dablink For the larger local government district, see Swindon borough . For other uses, see Swindon disambiguation . infobox UK place country England static image name Swindon DMJ tower from rec.jpg static .... small official name Swindon population 155,432 unitary england Swindon borough Swindon lieutenancy england Wiltshire region South West England constituency westminster North Swindon UK Parliament constituency North Swindon constituency westminster1 South Swindon UK Parliament constituency South Swindon post town SWINDON postcode district SN1 6, SN25, SN26 postcode area SN dial code 01793 os grid reference SU152842 london distance convert 81 mi km 0 latitude 51.558333 longitude 1.7811111 Swindon Audio en uk Swindon.ogg pronunciation is a large town within the Swindon borough borough of Swindon .... In the 2001 census, the population of the Swindon urban area was 155,432, while the wider borough of Swindon had a population of 184,000. Swindon was named an Expanded Town under the Town Development ... 10001043&add N title Swindon Total Population accessdate 2007 01 09 publisher A Vision of Britain through time author Great Britain Historical GIS Project ref Swindon railway station is on the line from London Paddington to Bristol. borough of SwindonSwindon Borough Council , is a unitary authority independent of Wiltshire Council since 1997. Residents of Swindon are known as Swindonians . Swindon ... library runs out of space date 6 October 2010 ref History Main History of Swindon Etymology The original Saxon people Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill ... be the local landlord. Industrial Revolution Swindon was a small market town, mainly for barter barter trade , until roughly 1848. This original market area is on top of the hill in central Swindon, now known as Old Town. ref name Chandler John Chandler, Swindon Decoded, The Hobnob Press 2005, ISBN 0 946418 37 7. ref The Industrial Revolution was responsible for an acceleration of Swindon s growth ... more details
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Other places named Swindon include Swindon Village Swindon, Gloucestershire , a village in the Borough of Cheltenham Swindon, Staffordshire , a civil parish in South Staffordshire See also Articles related to Swindon, Wiltshire Borough of Swindon , unitary authority covering the Swindon area North Swindon UK Parliament constituency South Swindon UK Parliament constituency Swindon railway station , a major railway junction Swindon Town F.C. , the town s football team Swindon Works , the former Great Western Railway GWR locomotive works. Disambig geo DEFAULTSORT Swindon Category English toponyms ... more details
Swindon Museum is located in Swindon , Wiltshire , England . The museum has displays of local archaeology , geology , and local history history . ref http www.swindon.gov.uk arts museum Arts and Culture Swindon Museum , Swindon Borough Council , UK. ref These present Swindon s geological Jurassic history, its association with the Roman Britain Roman Empire , and the town s social history . Swindon Museum is located in a listed building next to Swindon Art Gallery on the corner of Bath Road and Victoria Road in Swindon s Old Town. ref http www.culture24.org.uk sw000070 Swindon Museum & Art Gallery , Culture24 , UK. ref Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is one of the venues for the Swindon Festival of Literature . References reflist coord 51.5527 1.7777 type landmark region GB display title Category Buildings and structures in Swindon Category Museums in Wiltshire Category Local museums in England UK museum stub ... more details
see also Buses in Swindon Infobox Bus transit name Stagecoach in Swindon logo Stagecoach ballbus.png logo size 250 image Stagecoach Swindon 22626.JPG image size 250 image caption Stagecoach Swindon s 22626 VX08 FTJ seen in Oxford on route 66 founded 1990 headquarters Swindon , Wiltshire locale Wiltshire service area UK service type Urban and interurban bus services destinations Swindon , Calne , Cheltenham ... fleet 54 operator Stagecoach Group ceo website http www.stagecoachbus.com swindon Welcome ... area. Stagecoach in Swindon is the sector of the Stagecoach Group that operates buses in Swindon ... 1983 it operated under the name Swindon and District . It was privatised in 1986 and absorbed into the Stagecoach Group in 1993. Operations Stagecoach in Swindon carries over 12,000 passengers per day, an increase of about 6.5 . ref name about Cite web url http www.stagecoachbus.com swindon aboutus.html title About Stagecoach in Swindon accessdate 2007 01 13 publisher Stagecoachbus.com ref It has 54 buses and 130 employees. ref name about As well as Swindon, it also operates buses to Oxford, Cheltenham ... holidays a Sunday service is operated. Stagecoach in Swindon also provides a Sunday Service on most ... title Bus routes serving Swindon accessdate 2007 01 13 publisher Swindon Borough Council ref Buses Bus Type Number in Swindon Fleet National Fleet Numbers Volvo Olympian 3 16135,16110,16155 Dennis ... 15648 15650 Routes The table below shows the main service routes operated by Stagecoach in Swindon .... class wikitable Service Notes Route style background seagreen color white 6 Swindon Gorse Hill Pinehurst Stratton St Margaret Upper Stratton Kingsdown style background red color white 7 Swindon ... color white 8 Swindon Bridgemead Toothill Westlea Freshbrook style background darkgoldenrod color white 49 Swindon Wroughton Winterbourne Bassett Avebury Bishops Cannings Devizes Semington Trowbridge ... Cirencester Latton Cricklade Blunsdon Swindon style background lightseagreen color white 55 Swindon ... more details
main Transport in Swindon Buses in Swindon have been the major method of Public Transport in the region ..., the area is now served by numerous operators. History Swindon Corporation was the local council formed ... of transport. In 1942 Swindon became one of the first authorities to take delivery of the Arab ... Swindon Corporation accessdate 2007 01 30 ref One of these, No. 51 DHR 192 , is now preserved at RAF Wroughton near Swindon which is an Annex of the National Museum of Science and Industry and open to the public ... bus services around Swindon were mainly operated by Bristol Tramways later known as Bristol Omnibus Company , which established a branch in Swindon in 1921. Bristol became part of the National Bus Company UK National Bus Company , and in 1983 the Swindon branch was transferred to a new company, Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company, operating in Swindon under the name Swindon and District. Cheltenham ... in Swindon in 1993. Bus Station and Fleming Way Original Bus Station Image Swindon Town Centre Bus Stop.jpg thumb right A Bus Stop in Fleming Way Before 1966 Swindon had no bus station, and buses ... serving destinations outside of the Swindon Urban Area or non frequent services. It is also used ... Transport Depot.jpg thumb right Thamesdown Transport s new depot In 2004, Swindon Borough Council ... cite web url http www.swindonweb.com life newswindonplans.htm title Plans for New Swindon unveiled accessdate 2007 01 30 publisher swindonweb.com year 2004 work Swindon Report ref Thamesdown Transport ... life newswindon busdepot.htm title Second piece of New Swindon Jigsaw falls into place accessdate 2007 01 30 publisher swindonweb.com year 2004 work Swindon Report ref The plans announced ... 30 publisher The New Swindon Company author CB Richard Ellis Limited work New life for New Swindon ... 6.pdf title The Exchange accessdate 2007 01 30 publisher The New Swindon Company author CB Richard Ellis Limited work New life for New Swindon format PDF ref Use of Fleming Way Bus stands were erected ... more details
Image bishopstone pond.JPG thumb right Bishopstone pond Image Bishiview.JPG thumb right Bishopstone village viewed from the south Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Swindon borough Swindon unitary authority of Wiltshire , England , about six miles east of Swindon , and just west of the county border with Oxfordshire . Since 1934 the civil parish has included the village of Hinton Parva, Wiltshire Hinton Parva . According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 648. Bishopstone is located between Wanborough, Wiltshire Wanborough and Ashbury, Oxfordshire Ashbury on the historic Icknield Way . It is a picturesque village with two pubs and a large number of thatched cottages, centred around a mill pond. The village is often used as a base for walkers with excellent access to the Ridgeway National Trail . On the downs above Bishopstone there are impressive ancient field systems known as lynchet s and many other historic earth workings. coord 51 33 00 N 1 38 48 W display title References CoorOS External links Commons category Bishopstone, Swindon http www.villagenewsletter.org monthly village newsletter http parish.bishopstone.net Bishopstone Parish Council Website http v8villager.blogspot.com v8villager blog A blog from a resident of Bishopstone some Bishopstone content Category Civil parishes in Wiltshire Category Villages in Wiltshire nl Bishopstone Swindon pl Bishopstone Swindon ... more details
main Swindon Transport in Swindon and the surroundings have directly contributed to the town s growth ... Line Great Western Railway Main Line , Swindon s local transport network is adequate to the needs of a growing town. Road Historic See History of Swindon Image Borough of swindon historic sites.png thumb right 200px Historical Routes and Sites in the Borough of Swindon The town of Swindon lies near ... name illustrated With the Swindon to Faringdon road completed in 1757 and the Swindon to Marlborough ... , Wootton Bassett and Cricklade . Residents of Rodbourne Cheney and the Liddiard s came into Swindon ... caused more damage to the road . Roads and Motorways Image Borough of swindon main transport routes.png thumb right 200px Transport routes in the Borough of Swindon Major roads near or passing through Swindon. M4 motorway M4 Motorway London to South Wales, Junctions 15 and 16 A3102 road A3102 Swindon to Malmesbury A346 road A346 Swindon to Ludgershall A361 road A361 A4361 Devon to Northamptonshire ... road A4259 Swindon to Wanborough Roundabouts see Magic Roundabout Swindon The town is famous for its ... ref The most notable roundabout is the Magic Roundabout Swindon Magic Roundabout that lies at the junction of Drove Road, Queens Drive and Fleming Way near to the County Ground, Swindon County Ground ... s for Swindon Town F.C. and at weekends, where the increased traffic at these periods can be a contributory factor in causing them. Fact date February 2008 Speed cameras In 2009 Swindon became ... Express operate a number of services from Swindon including the National Express Coach route 222 ... and London Buses main Buses in Swindon Urban buses were introduced into Swindon in 1927, after the abandonment of the Wilts and Berks Canal . Operated by Swindon Corporation, they made the tram network redundant by 1929. Swindon Corporation Buses became Thamesdown Transport in 1974 when the council ..., Thamesdown Transport is Swindon s largest urban Bus operator. Swindon s second oldest operator ... more details
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire in the South West England South West of England . People have lived in the town ... and London , made it an ideal location for the Swindon Works Locomotive Factories of the Great Western Railway in the 19th century. Swindon has grown from a population of just 1,198 in 1801 to over 150,000 ... title Swindon Census Information publisher Wiltshire County Council accessdate 2006 12 05 archiveurl ... retrieved archive archivedate 2007 03 10 ref File Swindon DMJ tower from rec.jpg 400px thumb right A view of Swindon with the David Murray John Tower File Borough of swindon historic sites.png thumb right 400px A map of selected Historic Sites in the Borough of Swindon Pre history The modern town of Swindon is built on and around a hill that stands over convert 450 ft m abbr on above sea level , now known as Swindon Hill. Its location to the north of the Marlborough Downs and on the southern ... it suitable for use as farming land. ref name illustrated cite book last Child first Mark title Swindon ... Age . Digs at Swindon s former quarry sites uncovered the first Bronze Age relics, with burial ... around Swindon Hill have revealed pre Roman farms and an additional Iron Age farm complex was discovered on lowlands to the north of Swindon in the 1970s. ref name illustrated There are various ... . The Romans in Swindon A Ancient Rome Roman town called Durocornovium existed to the east of Swindon ... X Roman Roads from London to Silchester and the West continued ref It is probable that Swindon began ... that is now Swindon was on the junction of two Roman roads, one leading south from Cirencester ... to show that Swindon s quarries were in use at this time to produce stone for villas and clay from the Whitehill region now West Swindon was used to produce Whitehill Ware pottery. ref cite web url http www.groundwell.org.uk romanSwindon.htm Romans in Swindon title Groundwell Ridge accessdate 2006 ... water supply. ref cite web url http www.swindon.gov.uk groundwellridge title Groundwell Ridge Swindon ... more details
Infobox TV channel name Swindon Cable logofile logosize logoalt Station ident logo2 launch September ... 1998 2000 br Virgin Media NTL 2000 slogan Swindon s Local Channel country United Kingdom broadcast area Swindon headquarters Hawksworth Ind Est, Swindon 1984 2000 former names Swindon Viewpoint br The Local Channel br Swindon s Local Channel replaced names sister names timeshift names web Swindon Cable was Swindon s local television channel. It closed permanently in 2000 after 16 years of putting ... . Swindon Viewpoint Local Television program programming in Swindon began life as Swindon Viewpoint ... public interest. The studios were in the basement of Radio Rentals premises on Swindon s Victoria Road ... or sponsorship. Amid much local concern, Swindon Viewpoint was sold to the public of Swindon .... Viewpoints central programming strand was magazine based programmes called Seen in Swindon . When the Lottery ..., the public media centre in Swindon. Though this partnership recognised and maintained the independence ... through the eighties. Its main programme strand was called Access Swindon . In the early nineties ... initially by Sue Stevens, who had been involved with Swindon Viewpoint and the programming reverted to news and occasional one off documentaries about events in or around Swindon . The service also ... vacancies as well as Scene in Swindon , launched on 1 May 1984 was a news magazine programme and Sport on Saturday . Swindon Cable , The Local Channel and Closure In 1984 Radio Rentals Cable Television moved re launched the channel as Swindon Cable , which HRH The Duke of Kent The Duke of Kent opened. Focus on Swindon was started, produced by Sue Stevens with presenter reporter Trevor Cribb . The channel ... its stake in the channel to British Telecom , which pulled the plug on Focus on Swindon on February ... had also trained with Swindon Viewpoint drew numbers at random in Home Shop Tele Bingo from a studio .... It relaunched in 1994 as Swindon Cable s Local Channel aimed to give the town a local slant on current ... more details
advert date May 2009 refimprove date May 2009 Local Television program programming in Swindon began life as Swindon Viewpoint on the 11 September 1973 as an experiment in community cable television , or public access television . It was managed initially by Richard Dunn, who later went on to become Head of Thames Television. This experiment started with EMI finance on the Radio Rentals cable radio and television relay network . Local people could train in using television production equipment . Many of the programmes were one off documentaries that interested the volunteers involved or programmes of more general public interest. The studios were in the basement of Radio Rentals premises on Swindon s Victoria Road. The experimental phase ended in 1976 when EMI decided to pull out of funding the service. Although it was considered popular and appeared to be flourishing. The main reason seems to have been that the Government would not allow advertising or sponsorship. After much local protest, Swindon Viewpoint was sold to the public of Swindon for 1 and an elected board of directors set up to oversee it. Viewpoint thus became the first television service that was publicly owned and managed. Programming continued for the rest of the decade with a staff of around six to train the public to make programmes, and was funded by a mix of sponsorship and a Ladbrokes operated lottery scheme the forerunner of the National Lottery. Viewpoints central programming strand was magazine based programmes called Seen in Swindon . When the Lottery scheme ended in 1980, funding dried up and Viewpoint went into partnership with Media Arts, the public media centre in Swindon, placing its TV production ... the eighties. Its main programme strand was called Access Swindon . In the early nineties Media Arts .... Swindon Viewpoint is unique in a number of ways, it is Britain s first and longest running public ... www.swindonviewpoint.com Swindon Viewpoint Category Media in Wiltshire and Swindon ... more details
Infobox UK school name Swindon College image Swindon college new campus.jpg size 250px latitude longitude dms motto motto pl established approx closed c approx type further education FE higher education HE College religion president head label Principal head Andrew Miller ref http www.swindonlink.com features show 191 ref r head label r head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist street North Star Avenue city Swindon county Wiltshire country England postcode SN21DY LEA ofsted staff enrollment gender lower age 14 upper age 19 houses colours publication free label 1 Telephone free 1 01793 491591 free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.swindon college.ac.uk website name www.swindon college.ac.uk Swindon College is a further education college in Swindon , England . Its campus is at North Star, just outside the town centre. The college has Higher National Certificate HNC Ds and Foundation Degrees, through to Bachelor of arts BA Hons courses and a postgraduate programme. It is also the provider of The Fitness Academy, based at Centre Fitness gym. External links http www.swindon college.ac.uk Official Swindon College Website http vle.swindon college.ac.uk Official Swindon College Virtual Learning Environment References div class references small references div Universities and colleges in South West England coord 51 34 5.68 N 1 47 14.89 W region GB type edu display title Category Education in Swindon Category Further education colleges in Wiltshire Category Higher education colleges in England Wiltshire school stub ... more details
Portal Anglicanism The Bishop of Swindon is an Episcopal polity episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol , in the Province of Canterbury , England . ref name crockfords100th Crockford s Clerical Directory 2008 2009 100th edition , Church House Publishing ISBN 978 0 7151 1030 0 . ref The title takes its name after the town of Swindon in Wiltshire . List of the Bishops of Swindon class wikitable style width 95 align left style background color FABE60 width 5 No. style background color FABE60 width 32 Incumbent style background color FABE60 width 10 From style background color FABE60 width 10 Until style background color FABE60 width 38 Notes valign top bgcolor ffffec colspan 5 The title had changed its name from Bishop of Malmesbury in 1994 valign top bgcolor ffffec align center 1 Michael Doe align center 1994 align center 2005 valign top bgcolor ffffec align center 2 Dr Lee Rayfield align center 2005 align center present References Reflist External links http www.crockford.org.uk section.asp?id 9 Crockford s Clerical Directory Listings Anglican Suffragan Bishops Category Bishops of Swindon previously Malmesbury Category Anglican suffragan bishops in Bristol Swindon Anglican stub ... more details
bgcolor ff9999 Borough of Swindon colspan 2 align center Image EnglandSwindon.png colspan 2 align center Image Swindon view.jpg 200px colspan 2 bgcolor ff9999 Geography width 45 Status Unitary, Borough ... square kilometre km Admin. HQ Swindon ONS coding system ONS code 00HX colspan 2 bgcolor ff9999 Demographics ... center Swindon Borough Council br http www.swindon.gov.uk Local government in England Councillors and mayors ... Party UK C The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England South West England . It is centred on the town of Swindon and forms part of the ceremonial counties of England ... former areas of the municipal borough of Swindon and Highworth Rural District . On 1 April 1997 it was made ... of Thamesdown Structural Change Order 1995 ref It adopted the name Swindon on 24 April 1997. The former Thamesdown name and logo are still used by the main local bus company of Swindon, called Thamesdown ... Limited Website . ref Swindon Borough Council is now a 2 star Council according to the Audit Commission ... 5EAUTHORITIES 5E108202 Audit Commission Reports on Swindon Borough Council . ref Economy This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Swindon at current basic prices http www.statistics.gov.uk ... note fn 4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding Geography The borough of Swindon occupies ... border and the Marlborough Downs encroaching to the south. Area covered Image Borough of swindon urban areas with names.png thumb left 150px Map of the Borough of Swindon and major settlements The Borough covers not just the town of Swindon , but surrounding countryside and the town of Highworth and villages including Badbury Bishopstone, Swindon Bishopstone Blunsdon Chiseldon Hannington Highworth ... Wroughton Swindon Borough Council The council follows a leader and cabinet model ref http ww2.swindon.gov.uk ... below. nowiki Reflist SW England Wiltshire Unitary authorities of England DEFAULTSORT Swindon Borough Category Local government in Wiltshire Swindon, Borough of Category Swindon Borough Category Unitary ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2007 Deleted image removed Image Swindon FM Logo v2.gif right Swindon FM was a Local Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB radio station broadcasting to Swindon between 2003 and 2006, previously it broadcast as Swindon 107FM for two trial broadcasts in 2001 and 2002. Station history RSL broadcasts Swindon 107FM which the station was originally named broadcast its first Restricted Service Licence RSL transmission from a studio at Swindon s Brunel Plaza shopping complex in September 2001. The station was founded by former Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town chairman Rikki Hunt and jazz ..., Swindon FM began broadcasting from new studios at Old Town Court as a Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB only station the first local station of its kind in the United Kingdom. Swindon FM broadcast originally ... . The launch of a DAB station by now, run completely by volunteers also marked a change in Swindon ... group, Now FM later renamed to Brunel FM owned by The Local Radio Company . The end In 2005, Swindon ... after running into difficulties with its premises, leaving Swindon FM homeless. At the end of the year, the team behind Swindon FM applied for a Community Radio licence but lost out to Swindon ... Station Manager, Swindon 105.5 Bryan Barrow Saturday Evening Presenter Life Coach Mike Ganley Crooked Road Presenter British Folk Radio, Swindon 105.5 Presenter Ray Bewes Sunday Afternoon Presenter Hospital Radio Swindon, Swindon 105.5 Presenter Nick Anderson Friday Drive Presenter Sophie Mayes ... Sports Luke Edwards Saturday Brunch Presenter Hospital Radio Swindon Flame FM BBC Mick Jackson ... Tuesday Evening Presenter BizView.tv Ian Rowe Early Brunch Presenter Swindon 105.5 Presenter & Director ... FM RSL, Swindon 105.5 Presenter Ray Butt Founder and Tuesday Jazz Presenter Unknown James Patterson Presenter Director of Brunel FM Andrew Brewerton Sunday Breakfast Show Swindon 105.5 Arts Show Louise ... Dunn & Dave Harries at BizView.tv DEFAULTSORT Swindon Fm Category Defunct radio stations in the United ... more details
coord 51.562 1.795 display title File Kings under construction at Swindon CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928 .jpg thumb right GWR King Class locomotives under construction at Swindon Works in 1928 File D1052 and D1009 Swindon Works.jpg thumb right British Rail Class 52 Western diesel hydraulic locomotives nos D1052 and D1009 in ex works condition outside the main works buildings. Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the England English county of Wiltshire .... It became clear that the GWR needed a central repair works so, in 1840 Gooch identified a site at Swindon ... directors, who, on 25 February 1841, authorised the establishment of the works at Swindon. Construction ... stories relating to how the railway came to pass through Swindon, with a well circulated myth that Brunel and Daniel Gooch were surveying a vale north of Swindon Hill and Brunel either threw a stone or dropped ... Swindon from a small market town into a railway town , boosted the population considerably and provided ... at this point, and as it was cheaper to transport coal for trains along canals at this time, Swindon ... noted that the nearby Wilts and Berks Canal gave Swindon a direct connection with the Somerset coalfield . He also realised that engines needed to be changed at Swindon or close by as the gradients from Swindon to Bristol were much more arduous than the relatively easy Grade slope gradients between London and Swindon. Drawing water for the engines from the canals was also considered, and an agreement ... situation to build these works and, on full consideration, I reported in favour of Swindon, it being ... to come to Swindon, it was at first intended to bring it closely along the foot of Swindon ... of building on the hill. However, the Goddard family Lord of the Manor Lords of the Manor of Swindon ... was concentrated at Swindon. Like most early railways, the GWR was built with gentle gradients and the minimum ... were produced and in 1867 Swindon was made the central workshop for the construction of carriages ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Infobox UK place country England official name Swindon latitude 52.51293 longitude 2.20383 population 1,361 population ref 2004 Estimate shire district South Staffordshire region West Midlands shire county Staffordshire constituency westminster post town Dudley postcode district DY3 postcode area DY os grid reference SO862905 Swindon is a village located in Staffordshire , just outside the West Midlands conurbation . The nearest major town is Dudley , approximately five miles eastwards. It stands halfway between the small town of Kingswinford and village of Wombourne . Historically, Swindon was part of Seisdon Seisdon rural district , but in 1974 was incorporated into the new local authority of South Staffordshire . Unusually, it is included in the DY3 postal district of Sedgley , which has never existed within the same local authority and is no longer even in the same county. Schools St John s CofE Primary School Churches Ebeneezer United Reformed Church St John s Church of England Church Shops and Pubs The Green Man The Greyhound The Old Bush http theoldbushswindon.webs.com website Iron Works Swin or Swindon Forge was once a fulling mill then a corn mill belonging to Halesowen Abbey . This was converted into a finery forge , perhaps in the 1620s. This was leased to Thomas Foley 1616 1677 Thomas Foley in 1647 and passed to his son Philip Foley Philip with many of his other ironworks in 1669. After he sold it in 1674, it passed through various hands, coming inot the hands of Francis Homfray of Oldswinford by the 1720s, remaining in the hands of this family until 1820. The works were much enlarged in the 19th century, so that in 1859 there were ... District Council 2005 ref External links http swindonstaffs.play cricket.com home home.asp Swindon Cricket Club http www.swindongolfclub.co.uk Swindon Golf Club References reflist Category Villages in Staffordshire Staffordshire geo stub nl Swindon Staffordshire pl Swindon Staffordshire ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Infobox Radio station image Image Swindon105.5 logo.gif Swindon 105.5 station Logo name Swindon 105.5 airdate 15 March 2008 slogan Daring to be Different frequency 105.5 Hertz MHz , br and Online http www.swindon1055.com listen area Swindon format Community Radio owner Community Radio Swindon website http www.swindon1055.com www.swindon1055.com SWINDON 105.5 is a community radio station for Swindon , Wiltshire fully licensed by media and communications regulator Ofcom ... at Swindon FM at the time. Shirley Ludford, former employee of both BBC Radio Wiltshire and GWR ... Licence from Ofcom . Community Radio Swindon In 2006 the group applied for a community radio licence for the Swindon area. In total, two groups applied for the licence, Swindon FM Community Radio, which had run a local Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB only service in Swindon since 2002, and C ommunity ... new community radio licences ref . Swindon 105.5 Launch Swindon 105.5 was launched on March 15, 2008 ref cite news last Perrin first Ben title New radio station switches on newspaper Swindon Advertiser date March 16, 2008 ref with the Town Crier of Swindon, Fred Ferris. The inaugural show was presented by Shirley Ludford with former BBC Radio Swindon broadcaster Peter Heaton Jones . The Station was launched at The County Ground, Home of Swindon Town F.C. The station moved to its current location at The Bentley Centre, Stratton Road, Swindon in the summer of 2010. The move to much larger premises ... until around 8am. Pre recorded programmes are sent to the station from local schools and colleges, the Swindon Talking Newspaper and the local Tamil language Tamil Association. Swindon 105.5 was the first legal radio station to have a regular Drum & Bass show in the UK outside of the BBC . People at Swindon ... Meets & Roundabout Swindon Ian Rowe Duty Manager & Original co founder of Swindon 105.5 Presenters ... Fri 07 30 09 00 The Breakfast Show br Ron Travolta Mon Fri 09 00 10 00 Roundabout Swindon br Shirley ... more details
for the town in Wiltshire SwindonSwindon Village is both a village and a suburb in the spa town of Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , England . It is located northwest of Arle. Features of Swindon Village include A large park and playing field. This includes several football pitches, a cricket pitch and two pavilions. St. Lawrence s Church, which is located in the centre of the village. This dates from the 12th Century. Its bell tower has six unequally sized walls. The Village Hall. This features a large hall with a performance stage, several side rooms and a licensed bar. The bar is typically open for village residents on Friday nights and used for private functions on other nights. Swindon Village Primary School. Seasons Business and Leisure Complex previously the Zurich Financial Services sports and social club and originally the Eagle Star Insurance Eagle Star Sports and Social Club . Gallagher Retail park. Retailers with premises here include Comet, DFS United Kingdom retailer DFS , Boots , Allied Carpets , Pets At Home , and Next clothing Next . A branch of the Sainsbury s supermarket chain is located adjacent to the site. External links http www.cheltenham4u.co.uk swindonvillage.asp?area Swindon Village 2C Wyman 27s Brook Swindon Village guide Cheltenham4u web site coord 51 55 20 N 2 5 50 W scale 10000 display title Category Districts of Cheltenham Whaddon Districts of Cheltenham Gloucestershire geo stub ... more details
Infobox UK school name Swindon Academy image size latitude 51.3452 longitude 1.471 dms dms motto motto pl established 2007 approx closed c approx type Academy religion president head label Headteacher head r head label r head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist specialist pl street Beech Avenue city Swindon county Wiltshire country England flagicon England postcode SN2 1JR LEA Swindon ofsted yes dfeno 6905 urn 135364 staff 127 enrollment 1479 gender Mixed lower age 0 upper age 19 houses Avicenna, Blackwell, Curie, Darwin and Einstein colours publication free label 1 Original Name free 1 Headlands School free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.swindon academy.org website name Swindon Academy Swindon Academy is a non selective co educational school within the English Academy English school Academy programme, in Swindon . It caters for children aged 3 19 and has approximately 1479 pupils on roll. History The history of the school can be traced back to the 19th century but the present site was established in 1952 with the creation of The Headlands Grammar School which later became The Headlands Comprehensive School. This school closed on August 31st 2004 and on September 1st 2004 Headlands School was born. Swindon Academy opened in September 2007 replacing ... Road B4006 . It is in the parish of St Philip, Swindon in the north of Swindon. Academic performance It has the honour of getting the lowest GCSE and A level results in Swindon. It is one of three schools in Swindon to have a sixth form. The A level results are especially low. Alumni Headlands School ... reflist External links http www.swindon academy.org Swindon Academy website http www.ucstrust.org.uk ... 2004 3 26 121564.html History of Swindon schools http www.edubase.gov.uk establishment ... articles 2006 06 05 swindon academy feature.shtml Proposals for the Academy in 2006 http news.bbc.co.uk ... Educational institutions established in 2007 Category Academies in England Category Education in Swindon ... more details
Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Nowdigital.gif right NOW Swindon is a local commercial Digital audio broadcasting digital radio multiplexing multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Swindon and the surrounding area. NOW Swindon is transmitted on frequency block 11C 220.35 MHz from its trasmitter at Blunsdon http tx.mb21.co.uk gallery blunsdon.asp . It launched on 7 February 2003 and is operated by NOW Digital who are owned by Global Radio . Stations carried BBC Wiltshire Traffic Radio Brunel Classic Gold Classic Gold 936 & 1161 Fun Radio FUN Radio Heart Wiltshire Heart Kiss 100 London Kiss 100 Ourkindofmusic Xfm London XFM UK Galaxy Radio Ourkindofmusic replaced Swindon FM in 2006 after the station ceased broadcasting. Office of Fair Trading concerns In August 2008, the Office of Fair Trading , reporting back regarding the acquisition of GCap by Global Radio indicated in their report that due to competition concerns and in accordance with the Communications Act 2003 , Global Radio will have to remove at least one of their services from the NOW Swindon multiplex. ref cite web url http www.oft.gov.uk shared oft mergers ea02 2008 Global GCap.pdf title Completed acquisition by Global Radio UK Limited of GCap Media plc date 2008 08 27 accessdate 2008 09 28 pages page 76, section 222 format pdf publisher Office of Fair Trading ref To comply with the ruling, Global Radio removed Chill radio station Chill from the multiplex on March 21, 2009. See also Gcap Media References reflist External links http www.now digital.com Official website Category DAB ensemble ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Swindon Advertister image Image Swindon Advertiser Frontpage.JPG 200px centre type Daily newspaper format Tabloid foundation 1854 price 0.38 owners Newsquest Media Group political headquarters Swindon Old Town, Swindon editor website http www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk swindonadvertiser.co.uk The Swindon Advertiser colloquially known by locals as the Adver is a daily tabloid newspaper , published in Swindon . The newspaper was founded in 1854 , and had a circulation in 2006 of 22,321. ref http www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk aboutus newspapertitles advertiser About Us swindonadvertiser.co.uk accessed 11 December 2006 ref It claims to have been the United Kingdom UK s first penny paper . ref name bygones http www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk bygones 2004 02feb 040219swin.shtml A newspaper to support the cause of the common man holdthefrontpage.co.uk accessed 11 December 2006 ref ... newspapers head quartered in the Newsquest Wiltshire building in Victoria Road, Swindon, the others being three weeklies Gazette and Herald Swindon Star Wiltshire Times History The Swindon Advertiser ... as a broadsheet on 6 February 1854 and titled the Swindon Advertiser and Monthly Record using a hand ... proceedings were so strongly condemned by the editor and proprietor of the Swindon Advertiser that he ... A Swindon Retrospect 1855 1930 last Large first Frederick chapter A Severe Winter date 1970 edition ... built in the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway , they produced 5,000 copies a week. ref name illustrated cite book author Mark Child title Swindon An Illustrated History origyear 2002 publisher ... the Swindon Advertiser and Wiltshire, Berkshire and Gloucestershire Chronicle . ref name illustrated ... changed its name back to the Swindon Advertiser and announced its intention to publish two editions ... Homepage GCI UK regional daily newspapers Category Swindon Category Newspapers published by Newsquest Category Publications established in 1854 Category Newspapers published in Wiltshire and Swindon Category ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2011 Pro hockey team text color white bg color red team Swindon Wildcats logo Swindon Wildcats Logo.jpg logosize 200x190px city Swindon , Wiltshire Flagicon England league English Premier Ice Hockey League founded 1986 arena Link Centre colors color box red Red color box white ... England Lee Richardson affiliates Swindon Wildcats ENL name1 Swindon Wildcats dates1 1986 1996 name2 Swindon Ice Lords dates2 1996 1997 name3 Swindon Chill dates3 1998 2000 name4 Swindon Phoenix dates4 2000 2001 name5 Swindon Lynx dates5 2001 2004 name6 Swindon Wildcats dates6 2004 present reg season titles 2 1996 97 , 2000 01 The Swindon Wildcats are a professional ice hockey team based in Swindon ... was founded in 1986, as the Swindon Wildcats . This was shortly after the building of the new Leisure ... seasons completed by the Swindon Wildcats. class wikitable style font weight bold background color ... of red and white. Jerseys Mascot The official and only mascot for the Swindon Wildcats is an anthropomorphized ... align center R align center age 1988 06 07 align center Jul 2010 align center Swindon , Wiltshire , England ... center R align center age 1993 04 08 align center Apr 2010 align center Swindon , Wiltshire , England ... Apr 2010 align center Swindon , Wiltshire , England bgcolor eeeeee align center 81 align center ... center R align center age 1983 01 03 align center Apr 2010 align center Swindon , Wiltshire , England ... center R align center age 1994 02 12 align center Jan 2011 align center Swindon , Wiltshire , England ... L align center age 1993 08 01 align center Jun 2010 align center Swindon , Wiltshire , England Swindon ... Game. The 2010 11 Wildcat s Squad versus the Swindon Legends . This is the roster for the Legend s team ... eeeeee align center 76 align center Flagicon England Alan Bishop align center F Swindon Wildcats ENL Link Centre British ice hockey Category Ice hockey teams in England Category Sport in Swindon Category Sports clubs established in 1986 fr Swindon Wildcats ... more details
Infobox british speedway team clubname Swindon Robins image Image SwindonRobins.JPG center 150px track Abbey Stadium br Blunsdon br Swindon country England founded 1949 closed manager Ronnie Russell captain Simon Stead league Speedway Elite League Elite League website http www.swindon speedway.co.uk Official site colours Red, White and Black. tracksize 363 metres track record time 63.86 seconds track record date 31st August 2009 track record holder Leigh Adams rider1 flagicon ENG Scott Nicholls rider1cma 8.55 rider2 flagicon ENG Simon Stead rider2cma 7.47 rider3 flagicon POL Maciej Janowski rider3cma rider4 flagicon AUS Corey Gathercole rider4cma rider5 flagicon AUS Justin Sedgman rider5cma rider6 Unconfirmed rider6cma rider7 Unconfirmed rider7cma totalcma rider8 flagicon USA Kenny Ingalls rider8cma teamhonour Speedway British League British League Champions br Speedway National League National ... br 2004, 2005 br 2008 The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins , are an England .... ref cite book title 50 Years of Swindon Speedway last Bamford first Robert coauthors Shailes, Glynn ... Stadium, the home of Swindon Robins The birth of the Robins was a product of the partnership ... only once, and set the first ever track record at 82.8 seconds. ref cite book title Swindon Speedway ... Championship Barry Briggs 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 ref cite book title 50 Greats Swindon Speedway ... Gary Allan 1993 Swindon Robins All Time Points Scorers border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 style ... Brian Karger 2754 7.60 align left Neil Street 1802.5 7.45 align left Notable Swindon riders col begin ... col 3 col end References Reflist External links http www.swindon speedway.co.uk Official Swindon Speedway Website http www.bbc.co.uk dna actionnetwork G1945 Save Swindon Speedway BBC Action Network ... League teams Category Sports clubs established in 1949 Category Sport in Swindon es Swindon Robins pl Swindon Robins ... more details
Swindon Festival of Literature is an annual literature festival held in Swindon , Wiltshire , England . ref http www.swindon.gov.uk artsandculture literaturehome swindonfestivalofliterature.htm Arts and Culture Swindon Festival of Literature , Swindon Borough Council , UK. ref ref http www.swindonweb.com tv index.asp?cat 57&t Swindon Festival of Literature Swindon Festival of Literature , http www.swindonweb.com tv SwindonWeb TV . ref The 2010 Festival is due to last for two weeks, from 3 15 May 2010. References reflist External links http www.swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk Swindon Festival of Literature website Category Literary festivals in the United Kingdom Category Swindon Festival of Literature Category Culture in Wiltshire festival stub literature stub ... more details
Swindon Arts Centre is a 212 seat entertainment venue located in the Old Town, Swindon Old Town of Swindon , Wiltshire , England . ref name about http www.swindon.gov.uk artscentre Arts and Culture About the Arts Centre , Swindon Borough Council , UK. ref The centre features all types of music, professional and amateur theatre, nationally recognised comedians, films, children s events, and one man shows. ref http www.ents24.com web venue SwindonSwindon Arts Centre 1351.html Swindon Arts Centre Rickets, Swindon , http www.ents24.com ents24.com . ref Pam Ayres and the actor George Baker actor George Baker are the patrons of the venue. The Swindon Arts Centre reopened in January 2003 following its refurbishment. Improvements included the addition of lift in the new entrance foyer to give easy access to the auditorium on the first floor, new accessible toilets and new seats in the auditorium. It is located at 6 Devizes Road. The Arts Centre hosts festivals and series such as the One Act Play Festival, and Swindon Music Festival , and the Swindon Recital Series of classical music concerts. The Swindon Film Society shows British and international films at the centre. ref name about There is a Friends of Swindon Arts Centre FoSAC that supports the Arts Centre. See also Swindon Art Gallery Swindon Festival of Literature References reflist External links http www.swindon.gov.uk artscentre Swindon Arts Centre coord 51.5517 1.7769 type landmark region GB display title Category Culture in Wiltshire Category Buildings and structures in Swindon Arts Centre Category Arts centres in England culture stub ... more details
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