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Dist:0.3km<br/>The old milestone on the Malmesbury Road is now not true to vertical. See [[[2834580]]] for a closer view.
©Neil Owen
Dist:0.3km<br/>A curious 1GL boltmark in a milestone on the Malmesbury Road - now shifted from its original position. Perhaps that may have something to do with the bolt not being aligned with the datum cut? See Roger Templeman's pic [[[1882277]]] for greater clarity or [[[2834586]]] for a wider view.
©Neil Owen
Dist:0.3km<br/>On the B4158 is an old milestone, looking a little neglected. It still just about says one mile to Chippenham. However, it is also the place to find an unusual benchmark (see [[[2834585]]] ) - unusual not only because it is a 1GL boltmark, but also because the bolt is not aligned with the datum line. Sadly, the milestone's neglect has seen it topple slightly off its original level, rendering accurate levelling difficult (see [[[2834586]]]).
©Neil Owen
Dist:0.3km<br/>Ordnance Survey 1GL bolt benchmark on side of milestone (Chippenham 1) dating from 1856 when the survey line from Oxford to Bath was levelled. The mark is very unusual having its bolt inserted at the bottom of the LHS arrow cut, instead of at the level of the horizontal datum cut. For additional information on this and nearby benchmarks see the Bench Mark Database record http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm34234
©Roger Templeman
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view looking north along the B4158 Malmesbury Road from the northern entrance to John Coles Park, towards the junction with Wedmore Avenue.
©Phil Williams
Dist:0.3km<br/>From the end of the cul-de-sac. The road is bordered by John Cole's Park, out of shot on the right.
©richard noyes
Dist:0.4km<br/>A view from midway up the western side of the park towards the north. The feature in the middle was originally a children's boating pond. I fell in it many times as a kid! Hungerford Road is on the left.
©richard noyes
Dist:0.4km<br/>The sculptor, Greta Berlin, has made Fox Talbot a rather dour-looking figure. Was he really so? I prefer the rather more attractive figures of a young girl and her dog who make up the other parts of the set-piece sculptures.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>Fox Talbot is 'the father of modern photography and the inventor of the photographic negative' according to the plaque at the base of the sculpture. The work is by Greta Berlin. The sculpture comprises three pieces: Fox Talbot and his subjects, a young girl and her greyhound.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>Fox Talbot is 'the father of modern photography and the inventor of the photographic negative' according to the plaque at the base of the sculpture. The work is by Greta Berlin. The sculpture comprises three pieces: Fox Talbot and his subjects, a young girl and her greyhound.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>Mostly fairly modern housing with the exception of the house on the right with the solar panels which looks Georgian.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>William Henry Fox Talbot and his subjects stand in a green area in this relatively small business park. I believe the development dates from the 1990s.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>The hauntingly beautiful young girl and her greyhound companion are the subjects of the pioneer photographer William Henry Fox Talbot in a set-piece sculpture by Greta Berlin that is at the centre of the business park.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>With pillar box, seen from Greenway Lane.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>A pedestrian route from Hungerford Road into town.
©richard noyes

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