Borough of Swindon

"Thamesdown" redirects here. For the municipal bus company, see Thamesdown Transport.

Borough of Swindon
Unitary authority, Borough

Shown within Wiltshire
Coordinates: 51°33′47″N 1°45′47″W / 51.563°N 1.763°W / 51.563; -1.763Coordinates: 51°33′47″N 1°45′47″W / 51.563°N 1.763°W / 51.563; -1.763
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Status	Unitary authority
Admin HQ	Swindon
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Swindon Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Robert Buckland (C) Justin Tomlinson (C)
Area
• Total	88.84 sq mi (230.10 km²)
Area rank	158th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	215,799
• Rank	75th (of 326)
• Density	2,400/sq mi (940/km²)
• Ethnicity	85.7% White British 5.4% Other White 4.9% Asian 1.7% Black British 1.8% Mixed Race 0.6% Other^[1]
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	00HX (ONS) E06000030 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU164849
Website	www.swindon.gov.uk

The Borough of Swindon is a local government authority in South West England. It is centred on the town of Swindon and forms part of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire. It was formed in 1974 as the Thamesdown district of Wiltshire, from former areas of the municipal borough of Swindon (created 1900) and Highworth Rural District (created 1894).

On 1 April 1997 it was made administratively independent of Wiltshire County Council (with its council becoming a unitary authority).^[2] It adopted the name Swindon on 24 April 1997. The former Thamesdown name and logo are used by the main local bus operator, Thamesdown Transport Limited.^[3]

Geography

The borough of Swindon occupies an area forming the north east corner of Wiltshire and is bordered by two other counties, Gloucestershire (to the north) and Oxfordshire (to the east). Also, West Berkshire is only a short distance from the borough’s south eastern tip. The generally hilly landscape is sculpted by the upper Thames guiding the northern border, small tributaries draining into the Thames, and the Marlborough Downs (/ˈmɔːlbrə/) rising toward the south.

Area covered

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 16 civil parishes:

Bishopstone (with Hinton Parva)
Blunsdon St Andrew (with Broad Blunsdon)
Castle Eaton
Chiseldon
Covingham
Hannington
Haydon Wick
Highworth (town and surrounding district)
Inglesham
Liddington
Nythe
South Marston
Stanton Fitzwarren
Stratton St Margaret
Wanborough
Wroughton (rɔːtən/ as in wrought iron)

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Swindon at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	2,654	13	1,023	1,618
2000	4,085	9	1,368	2,708
2003	4,259	8	1,185	3,067

^ includes hunting and forestry

^ includes energy and construction

^ includes Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured

^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Swindon Borough Council

Party	Councillors
	Conservative Party	32
	Labour Party	23
	Liberal Democrats	2

Wards

The following are the electoral wards within the Borough as at 2014.

Blunsdon & Highworth [3 Conservative Cllrs]
Central [3 Labour Cllrs]
Chiseldon & Lawn [2 Conservative Cllrs]
Covingham and Dorcan [3 Conservative Cllrs]
Eastcott [2 Lib Dem & 1 Labour Cllr]
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst [3 Labour Cllrs]
Haydon Wick [3 Conservative Cllrs]
Liden, Eldene & Park South [3 Labour Cllrs]
Lydiard & Freshbrook [3 Conservative Cllrs]
Mannington & Western [3 Labour Cllrs]
Old Town [2 Conservative & 1 Labour Cllr]
Penhill & Upper Stratton [3 Labour Cllrs]
Priory Vale [3 Conservative Cllrs]
Ridgeway [1 Conservative Cllr]
Rodbourne Cheney [3 Labour Cllrs]
Shaw [3 Conservative Cllrs]
St Andrews [3 Conservative Cllrs]
St Margaret & South Marston [3 Conservative Cllrs]
Walcot & Park North [3 Labour Cllrs]
Wroughton and Wichelstowe [3 Conservative Cllrs]

References

Districts of South West England

Devon	East Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon

Dorset	Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck District West Dorset Weymouth and Portland

Gloucestershire	Cheltenham Cotswold District Forest of Dean District Gloucester Stroud District Tewkesbury Borough

Somerset	Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset

Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Bristol Cornwall Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Borough of Poole South Gloucestershire Borough of Swindon Torbay Wiltshire

Ceremonial county of Wiltshire

Unitary authorities	Swindon Wiltshire Council

Major settlements	Amesbury Bradford on Avon Calne Chippenham Corsham Cricklade Devizes Highworth Larkhill Ludgershall Malmesbury Marlborough Mere Melksham Royal Wootton Bassett Salisbury Swindon Tidworth Trowbridge Warminster Westbury Wilton See also: List of civil parishes in Wiltshire

Rivers	Biss Blackwater Bourne Bristol Avon Chalke Cole Damson Ebble Hampshire Avon Kennet Key Nadder Nine Mile Og Thames Till Wylye

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