Brentfore Street, East Wichel, Swindon
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Brentfore Street, East Wichel, Swindon
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 19 Nov 2016
Modern housing on the East Wichel development. This is on part of what used to be called Swindon's "front garden", a phrase which is rarely heard today. It referred to the land between the former railway line in Old Town and the M4 motorway. Many years ago the Borough Council claimed that the "front garden" would never be built upon. But the policy of continuing to expand the town meant a change of view and so the development of the area is well under way, although far from finished. Despite the history, in my view the end result, with the variety of house styles, is quite appealing and certainly better than many of Swindon's older estates with their monotonous roads full of similar houses.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.54058
Longitude
-1.788858