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You're standing on a route that's carried travellers for thousands of years.
This stretch of road follows the ancient Ermin Street, a major Roman thoroughfare that once linked Calleva Atrebatum near Silchester to Glevum in Gloucester. It was a crucial trade and military route across Roman Britain, and although it's now a busy modern road, you can still trace that long history beneath your feet.
The village of Blunsdon St Andrew has developed along this historic path and gives you a genuine feel for how English rural communities work at the Cotswolds' edge. It's worth pausing here to think about the countless travellers who've used this same route across the centuries. If you need more services or better transport connections, Swindon is just nearby with all the facilities you'd expect from a market town. From here you're well positioned to explore deeper into the Cotswolds proper, where you'll find attractive villages and countryside within easy reach.
An electric vehicle charging point is available here, making this a practical place to break your journey while you take in the remarkable history around you. Whether you're passing through or making this a proper stop, there's something genuinely striking about standing on ground that's mattered to people for two thousand years.
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