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Near the junction with the B3109. The lane in front of the cottages goes to Upper Pickwick and Pickwick Lodge Farm.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.1km<br/>With home improvements. Regular services to Bath, Bradford on Avon and Chippenham from here. Can't wait to get my bus pass.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.1km<br/>Corsham is just behind, Box is to come then Bath. The "in" road from the B3109 is to the left. The sign on the extreme right advertises Bed and Breakfast at Pickwick Lodge Farm.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.2km<br/>The car approaching on Bradford Road is about to join the A4. Rudloe is ahead then Bradford on Avon.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.2km<br/>The early 19th milestone has a rusty cast iron plate which no longer gives the distance to Bath. For a wider view [[1892243]] and there is a worn bench mark on it http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm33843 Milestones are the original roadside heritage features with many dating back hundreds of years and these historic items are under threat from highway developments.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.2km<br/>Milestone beside the A4. Milestones did not come into general use until the Turnpike Act of 1766 made them compulsory on turnpike roads, these roads were built by private enterprise under licence from the Government and maintained by tolls on those who used them. Before this Act milestones were put up occasionally, often as charitable acts and commemorations. Many Turnpike Act stones still exist. They are usually 2-3 ft high, with the initial letter or abbreviation of the nearest market town show on two faces, and the distance from it. Worn bench mark on side http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm33843
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>A lone car and a hiker head toward Bradford on Avon.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>Copenacre Quarry was converted into a Naval Stores Depot (part of Spring Quarry Naval Stores Depot) and was in use from the 1940's to the mid 1990's. Here we see a telephone box and a Stores Manager's office in the background. It has now become a dumping ground for the adjoining Hartham Quarry.
©Derek Hawkins
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.4km<br/>A country hotel, specialising in weddings and conferences.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.4km<br/>Bath and Box have been left behind, Pickwick and Chippenham are yet to come. The road leaving on the right is the B3109 bound for Rudloe and Bradford on Avon.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>A view looking south across the A4 towards St. Patricks R.C Church.
©Phil Williams
Dist:0.8km<br/>The Hare and Hounds is beside the A4, which goes through an area of Corsham called Pickwick.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.8km<br/>Use of land as allotment gardens goes back to before the reign of Elizabeth I, but it was during the World Wars that allotments became really popular with city-dwellers and country people alike. Fresh fruit and vegetables were in short supply, so driven by the government Dig for Victory campaign, townfolk dug up public parks, playing fields and village greens to grow their own.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.8km<br/>A view looking southwest along St. Barbaras Lane towards Hudswell Lane (right).
©Phil Williams

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