Swindon’s Eastern Flyer

Walks, England, Wiltshire, Swindon

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  • Start at the Eastern Flyer totum close to the bus stop on Drakes Way. Follow the path left, keeping Greenbridge on your right.

    Step 1: Start at the Eastern Flyer totum close to the bus stop on Drakes Way. Follow the path left, keeping Greenbridge on your right.

  • At Garrard Way, use the crossing to continue straight ahead.  Garrard was a Swindon factory that manufactured turntables until the 1980s.

    Step 2: At Garrard Way, use the crossing to continue straight ahead. Garrard was a Swindon factory that manufactured turntables until the 1980s.

  • You’ll pass the car dealership and self storage business on your right.

    Step 3: You’ll pass the car dealership and self storage business on your right.

  • The path heads downhill.  At the bottom of the hill, note the mural in the subway on the left, but then turn right.

    Step 4: The path heads downhill. At the bottom of the hill, note the mural in the subway on the left, but then turn right.

  • Follow the path

    Step 5: Follow the path

  • Head over the bridge then take the path to the left.

    Step 6: Head over the bridge then take the path to the left.

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