Theatres · South East England
The Platform
Also known as: Great Western Railway Museum
The Platform is a theatre in the United Kingdom.

Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom — CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Swindon · 0.6 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
The Platform is a working theatre in South-East England. The site is within the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB). It sits within the Swindon South parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Swindon, about 0.6 km away. Postcode area SN1.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Platform may refer to: The Platform (film), a Spanish horror film The Platform (TV series), an Emirati TV series The Platform (album), a hip-hop album by the group Dilated Peoples thePlatform, an online video publishing company The Platform (Finland), a Finnish anarchist group The Platform (Germany), a German anarcho-communist group The Platform, a venue in Morecambe, England, in the former Morecambe Promenade railway station building The Platform (radio station), a New Zealand online radio station
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.5616, -1.7901
- District
- Swindon
- Parish
- South Swindon
- Postcode
- SN1 5BJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Swindon South
- Nearest railway station
- Swindon — 0.6 km
Sources
- osm: w1069305387 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: The Platform (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Platform?
- The Platform is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SN1 5BJ), in the parish of South Swindon.
- Is The Platform a protected site?
- Yes — The Platform is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB) and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to The Platform?
- The nearest railway station is Swindon, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SN1 5BJ.