Swindon is a town in Wiltshire in the South West of England. The town is approximately midway between Bristol (64 km / 40 miles west) and Reading (71 km / 44 miles east) and some 130 km (81 miles) west of London, all on the main rail line using Swindon station. It was a designated 'Expanded' Town under the Town Development Act 1952, which led to a vast increase in the population of the town.

Swindon was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire.