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Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Swindon - Wiltshire, England
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Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Swindon - Wiltshire, England: STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway, Lydiard Park, Coate Water Country Park, Swindon Designer Outlet, Roves Farm, Stanton Park, Museum of Computing, Swindon & Cricklade Railway, Lotmead Farm, Richard Jefferies Museum, Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon museum and art gallery, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon Arts Centre, Cineworld
Places to see in ( Swindon - UK )
Places to see in ( Swindon - UK )
Swindon is a large town, formerly in Wiltshire, South West England, midway between Bristol, 35 miles to the west and Reading, 35 miles to the east. London is 78 miles to the east, and Cardiff is 78 miles to the west.
Swindon became an Expanded Town under the Town Development Act 1952 and this led to a major increase in its population. Swindon railway station is on the line from London Paddington to Bristol. Swindon 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's book depository, which contains 153 miles (246 km) of bookshelves and also has the English Heritage National Monument Record Centre and the headquarters of the The National Trust, on the site of the former Great Western Railway works. The town and wider borough also has the headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society and a Honda car manufacturing plant.
Swindon railway station opened in 1842 as Swindon Junction, and until 1895 every train stopped for at least 10 minutes to change locomotives. As a result, the station hosted the first recorded railway refreshment rooms. Swindon bus operators are Thamesdown and Stagecoach. Swindon is on the historical GWR and on canals. Swindon also has two junctions (15 and 16) on the M4 motorway.
Alot to see in ( Swindon - UK ) such as :
Museum of the Great Western Railway
Lydiard Park
Museum of Computing
Coate Water Country Park
Swindon Museum
Cotswold Water Park
Swindon Art Gallery
Heelis
Queens Park, Swindon
Shaw Forest Park
Lawns Park
Mouldon Hill Country Park
Incarcerated
Historic England Archive
Seven Fields Nature Reserve
( Swindon - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Swindon . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Swindon - UK
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GWR STEAM Museum - Swindon 05/06/2018
At its height in the early-mid 20th Century, the Railway works at Swindon consumed over 300 acres of land, while the compound could out-shop 3 locomotives in just a week. Now playing host to the GWR STEAM Museum, the museum guides visitors through all the machining, engineering and skill that made Swindon works so famous. As well as this, the Museum also houses numerous complete steam locomotives, many of which were the fruit of Swindon Works itself.
Locomotives:
GWR 4073 'Castle' Class - 4073 Caerphilly Castle
GWR 'Star' Class (Broad Gauge) - North Star Replica
GWR 2301 Class 'Dean Goods' - 2516
GWR 9400 Class Pannier Tank - 9400
Ex-GWR 6000 'King' Class - 6000 King George V
GWR 3700 'City' Class - 3717 City of Truro
Ex-GWR 7800 'Manor' Class - 7821 Ditcheat Manor
All footage filmed on Tuesday the 5th of June 2018.
GWR Steam Museum Swindon Wiltshire England 2018
SWINDON WILTSHIRE ENGLAND July 18, 2018 An easy walk from central Swindon and you have arrived at this historic Railway Museum, The Great Western Steam Museum. The age of steam is with you from building locomotives and carriages to scenes showing former station buildings and equipment.
Science Museum Swindon
Paul Scruffy Martin takes a look around The Science Museum at Wroughton, near Swindon, England, contains the large-object store of the Science Museum and the Science Museum Library & Archives. It is part of the Science Museum Group.
Forging a positive collaboration between Swindon Museum & Art Gallery & Cardiff University
Alice Forward and Stefanie Vincent
Cardiff University / Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
The Swindon Show - Old Town
The seventh programme of 'The Swindon Show', filmed in Old Town, Swindon, featuring:
- What's On & Eating Out in Swindon
- Local Swindon sport
- Interviews with Andy Foley and Sharon Smith who talk about St.George's Day
- Interview with Rays Ice Cream in Old Town, Swindon.
- Performance from local singer Charlie-Anne Bradfield
- Swindon Voices: The Locarno building, Keep it or scrap it?
Broadcast: 23rd April 2012.
Produced by: SwindonWeb TV -
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Antiques Roadshow BBC Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 1
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Museum trip to Swindon part one
This a trip to Swindon GWR woks for railway items purchased by Kidderminster railway museum
Steam Museum Swindon 2015-09-15
Wen die Geschichte der Eisenbahn in England interessiert, kommt neben York nicht um Swindon herum. In den alten Werkhallen, in denen bis 1962 noch Lokomotiven gebaut wurden, beherbergt man das Museum „Steam“ - die Geschichte der Great Western Railway und eine große Shopping Mall. Anders als in York werden hier £ 8,50 Eintritt verlangt.
In der ersten Abteilung werden die Schritte zum Bau von Lokomotiven und Waggons und deren logistisches Umfeld gezeigt. Dann wird über den Bau von Strecken berichtet. Viel Platz nehmen wunderschöne Ausstellungstücke ein. Zum Schluss wird noch die Auswirkung der Eisenbahn auf das Freizeitverhalten im 19. Jahrhundert aufgeführt. Parken gegenüber für Museumsbesucher ist kostenlos.
Who is interested in the history of railways in England can't ignore Swindon beside to York. In the old factory buildings, where until 1962 locomotives were built, is the museum Steam located - the story of the Great Western Railway and nearby a large shopping mall. In the National Railway Museum in York the admittance is free, here you have to pay £ 8.50.
In the first section the steps for the construction of locomotives and waggons and their logistical environment are shown. Then they report on the construction of the line. A lot of beautiful exhibits take plenty of space. The impact of the railway on the leisure behavior in the 19th century is shown at the end of the exhibition. Parking opposite the museum for visitors is free.
Antiques Roadshow UK The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2
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Christmas At STEAM Museum Swindon 2012 - An Official STEAM Film
We get all festive at STEAM's annual Christmas Weekend.
Following on from the huge success of previous years, the 1st and 2nd December 2012 saw the whole museum turned into a Christmas wonderland, with all the traditional trimmings.
The Christmas event included over 50 market stalls, placed among the famous locomotives and GWR story-telling exhibition areas. Christmas displays with a wide range of unusual and hand-made gifts, confectionery and fayre. Santa was also his Grotto, accompanied by his helpful elves.
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Horfield Layout at the The Swindon Railway Festival 2016 with Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman talks Iron Ore.
King George V & City Of Truro Return to Swindon
One of the most famous locomotives ever built by the Great Western Railway was back in Swindon today.
King George V - the first King Class loco built at The Works in 1927 - was transported from the National Railway Museum in York to the Steam Museum as part of an exhibition to celebrate the 175th anniversary of 'New Swindon' in 2016.
The train was joined by 'City of Truro', another Swindon-built locomotive that became the first ever to reach and pass the magical speed of 100mph in 1904.
Turner: Watercolours from the West 1st May - 6 July 2014
Exhibition: Turner: Watercolours from the West 1st May - 6 July 2014
Eight water colours spanning Turner's career from student days to mature style, including views of Bath, Bristol and the surrounding area.
Bristol Museum's Fine Art Curator - Jenny Gaschke talks about one particular watercolour painting - 'The Mouth of the Avon, Seen from a Cave below Clifton'.
This exhibition is a Frameworks partnership tour.
Frameworks aims to raise the profile of five fantastic art collections within an hour's drive time of each other:
•Bristol Museum and Art Gallery 1 May - 6 July 2014
•Swindon Museum and Art Gallery 15 Oct - 13 Dec 2014
•The Holburne Museum, Bath 10 Jan - 8 Mar 2015
•The Wilson, Cheltenham 13 Mar - 10 May 2015
The exhibition has been supported by Arts Council England and the Friends of Bristol Art Gallery.
More information about this FREE exhibition and to plan your visit:
Swindon Central Library - 101 Things To Do In Swindon
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Swindon Great Western Railway Museum 15/04/15
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