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Swift Road
Late 20th century development on the slopes of Clopton Hill.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 6 Mar 2011
0.06 miles
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Blue Cap Road
Looking northeast from Blackthorn Road. This section of the road is still identified on OS maps as a footpath right of way. The postbox is named as Blue Cap Lane ref. CV37 102.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 6 Mar 2011
0.06 miles
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Blue Cap Road
Looking uphill from Walkers Road.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 6 Mar 2011
0.06 miles
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Former gate piers to Clopton Park
This pair of stone gate piers are all that remains of the former gated entrance to Clopton Park, the housing development crept into the parkland some forty years ago. The piers date from the late 17th century and are Grade II listed.
Historic England description
Gatepier approx 20m south of Verney Drive. Late C17. Ashlar on coursed limestone base. Pier with rebated angles has entablature and ball finial. Inner face to east has niche with impost band and shell vault; north face has tall round-headed recess. The pier formed part of the entrance to Clopton Park, but with the other pier is now surrounded by a late C20 housing estate. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth: 1966-: 234).
Source: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1204765
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 6 Mar 2011
0.07 miles
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Old entrance gate posts to Clopton House
Looking NNE up Clopton Road towards its junction with Verney Drive on the left. These posts are remnants of the old Clopton House estate. This was the entrance drive to the house which is at
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Image: © David P Howard
Taken: 20 Oct 2010
0.09 miles
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Marooned
Entrance gates to Clopton House estate now marooned among housing in Stratford upon Avon. Development has crept into the grounds of the house, which is itself now turned into flats. Clopton Road, which passes through the gates shown here, is now lined with housing estates and commercial developments but used to be the carriage drive to the house.
Image: © Colin Craig
Taken: 3 Mar 2009
0.09 miles
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Track in Clopton Park
This track used to provide access to Clopton Tower and some farm buildings which have been converted in residential housing. Beyond the gate the track has become impassable.
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 6 Mar 2011
0.14 miles
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Clopton House Tower
This octagonal three storey building, complete with battlements, sits on the hill overlooking Stratford-upon-Avon. The Clopton family were benefactors of Stratford-upon-Avon from around the time of Shakespeare's father. The tower was designed as a belvedere for Clopton House and has been described as either "the smallest castle or grandest cottage in England"! The building was carefully converted into a private house in the 1990's, and a new section has been added in identical style complete with matching stone and battlements.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 13 Dec 2005
0.15 miles
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Welcombe Park service reservoir
Looking east at the reservoir, shown on the OS map, at Bluecap Covert.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 13 Dec 2005
0.15 miles
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Footpath by Deer Park Court
Looking north from near Clopton Tower towards Bluecap Covert.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 13 Dec 2005
0.15 miles