Bilborough Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bilborough Road by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Bilborough Road
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: Unknown
Much has changed since this 1976 view. What is now the A6002, providing a fairly fast road around the western edge of Nottingham, was then the B6004 and not much more than a country lane. This is the junction with Bramhall Road, where the vast Bilborough Estate gives way to Trowell Moor - green belt land that has not been built on to this day. Note the blue bus stop flag; this was a rare survivor from the days before Midland General was taken over by Trent and the standard National Bus Company style flag was adopted. It marked the terminus of a service from Nottingham that, by 1976, only operated at peak times - it was listed in timetables as 'Strelley Lane', which presumably refers to the bridleway that can be seen leading off just before the first house. Trent ceased to run here a few years after the photograph was taken.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.963041
Longitude
-1.240979