Skip to content
Live

Areas of Swindon

Discover the neighbourhoods and villages of Swindon, Wiltshire.

A view over Swindon Old Town
© Photo: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Old Town

Swindon's historic hilltop quarter — Wood Street and Devizes Road independents, the Town Gardens, and the best of the town's food, drink and nightlife.

Old Town
The David Murray John Tower viewed from Wharf Green in Swindon town centre
© Photo: Mewwiii / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Swindon Town Centre

The modern shopping and transport hub — the Brunel Centre, Regent Street, Wharf Green, the railway station, and the Wyvern Theatre.

Swindon Town Centre
Swindon's Victorian Railway Village — GWR workers' terraced cottages
© Photo: Marathon / Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Railway Village

Brunel's model railway village — Grade II listed GWR cottages, the STEAM museum, and the Designer Outlet in the converted works.

Railway Village
Lydiard House, the Palladian mansion at Lydiard Park on the western edge of Swindon
© Photo: Delta 51 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) / CC BY-SA 4.0

West Swindon

Suburban west Swindon — Lydiard Park and House, the Link Centre, district shopping, and easy M4 access.

West Swindon
Coate Water Country Park lake, south-east of central Swindon
© Photo: Vieve Forward / Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Coate & South Swindon

South-edge Swindon — Coate Water Country Park, the Art Deco diving platform, the Richard Jefferies Museum, and the new Wichelstowe community.

Coate & South Swindon
Highworth High Street, the market town north-east of Swindon
© Photo: Des Blenkinsopp / Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Highworth

A historic hilltop market town north-east of Swindon — an independent High Street, the parish church, and Cotswold-edge countryside.

Highworth
The Town Hall Museum in Royal Wootton Bassett, west of Swindon
© Photo: Lewis Clarke / Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Royal Wootton Bassett

A market town west of Swindon — the pillared Old Town Hall, a Wednesday market since 1219, and the community behind the wartime repatriations.

Royal Wootton Bassett
The village pond at Wroughton, on the southern edge of Swindon
© Photo: Des Blenkinsopp / Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Wroughton

A large village on Swindon's southern edge — a village pond and pubs, the Science Museum store at the airfield, and downland walking on the doorstep.

Wroughton