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The estate includes Swinton Park, the seat of the Danby family and (from 1882) of the Cunliffe-Lister family (the Earls of Swinton), an English country house in Swinton near Masham. It is set in 200 acres (81 ha) of parkland, lakes and gardens. The house is a Grade II* listed building, [2] and now operates as the 42-bedroom Swinton Park Hotel.
In the north of the county, it lies 6 miles (10 km) to the west of the town of Swindon and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Calne. The town was granted royal patronage in March 2011 by Elizabeth II in recognition of its role in the early-21st-century military funeral repatriations , which passed through the town.
Swindon North is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Will Stone, a Labour politician. [n 2]Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was formally renamed from North Swindon to Swindon North, and first contested at the 2024 general election.
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 ...
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.
The two parishes were united in 1981 [21] and following the 1989 building of a church in the Swindon suburb of Shaw, the parish was renamed West Swindon and the Lydiards in 1996. [5] Further reorganisation in 2017 separated the Lydiards and created the benefice of North West Swindon and Lydiard Millicent [22] where All Saints' is the sole church.
As a unitary authority, Swindon Borough Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, and it is responsible for housing , waste collection and ...
Kembrey Park; Kingsdown; Lawn; Liden; Has three large tower blocks. Marshgate; Moredon; Middleleaze; New Town; Nine Elms; North Star; Including the Oasis leisure centre and Swindon College A fountain in Town Gardens, Old Town. Nythe; Oakley Park; Okus; Old Town; Park North; Estate built 1957–65; has three 10-storey tower blocks. Park South ...