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 miles3.2 km
- Stroud 21 miles33.8 km
- Trowbridge 23 miles37.1 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Chipping Sodbury 24 miles38.6 km
- Chippenham 14.3 miles23 km
- Yate 25 miles40.2 km
- Newbury 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Witney 21.2 miles34.1 km
- Melksham 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Melksham Without 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Wantage 17.8 miles28.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Shaw Ward 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Lydiard and Freshbrook Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Mannington and Western Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Lydiard Millicent Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Rodbourne Cheney Ward 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Swindon Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Central Swindon North Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Eastcott Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Central Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Priory Vale Ward 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Old Town Ward 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Lydiard Tregoze Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
Example postcodes in West Swindon
SN5 5GQ, SN5 7BW, SN5 6ED, SN5 5RP, SN5 6ER, SN5 5UU, SN5 8JE, SN5 8PX, SN5 8LT … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 40.1 miles64.6 km
- Southampton Airport 47 miles75.7 km
- Swindon Railway Station 2 miles3.3 km
- Kemble Railway Station 11.3 miles18.3 km
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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 miles4.2 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Burderop Park Estate 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 9.2 miles14.9 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 17.3 miles27.9 km