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Blunsdon is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its southern boundary. Its main settlement is the village of Broad Blunsdon , with Lower Blunsdon nearby; the hamlet of Broadbush is now contiguous with Broad Blunsdon.
The SN postcode area, also known as the Swindon postcode area, [2] is a group of eighteen postcode districts in England, within ten post towns.These cover north Wiltshire (including Swindon, Chippenham, Calne, Corsham, Devizes, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Melksham and Pewsey), plus a small part of south-west Oxfordshire (including Faringdon) and a very small part of Gloucestershire.
Map of the Borough of Swindon and major settlements. The borough encompasses the Swindon urban area and surrounding countryside to the north, east and south, including the town of Highworth. It comprises the former Swindon Municipal Borough and a further 18 civil parishes: [10] [11] Bishopstone (with Hinton Parva) Blunsdon; Castle Eaton ...
Halesowen Town Centre, West Midlands A456 in Hayley Green, West Midlands: Formerly route of A456 until Halesowen by-pass opened. B4184 A441 in Redditch: A448 in Bromsgrove Town Centre Largely follows the former route of the A448. Originally ran along Chapel Street in Lye, cutting the corner between the A58 and A4036. Declassified after the ...
Blunsdon and Highworth is an electoral ward in the Borough of Swindon, England. Since 2012, the ward has elected three councillors to Swindon Borough Council. History
For Westminster elections, the parish is part of the Swindon North constituency. [4] The parish was formed on 1 April 2017, when the parish of Blunsdon St Andrew was divided in two along the line of the A419 road: the west half became the new parish of St Andrews, and the east half was renamed Blunsdon.
The local school, now Broad Town CofE Primary School, was built near the church in 1859 and expanded in 1892. More classrooms were added in the 20th and early 21st centuries. [6] The parish has village hall which is used by a social club. There is an annual Broad Town Village Show which since 2006 has taken the form of the 'Broad Town Big Gig'.
Part of West Swindon, a council estate built 1980–84. Walcot East; Built from 1956. Walcot West (Old Walcot) Built from the mid-1930s. Westmead; Westlea; The West Swindon shopping centre, the first out of town, has a supermarket and other small shops; later the Link Centre, a leisure centre with an ice rink and swimming pool, was added. West ...