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Hanwood Close, COVENTRY, CV5 7DZ

This large turning circle, built into the junction of Banner Lane (foreground) and Broad Lane, used to have something of an identity crisis. Buses terminating here used to show one of two destinations, depending on how they got here: Eastern Green if they approached via Upper Eastern Green and Hockley Lane, or Broad Lane if they arrived via Broad Lane westbound. To confuse things further, the bus stop itself bore the name "Banner Lane Terminus". The only route terminating here currently, the 10, serves Upper Eastern Green and arrives via Broad Lane westbound, and shows Eastern Green.

After heavy overnight and morning rain. The drainage at this point is unable to cope with the combined flow of the surface water and the stream, behind the raised kerb, which flows under the road at the corner. Some traffic has passed through, although bus services have been diverted (the terminus is at the corner). The local Bablake weather station reported 28.8mm of rainfall for 13th December 2008 midnight to midnight 24 hour period.

The trees on the right conceal an industrial estate.

After heavy overnight and morning rain has ameliorated, surface water flows down Broad Lane towards the junction with Banner Lane, covering most of the left hand side of the road. A stream runs behind the raised kerb on the right.

The gate posts are the last vestiges of the former Massey Ferguson tractor factory which ceased operation in 2003 and was mostly demolished by 2005. The factory, built 1939/40, started out as a Standard No. 2 shadow factory producing aircraft engines during WWII then was turned over to post-war tractor production, the last tractor rolling off the line on 24 Dec 2002. The 1960s office tower block was demolished on 8 July 2012. The area is currently being redeveloped for housing, some of which is visible here. The gateway appears to be used as the entrance to Broad Lane Trading Estate, the sign for which is on the right. A similar view in 2009: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3035154 Images of the factory site: Image (2005) Image (2005) Image (2005) Image (2005) Image (2006)

According to the sign on the right, this appears to be the entrance to Broad Lane Trading Estate. The nearby area was formerly occupied by the Massey Ferguson factory and the gate posts are remnants from the site. A similar view in 2012: Image

Looking south east.

The green path alongside Banner Lane has now been tarmaced. The irregular shape on the horizon to the right of centre is the top of the pile of rubble left after the demolition of the former Massey Ferguson tower block earlier in the day. A similar view in 2009: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1555051