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Hartford Road, BEXLEY, DA5 1NL

In the acute angle between Albert Road (near) and Parkhurst Road (far).

This postbox is clearly a modern replacement for a previous box: this stainless steel design was introduced in 2012 and is made by Romec (Royal Mail Engineering & Construction). It is in Hartford Road, at the junctions of Parkhurst Road (left, pictured) and Albert Road (sharp left, out of shot). The box is one of many across the country which, during the last quarter of 2014, have had alterations made to the collection times as part of the Royal Mail's "Collection on Delivery" scheme. The box is now emptied during the postman's delivery round, hence the (not earlier than) 9am stated on the box for weekdays. Below that, it explains that the nearby box at Bexley Post Office has a 4pm or later collection; and that the Dartford Mail Centre box has the area's latest weekday time, 7pm. The scheme, which is being rolled out nationwide in late 2014/early 2015, affects mainly suburban postboxes which average fewer than 50 items posted per day. The information plates of affected boxes will gradually be updated, as this one already has, giving details of the nearest box with an afternoon weekday collection. The scheme aims to maintain all postboxes in the current network, safeguarding their existence while not being a costly exercise to go round in the evenings collecting from boxes which have very little in them.

This view is just after the footbridge which leads from the A2 to Rochester Drive. The Shuttle Riverway also crosses the bridge and continues ahead to Rochester Drive - http://walkaroundlondon.com/the-sunny-shuttle-riverway-and-a-bit-more/ and http://www.tonero.me.uk/walkmaps/T&Swalks78.pdf

This view is looking across the footbridge which leads from the A2 to Rochester Drive. The Shuttle Riverway also crosses the bridge - see http://walkaroundlondon.com/the-sunny-shuttle-riverway-and-a-bit-more/ and http://www.tonero.me.uk/walkmaps/T&Swalks78.pdf.

The River Shuttle rises near Avery Hill Park and flows into the River Cray at Hall Place. A succession of open spaces have been preserved amongst the suburban housing alongside the River Shuttle. This view of the Shuttle looks upstream from the footpath between Knoll Road and the footbridge over the A2 - East Rochester Way. It is followed by the Shuttle Riverway - - see http://walkaroundlondon.com/the-sunny-shuttle-riverway-and-a-bit-more/ and http://www.tonero.me.uk/walkmaps/T&Swalks78.pdf

The River Shuttle rises near Avery Hill Park and flows into the River Cray at Hall Place. A succession of open spaces have been preserved amongst the suburban housing alongside the River Shuttle. This view of the Shuttle looks upstream from the footpath between Knoll Road and the footbridge over the A2 - East Rochester Way. It is followed by the Shuttle Riverway - see http://walkaroundlondon.com/the-sunny-shuttle-riverway-and-a-bit-more/ and http://www.tonero.me.uk/walkmaps/T&Swalks78.pdf.

The stretch of the A2 between Falconwood and the Dartford By-pass was built between the Wars and provided considerable local employment during the recession after the First World War. It avoided the congestion through Welling and Bexleyheath which was the route of the old Watling Street. The road was increased to three lanes each way after 1963. This view is from near the footbridge which leads across from Rochester Drive to the south side of the A2e. The Shuttle Riverway also crosses the bridge - see http://walkaroundlondon.com/the-sunny-shuttle-riverway-and-a-bit-more/ and http://www.tonero.me.uk/walkmaps/T&Swalks78.pdf The River Shuttle is just to the right of the path here as can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4829717

An all-boys grammar school with academy status in Bexley, Beths was founded in 1945 as Erith Technical School. In 1960-61, it was moved to its current site near Bexley village, and its name was changed to Bexley/Erith Technical School to reflect its new location. A few years later, this was expanded to Bexley/Erith Technical High School for Boys; the name it maintained for several decades and giving rise to the school's common name, BETHS or B.E.T.H.S - so says Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beths_Grammar_School