Marlborough ways [23]
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Marlborough ways [23]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 17 Jul 2017
London Road (A4) is much quieter now than when it was the main road west from London before the opening of the M4 motorway. Its route from Avonmouth to London passes through the cities of Bristol and Bath, and the towns of Chippenham, Calne, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury, Reading, Maidenhead and Slough. Marlborough is a market town on the Old Bath Road once the main road from London to Bath. The twice-weekly market is sited in High Street, one of the widest in England, lined on both sides with fine listed buildings of which the town has almost 300. There is evidence of local settlement from every period from the prehistoric to the present day. The town is home to the renowned Marlborough College. The River Kennet flows through the town.
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51.418945
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