Aerial photographs published by Swindon24 on Sunday 28 June 2026 showed how far demolition had gone at Regent Circus, the leisure and shopping complex between Swindon town centre and Old Town.
The former Morrisons supermarket had been removed completely and the cinema building was almost gone. Only the Nando's restaurant and its access road remained.
How did Regent Circus get here?
- The complex opened in 2014 on the former Swindon College site, planned around a supermarket, a cinema, restaurants and leisure.
- Morrisons closed in 2019. The cinema later shut and other occupiers left.
- Manchester-based MCR Property Group bought the site in 2025.
- Demolition began earlier in 2026, after planning permission was granted to remove nearly the whole complex.
What will replace it?
Nothing had been confirmed. The report said there were unconfirmed rumours that a pre-application, possibly focused on housing, had been or would soon be submitted, but no detailed planning application had been made public.
Laura, a member of Swindon's Shadow BID Board, said any homes should come with commercial, retail and leisure space on the ground floor: "Active frontages create life, support local businesses and make places people actually want to visit." She called the site "a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get it right."
Swindo's Regent Circus guide follows what has happened to the site since.
Source: Swindon24.
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