Hatnote For the local government district, see Borough of Swindon . For other uses, see Swindon disambiguation . infobox UK place country England static image name Swindon view crop.jpg static image caption The David Murray John Tower overlooking the Mechanics Institute official name Swindon population 155,432 unitary england Borough of 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 ... 81 mi km 0 latitude 51.56 longitude 1.78 Swindon Audio en uk Swindon.ogg pronunciation is a large town within the Borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire , in South West England . It is situated ... 40 mi km 0 east. London is convert 81 mi km 0 to the east. 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 ...?data theme T POP&data cube N TPop&u id 10104178&c id 10001043&add N title Swindon Total Population ... 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 is home to the Bodleian Library Present and future ... Canal Swindon.jpg thumb right The Wilts and Berks Canal near Rushey Platt Main History of Swindon Move portions from History of Swindon date March 2012 Early history The original Saxon people Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the Domesday ... and dun meaning pig hill or possibly, Sweyn s hill, where Sweyn would be the local landlord. Swindon ... 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 3. ref The Industrial Revolution was responsible ... 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 nl Swindon pl Swindon ujednoznacznienie ... 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 Wiltshire UK museum stub ... 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 ... in Swindon. Routes For detailed information on a service, please see the relevant operators ... in Swindon SIS Fleming Way Middleleaze Ramleaze yes yes yes 2 Thamesdown Transport TTL Fleming ... 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 ... s came into Swindon via roadways that linked Shaw and Rushey Platt with the gate at Kingshill ... as the narrower wheels 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 ... to Oxford A4259 road A4259 Swindon to Wanborough Roundabouts see Magic Roundabout Swindon The town ... 2003 date 2003 09 04 ref The most notable roundabout is the Magic Roundabout Swindon Magic Roundabout ..., Swindon County Ground . The official name of this roundabout used to be County Islands, although ... frequently occur on matchday s for Swindon Town F.C. and at weekends, where the increased traffic ... In 2009 Swindon became the first English local authority to abandon the use of fixed Traffic enforcement ... 31 ref Coaches National Express operate a number of services from Swindon including the National Express ... Bath , Heathrow Airport 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 ... shareholder and subsidiser, Thamesdown Transport is Swindon s largest urban Bus operator. Swindon ... more details
Swindon Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Blunsdon , Swindon , England. ref cite web title Track Search url http www.gbgb.org.uk tracks.aspx publisher Greyhound Board of Great Britain accessdate 24 December 2011 ref Matin e races take place on Monday and Friday with evening race meetings on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights. References Reflist External links http www.stadiauk.com Official site http www.thedogs.co.uk British Greyhound Racing Board Greyhound stadiums in the United Kingdom coord missing Wiltshire Category Buildings and structures in Swindon Category Sport in Swindon Category Greyhound racing venues UK sport stub ... 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 Category Swindon borough nl Bishopstone Swindon pl Bishopstone 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 ... were in the basement of Radio Rentals premises on Swindon s Victoria Road. The experiment ended .... Amid much local concern, Swindon Viewpoint was sold to the public of Swindon for 1 and an elected ... strand was magazine based programmes called Seen in Swindon . When the Lottery scheme ended ... in Swindon. Though this partnership recognised and maintained the independence of Viewpoint. With no staff .... Its main programme strand was called Access Swindon . In the early nineties Media Arts was restructured ..., 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 provided a local teletext ... in Swindon , launched on 1 May 1984 was a news magazine programme and Sport on Saturday . Swindon ... as Swindon Cable , which Prince Edward, Duke of Kent The Duke of Kent opened. Focus on Swindon ... in the channel to British Telecom , which pulled the plug on Focus on Swindon on February 4, 1986 . Bought ... with Swindon Viewpoint drew numbers at random in Home Shop Tele Bingo from a studio dressed with goods ... in 1994 as Swindon Cable s Local Channel aimed to give the town a local slant on current events current ... part of the schedule. The Swindon team in 1998 started producing a community news magazine Television program programme for ComTel in Oxford Channel 10 Scene in Oxford . During Swindon Cable s last ... 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
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 , and used for training by Cheltenham Town Football Club . Gallagher Retail park. Retailers with premises here include Comet, DFS United Kingdom retailer DFS , Boots UK Boots , Allied Carpets , Pets at Home 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
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 White owner Flagicon England Steve Nell br Flagicon England Ian Smith br Flagicon England Mark Thompson GM Flagicon England Steve Nell coach Flagicon England Ryan Aldridge Player coach P C captain Flagicon England Joe Baird media http www.swindonwildcats.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 595&Itemid 127 Cats TV 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 autumn cups 1 1991 The Swindon Wildcats are a professional ice hockey team based in Swindon , Wiltshire , England . They are member of the English Premier Ice Hockey League EPIHL . Since their inception ... in 1986, as the Swindon Wildcats . This was shortly after the building of the new Leisure Centre ... of red and white. Jerseys 2011 2012 Season Jerseys ref Swindon Wildcats Official Website http ... jersey jerseys currently worn by the Swindon Wildcats are following the colour scheme of red and white ... to the name Swindon Wildcats 2006 they wore colours of blue and white. Mascot The official and only mascot for the Swindon Wildcats is an anthropomorphized Wildcat by the name of Willie. He ... completed by the Swindon Wildcats. class wikitable style font weight bold background color dddddd ... links http www.swindonwildcats.com Swindon Wildcats Official Website http www.swiha.co.uk The Swindon Wildcats Ice Hockey Academy Swindon Wildcats ENL Link Centre Category Ice hockey teams in England Category Sport in Swindon Category Sports clubs established in 1986 British ice hockey fr Swindon ... more details
align center background f99 Borough of Swindon colspan 2 style text align center Image EnglandSwindon.png colspan 2 style text align center Image Swindon view crop.jpg 200px colspan 2 style background ... district area rank ONS 00HX br 1 E8 m 230.10 km Admin. HQ Swindon ONS coding system ONS code 00HX ... background f99 Politics colspan 2 style text align center Swindon Borough Council br http www.swindon.gov.uk ... Conservative Party UK C br Justin Tomlinson Conservative 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 ... in 1974 as the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire, from former areas of the municipal borough of Swindon ... 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 Transport Thamesdown Transport Limited . ref http www.thamesdown transport.co.uk Thamesdown Transport Limited Website . ref Swindon Borough ... 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 downloads theme economy RegionalGVA.pdf ... due to rounding Geography The borough of Swindon occupies an area in the north east corner of Wiltshire ... 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 ... Bishopstone, Swindon Bishopstone Blunsdon Chiseldon Hannington, Wiltshire Hannington Highworth Hinton ... Swindon Borough Council also Swindon local elections The council follows a leader and cabinet ... at each election. From the first election in 1996 to the Swindon Council election, 2000 2000 ... gaine a majority at the Swindon Council election, 2003 2003 election and have held control since then. As of the Swindon Council election, 2011 2011 election the council is composed of the following ... 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 ... and Wroughton fleet 74 operator Stagecoach Group ceo website http www.stagecoachbus.com swindon ... area. Stagecoach in Swindon is the sector of the Stagecoach Group that operates buses in Swindon ... . From 1983 it operated under the name Swindon and District . It was privatised in 1986 and absorbed into the Stagecoach Group in 1993. Stagecoach GOLD Stagecoach In Swindon operates a Gold specification service on its Route 66 Swindon Faringdon Oxford . This includes leather seats. ref name Stagecoach ... stagecoachgold.com ref 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 74 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 Alexander RL 1 16055 Volvo ... by Stagecoach in Swindon. Colours shown in the table are derived from the Network Map but do not appear ... colour white 5 ref Sundays only ref Swindon Great Western Hospital Chiseldon Draycot Foliat Ogbourne ... seagreen color white 6 Swindon Gorse Hill Pinehurst Stratton St Margaret Upper Stratton Kingsdown style background red color white 7 Swindon Gorse Hill Lower Stratton Stratton South Marston South ... 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
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 ... figures in England . The Romans in Swindon A Ancient Rome Roman town called Durocornovium existed to the east of Swindon from the 1st to 4th centuries, located in present day Wanborough, Wiltshire ... that Swindon began life as a settlement linked to a military encampment in the early days of the Roman occupation. The place that is now Swindon was on the junction of two Roman roads, one leading ... . Evidence exists 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 ... 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
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 Newspaper name Swindon Advertister image Image Swindon Advertiser Frontpage.JPG 200px centre type Daily newspaper format Tabloid 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 provincial 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 ... in Victoria Road, Swindon, the others being three weeklies Gazette and Herald Swindon Star Wiltshire Times History The Swindon Advertiser was founded in 1854 by William Morris Grandfather of Desmond ... 28 days. It was originally printed as a broadsheet on 6 February 1854 and titled the Swindon Advertiser ... of the Swindon Advertiser that he roused the irony of a section of Conservatives in the town ... Large ref name retro cite book title A Swindon Retrospect 1855 1930 last Large first Frederick chapter ... time. Using a boiler and engine 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 ... 85983 322 5 ref In 1870, it was renamed the Swindon Advertiser and Wiltshire, Berkshire and Gloucestershire ... published as a tabloid. ref name bygones2 In July 2005, the paper changed its name back to the Swindon ... Category Swindon Category Newspapers published by Newsquest Category Publications established in 1854 Category Newspapers published in Wiltshire and Swindon Category 1854 establishments in England ... more details
Refimprove 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 http www.marstonspubs.co.uk thegreyhound swindon The Old Bush http theoldbushswindon.webs.com website History Swindon was formerly part of the parish of Wombourne, but was administratively distinct. A manor belonged to Englefield family, the lords of Englefield, Berkshire , as part of the manor of Himley . This manor was demised to John de Somery, Baron Somery the tenant in chief ub c.1316 and by 1346 passed to his nephew ... was as Swindon. By 1600 there was a lodge Chasepool Lodge , leased to Edward Green, who probably gave .... ref Iron Works Swin or Swindon Forge was once a fulling mill then a corn mill belonging to Halesowen ... cricket.com home home.asp Swindon Cricket Club http www.swindongolfclub.co.uk Swindon Golf Club References reflist External links Commons category inline Swindon, Staffordshire Category Villages in Staffordshire Staffordshire geo stub es Swindon Staffordshire nl Swindon Staffordshire pl Swindon ... 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 English school Academy religion president head label Principal head Jan Shadick r head label r head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist specialist pl street Beech Avenue city Swindon county Wiltshire country England postcode SN2 1JR ofsted yes dfeno 6905 urn 135364 staff 127 enrollment 1,509 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 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 to 19 and has 1,509 pupils on roll as of 2011 1 lc on History The history of the school can be traced back to the 19th century but the present ... 2004 Headlands School was born. Swindon Academy opened in September 2007 replacing Headlands School ... of St Philip, Swindon in the north of Swindon. Academic performance From the formation of the Swindon LEA in 1997 until the school s closure in 2006, Headlands was consistently 2nd from bottom 1998 and 1999 or bottom 2000 onwards of the Swindon schools league table when based on Level ..., it was also bottom of the National league table. Since being replaced by the Swindon Academy, results have improved and despite being the lowest ranking in Swindon for the years 2008 and 2009, the Academy ... equivalents are excluded. When measured on this criteria, the Swindon Academy is bottom of the Swindon league table, and has been since its creation in 2007. It is also well below the Swindon and national ... reflist External links http www.swindon academy.org Swindon Academy website http www.tgn.co.uk headlands ... of Swindon schools Category Educational institutions established in 2007 Category Academies in Swindon ... 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 ... identified a site at Swindon because it was at the junction of the Cheltenham branch and also a convenient ... at Swindon. Construction started immediately and they became operational on 2 January 1843. Location There are several stories relating to how the railway came to pass through Swindon, with a well circulated myth that Brunel and Daniel Gooch were surveying a River valley vale north of Swindon Hill ... source date December 2011 The works transformed Swindon from a small market town into a railway town ... to transport coal for trains along canals at this time, Swindon was the next logical choice for the works ... 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 ... and, on full consideration, I reported in favour of Swindon, it being the junction with the Cheltenham ... SwindonWeb accessed 6 December 2006 ref Once the plan was set for the railway to come to Swindon, it was at first intended to bring it closely along the foot of Swindon Hill, so as to be as close as possible ..., the Goddard family Lord of the Manor Lords of the Manor of Swindon , following the example the Marquess ... up to 1908 , Worcester and Saltney near Chester , most of the work was concentrated at Swindon ... Swindon was made the central workshop for the construction of carriages and wagons, with extensions ... more details
Infobox DAB ensemble name NOW Swindon image area Swindon frequency 11C 220.352 MHz airdate 7 February 2003 closedate owner Arqiva website http www.localdigitalradio.co.uk swindon.php localdigitalradio.co.uk map transmitter Blunsdon, Membury, Marlborough NOW Swindon is a local commercial digital audio broadcasting multiplexing multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Swindon and the surrounding area. NOW Swindon is transmitted on frequency block 11C 220.352 MHz from its transmitter 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 Arqiva . Stations carried class wikitable sortable Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability BBC Wiltshire CA32 128 kbit s Joint stereo Local BBC service 103.5, 103.6, 104.3, 104.9 MHz br 1332, 1368 kHz Capital London C9CC 128 kbit s Joint stereo Contemporary pop station Gold radio Gold C1D3 128 kbit s Joint stereo Golden oldies 936, 1161 kHz Heart Wiltshire CB86 128 kbit s Joint stereo Local adult contemporary station 96.5, 97.2, 102.2 MHz Kiss radio station Kiss C8C4 128 kbit s Joint stereo Dance and R&B station Pop Up Radio CFCF 64 kbit s Mono LSF Special events service XFM London C0B8 128 kbit s Joint stereo Rock music EPG Swindon E1C000CC 8 kbit s Data Hidden service, EPG data 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 ... radio in the United Kingdom Category DAB ensemble Category Swindon ... more details
Refimprove 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 FM ... 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 ... and colleges, the Swindon Talking Newspaper and the local Tamil language Tamil Association. Swindon ... of the BBC . People at Swindon 105.5 Management class wikitable Name Title Programme Shirley Ludford Station Manager Shirley Meets & Roundabout Swindon Ian Rowe Duty Manager & Original co founder of Swindon ... Roundabout Swindon br Shirley Ludford Mon Fri 12 00 13 00 Phil s Musical Lunchbreak br Playing the best ... Contain Nuts with Ian Pugh br Talking about mens issues in Swindon Monday class wikitable 11 00 12 ... 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 Alun Rossiter captain Hans Andersen 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 AUS Troy Batchelor rider1cma 8.24 rider2 flagicon DEN Hans Andersen rider2cma 8.15 rider3 flagicon ENG Simon Stead rider3cma 6.43 rider4 flagicon AUS Jason Doyle flagicon SWE Seb Alden rider4cma 5.28 4.82 d up rider5 flagicon AUS Nick Morris rider5cma 5.17 rider6 flagicon DEN Peter Kildemand rider6cma 4.16 rider7 flagicon ... 2008 The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins , are an England English Motorcycle ... 50 Years of Swindon Speedway last Bamford first Robert coauthors Shailes, Glynn date 1999 publisher Bamford and Shailes ref Following difficult campaigns in 2010 and 2011, Swindon have signed Denmark ... thumb right 120px The Abbey Stadium, the home of Swindon Robins The birth of the Robins .... ref cite book title Swindon Speedway The Definitive History of the Robins last Bamford first Robert ... cite book title 50 Greats Swindon Speedway last Bamford first Robert coauthors Shailes, Glynn date 2003 ... BL Division 2 Riders Championship Gary Allan 1993 Swindon Robins All Time Points Scorers border ... left Notable Swindon riders col begin col 3 player AUS Leigh Adams player ENG Martin Ashby player ... Stead 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 ... Elite 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 Festivals in Wiltshire Lit festival stub ... more details
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