Finucane Drive
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Finucane Drive by Ian Capper as part of the Geograph project.
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Finucane Drive
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 18 Mar 2009
Part of the 1960s Grassmead Estate, built on the site of a large house here, Grassmead House, which in its later years housed St Philomena's Convent High School. The roads in this estate are named after airmen who died in the Battle of Britain. For a biography of F/O B E F (Paddy) Finucane, see http://www.bbm.org.uk/as-finucane.htm. The road visible off to the right from this road is Beamish Drive, commemorating Wing Commander F V Beamish and in the background is Mungo Park Way, commemorating F/LT J C Mungo Park - see http://www.bbm.org.uk/as-mungopark.htm.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.381692
Longitude
0.116749