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Kenninghall Road, LONDON, N18 2PD

With the current high cost of commodities scrap metal merchants are having a busy time. However a great deal of care has to be taken to sort through the various types of metal that come their way and here the dealer has neatly separated these out.

Looking north-northwest.

Angel Road has to be one of the least used railway stations in London. It is nowhere near any houses, near only a few industrial premises and demands a walk along busy main roads to its only point of access. This is reflected in the number of trains that stop here during the day, about 10 during the morning rush-hour and then about 10 again during the evening rush-hour with a six hour gap in between. Yet oddly the station pre-dated all the general growth of Edmonton and was built as a country station where Angel Road, now the North Circular, crossed the line. Here a southbound National Express train, not stopping of course, runs through the deserted station. For the train-spotters the leading unit was 317 732.

Opened in 1840 as "Edmonton" by the Northern & Eastern Railway on what is now the line from Liverpool Street to Broxbourne, this station was renamed "Water Lane" in 1849 and then Angel Road in 1864. It was the junction for Lower Edmonton from 1849 to 1964. In 2019 it was closed, being replaced by a new station called Meridian Water, some 400m to the south - see Image View north towards Ponders End and Broxbourne. For more details, see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/angel_road/index.shtml

Looking towards Montagu Road

Becket Road is a very short street (not much longer than 15 metres) which leads to a small industrial estate owned by the London Borough of Enfield in which the units are grouped around a large yard. Among its tenants are a coach company, whose vehicles are seen here, a printer and a furniture manufacturer. The pile of cars to the left is in the scrapyard next door.

Opened in 1840 by the Northern & Eastern Railway on what is now the line from Liverpool Street to Broxbourne, this station was the junction for Lower Edmonton from 1849 to 1964. View south towards Northumberland Park and London. The branch line curved off to the right.

I really cannot believe this photograph. 0919 on a weekday morning and barely a vehicle in sight. The A1055 was built as a north-south route between Tottenham Hale and Freezy Water north of Enfield to provide a bypass around Enfield and to provide HGV access to the numerous industrial estates in the area.

This plant, on Nobel Road, is run by Coca-Cola Enterprises and has manufacture, bottling and product distribution facilities. The twin chimneys are, I think, evaporative condensers. Incidentally the maroon sign reads: 'This site has achieved 577 days since last LTA' The acronym LTA may be in common usage in the world of factory health and safety, but its meaning is almost certainly unknown to the general public walking by. After a little research I am guessing that in this context LTA stands for Lost Time Accident.