Sikh monument at junction of Jimmy Hill Way and Bell Green Road, Coventry looking towards Longfield House
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Sikh monument at junction of Jimmy Hill Way and Bell Green Road, Coventry looking towards Longfield House
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 14 Jun 2021
Monument erected in 2002 by various Sikh organisations, families and individuals, whose names are recorded on the black band around the base. The monument remembers the Sikh Regiment and the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Khalsa tradition among the Sikhs. It is topped with the khanda emblem of the Sikh religion. The monument is here seen from the southwest, looking up Bell Green Road to Longfield House, a 17-storey tower block built by Coventry city council in 1967. https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/bell-green-road The monument is both extremely visible to travellers crossing this very busy road junction, yet also very inaccessible, as it is perched on a roundabout inside several lanes of traffic, with no easy or safe public access. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27429285
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Image Location
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52.430093
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-1.485928