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Dist:0.2km<br/>The committee entrusted with the task of naming the roads in this large 1960s housing estate obviously sought the solution to the problem in their "Observer's Book of British Birds"! Finchdale, Heronscroft, Wrenwood, all the slightly less common ones are there, even Pipitdene. However sparrows, blackbirds and starlings all got the cold shoulder apparently. This one's Falconscroft off Covingham Drive.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed looking upstream from the Merlin Way road bridge, the pole with the graduations on it is a water level gauge board, showing the height in metres above sea level. The houses to the right are in Deva Close.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.3km<br/>This pub has had a number of names in its life. It started out as the Piccadilly. It was recently renamed apparently in recognition of the celebrity and television presenter Melinda Messenger, who lived and worked locally until her horizons expanded.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.3km<br/>A typical 1960s development, the centre includes the usual selection of shops including a convenience store, video store, pharmacist, newsagent, a fish and chip shop and a bookmaker. There is also a pub.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.5km<br/>A new development that doesn't yet appear on the OS maps, it lies just north of Covingham Drive, Swindon.
©Brian Robert Marshall
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.5km<br/>A bus stop on Kingfisher Drive at Covingham Park, as the trees begin to change colour in autumn. Many of the streets in this area have the names of birds. The Bristol RE bus is giving free trips around Swindon today.
©David Roberts
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.5km<br/>To provide a flyover at the major intersection near Honda's factory, an asymmetric junction was devised. On the southbound carriageway, the entrance and exit are arranged conventionally either side of the flyover.
©J Whatley
Dist:0.5km<br/>The junction has an unusual layout, with northbound traffic having a slip road leading to a roundabout with a separate road for joining traffic, and more conventional slip roads on the southbound carriageway.
©David Smith
Dist:0.5km<br/>This section of the A420 affords access to the northbound A419 and to the residential areas of east Swindon. Roadworks are being carried out in the far distance. The image was obtained from a footbridge that passes over the roundabout in the foreground and under the A419 thus enabling pedestrians to walk safely through this fairly complex road junction. It was paid for by the developers of the Gablecross business park that includes Sainsbury's and Toys R Us. The blue smudge in the top right corner of the image is smoke.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>I believe these are the show homes for this new development that does not yet appear on the OS maps, but does on Google Earth. Lit up for Yuletide with perhaps a little more restraint than some others.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>....and site of a Roman Settlement
©Colin Bates
Dist:0.6km<br/>In the foreground is Merlin Way seen in this image [[1737315]]. Trajan Road is one of several roads and closes forming part of a post-war private housing development where the names are taken from the days of the Roman Empire. Other names include Hadrian, Cunetio, Verulam, Forum and Centurion. Archaeological evidence of the Romano-British era has been found in the locality.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.6km<br/>The large building at right of the image is a drug manufacturer called Patheon UK Ltd. It and the houses went up in the 1960s.
©Brian Robert Marshall

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