Linenhall Stables 2009 - Redevelopment site

Image: © John S Turner Taken: 21 Apr 2009

Looking west across the southern part of the Linenhall Stables redevelopment site. The faint outline of the former stable blocks can be seen on the ground. The houses beyond are on Stanley Street with Stanley Place to the right outside the black gates. The redundant stables site is earmarked for redevelopment, and following acts of theft and vandalism the site was cleared in April 2009. The Linenhall Stables were built just after the First World War on the site of the historic Linenhall. The stables served the Roodee racecourse, despite the fact that the horses then had to walk some distance over tarmac roads. In the early 2000s agreement was reached for new state of the art stables to be built on the old gasworks site with access to the racecourse through one of the arches of the famous railway viaduct.

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