Building site on the old Queensway Trading Estate, south Leamington
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Building site on the old Queensway Trading Estate, south Leamington
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 17 Feb 2013
Under construction is an Aldi supermarket, shrewdly sited in a former council housing estate. The Queensway Trading Estate is being completely redeveloped. Queensway and its partner road Kingsway first appeared on an OS map of 1955. A gestation in the patriotic early 1950s is implied. The trading estate was probably laid out a little later although it doesn't appear on maps until 1972-4. With Queensway it runs right up to the town boundary. A Traffic Plan of the 1960s refers to established industry and businesses in the area. The view is across the car park of the two-store Shires Gate retail park.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.28029
Longitude
-1.545415