What is "swindon"

Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, South West England, midway between Bristol, to the west and Reading, to the east. London is to the east. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 185,609.

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 of bookshelves and also has the headquarters of The National Trust at their Heelis building in the former Great Western Railway works.

Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

Swindon may also refer to:

• Swindon Village, Gloucestershire, England
• Swindon, Staffordshire, England

Swindon, Wiltshire:

• Borough of Swindon, unitary authority covering the Swindon area
• Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)
• Swindon railway station, a major railway junction
• Swindon Town F.C., the town's football team
• Swindon Works, the former railway locomotive works.

Swindon was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1918 general election until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

It was then replaced by the two new constituencies of North Swindon and South Swindon.