Haydon Wick sits on the northern edge of Swindon and is largely a residential suburb that grew out of a small rural parish into a patchwork of older housing and newer estates such as Tadpole Garden Village and Abbey Meads. The area is notable for its green spaces and lakes created by former gravel extraction, which now provide informal leisure, wildlife interest and fishing opportunities, while the floodplain of local watercourses shapes the neighbourhood layout.
Locally there are primary schools, community centres, shops and sports clubs that give a strong neighbourhood feel, and many residents commute to jobs in Swindon or along the M4 and A419. Historically rural until substantial post‑war expansion, the ward today mixes family housing and some light commercial areas, reflecting Swindon’s wider industrial and rail heritage as an employment draw.
Postcode districts covering Haydon Wick
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Cheltenham 24.1 miles38.7 km
- Stroud 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Chippenham 16.3 miles26.3 km
- Newbury 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Didcot 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Witney 18.9 miles30.4 km
- Melksham 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Melksham Without 20.4 miles32.9 km
- Wantage 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Grove 16.3 miles26.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Haydon Wick Parish 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Priory Vale Ward 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Rodbourne Cheney Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Central Swindon North Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Blunsdon St. Andrew Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- St. Andrews Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Penhill and Upper Stratton Ward 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Broad Blunsdon Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Gorse Hill and Pinehurst Ward 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Swindon Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Blunsdon Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Shaw Ward 2 miles3.2 km
Example postcodes in Haydon Wick
SN2 2SY, SN25 3NZ, SN25 3SU, SN2 2LU, SN25 3JW, SN25 1HX, SN25 3LG, SN25 4UG, SN25 3LH … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 41.9 miles67.4 km
- Southampton Airport 48.3 miles77.8 km
- Swindon Railway Station 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Kemble Railway Station 11.1 miles17.8 km
Hotels near Haydon Wick Ad
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 2.1 miles3.4 km
- The Churchill 3 4.5 miles7.2 km
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 3.7 miles6 km
- Stanton House Hotel 4 2.9 miles4.7 km
- The Highworth Hotel 4.8 miles7.7 km
- The Kings Arms 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Swindon 4 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Cricklade House Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
Schools in Haydon Wick
- Catherine Wayte Primary School Primary
- Greenmeadow Primary School Primary
- Haydon Wick Primary School Primary
- Haydonleigh Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- County Ground Stadium 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Burderop Park Estate 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 10.5 miles17 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.3 miles19.9 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Stowell Park Estate 15.8 miles25.5 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 16 miles25.8 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 16.8 miles27 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 17.5 miles28.2 km