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An open green space in Worcester.
©Bob Embleton
Dist:0.4km<br/>View westwards as the road starts to descend towards Shrub Hill Station. This busy road takes traffic from J7 of the M5 into the city centre.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.4km<br/>Newtown Road drops away from Ronkswood in the direction of Shrub Hill station. The photo was taken from slightly closer in toward Worcester than the former Clinical Research Centre, now closed (June 2008). The hills beyond the River Severn are visible in the distance.
©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.4km<br/>Solent Road in Ronkswood, Worcester.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking north-west across Newtown Road to the supermarket and its large car park.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>A Primary Care Trust PFI surgery that is home to two practices relocated from elsewhere in the city. The building is apparently not being used to capacity, which is not too surprising as it's almost a small hospital. Some local doctors refer to it as the "gin palace".
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking westwards along Newtown Road. To the left is the main research facility of the Worcestershire NHS Trust.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>Now known as a sexual health clinic but variously known as a 'special clinic', 'STD clinic' and 'clap clinic' to name a few. Despite the nudge, nudge, wink, wink jokes, this is an important part of health care and preventative medicine.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust's Worcester occupational health department has moved from the hospital to this plush new building a good quarter mile away - working well?
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Three Christmas images and three hospitals. 2007 = The closed Worcester Royal Infirmary. 2008 = The boiler house on the former Newtown Hospital site, now part of the Worcestershire Royal Hospital site. This tower has now gone - I think during March 2012.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is all that remains of the old Ronkswood Hospital in Worcester.
©Chris Allen
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.7km<br/>Looking towards Worcester from close to one of the highest points locally. Just after midday on Christmas Day 2010. The Cathedral tower is the square tower left of centre.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.7km<br/>The old Ronkswood hospital was completely flattened (apart from the tower) and the site sold in May 2002. The demolition literally caused quite a stir due to the large asbestos content. Now known as High Point Business Park, the site is still for sale or let over five years later. Perhaps 'low point' would have been a more appropriate name for this blot on the Worcester landscape.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.7km<br/>Large playing field with several football pitches, children's playground, large community centre and all-weather facilities. Created originally as a memorial to King George V. Houses on Sycamore Road and the Tolladine communications mast in the background.
©Trevor Rickard

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