Home to the Broome Manor Golf Course and various businesses including the world headquarters of
Burmah Castrol as well as the UK headquarters of the
Nationwide Building Society and
Intel.
Taking its name from the nearby Dorkerne (now Dorcan) brook,[1] Dorcan lies between Eldene, Liden, Covingham and the
A419 bypass. Parts of these surrounding areas are also sometimes referred to as being in Dorcan (such as Eldene shopping centre which uses Dorcan in its address). It is the site of the Dorcan industrial estate which includes the UK Headquarters of
Tyco Electronics and
RWE npower.
Estate built 1957–65; has three 10-storey tower blocks
Park South
Estate built 1957–65
Including Cavendish Square, a shopping area which has now been rebuilt into a smaller shopping area with the removal of most of the residential flats above the shops
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 Leaze
Windmill Hill
Woodhall
Woodhall Park
Areas under construction
Priory Vale or North Swindon Development; includes Redhouse, Oakhurst and Haydon End
Home to the Broome Manor Golf Course and various businesses including the world headquarters of
Burmah Castrol as well as the UK headquarters of the
Nationwide Building Society and
Intel.
Taking its name from the nearby Dorkerne (now Dorcan) brook,[1] Dorcan lies between Eldene, Liden, Covingham and the
A419 bypass. Parts of these surrounding areas are also sometimes referred to as being in Dorcan (such as Eldene shopping centre which uses Dorcan in its address). It is the site of the Dorcan industrial estate which includes the UK Headquarters of
Tyco Electronics and
RWE npower.
Estate built 1957–65; has three 10-storey tower blocks
Park South
Estate built 1957–65
Including Cavendish Square, a shopping area which has now been rebuilt into a smaller shopping area with the removal of most of the residential flats above the shops
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 Leaze
Windmill Hill
Woodhall
Woodhall Park
Areas under construction
Priory Vale or North Swindon Development; includes Redhouse, Oakhurst and Haydon End