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This is a view facing east. Tovey Road marks the southern extent of the post-war local authority-built housing estate. To the south, on the other side of the water course seen on the map, is a pre-war area of private housing.
©Brian Robert Marshall
This area of open space lies between a small watercourse named Hreod Burna and Tovey Road. The stream flows west to the River Ray, a tributary of the Thames.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.1km<br/>Originally designed to be replaced decades ago, many of these houses still remain. "Post-war shortages of labour and materials are reflected in some of the houses where non-traditional materials and methods of construction were employed. Extensive use was made of the Easiform House, designed and erected by Messrs. John Laing & Son, Ltd. and of the Airey House, both built substantially of concrete". From: 'Swindon: Growth of the town', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9 (1970), pp. 104-119. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?
©Nick Smith
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©Nick Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>This play area just south of Tree Courts was built by Swindon Council in 2009 at a cost of £50,000.
©Vieve Forward
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©Nick Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>Post-war shortages of labour and materials are reflected in some of the houses where non-traditional materials and methods of construction were employed. Extensive use was made of the Easiform House, designed and erected by Messrs. John Laing & Son, Ltd. and of the Airey House, both built substantially of concrete. From: 'Swindon: Growth of the town', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9 (1970), pp. 104-119. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?
©Nick Smith
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©Nick Smith
Dist:0.3km<br/>Sign reads "Cornwall Avenue leading to Devon Road and Southbrook Street Ext"
©Nick Smith
Dist:0.4km<br/>Often used as a 'rat run', the extensive traffic calming additions have deterred many.
©Nick Smith
Dist:0.4km<br/>The right turn is Bessemer Road (East)
©Roger Templeman
Dist:0.4km<br/>Swindon's largest allotment site, Pickards Field (west of Pinehurst Road) contains 193 plots. Not to be confused with Pickards Small Field (east of Pinehurst Road), a former allotment site which was sold off for housing. The picture shows the main through track looking south, with the David Murray John tower visible in the distance. Pickards Field was once part of Southbrook Farm; the former farmhouse is now a public house, the Southbrook Inn.
©Vieve Forward
Dist:0.4km<br/>A broad, tree-lined street lined by refurbished, pre-fabricated houses.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.4km<br/>Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm35711
©Roger Templeman
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©Nick Smith

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