IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Blackburn Close, BEDFORD, MK42 0TW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Blackburn Close, MK42 0TW by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (20 Images Found)
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Roundabout on A600 at Shortstown
This roundabout gives access to the southern end of Shortstown and was funded for as part of recent expansion of the original village west of the A600. More significant expansion is planned for the old airfield site to the east, and the original intention was that this would be the start of a relief road round the village. However, latest plans approved by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, overriding local preferences, would see a widened A600 cutting through the middle of the expanded village.
In the background are the two Grade II* airship sheds, built in 1918 and 1926 and a dominant feature of the landscape south of Bedford.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 13 Mar 2008
0.04 miles
2
New houses on High Road, Shortstown
These are at the start of the new A600 bypass which goes round the village.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 15 Oct 2017
0.04 miles
3
Model plane in front of the Air Cadets building
Image: © Philip Jeffrey
Taken: 3 Oct 2014
0.07 miles
4
Beginning of new road construction towards the hangars
Image: © Philip Jeffrey
Taken: 3 Oct 2014
0.08 miles
5
Shortstown Village Hall
The development of Shortstown started when Shorts Brothers established the Cardington airship works in 1917, to provide accommodation for the workers there (hence the name). The MOD took over the site in the 1920s, with Shortstown providing accommodation for RAF personnel. More recently new housing has been built alongside the original development, with further expansion planned for the other side of the A600 on the site of the disused airfield itself.
The Village Hall was built in 2007 to provide much needed community facilities. See Image for closeup of sign on the hall wall.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 13 Mar 2008
0.15 miles
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Shortstown Village Hall sign
See Image for background to Shortstown and its village hall. The images on the sign commemorate the close association of the village with the nearby airship works.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 13 Mar 2008
0.15 miles
7
Pseudo Benchmark
Recently cut benchmark on Shorts Building. Former RAF Cardington.
Image: © Geoboy
Taken: 14 Jun 2016
0.15 miles
8
Shortstown Local Shop
The local shop which serves the village of Shortstown.
Image: © Mr Biz
Taken: 25 Apr 2008
0.16 miles
9
Cardington airship hangars from the air
More information about these monstrous buildings can be found here Image
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 9 May 2011
0.18 miles
10
New road and housing in Shortstown
The A600 High Road has been diverted around the original one and has had a new housing estate built alongside it.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 15 Oct 2017
0.18 miles