Swindon Railway Village Bear Trail

Preview Steps

Download the app to get all the steps for this walk.

• 

  Step 1: Start at Swindon Railway Station. Walk past Costa Coffee and continue along Station Road.

• Step 2: Note the cottages on the left and the old railway works on the right (once past the car parks)

• 

  Step 3: This is the entrance to the tunnel- turn into it. The tunnel was built in 1871, nearly 30 years after the railway works were founded.

• 

  Step 4: Prior to the tunnel being built workers had to cross the railway tracks… as perilous as it sounds! Walk to the end.

• 

  Step 5: This building housed the Chief Mechanical Engineers drawing office. It is now home to the Historic England archives.

• 

  Step 6: Make sure you look up to see these original lights! Retrace your steps through the tunnel and then turn right on Bristol Street.

Download the app to get all the steps for this walk.