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Viewed across the Transfer Bridges roundabout. The bridge carries the London (Paddington) to Bristol and South Wales main railway lines.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Located at the eastern end of Beatrice Street, at the corner of Cricklade Road, is Carpet Clearance Discount Warehouse.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Located on Beatrice Street near the Handel Street corner are the premises of Franco & Anna, specialists in Italian and other continental food and wine.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>The cycle track follows the original route of what is now the A4259. The main road was diverted around this point in the 1970s to allow for a wider road with greater headroom. County Road can be seen at the far end of the tunnel in this south-facing view. The underside of the bridge consists of heavy steel beams strong enough to bear the weight of trains including heavily laden ones carrying limestone from the West Country.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>This is a slightly closer view of one of the two McDonald's drive-thrus operated in Swindon. Not much loved by Guardian readers I'd guess.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.1km<br/>The restaurant has been at this location since the early 1990s. It has been built on land that was once occupied by the Great Western Railway as sidings and workshops.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Station Road leaves the frame to the right and leads to Swindon Junction railway station. County Road leads away from the viewpoint. The mural on the left can be seen in more detail here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1375521
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Wine shop on the corner of Cricklade Road and Caulfield Road, viewed from Beatrice Street.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.1km<br/>Houses at northern end of County Road (A4259). http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1375521 to a closeup view of the Arkells Brewery mural.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.1km<br/>The floral display is on the roundabout at the junction of Great Western Way, Cirencester Way, County Road and Cricklade Road. It is a representation of a steam railway locomotive, large numbers of which were built in the Swindon railway works that once stood on this land. It probably shows up better from the railway line behind the viewpoint.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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