Including The Great western railway , Brunel, The magic roundabout and the football club. This website has lots of interesting facts about the iconic things.
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slideshow of images The Great Western railway is one of the most iconic tracks of Britain. This railway starts and ends in London at Paddington station. The railway goes through the south west of England and goes to the north west of wales. It was then founded in 1833. the first train to travel on this railway was in 1835. The tracks was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Brunel lived from 9th April 1806- 15th September 1859. Brunel was a mechanical engineer in Swindon. He was considered one of the greatest influences of industrial revolution. Brunel also made designs for shipment docks. The Magic Roundabout is one of many iconic landmarks in the UK. It is based outside of the County Ground (Swindon towns football club). The roundabout was constructed in 1972. This consists of five mini roundabouts. The name comes from the kids TV show Magic Roundabouts. The club was founded in 1879. There nicknames are the robins. They have played at Wembley stadium 3 times (the national teams stadium). This is because they have reached the league 1 playoff finals twice in there history. The other time has been in the Johnston's paint trophy. Swindon have been In the premier league in 1930. Home