West Swindon lies on the western edge of Swindon in Wiltshire and is primarily a residential area created during the town’s late 20th-century expansion. It combines post-war and more recent housing with generous parks and green corridors and sits close to Lydiard Park, a historic country estate with woodlands, formal gardens and a manor house that provides a strong local focus.
Local life is centred on a district centre with shops, schools, community facilities and sports clubs, and an active parish council that supports events and volunteer projects; many residents commute easily via local rail services and the M4 to Swindon’s business parks and the wider Thames Valley. The area’s social character is practical and family-orientated, shaped by Swindon’s industrial past and its continuing role as a regional employment hub.
Postcode districts covering West Swindon
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 2 miles
- Stroud 21 miles
- Trowbridge 23 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 24.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 24 miles
- Chippenham 14.3 miles
- Yate 25 miles
- Newbury 24.5 miles
- Witney 21.2 miles
- Melksham 18.3 miles
- Melksham Without 18.2 miles
- Wantage 17.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Shaw Ward 0.5 miles
- Lydiard and Freshbrook Ward 0.7 miles
- Mannington and Western Ward 1 mile
- Lydiard Millicent Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Rodbourne Cheney Ward 1.6 miles
- Swindon Built-up area 2 miles
- Central Swindon North Parish 2 miles
- Eastcott Ward 2 miles
- Central Ward 2.1 miles
- Priory Vale Ward 2.3 miles
- Old Town Ward 2.3 miles
- Lydiard Tregoze Parish 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in West Swindon
SN5 7EG, SN5 5RS, SN5 7UN, SN5 6DF, SN5 1EZ, SN5 7BP, SN5 5GL, SN5 8LF, SN38 6NW … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 40.1 miles
- Southampton Airport 47 miles
- Swindon Railway Station 2 miles
- Kemble Railway Station 11.3 miles
Hotels in West Swindon Ad
Schools in West Swindon
- Brook Field Primary School Primary
- Lift Hazelwood Primary
- Lydiard Park Academy Secondary
- Millbrook Primary School Primary
- Oliver Tomkins C of E Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Oliver Tomkins C of E Junior School Primary
- Peatmoor Community Primary School Primary
- Shaw Ridge Primary School Primary
- Tregoze Primary School Primary
- Westlea Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- County Ground Stadium 2.6 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 4.1 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 4.2 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 9.2 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 10.2 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 12.6 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13.6 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 13.8 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 13.9 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 16.2 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 16.6 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 17.3 miles