Its expansion from a small market town to its current population of 190,000 began in the 1840s when Isambard Kingdom Brunel selected Swindon as the site of his locomotive works for the Great Western Railway.
Swindon is proud of its industrial history and many of the older residents worked on the railways in their younger days.

It is a large town lying midway between London and Bristol, in the county of Wiltshire. The location is superb, situated perfectly for exploring Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley, and the beautiful county of Wiltshire. It also has excellent road and rail links to London and Bristol.

Swindon has all of the facilities you would expect from an urban area housing 190,000 people including:

Several large retail parks, as well as the Mcarthur Glen Designer Outlet', the largest covered designer outlet in Europe;

Two multiplex cinemas, and the Wyvern Theatre and Arts Centre , details here

Green spaces including:

Stanton Country Park
Barbury Castle
Coate Water Country Park
Queen's Park
and the Old Town Gardens in the centre of Swindon, and
Lydiard Park and House

Sports facilities including:

2 leisure centres, the Link Centre and the Oasis Centre

The Broome Manor Golf Club
The Delta Tennis Centre and a David Lloyd Centre

To the South of Swindon lies Wiltshire, where several of our training practices are situated (see area map).

	Wiltshire is a largely rural county, its plains and vales broken by rolling chalk hills which harbour the famous Wiltshire White Horses . It is an area rich in history containing the ancient stone circles of Stonehenge and Avebury, Silbury Hill and The Ridgeway, an 85 mile ancient trackway claimed by some to be the oldest road in Europe and fantastic for walking or cycling along. Other attractions include the Wilts and Berks canal and Longleat Safari Park.
	North of Swindon are the counties of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, which are home to the Cotswold Hills, a designated area of natural beauty sometimes called 'the heart of England'. The Cotswolds are characterised by their numerous attractive towns and villages built of Cotswold stone and like Wiltshire are best explored on foot or by bicycle.
With so many leisure opportunities to enjoy in the Swindon region, 3 years on a GP training scheme hardly seems long enough!