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Brimble Hill, SWINDON, SN4 0RH

The main landmarks visible in this view are, at left, Nationwide Building Society at SU155824 Image and, right, Wakefield House at Image Image In between are Christ Church at Image, the old Corn Exchange at Image and a telecoms mast at Image

Looking just east of north. Wakefield House is at SU161825 Image

Looking north-north-west. The Spectrum Building Image with its distinctive yellow external supports is visible slightly above the centre of the image just below the hazy skyline at SU122851. The houses in the lower half of the image are in North Wroughton. Lying between the two is the M4. The white specks are pigeons.

Brimble Hill leads out of the village of Wroughton to the east. Wroughton is a large village and just visible in the background is North Wroughton.

Redbrick houses, probably originally council housing stock.

Numbers 26 (nearest the camera) and 27 (at right angles with the gable to the road) Brimble Hill are 18th century thatched cottages, heavily modernised. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023435 The large village of Wroughton lies 2 miles south of Swindon at the foot of the Marlborough Downs escarpment. Two headstreams of the River Ray flow from the downs and meet in the village to run north as Wroughton Stream. There is much evidence of settlement and intensive farming of the area in the Roman period. Originally an agricultural village, most workers now commute into Swindon.

Windshot House, number 45 Marlborough Road, occupies a prominent position at the foot of Brimble Hill. The large village of Wroughton lies 2 miles south of Swindon at the foot of the Marlborough Downs escarpment. Two headstreams of the River Ray flow from the downs and meet in the village to run north as Wroughton Stream. There is much evidence of settlement and intensive farming of the area in the Roman period. Originally an agricultural village, most workers now commute into Swindon.