# Freshbrook

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{{short description|Suburb in Swindon, England}}
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'''Freshbrook''' is a [suburb](/source/suburb) in the west of [Swindon](/source/Swindon), England, close to junction 16 of the [M4 motorway](/source/M4_motorway). Most houses in the area are found in [culs-de-sac](/source/cul-de-sac), except for those on the few main roads. The suburb is served by the shops of a small "village centre" and has a primary school.

Adjacent areas are [Grange Park](/source/Grange_Park%2C_Swindon) to the north and west, [Toothill](/source/Toothill%2C_Wiltshire) to the east, Blagrove industrial estate to the south, and Windmill Hill business park to the west.

== History ==

Freshbrook was built in the early 1980s as part of the 'West Swindon' urban extension of Swindon. A large housing development, [Wichelstowe](/source/Wichelstowe), was built southeast of Freshbrook, from 2009; it is separated from Freshbrook by [Great Western Way](/source/A3102_road) and the [main railway line](/source/Great_Western_Main_Line).

== Education ==
Freshbrook has one school, Millbrook Primary School,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Millbrook Primary |url=https://www.millbrook.swindon.sch.uk/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=}}</ref> which had 329 pupils in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title=Millbrook Primary School |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140284 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> From 1988 a second primary school, Windmill Hill, was housed in a prefabricated building; as the local birth rate fell, in 2008 the building was closed and the school was merged with the school previously called Freshbrook School to form Millbrook.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ogle |first=Roger |date=30 April 2020 |title=Housing plan for former Windmill Hill Primary School site, Freshbrook |url=https://swindonlink.com/news/windmill-hill-housing-plan/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=swindonlink.com}}</ref> The Windmill Hill school building was destroyed by fire in 2011 in a suspected arson.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} A Church of England primary school, Oliver Tomkins, is nearby in Toothill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oliver Tomkins CofE VA Infant, Nursery and Junior Schools |url=https://www.olivertomkinsschools.co.uk/swindon/primary/olivertomkins |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=}}</ref>

For secondary education, pupils from Freshbrook can attend [Lydiard Park Academy](/source/Lydiard_Park_Academy) (in nearby Grange Park), [Bradon Forest School](/source/Bradon_Forest_School) at Purton, or the [Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College](/source/The_Ridgeway_School_and_Sixth_Form_College) at Wroughton.

== Leisure and recreation ==
The West Swindon district centre in Westlea is just north-east of Freshbrook. On the site are the [Link Centre](/source/Link_Centre) which has a swimming pool, national-size ice rink, other sports facilities and a library; also an [Asda](/source/Asda) supermarket and other retail outlets.

== Governance ==
Freshbrook is within [West Swindon](/source/West_Swindon) parish. Along with Grange Park and part of Toothill, the area elects three councillors for the [Lydiard and Freshbrook ward](/source/Lydiard_and_Freshbrook_(ward)) of [Swindon Borough Council](/source/Swindon_Borough_Council), a [unitary authority](/source/Unitary_authorities_of_England).<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Your Councillors |url=http://ww5.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Swindon Borough Council}}</ref> Freshbrook forms part of the [parliamentary](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) constituency of [South Swindon](/source/South_Swindon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).

At the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011), the population of the electoral ward (then called Freshbrook and Grange Park, with slightly different boundaries) was 9,889.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freshbrook and Grange Park ward 2011 |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/freshbrook-and-grange-park-e05002153#sthash.PILnINAo.dpbs |accessdate=7 April 2015 |website=ukcensusdata.com}}</ref>

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Category:Geography of Swindon

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