Explore Swindon at your own pace

Smoke once curled above Swindon as its mighty railway works roared with invention and intrigue. But beneath the grit and progress lies a tapestry of secrets that even locals overlook.

This self-guided audio tour leads you beyond the ordinary, guiding you through Broadgreen and into hidden pockets around Swindon Works, the Museum of the Great Western Railway, and even the legendary Magic Roundabout. Uncover stories left behind by tycoons, rebels, and the daring dreamers who shaped this industrial powerhouse.

What catastrophe forced Swindon's engineers to rethink everything overnight? Why did one local landmark become a symbol of silent rebellion? And what unexpected misadventures haunt the perplexing turns of the Magic Roundabout?

Photo: Peter Albanese, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 5.9 km (3.7 miles)

Stops: 14 landmarks, including Swindon Mechanics' Institute, Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon Works

Audio: up to 35 minutes of narration

Starts at: Swindon Mechanics' Institute

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

Swindon Mechanics' Institute

Museum of the Great Western Railway

Swindon Works

Swindon Designer Outlet

St Mark's Church, Swindon

Wyvern Theatre

Swindon Town Hall

Museum of Computing

Museum & Art Swindon

Holy Rood Church, Swindon

Queens Park, Swindon

Magic Roundabout

County Cricket Ground, Swindon

County Ground

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Peter Albanese, Jim Thring (Unsplash); AudaTours.

Description supplied by the event organiser.