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First Avenue, LONDON, N18 3PH

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.

Looking north-northwest.

Looking north-northeast.

Looking north-northwest.

Viewed looking in the direction of Angel Road station from the Pegamoid Road foot crossing of the railway, with the A1055 Meridian Way (North - South Route) to the left.

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.

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.

The railway is the Greater Anglia/Stansted Express line towards Hertford East and Stansted Airport. The road is the A1055 Meridian Way, taking traffic from the A406 behind the camera to Ponder's End. Looking north.

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.