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Blythe Avenue
A typical residential road in Balsall Common consisting mainly of bungalows. The road at the far end is Malvern Rd.
Image: © Nigel Mykura
Taken: 11 Feb 2012
0.04 miles
2
House on Kelsey Lane
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 6 Oct 2012
0.06 miles
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Kelsey lane heading west
Towards the A452.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 6 Oct 2012
0.08 miles
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HS2 construction site near Balsall Common from the air
Balsall Common is in the foreground, with the HS2 works in the distance. Viewed from a Birmingham bound flight from Prague.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 11 Feb 2022
0.10 miles
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OS benchmark - Balsall Common, postbox at road junction
An OS cutmark on the brick pillar containing a George V wallbox. It was originally levelled, almost certainly in 1966, at 123.430m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 21 Mar 2018
0.12 miles
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George V post box at the road junction
Post box CV7 113D, a George V wallbox which would have been manufactured around 1933 by Derby Castings, and was presumably installed at the same time.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 21 Mar 2018
0.12 miles
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Main entrance to the new Elysian Gardens estate, Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common
A satellite photo shows the estate wrapping round a spacious older development to present two frontages to Kenilworth Road. Mature trees including old hedgerow oaks lend dignity to the boxes.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2017
0.16 miles
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Kenilworth Road A452
At the busy junction with Alder Lane / Kelsey Lane B4101, at the southeastern edge of Balsall Common. Many of the trees will be old hedgerow oaks absorbed into suburban development.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.18 miles
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Detached houses, Kenilworth Road
Old hedgerow oaks adapt to suburban life, forming its setting alongside 20th century garden planting: silver birch, rhododendrons, privet and laburnum.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.18 miles
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Rosalyn Cottage, Kenilworth Road
On the very edge of suburban Balsall Common and perhaps earlier than it.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.22 miles