High Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of High Street by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
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High Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 26 Aug 2012
The street from which the town of Newhaven grew up around viewed from the junction with Meeching Road. Until the late 1970s this was the A259, then a couple of ring roads took the traffic away but in the process formed a shopping area which nobody saw. The road was pedestrianised in 1981 and over the years the businesses pulled out as footfall dropped. Traffic was reintroduced at the beginning of this century between Bridge Street and Meeching Road but the street is still dying not helped by a proliferation of new large supermarkets on the eastern side of the river. The steps on the left currently lead to a church though the space above has been used as a gym and night club in the past.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.794078
Longitude
0.048469