About Swindon
Swindon is a large town in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, South West England, between Bristol and Reading, the same distance to the east; the town is 71 miles (114 km) west of London. It has a population of 182,441.
Swindon railway station is on the line from London Paddington to Bristol. Swindon Borough Council is a unitary authority, independent of Wiltshire Council since 1997. Residents of Swindon are known as Swindonians.
The town is home to the English Heritage National Monument Record Centre and the headquarters of the National Trust (both on parts of the site of the former Great Western Railway's Swindon Works), and the head office of the Nationwide Building Society. A Honda car manufacturing plant, which is due to close in 2021, is nearby at South Marston.
Places nearby Swindon
Cities
- Oxford 25.2 mi 479 hotels
- Gloucester 28.9 mi 53 hotels
- Bath 29 mi 568 hotels
- Salisbury 34.5 mi 80 hotels
- Bristol 36.5 mi 729 hotels
- Winchester 40.2 mi 74 hotels
- Worcester 47.5 mi 57 hotels
- Southampton 48.1 mi 334 hotels
Towns
- Wootton Bassett 6.3 mi 20 hotels
- Faringdon 9.9 mi 11 hotels
- Marlborough 10.3 mi 20 hotels
- Cirencester 13.7 mi 34 hotels
- Calne 13.7 mi 18 hotels
- Malmesbury 14.7 mi 17 hotels
- Chippenham 17.1 mi 17 hotels
- Burford 17.4 mi 29 hotels
- Tetbury 17.8 mi 18 hotels
- Devizes 18.2 mi 20 hotels
- Witney 19.3 mi 24 hotels
- Corsham 20.7 mi 20 hotels
- Melksham 21.2 mi 17 hotels
- Abingdon 21.6 mi 26 hotels
- Newbury 22.2 mi 49 hotels
- Didcot 22.4 mi 26 hotels
- Stroud 23.1 mi 25 hotels
Villages
- Bourton-on-the-Water 22 mi 63 hotels
Airports
- Bristol Airport (BRS) 42.9 mi
- Southampton Airport (SOU) 46.1 mi
- London Oxford Airport (OXF) 26.6 mi
- Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) 28.5 mi
Places of Interest
Tourist Regions
- Cotswolds 1,009 hotels
- Cotswold Water Park 135 hotels
- Savernake Forest 30 hotels
- North Wessex Downs 207 hotels
- Rodborough Common 51 hotels
- Slimbridge Wetland Centre 67 hotels
- Michaelwood 34 hotels
Shopping
Sights
- Newbridge
- RAF Brize Norton
- Royal Air Force Station Lyneham
- Didcot Railway Centre
- Uffington White Horse
- RAF Fairford
- Silbury Hill
- RAF Ramsbury
Sport
- Newbury Racecourse
- Wootton Bassett Town F.C.
- Cirencester Town Football Club
- Corsham Town F.C.
- Swindon Supermarine Football Club
- County Ground
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