Re-casting car parks as a space for playing sports and making movies

Swindon multi-storeys could become stages for films and pickleball

Mark Moran
30 March 2026
Playing pickeball on a car park (LPC)

 

Swindon Borough Council is looking at ways of finding alternative uses for under-used multi-storey car parks in the Wiltshire town.

The council recently unveiled a plan to convert the upper floors of its Whalebridge car park into a roller-skating venue.

Now the council has set out plans for activities for the Brunel North and Brunel West car parks, which serve the Brunel shopping centre.

The council’s planning application for Brunel North states: “The intention is to transform the...

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