Explore Swindon at your own pace

A burst of radio static in Swindon once carried breaking news that changed local history-yet those echoes still whisper through the city's hidden corners today.

Venture out on this self-guided audio tour, peeling back the layers of Swindon's beating heart. Discover stories embedded in stone and airwaves-far beyond what any map can show.

What scandal shook the BBC Radio Wiltshire newsroom and left a permanent mark? Why do old playbills at Wyvern Theatre hold cryptic clues to a vanished performer? Which heated debate inside Swindon Town Hall almost split the town in two over a single stormy night?

Photo: Jim Thring, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 4.5 km (2.8 miles)

Stops: 13 landmarks, including Swindon Law Courts, Wyvern Theatre, Museum of Computing

Audio: up to 33 minutes of narration

Starts at: Swindon Law Courts

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 Law Courts

Wyvern Theatre

Museum of Computing

Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths

Swindon Town Hall

Museum & Art Swindon

Holy Rood Church, Swindon

Queens Park, Swindon

Christ Church, Swindon

BBC Radio Wiltshire

Apsley House, Swindon

Swindon Arts Centre

Old Town Hall, Swindon

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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).

Description supplied by the event organiser.