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This is a list of areas, tourist attractions and other places of interest in the English town of Swindon. ==Areas== * Abbey Meads * Bridgemead * Broome Manor :Home to the ''Broome Manor Golf Course'' and various businesses including the world headquarters of Burmah Castrol as well as the UK headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society and Intel. * Cheney Manor :Built around 1952. * Churchward * Coleview * Covingham :Home to 3,781 residents (2001 census).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Covingham Census Information )〕 Covingham Park estate was built in 1964. * Croft * Dorcan :Taking its name from the nearby ''Dorkerne'' (now ''Dorcan'') brook,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Duroconovio Wanborough, Wiltshire )〕 Dorcan lies between Eldene, Liden, Covingham and the A419 bypass. Parts of these surrounding areas are also sometimes referred to as being in Dorcan (such as Eldene Shopping Centre which uses Dorcan in its address). It is the site of the Dorcan Industrial Estate which includes the UK Headquarters of Tyco Electronics and RWE npower. :The Dorcan Academy (formerly ''Dorcan Comprehensive School'') is also in this area, providing the locality with sports facilities. Notable as the school attended by Melinda Messenger, and actor Mark Lawrence (from the series ''Band of Brothers''). * Eldene :Built in the 1970s on the site of Snodshill Farm, the site of Texaco offices * Even Swindon - now more commonly known as Rodbourne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Rodbourne )〕 * Eastleaze * Eastmead * East Wichel * Ferndale * Freshbrook :Part of West Swindon, the Estate was built during the period 1980-84. :Including offices of RWE and Cable & Wireless at Windmill Hill * Gorse Hill * Grange Park * Greenbridge :Mainly given over to large areas of business, including the world headquarters of WH Smith and the former site of the EMI UK CD pressing plant. * Greenmeadow * Hawksworth * Haydon Wick * Kembrey Park * Kingsdown * Lawn * Liden :Includes 3 large tower blocks * Marshgate * Moredon * Middleleaze * New Town (a.k.a. Swindon Town Centre) * Nine Elms * North Star :Including the Oasis leisure centre and Swindon College * Nythe * Oakhurst (commenced building in 2006 and still ongoing) * Oakley Park * Okus * Old Town * Park North :Estate built during the period 1957-65 :Also includes 3 10-storey tower blocks * Park South :Estate built during the period 1957-65 :Including ''Cavendish Square'', a shopping area which has now been rebuilt into a smaller shopping area with the removal of the residential flats above the shops, except ''George Hall Court''. Nearby ''St. Clements Court'' has also been demolished and new homes built. * Peatmoor * Pembroke Park * Penhill :Built during the period 1951-55 :Includes 3 10-storey tower blocks * Pinehurst :Built during the period 1910-20 as Swindon's first council housing estate. * Priory Vale * Railway Village :Built during the period 1840-45 by the Great Western Railway to house employees. * Ramleaze * Raybrook Park * Redhouse Rise * Redhouse Village * Rodbourne * Rodbourne Cheney * Rushey Platt * Shaw * South Leaze * Sparcells * South Marston :Including the UK Headquarters of Zimmer and the large Honda car plant. * Stratton Village * Stratton St Margaret * Upper Stratton * Lower Stratton * St Andrew's Ridge * Taw Hill * The Prinnels * Toothill :Part of West Swindon, council estate built during the period 1980-84 * Walcot East :Built from 1956 :Formerly included the University of Bath ''Oakfield'' campus, which has since been demolished. This was situated very near Park North. * Walcot West (Old Walcot) :Built from the mid-1930s * Westmead * Westlea :The West Swindon shopping centre, the first out of town, had a supermarket and other small shops. * West Leaze * Windmill Hill 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of places in Swindon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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