Waitrose, Mill Lane, Wichelstowe, Swindon
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Waitrose, Mill Lane, Wichelstowe, Swindon
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 23 Aug 2015
This rather futuristic looking building is Swindon's first Waitrose supermarket, which opened in April 2014. Built on former farmland, it is at the moment almost in the middle of nowhere. But the mainly residential area known as Wichelstowe continues to be developed and before long the building will be adjacent to large numbers of houses. On the building's west side is an attractively restored section of the long closed Wilts & Berks Canal. Wichelstowe seems to be the general name given to the land between the old railway line skirting Swindon's Old Town and the M4 motorway. It used to be described as Swindon's front garden and the Borough Council years ago promised it would never be built on. A policy which was soon reversed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.544388
Longitude
-1.807731