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Dist:0.3km<br/>Although not much more than about 12 years of age, this building has some signs of weathering.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.3km<br/>These are the fairly new offices for a prominent local firm of solicitors. Not on the maps yet.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking west, Swindon Station is out of view about 1.6 kilometres down the line from here. This image was obtained from outside the boundary fence protecting the railway.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.3km<br/>Facing towards London, the train is on the 'down' line slowing before its next stop at Swindon.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.3km<br/>The line on the right leads into the Rover Sidings. Trains used to run from the Rover factory to Longbridge until it closed down. The only trains out of here, are from the scrap metal yard.
©Steve Daniels
Dist:0.4km<br/>EMI had several operations in Swindon at one time. This plant was built by them in the 1990s to replace a smaller factory in Greenbridge. Then they found that it was cheaper to manufacture CDs in Holland so they closed the factory about six years ago. It has recently been sold to a car retailer. The name 'Penny Lane' is derived from a song by a now defunct pop group.
©Brian Robert Marshall
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©Steve Daniels
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©John Firth
Dist:0.4km<br/>Fairfax Close is named after a famous Elizabethan or someone from that era. Most of the road names in Walcot commemorate such figures. The only Fairfax I could find who fits the requirements is Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Fairfax,_2nd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron who was only 19 when Elizabeth I died and became more famous in the age of Charles I. The houses visible here are in Drakes Way, yet another well-known Elizabethan. NOTE. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:0.4km<br/>The disused Great Western Railways (GWR) Highworth branch line is seen here from the hump-backed bridge joining Gipsy Lane and Bridge End Road. To the left can be seen the Biffa Waste Services depot.
©Vieve Forward
Dist:0.4km<br/>View across an athletics track to the County Ground, the home of Swindon Town FC.
©Andrew Smith
Dist:0.5km<br/>An industrial facility on Gipsy Lane
©Lewis Clarke
Dist:0.5km<br/>The old transfer sidings are on the left and Cocklebury sidings are on the right.
©Steve Daniels
Dist:0.5km<br/>Raleigh Avenue is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous Elizabethan who discovered tobacco and potatoes. Despite these accomplishments he was beheaded in 1618 because some Spaniard demanded it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh Although most of the estate was intended for Londoners displaced from the capital in the post-war years, occasionally others were allocated homes here. The house at the right was occupied by the photographer from 1956 to 1962 when his father moved to the town from the Midlands to take up a new job in the town. NOTE. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.
©Brian Robert Marshall
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©Steve Daniels

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