List of places in Swindon

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This is a list of areas, tourist attractions and other places of interest in the English town of Swindon.

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Abbey Meads
Bridgemead
Broome Manor

Including the world headquarters of Burmah Castrol as well as the UK headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society and Intel.

Cheney Manor
Churchward
Coleview
Covingham
Croft
Dorcan

Dorcan lies between Eldene, Liden, Covingham and the A420 bypass. Parts of these surrounding areas are also sometimes referred to as being in Dorcan (such as Eldene Shopping Centre which uses Dorcan in it's address). It is the site of the Dorcan Industrial Estate which includes the UK Headquarters of Tyco Electronics and offices of Npower (UK), Equiinet, MMG MagDev, Romec, House of Fraser (information systems), the Royal Mail sorting office and buildings owned by Woolworths. The pharmaceutical company Patheon also has a large facility here.

Dorcan Technology College (Formerly Dorcan Comprehensive School) is also in this area, providing the locality with sports facilities, notable as it is the school attended by Melinda Messenger and actor Mark Lawrence (from the series Band of Brothers).