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Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1974 as Thamesdown Borough Council , and was a lower-tier district council until 1997.
This is a list of notable council estates. Public housing in the United Kingdom has typically consisted of council houses , often built in the form of large estates by local government councils. Becontree in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is generally considered to be the largest council estate (in terms of population).
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 ...
In June 1996, during the transition period to becoming a unitary authority, the council passed an order that the area would be renamed Swindon with effect from 1 April 1997 as well. [7] The former Thamesdown name and logo continued to be used by the municipal bus operator, Thamesdown Transport , until 2017 when it was sold and renamed to ...
Wichelstowe is a residential development and urban extension on the southern edge of the town of Swindon in South West England, constructed from late 2006. Located north of the M4 motorway between junction 16 and Croft Road, [1] Wichelstowe has three neighbourhoods: East, Middle and West Wichel.
Stratton St Margaret Parish Council is the first tier of local government. Almost all of the parish, together with South Marston parish, are part of the St Margaret and South Marston ward which elects three members of Swindon Borough Council. [6]
A community governance review in 2015–2016 led to the creation of West Swindon parish, effective from April 2017. [8] [9] Besides the modern housing area, the parish extends west to include Lydiard Park, [2] which had been bought by the Corporation of Swindon in 1943. [10] The park was the grounds of the 17th-century mansion known as Lydiard ...
The parishes of England, as of December 2021. Parish councils form the lowest tier of local government and govern civil parishes.They may also be called a 'community council', 'neighbourhood council', 'village council', 'town council' or (if the parish holds city status) 'city council', but these names are stylistic and do not change their responsibilities.