# List of places in Swindon

This is a list of areas, tourist attractions and other places of interest in the English town of Swindon and its surrounding built-up area.

## 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
    Covingham Park estate was built in 1964.
* Croft
* Dorcan
    Taking its name from the nearby Dorkerne (now Dorcan) brook, 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
* Ferndale
* Freshbrook
    Part of West Swindon, the estate was built in 1980–1984.
    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 WHSmith and the former site of the EMI CD pressing plant
* Greenmeadow
* Hawksworth
* Haydon Wick
* Kembrey Park
* Kingsdown
* Lawn
* Liden
    Has three large tower blocks
* Marshgate
* Moredon
* Middleleaze
* New Town
* Nine Elms
* North Star
    Including the Oasis leisure centre and Swindon College
* Nythe
* Oakley Park
* Okus
* Old Town
* Park North
    Estate built 1957–65; has three 10-storey tower blocks
* Park South
    Estate built 1957–65
    Including Cavendish Square, a shopping area which has now been rebuilt into a smaller shopping area with the removal of most of the residential flats above the shops
* Peatmoor
* Pembroke Park
* Penhill
    Built 1951–55; has three 10-storey tower blocks
* Pinehurst
    Built 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
* Stratton St Margaret
* Upper Stratton
* Lower Stratton
* St Andrew's Ridge
* Taw Hill
* The Prinnels
* Toothill
    Part of West Swindon, a council estate built 1980–84
* Walcot East
    Built from 1956
* Walcot West (Old Walcot)
    Built from the mid-1930s
* Westmead
* Westlea
    The West Swindon shopping centre, the first out of town, has 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
* Woodhall
* Woodhall Park

## Areas under construction

* Priory Vale or North Swindon Development; includes Redhouse, Oakhurst and Haydon End
* Wichelstowe or Southern Development Area
* New Eastern Villages

## Places of interest

* Coate Water Country Park
* County Ground – Swindon Town F.C.'s stadium
* Lawns Park
* Lydiard Park
* Lydiard House
* The Magic Roundabout – a large roundabout containing 5 mini-roundabouts
* Mouldon Hill Country Park
* Museum & Art Swindon
* Museum of Computing
* Queens Park
* Richard Jefferies Museum
* Steam Railway Museum
* Town Gardens
* Wyvern Theatre