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Crofton Park, YEOVIL, BA21 4EB

This snicket is just off Crofton Park in Yeovil running between the gardens at the back of two rows of terraced houses. Viewed from where the snicket opens up onto the road it can be seen that the snicket is completely blocked by a shed that has been built across it. The snicket beyond the shed has almost disappeared after having been annexed by the gardens gridlock it.

This is what was Image just after closure and conversion into two flats.

The red brick wall separates two gardens behind rows of Victorian terraces in Yeovil. Although difficult to see there is a snicket that runs along the wall on the left hand side. The gardens on the left have "reclaimed" the snicket. Until last year there were gates in every garden to allow access along the snicket. Now many gates have been removed and sheds placed over the line of the snicket. This reclamation starts at the end of the snicket furthest from the road and slowly works its way along. Approximately half of the length of the snicket has been reclaimed.

This shows one limb of Crofton park looking towards the back of the hospital.

In The Avenue, very close to the centre of town, many of these houses have been converted to Houses in Multi Occupation (HMO's) hence the large number of bins outside some houses

These workers from South Somerset District Council are pruning the plane trees and horse chestnut tree that line the road. They are pruned every three or four years to stop them interfering with the houses and overhead cables. Two men were working up in the trees with chainsaws while another two fed the cut branches into the shredder.

This Badger den is in an old disused snicket or pathway that runs behind some Victorian houses. There is the back of a wooden shed on the left with a small brick wall next to it. The badger has removed some of the bricks and made a sizeable hole under the shed. The size of the hole can be judged from the old chair next to it. Most of the pathway is covered with old leaves and detritus but the pathway into the hole was completely clean except for a few badger hairs.(4cm long, one end brown, the other end white). I hesitate to call this a sett because there did not appear to be any other entrances and there was no extensive digging nearby. The well trodden badger paths into the various adjacent gardens could be clearly seen. Another view of the snicket can be seen here:- Image