Townsend: western end of footpath K45
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Townsend: western end of footpath K45
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 8 Jan 2017
This public footpath, nowadays marked out as a shared foot/cycle route, runs for 500m or so alongside the main A338 and is essentially a replacement for this segment of Holdenhurst Road, which was lost to make way for the dual carriageway. Holdenhurst Road is still one of the town's main routes but no longer reaches Holdenhurst village as it originally did. The view here encompasses the start of the path, arriving at the dead end of Throop Road, which likewise used to continue left until the 1960s when the A338 was built. The foot/cycle route here also continues to the left, to run alongside the slip road to the roundabout, but that stretch is not part of the designated public right of way. See Image for the next view on the path behind us, with links to further photos along the route.
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Image Location
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50.749073
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-1.826311