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Caswell Road, LEOMINSTER, HR6 8BD

The eastern end of Waterworks Lane viewed across Worcester Road.

The tall brick towers in the distance are part of Pinsley Mill Gardens, a housing development built on the site of one of the world's earliest cotton mills. To the right of it is the White Lion pub, then the railway station sign for Leominster can be seen in front, and closer to the camera to the right is an active K6 telephone box.

Weeks before I moved out of my old house, I took a short walk around the town, including a detour to see the Pinsley Mill Gardens housing in development. I remember passing this store on that day in March 2017 and the sign was faded. Four years later, the sign is now gone and it is not occupied by a business as of 2021. The building is adjacent to the railway station and I only took one photo of a then active Countrywide Country Store three years ago Image

Viewed across Worcester Road on October 16th 2019.

The railway station was built on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway as a through station. The Great Western Railway (GWR) added two branch lines in Leominster which created a busy junction, and they were the Leominster and Kington Railway and Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway. They closed in the 1950s, and the station is still open on the Welsh Marches Line. The station buildings date from the mid 19th century and it's a delight they weren't demolished, except the ginormous signal box on one of the platforms to the Leominster and Kington Railway was demolished around the 1960s.

Viewed across Worcester Road. Two dark green telecoms cabinets are on the left.

This self-built housing development was completed in December 2020. I remember there was an older building on the site until it was demolished in the early 2010s, and that was the Bramley Business Park. This housing also replaced late 20th century housing (out-of-shot) to the left of this photo, and this project was reported by BBC News after the housing was completed in December 2020. The veterans that once struggled with civilian life (some were homeless) now live in these great houses and their service to the country has been acknowledged.

On the east side of Worcester Road.

Viewed across Worcester Road. The building is on the corner of Waterworks Lane.