dorkerne (now Dorcan) brook,[2] Dorcan lies between Eldene, Liden, Covingham and the A419 bypass. Parts of these surrounding areas are also sometimes referred to as being in Dorcan (such as Eldene Shopping Centre which uses Dorcan in its address). It is the site of the Dorcan Industrial Estate which includes the UK Headquarters of Tyco Electronics and RWE npower.

The Dorcan Academy (formerly Dorcan Comprehensive School) is also in this area, providing the locality with sports facilities. Notable as the school attended by Melinda Messenger, and actor Mark Lawrence (from the series Band of Brothers).

  • Eastleaze
  • Eastmead
  • East Wichel – part of the Wichelstowe development
  • Eldene

Built in the 1970s on the site of Snodshill Farm, the site of Texaco offices

  • Even Swindon – now more commonly known as Rodbourne[3]
  • Ferndale
  • Freshbrook

Part of West Swindon, the estate was built during the period 1980-84.

Including offices of RWE and Cable & Wireless at Windmill Hill.

  • Gorse Hill
  • Grange Park
  • Greenbridge

Mainly large areas of business, including the world headquarters of WH Smith and the former site of the EMI UK CD pressing plant

  • Greenmeadow
  • Hawksworth
  • Haydon Wick
  • Kembrey Park
  • Kingsdown
  • Lawn
  • Liden

Includes three large tower blocks

  • Marshgate
  • Moredon
  • Middleleaze
  • New Town (a.k.a. Swindon Town Centre)
  • Nine Elms
  • North Star

Including the Oasis leisure centre and Swindon College

  • Nythe
  • Oakley Park
  • Okus
  • Old Town
  • Park North

Estate built during the period 1957-65

Also includes three 10-storey tower blocks

  • Park South

Estate built during the period 1957-65

Including Cavendish Square, a shopping area which has now been rebuilt into a smaller shopping area with the removal of the residential flats above the shops, except George Hall Court. Nearby St. Clements Court has also been demolished and new homes built.

  • Peatmoor
  • Pembroke Park
  • Penhill

Built during the period 1951-55

Includes three 10-storey tower blocks

  • Pinehurst

Built during the period 1910-20 as Swindon's first council housing estate.

  • Railway Village

Built during the period 1840-45 by the Great Western Railway to house employees.

  • Ramleaze
  • Raybrook Park
  • Rodbourne
  • Rodbourne Cheney
  • Rushey Platt
  • Shaw
  • South Leaze
  • Sparcells
  • South Marston

Including the UK Headquarters of Zimmer and the large Honda car plant.

  • Stratton St Margaret
  • Upper Stratton
  • Lower Stratton
  • St Andrew's Ridge
  • Taw Hill
  • The Prinnels
  • Toothill

Part of West Swindon, council estate built during the period 1980-84

  • Walcot East

Built from 1956

Formerly included the University of Bath Oakfield campus, which has since been demolished. This was situated very near Park North.

  • Walcot West (Old Walcot)

Built from the mid-1930s

  • Westmead
  • Westlea

The West Swindon shopping centre, the first out of town, had a supermarket and other small shops; later the Link Centre, a leisure centre with an ice rink and swimming pool, was added.

  • West Leaze
  • Windmill Hill

Areas Under Construction

  • Priory Vale or North Swindon Development – {{Official website|http://www.prioryvale.net}} – includes Redhouse, Oakhurst and Haydon End
  • Wichelstowe or Southern Development Area – {{Official website|http://www.wichelstowe.co.uk}}

Places of interest

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  • Coate Water
  • County Ground - Swindon Town F.C.'s stadium.
  • Lydiard Park
  • Lydiard House
  • The Magic Roundabout - a large roundabout containing 5 mini-roundabouts
  • Queens Park
  • Steam Railway Museum

See also

  • Honda of the UK Manufacturing
  • RWE npower
  • Nationwide Building Society
  • Intel
  • Motorola

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?id=288|title=Covingham Census Information|publisher=Wiltshire Council|work=Wiltshire Community History}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.romanmap.com/htm/names/Nythe%20Farm.htm |title=Duroconovio Wanborough, Wiltshire |work=The Roman Map of Britain |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102094612/http://www.romanmap.com/htm/names/Nythe%20Farm.htm |archivedate=2007-01-02 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rodbournehistory.org/?page_id=718|title=History of Rodbourne|publisher=Rodbourne History Society}}

2 : Swindon|Wiltshire-related lists

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