Central Swindon North

In 2022, the council opened a new accessible play park at Pinetrees Community Centre.

[3] As its name suggests, the parish covers the northern half of the central area of the town, the east–west railway line separating it from South Swindon parish.

Areas within the parish include Even Swindon, Rodbourne, Moredon, Pinehurst, Penhill and Gorse Hill.

[4] The River Ray, a minor river flowing north to join the Thames, forms part of the western boundary of the parish.

[5] The parish spans three wards which each elect three members of Swindon Borough Council:[6] Gorse Hill and Pinehurst, Rodbourne Cheney, and the eastern half of Mannington and Western.