Broad Blunsdon

Broad Blunsdon is a hilltop village that spent centuries minding its own business, then looked up to find Swindon had moved in next door and started unpacking. The old core still has its church and its conservation area, and it's now ringed by cul-de-sacs of detached houses with a car on the drive for every adult in the building. People buy here so they can say they live in a village and still reach the retail park before the kettle's boiled, and the place gives them both without a hint of shame. The Iron Age locals built a fort on Castle Hill to keep outsiders out, which went about as well as the planning objections.