Station Walk, formerly Upper Avenue, Leamington
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Station Walk, formerly Upper Avenue, Leamington
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 18 Sep 2016
Upper Avenue and Lower Avenue were the drives, east and west to the Old Warwick Road from the Manor House, home of the Wise family, descendants of Queen Anne's gardener. The Avenues were described in 1815 as "beautiful plantations, forming a bold semi-circular sweep." Around 1850 they were severed by the railways, GWR and L&NWR. Lower Avenue became a busy link that ducks under the railway Image; Upper Avenue, lined by yew trees, has become part of Station Walk, itself part of a network of footpaths laid out by the Borough Surveyor, William de Normanville, in the 1890s. The view is towards Avenue Road and Library Walk. On the left is Station Approach: it served the Avenue station. The site is now a car park.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.28547
Longitude
-1.536566