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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking East from the bridge over the M10 at TL137055.
©Rob Hinkley
Dist:0.3km<br/>A mix of housing opposite where Stanley Avenue meets Ragged Hall Lane.
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km<br/>1950s bungalows
©Ian Capper
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the penultimate day of its operation before being downgraded to an A road, this is the M10 Motorway viewed looking towards the Parkstreet roundabout from the B4630 Watford Road bridge. The motorway was built in 1959 as a distributor spur to assist in the dispersal of southbound traffic on the M1 into the ordinary road system, without causing a bottleneck at one point. Before the M1 was eventually extended northwards the M45 was designed and built to perform a similar role at the M1's then northern end. The downgrading, plus the redesigning of Junctions 7 and 8 of the M1 during the recently completed widening, will now allow non-motorway traffic to travel between Hemel Hempstead and St Albans along an A grade road. For the BBC News report please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8013941.stm
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>The building behind is the Midway Surgery, which kept its name after being relocated from the road called Midway in St Stephens.
©Ray Stanton
Dist:0.5km<br/>There used to be a newsagents, ironmongers, greengrocers, off license and butchers in this parade of shops. The newsagents now sells mainly groceries while the others have turned into a health clinic, beauty salon, hairdresser and optician. A nearby Waitrose could be the cause of the changes.
©Ray Stanton
Dist:0.5km<br/>On the penultimate day of its operation before being downgraded to an A road, a couple of B&Q trucks head westbound on the M10 towards the M1. The motorway was built in 1959 as a distributor spur to assist in the dispersal of southbound traffic on the M1 into the ordinary road system, without causing a bottleneck at one point. Before the M1 was eventually extended northwards the M45 was designed and built to perform a similar role at the M1's then northern end. The downgrading, plus the redesigning of Junctions 7 and 8 of the M1 during the recently completed widening, will now allow non-motorway traffic to travel between Hemel Hempstead and St Albans along an A grade road. For the BBC News report please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8013941.stm
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.6km<br/>About the highest point in Chiswell Green, looking towards Watford. The wooden bus shelter is a common feature in Hertfordshire.
©Ray Stanton
Dist:0.6km<br/>A Royal Mail lorry hurtles past westbound on the M10 under this footbridge, which carries the footpath between Ragged Hall Lane in Chiswell Green and Jerome Drive in St Albans over the motorway. [[1278303]] was taken from the other end of this footbridge.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.7km<br/>This church is almost at the southern edge of St Albans .
©Jack Hill
Dist:0.7km<br/>This church has sufficient land for car parking which is a boon as the road outside is always busy.
©Jack Hill
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©David Howard
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©David Howard
Dist:0.8km<br/>Very unusually for Hertfordshire, Park Wood mainly comprises a stand of coniferous trees with deciduous trees around its edges. When the [[1278303]] was built in 1959 it cut through the northern end of the wood leaving an outlying section on the northern side of the motorway. The blue sheen in the foreground is created by a wealth of bluebells.
©Nigel Cox
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©David Howard

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