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A1081 High Street, Harpenden
At the junction with Townsend Lane
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 3 Jul 2012
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Service Station Luton Road
Situated on the site where the Embassy cinema once stood
Image: © Gary Fellows
Taken: 5 Feb 2008
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Townsend Lane sign
On Townsend Lane at the junction with the A1081 Luton Road near Gleneagle Manor
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 9 Jan 2013
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Townsend Lane, Harpenden
At the junction with the A1081 Luton Road
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 9 Jan 2013
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Luton Road Junction
With Kirkdale Road just entering Harpenden High Street
Image: © Gary Fellows
Taken: 12 Sep 2017
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Kia Motors on Luton Road, Harpenden
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Nov 2022
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Gleneagle Manor
1, Luton Road, Harpenden
Taken off Townsend Lane
http://www.hotels.uk.com/details/aab217527/Gleneagle%20Manor.htm
Image: © Geographer
Taken: 9 Jan 2013
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Old Gleneagles Hotel Building
Now converted into luxury apartments
Image: © Gary Fellows
Taken: 12 Sep 2017
0.06 miles
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High Street
At the corner of Kirkdale Road.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 11 Feb 2013
0.07 miles
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Map Stores on High Street, Harpenden
When I spotted the shop sign, my pace quickened and so did my heart beat for as an ardent walker there is little I love more than a map shop. "Great!" I thought, "Now that's what I call a shop!" and anticipated browsing some maps and possibly purchasing a few much needed ones. But then much to my wife's amusement the shop turned out to be a very upmarket independent 'boutique' purveyor of some uber-desirable household items from ceramics, homewares, designer products and lifestyle must-haves for the most discerning aficionados and the elite cognoscenti of on-trend knick-knacks, cutting edge beverage containers, candles, planters and the like. My wife went in and of course I followed. Here was quite a few minutes I wasn't going to get back, but of course I have to accrue brownie points so that when, or if, the tables are turned I can browse, ponder and weigh up products and items that I LIKE.
I have to say that every single item I saw in here was extremely buyable; I carefully fitted my hand around ceramic coffee beakers, inhaled several exotic candle scents, admired very expensive looking 'objets' from brands from Copenhagen, India and worldwide which I had never heard of and all had that inscrutable, unattainable aura, that fleeting, never to be experienced allure exuded by high class international hostesses, Swiss bankers and super-yacht brokers.
Needless to say I left empty handed. I already own too much clutter, too many beverage containers and would be too scared to actually use such designer items anyway.
Maps I do need though.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 15 Jan 2022
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