Broad Blunsdon is a village in Wiltshire, south west England, located north of Swindon on the A419 road and easily accessible from junctions 15 and 16 of the M4 motorway.
Together with the nearby village of Blunsdon St Andrew, the settlement is usually known simply as Blunsdon.
Blunsdon dates from Roman times: it was discovered that a Roman travellers’ resting place existed on the site of the present-day Cold Habour pub. The main road (A419) lies on the course of a Roman road known as Ermine Street that linked the historic Roman towns of Cirencester and Silchester.
Blunsdon Abbey Stadium is home to greyhound racing, and also the home for Swindon Robins speedway racing. Swindon Robins participate in the speedway Elite League.
Julie Allen, a relative newcomer to Blunsdon, moved in only a year ago and as a member of the village shop committee she was somewhat taken aback by the numbers who turned out to celebrate the shop's official opening.
Blunsdon's village shop is in a portable building - in fact, an old site office from a building firm, not that it bears any resemblance to what arrived off the back of a lorry at the end of January.
Malcolm Ward, the chairman of the Blunsdon Shop committee says that success of the project was due to the strength of the committee and he too was delighted to see so many people from the village at the shop's official opening.
Broad Blunsdon is a village in Wiltshire, south west England, located north of Swindon on the A419 road and easily accessible from junctions 15 and 16 of the M4 motorway.
Not all of these dwellings exist in the village of Blunsdon as the parish also includes the nearby developments of St Andrews Ridge, Ash Brake, Oakhurst and Redhouse which are part of the town of Swindon.
Blunsdon dates from Roman times: it was discovered that a Roman travellers’ resting place existed on the site of the present-day Cold Habour pub.
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