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Transport in Swindon

Index Transport in Swindon

Transport in Swindon, England, and the surroundings has directly contributed to the town's growth and the ingress of businesses and industries. [1]

106 relations: A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A34 road, A361 road, A419 road, A420 road, Abingdon-on-Thames, Bath, Somerset, Birmingham Airport, Blunsdon railway station, Box Tunnel, Bristol Airport, Bristol Omnibus Company, Calleva Atrebatum, Cardiff Airport, Cheltenham Spa railway station, Chiseldon, Cirencester, Commuting, Corinium Dobunnorum, Cotswold Airport, County Ground (Swindon), Cricklade, Cunetio, Devizes, Durocornovium, English Heritage, Ermin Way, Exeter Airport, Faringdon, Gatwick Airport, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Golden Valley line, Great Western main line, Great Western Railway, Great Western Railway (train operating company), Hayes Knoll railway station, Heathrow Airport, Helicopter, Historic England Archive, Honda, Kennet and Avon Canal, Latton, Wiltshire, Light aircraft, Lock (water navigation), M23 motorway, M25 motorway, M3 motorway (Great Britain), M4 corridor, ..., M4 motorway, M42 motorway, M5 motorway, Magic Roundabout (Swindon), Malmesbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Midland and South Western Junction Railway, Mildenhall, Wiltshire, MoD Lyneham, Museum of the Great Western Railway, National Bus Company (UK), National Express Coaches, Netheravon Airfield, Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Fairford, RAF Lyneham, RAF Upavon, RAF Wroughton, Redlands Airfield, River Thames, Roman roads in Britannia, Roundabout, Royal Wootton Bassett, Semington, Silchester, South Marston, Southampton Airport, Stagecoach Group, Stagecoach West, Stratton St Margaret, Supermarine, Swindon, Swindon Advertiser, Swindon and Cricklade Railway, Swindon Corporation Tramways, Swindon Designer Outlet, Swindon railway station, Swindon Town F.C., Swindon Town railway station, Swindon Works, Thames and Severn Canal, Thamesdown Transport, The Ridgeway, Toll road, Traffic enforcement camera, Transport in the United Kingdom, Trowbridge, Turnpike trusts, Ultralight aviation, Vickers, Wanborough, Wiltshire, Whitminster, Wichelstowe, Wilts & Berks Canal, XTC. Expand index (56 more) »

A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 3 in Great Britain starting west of the A3 and south of the A4 (roads beginning with 3).

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A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4).

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A34 road

The A34 is a major road in England.

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A361 road

The A361 is a major road in England and at is the longest 3 digit A road in the UK.

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A419 road

The A419 road is a primary route between Chiseldon near Swindon at junction 15 of the M4 with the A346 road, and Whitminster in Gloucestershire, England near the M5 motorway.

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A420 road

The A420 is a road between Bristol and Oxford in England.

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Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon-on-Thames, also known as Abingdon on Thames or just Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport and before that, Elmdon Airport, is an international airport located east southeast of Birmingham city centre, slightly north of Bickenhill in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.

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Blunsdon railway station

Blunsdon railway station is a heritage railway station serving the village of Blunsdon, north of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.

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Box Tunnel

Box Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Western England, between Bath and Chippenham, dug through Box Hill, and is a significant structure on the Great Western Main Line (GWML).

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Bristol Airport

Bristol Airport, located at Lulsgate Bottom in North Somerset, is the commercial airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area.

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Bristol Omnibus Company

The Bristol Omnibus Company was the dominant bus operator in Bristol, and was one of the oldest bus companies in the United Kingdom.

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Calleva Atrebatum

Calleva Atrebatum ("Calleva of the Atrebates") was originally an Iron Age settlement, capital of the Atrebates tribe, and subsequently a town in the Roman province of Britannia.

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Cardiff Airport

Cardiff Airport (Maes Awyr Caerdydd) is the busiest airport in Wales and has been under the ownership of the Welsh Government since March 2013, operating at an arm's length as a commercial business.

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Cheltenham Spa railway station

Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.

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Chiseldon

Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Cirencester

Cirencester (see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, west northwest of London.

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Commuting

Commuting is periodically recurring travel between one's place of residence and place of work, or study, and in doing so exceed the boundary of their residential community.

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Corinium Dobunnorum

Corinium Dobunnorum was the Romano-British settlement at Cirencester in the present-day English county of Gloucestershire.

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Cotswold Airport

Cotswold Airport (formerly Kemble Airfield) is a private general aviation airport, near the village of Kemble in Gloucestershire, England.

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County Ground (Swindon)

The County Ground (currently known as The Energy Check County Ground for sponsorship purposes) is a stadium located near the town centre of Swindon, England, and has been home to Swindon Town Football Club since 1896.

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Cricklade

Cricklade is a small Cotswold town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester.

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Cunetio

The Roman town of Cunetio, located across the River Kennet from the modern village of Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England, was occupied from the 2nd century AD until the end of the Roman period in the early 5th century, when it was apparently abandoned.

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Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England.

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Durocornovium

Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester).

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Ermin Way

Ermin Street or Ermin Way was a Roman road in Britain.

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Exeter Airport

Exeter Airport, formerly Exeter International Airport, is an airport located at Clyst Honiton in the District of East Devon close to the city of Exeter and within the county of Devon, South West England.

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Faringdon

Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England.

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Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport (also known as London Gatwick) is a major international airport near Crawley in southeast England, south of Central London.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.

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Golden Valley line

The Golden Valley line is a railway line from to in England.

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Great Western main line

The Great Western main line is a main line railway in England, that runs westwards from London Paddington to.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise.

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Hayes Knoll railway station

Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England.

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Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.

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Historic England Archive

The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Kennet and Avon Canal

The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.

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Latton, Wiltshire

Latton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, north of Cricklade, on the county border with Gloucestershire.

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Light aircraft

A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of or less.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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M23 motorway

The M23 is a motorway in the United Kingdom.

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M25 motorway

The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a motorway that encircles almost all of Greater London, England (with the exception of North Ockendon), in the United Kingdom.

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M3 motorway (Great Britain)

The M3 is a motorway that runs from Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, to Southampton, Hampshire, a distance of approximately.

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M4 corridor

The M4 corridor is an area in the United Kingdom adjacent to the M4 motorway, which runs from London to South Wales.

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M4 motorway

The M4 is a motorway which runs between London and South Wales in the United Kingdom.

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M42 motorway

The M42 motorway is a major road in England.

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M5 motorway

The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands and the South West.

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Magic Roundabout (Swindon)

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, was constructed in 1972 and is a ring junction consisting of five mini-roundabouts arranged around a sixth central, anticlockwise roundabout.

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Malmesbury

Malmesbury is a market town and civil parish in the southern Cotswolds in the county of Wiltshire, England.

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Marlborough, Wiltshire

Marlborough is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath.

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Midland and South Western Junction Railway

The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was an independent railway built to form a north-south link between the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway in England, allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.

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Mildenhall, Wiltshire

Mildenhall is a village and civil parish in the Kennet Valley in Wiltshire, England, about east of the market town of Marlborough.

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MoD Lyneham

Ministry of Defence Lyneham otherwise known as MOD Lyneham is a Ministry of Defence site located northeast of Chippenham, Wiltshire and southwest of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Museum of the Great Western Railway

STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, also known as Swindon Steam Railway Museum, is located at the site of the old railway works in Swindon, England – Wiltshire's 'railway town'.

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National Bus Company (UK)

The National Bus Company (NBC) was a nationalised bus company that operated in England and Wales between 1969 and 1988.

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National Express Coaches

National Express is an intercity and InterRegional coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain.

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Netheravon Airfield

Netheravon Airfield is a grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England.

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Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon

Old Town Railway Cutting is a 1.78 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Swindon, Wiltshire, notified in 1975.

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RAF Brize Norton

Royal Air Force Brize Norton or RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force.

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RAF Fairford

Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use.

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RAF Lyneham

Royal Air Force Lyneham otherwise known as RAF Lyneham was a Royal Air Force station located northeast of Chippenham, Wiltshire and southwest of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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RAF Upavon

Trenchard Lines is a major British Army headquarters.

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RAF Wroughton

RAF Wroughton was a Royal Air Force airfield near Wroughton, in Wiltshire, England, about south of Swindon.

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Redlands Airfield

Redlands Airfield (X2SN) is an unlicensed private airfield in Wanborough, east of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Roman roads in Britannia

Roman roads in Britannia were initially designed for military use, created by the Roman Army during the nearly four centuries (43 – 410 AD) that Britannia was a province of the Roman Empire.

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Roundabout

A roundabout, also called a traffic circle, road circle, rotary, rotunda or island, is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island.

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Royal Wootton Bassett

Royal Wootton Bassett, formerly Wootton Bassett, is a small market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 11,043 in 2001, increasing to 11,385 in 2011.

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Semington

Semington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.

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Silchester

Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire.

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South Marston

South Marston is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Southampton Airport

Southampton Airport is an international airport in the Borough of Eastleigh within Hampshire, England, north north-east of Southampton.

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Stagecoach Group

Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams and express coaches.

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Stagecoach West

Stagecoach West Stagecoach West Limited formerly Western Travel Limited is a bus operator providing services in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and South Herefordshire, in the west of England.

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Stratton St Margaret

Stratton St Margaret is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Supermarine

Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that produced, among the others, a range of seaplanes, flying boats and the Supermarine Spitfire fighter.

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Swindon

Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, South West England, between Bristol, to the west, and Reading, the same distance east.

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Swindon Advertiser

The Swindon Advertiser (colloquially known by locals as 'the Adver') is a daily tabloid newspaper, published in Swindon.

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Swindon and Cricklade Railway

The Swindon & Cricklade Railway is a heritage railway in Wiltshire, England, that operates on a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade.

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Swindon Corporation Tramways

Swindon Corporation Tramways operated an electric passenger tramway service in Swindon between 1904 and 1929.

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Swindon Designer Outlet

Swindon Designer Outlet, a shopping complex built within the disused Swindon railway engine works. A Swindon-built locomotive (Hagley Hall) on display in the eating area of the Outlet Swindon Designer Outlet is a covered designer outlet in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Swindon railway station

Swindon railway station is on the Great Western Main Line in South West England, serving the town of Swindon, Wiltshire.

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Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football football club in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Swindon Town railway station

Swindon Town railway station was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway at Swindon in Wiltshire.

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Swindon Works

Swindon railway works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Thames and Severn Canal

The Thames and Severn Canal is a canal in Gloucestershire in the south of England, which was completed in 1789.

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Thamesdown Transport

Thamesdown Transport is a bus operator in England, serving Swindon and the surrounding area.

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The Ridgeway

The ancient tree-lined path winds over the downs countryside The Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Traffic enforcement camera

A traffic enforcement camera (also red light camera, road safety camera, road rule camera, photo radar, photo enforcement, speed camera, Gatso, safety camera, bus lane camera, flash for cash, Safe-T-Cam, depending on use) is a camera which may be mounted beside or over a road or installed in an enforcement vehicle to detect traffic regulation violations, including speeding, vehicles going through a red traffic light, vehicles going through a toll booth without paying, unauthorized use of a bus lane, or for recording vehicles inside a congestion charge area.

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Transport in the United Kingdom

Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated with road, air, rail, and water networks.

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Trowbridge

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England on the River Biss in the west of the county, south east of Bath, Somerset, from which it is separated by the Mendip Hills, which rise to the west.

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Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Ultralight aviation

Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft.

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Vickers

Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.

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Wanborough, Wiltshire

Wanborough is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England.

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Whitminster

Whitminster is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, on the A38 trunk road approximately 6 miles south of Gloucester and 6 miles northwest of Stroud.

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Wichelstowe

Wichelstowe is a residential development and urban extension on the southern edge of the town of Swindon in South West England, constructed from 2006.

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Wilts & Berks Canal

The Wilts & Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington, near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon.

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XTC

XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972 and active until 2006.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Swindon

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