Park Village West, seen from Albany Street
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Park Village West, seen from Albany Street
Image: © Marathon Taken: 20 Mar 2012
Ian Nairn writing in 1966 in 'Nairn's London' said of Park Village West: "(John) Nash built two Park Villages, or miniature suburbs, as part of his great scheme. The eastern village was soon cut into by the railway and is only a fragment. But Park Village west, off Albany Street, is almost complete, a perfect example of rus-in-urbe. In a few yards, you are plunged entirely into the leafy oasis: serpentine road and copious trees... Though obviously not in the country, you are a hundred miles from London."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.534666
Longitude
-0.145985