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Swindon is one of the fastest growing towns in the UK and has a very low unemployment rate. Swindon is in the borough of Swindon, which has been a unitary authority since 1998. Swindon has an important locomotive industry. The industrial revolution was responsible for a great acceleration of Swindon's growth. It started with the construction of the Wiltshire and Berkshire canal in 1810, and then the North Wiltshire canal in 1819. These two major routes brought more trade to the area, and Swindon's population started to rise. Probably the most significant event in Swindon's history occurred in 1840, when Swindon was selected to house the large engineering works for the Great Western Railway by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The new jobs created brought many people into Swindon to work. Along with the railway works a small railway village was created to house some of the many railway workers. This area became the present day area known as New Town (or the Town Centre). In the second half of the 19th century the new area (Swindon New Town) created by the railway works and the original area from the market trading years (Swindon Old Town) were merged to become Swindon.
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Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Tel: 01793 466556 - Swindon Museum & Art Gallery, Bath Road, Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4BA
Railway Village Museum
Tel: 01793 466553 - Faringdon Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 5BJ
Swindon Arts Centre
Tel: 01793 614837 - The Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4BJ
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Tel: 01793 466646 - Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2TA (1.13 miles)
The Gallery (National Monuments Record Centre)
Tel: 01793 414797 - The Gallery, Great Western Village, Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2GZ (1.13 miles)
Coate Agricultural Museum
Tel: 01793 493188 - Marlborough Road, Coate, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6AA (1.81 miles)
Lydiard House
Tel: 01793 770401 - Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregore, West Swindon, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 9PA (3.61 miles)
Purton Museum
Tel: 01793 770648 - Purton Library, 1 High Street, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 9AA (3.61 miles)
Science Museum Wroughton
Tel: 01793 846200 - Science Museum, Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 9NS (4.26 miles)
Cricklade Museum
Tel: 01793 750686 - Cricklade Museum, 16 Calcutt Street, Cricklade, Wiltshire, SN6 6BB (4.26 miles)
Avebury Stone Circle
Tel: 01672 539250 - Avebury Stone Circle, Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF (7.63 miles)
Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury
Tel: 01672 529203 - The Alexander Keiller Museum, High Street, Avebury, Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF (7.63 miles)
Pewsey Heritage Centre
Tel: 01672 562051 - Whatleys Old Foundry, High Street, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5AF (11.24 miles)
The Faringdon Collection (in London and at Buscot Park, Oxon)
Tel: 01367 240786 - The Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8BU (11.75 miles)
Tom Brown's School Museum
Tel: 01367 820259 - Broad Street, Uffington, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7RA (11.75 miles)
Ashdown House (National Trust)
Tel: 01793 762209 - Ashdown House, Lambourn, Newbury, Berkshire, RG17 8RE (12.71 miles)
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