Many different stores and establishments may be found on Manchester Road. This displays another of the several alterations along the way.
The town’s appearance is expected to alter significantly over the next few years if the application already pending in the planning system are approved, but what has changed in the past ten years?
The Advertiser has compared the current and historical appearances of Swindon. Here is a comparison of the various areas and a list of the town’s most recognisable features.
The Oasis, oh! How should we begin? The well-liked water attraction closed in 2020, and the advocacy group Save Oasis Swindon has been pushing for its resurrection ever since.
In sharp contrast to the image taken seven years earlier, the most recent Street View snapshot from Google in 2021 displays the famous center’s decaying state.
SevenCapital, the building developers, suddenly changed their mind about include the wave machine in the renovation.
One of the most important routes to the residents of Swindon has seen numerous significant changes and is presently going through yet another one. The way the public accesses the coach station from the town centre will be altered by the demolition of Fleming Way earlier this year.
Since construction for the site began in 2012, the Regent Circus has experienced several ups and downs. Thirteen years later, it has seen numerous establishments come and go, with Morrisons, one of its main tenants, departing in 2019.
These images capture it as it changed from the former location of Swindon College to its current state.
Actually, an advertisement for the new development that promises a “exciting mixed use development coming soon” can be seen in the older photo from 2009.
What is Swindon’s most well-known feature? Yes, it’s a roundabout, but it’s actually five roundabouts in total. Surprisingly, there hasn’t been much change to this prominent monument; the pictures appear to be rather comparable.
The most noticeable modification since then is the Waitrose supermarket that was built on the site of an abandoned field.
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