Magic Roundabout (Swindon) edge and the area was known as The Marsh. The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust are currently in negotiations with Swindon Council to include in the New Swindon Regeneration Framework plans to restore the canal through the town centre. The restoration would use the route of the North Wilts Canal and not the main West Vale route that the Magic Roundabout sits over. The North Wilts Canal was a separate branch which exited the town northwards through Moredon. A calendar is produced each year by the UK Roundabout Appreciation Society depicting the town's finest examples. The official name of the
The Magic Faraway Tree (novel) The Magic Faraway Tree (novel) The Magic Faraway Tree is a children's novel by Enid Blyton, first published in 1943. It is the second book in the series of novels "The Faraway Tree", in which Jo, Bessie and Fanny (renamed Joe, Beth and Frannie in later editions), the protagonists of the series, have their cousin Dick (renamed Rick in later editions) over to stay with them. They then introduce him to Silky, Moonface, Saucepan Man and all their other friends in the Magic Faraway Tree. In 2003 it was voted #66 in the BBC's Big Read poll to find the