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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
0.13 miles
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South Street, Ponders End
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 9 Oct 2018
0.13 miles
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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
0.15 miles
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Tower blocks, Ponders End
A distant glimpse from Lincoln Road.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 11 Nov 2012
0.16 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
0.16 miles
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Ponders End: Roman Catholic Church of Mary, Mother of God
This asymmetric building is the Parish Hall of
Image and is located on Nags Head Road.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 1 Feb 2008
0.17 miles
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Ponders End: Roman Catholic Church of Mary, Mother of God
Located at 192 Nags Head Road, at its junction with Alexandra Road, the church dates from 1921 but was only consecrated in 1985 http://www.rcdow.org.uk/pondersend/default.asp Local authority paving works in Alexandra Road are in progress outside.
From a cartographical point of view this is a fine indication of the inaccuracies in the OS 1:50,000 scale mapping. In order to match the image to the mapping I have circled the church symbol with a co-ordinate of TQ 35700 96100. However on the five times larger scale OS mapping at 1:10,000 scale the near corner of the church is at TQ 535842 196077, in other words in the next 100 metre grid square both to the east and to the south.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 1 Feb 2008
0.17 miles
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Ponders End: Catholic Church of Mary, Mother of God
Built between 1921 and 1924 to a design by architect Joseph Goldie.
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 9 Jul 2018
0.17 miles
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Nag's Head Road, Ponders End
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 9 Apr 2014
0.17 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
0.18 miles