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Places of worship
[edit]There are at least three articles on places of worship in Swindon, so instead of adding those links to the 'See also' section, where supposedly churches are not to be listed, there is now a places of worship subsection under Demography - the only section that mentions denominations and faiths in the article. Pjposullivan (talk) 03:48, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- That's a useful addition to the article. If you like, you could make a whole new section 'Religious sites' as suggested in How to write about UK settlements. Wire723 (talk) 19:24, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Christ church, Bath Road Methodist Church and Holy Rood School are just a few holy places. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.0.114 (talk) 16:47, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
Photo request
[edit]I received this request recently (which I am unable to fulfill) for a picture of the UK Space Agency HQ on North Star Avenue.
Does anyone who contributes to/watches this page a) live in Swindon b) feel able to take the picture and upload it to Commons? If so, can you let User:WhisperToMe know?
Thanks, Moonraker12 (talk) 12:12, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
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Civil Parishes
[edit]As of April 1st, new civil parishes have been created which cover the entire borough ([1]). This article, and others, will need tweaking accordingly.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:44, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for this useful information. I dealt with one of the changes by updating Nythe. Wire723 (talk) 16:55, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
Why has the whole borough been parished?--2.26.154.4 (talk) 16:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
External links modified
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GOOD PLACE
[edit]Good place to live because it is very accessible. There are lots of schools and of course the Great Western Hospital. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.182.231 (talk) 20:03, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
New Ski slope / cinema / hotel / shopping center
[edit]Good Morning,
Would an editor be able to update the information on the Swindon page to include information from the below website.
https://www.northstarvillage.co.uk/
Thank you 149.155.50.251 (talk) 11:00, 18 July 2019 (UTC)