Great Western

Great Western can refer to:

Locations

 * Great Western, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
 * Great Western Divide, a long ridge in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA
 * Great Western Mountain, a mountain in central Sri Lanka
 * Great Western Tiers, a collection of small mountain bluffs in Tasmania, Australia
 * Great Western Woodlands, biodiverse area in South West Australia

Railways

 * Great Western Railway, a UK railway company nationalised in 1948 and that has since lent its name to:
 * Great Western Main Line, a principal passenger and freight rail route
 * Great Western Railway (train operating company), traded as Great Western Trains until 1998, then First Great Western until 2015
 * Great Western Holdings, a company formed in 1994 to bid (successfully) for the Great Western franchise
 * Great Western was the name of several locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway, from different classes:
 * Iron Duke class
 * Rover class
 * 3031 Achilles or Dean Single class
 * 4073 Castle class
 * Great Western Railway (Ontario), originally of Canada West
 * Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan), a short line railway in Canada
 * Chicago Great Western Railway, US
 * Great Western Railroad (Illinois) (1853-1865), predecessor of the Wabash Railroad, US
 * Great Western Railroad (Ohio), US
 * Great Western Railway of Colorado, US
 * Great Western railway station, near the Great Western Mountain, Sri Lanka

Businesses and organisations

 * Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, helicopter ambulance trust in South West England
 * Great Western Ambulance Service, a former NHS emergency services trust in South West England
 * Great Western Arms Company, former firearms manufacturer in California, US
 * Great Western Bank (disambiguation)
 * Great Western Brewing Company, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
 * Great Western Business and Normal College, former college in Kansas, US
 * Great Western Cities, partnership between Bristol, Cardiff and Newport, UK
 * Great Western Combination, former football league in South Central England
 * The Great Western Cotton Factory, former cotton mill in Bristol, UK
 * Great Western Garment Co., former clothing company in Alberta, Canada
 * Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, England
 * Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Great Western Hospital, Swindon
 * Great Western Hotel (disambiguation), several hotels
 * Great Western Lacrosse League, former sports conference in US
 * Great Western Steam Laundry, former laundry in Glasgow, UK
 * Great Western Mine, a coal mine in South Wales, UK
 * Great Western Mine (Lake County, California), a mercury mine in California, USA
 * Great Western Schoolhouse, historic place and museum in Ohio, US
 * Great Western Sugar Company, a sugar company headquartered in Denver, Colorado

Ships

 * SS Great Western, the first purpose-built trans-Atlantic steamship, 1838
 * PS Great Western (1864), owned for a time by the Great Western Railway, later named PS Lovedale
 * TSS Great Western (1901), built for GWR, renamed 'GWR No. 20' in 1933
 * TSS Great Western (1933), built for the GWR to replace a previous ship of the same name
 * USS Great Western, ammunition ship of Union Navy during US Civil War

Other

 * Sarah A. Bowman (c. 1813-1866), American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam
 * The Great Western, an album by James Dean Bradfield
 * Great Western Building, colonial-era residence, court and hotel in Mumbai, India
 * Great Western Cattle Trail, cattle driving trail, US
 * The Great Western Chorus of Bristol, a men's a cappella chorus singing primarily in the Barbershop style
 * Great Western Loop, long-distance hiking trail in the western US
 * Great Western Trail, multiple-use route between Canada and Mexico
 * Great Western Trail (board game), based on the Great Western Cattle Trail
 * Great Western Turnpike, former series of toll routes in New York state, US
 * Great Western Valkyrie, an album by Rival Sons