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Ponders End: Alma Road estate
These four massive tower blocks dominate the horizon in this grid square. In fact the most distant is actually in
Image They are, in order from left to right, Curlew, Merlin, Cormorant, and Kestrel Houses. In the meantime the falcon on the inn sign in front of Merlin, and outside The Falcon PH to the right, watches over all of them.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 26 Apr 2007
0.03 miles
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South Street, Ponders End
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 9 Oct 2018
0.05 miles
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Curlew House, Ponders End
One of four large tower blocks on the Alma Road estate near Ponders End Station. They are colour coded, with different stripes on the side. This is Curlew, the red one.
Kestrel House, nearest the station, has recently been demolished.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 9 Oct 2018
0.08 miles
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Tower blocks at Ponders End
These tower blocks totally dominate the area to the west of Ponders End station, although judging by a nearby poster Enfield Council has big plans for the area. This looks across South Street.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 19 Apr 2017
0.08 miles
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Merlin House, Ponders End
One of four large tower blocks on the Alma Road estate near Ponders End Station. They are colour coded, with different stripes on the side. This is Merlin, the blue one.
The one nearest the station has recently been demolished.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 9 Oct 2018
0.09 miles
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Tower blocks at Ponders End
These tower blocks totally dominate the area to the west of Ponders End station, although judging by a nearby poster Enfield Council has big plans for the area. This looks across South Street.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 19 Apr 2017
0.10 miles
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Tower blocks, Ponders End
A distant glimpse from Lincoln Road.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 11 Nov 2012
0.10 miles
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Tower blocks at Ponders End
These tower blocks totally dominate the area to the west of Ponders End station. This looks from Woodall Road across South Street.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 19 Apr 2017
0.12 miles
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Tower blocks, Ponders End
Colour-coded blocks. The rightmost one is actually in TQ3695. Over the near fence are allotments.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 11 Nov 2012
0.12 miles
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Ponders End: Gasworks
This is one of three gasometers on the Woodall Road gas works site, and they are each large enough to justify being shown individually on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale mapping. The 1882 Ordnance Survey map shows a gasworks and a single gasometer more or less in this same location, but nearer the railway.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 26 Apr 2007
0.14 miles